How to choose an AI chatbot app

There are a number of AI character chat apps available in the market, but they are not equals when it comes to product quality. Below are four key questions that will help you understand the most meaningful differences that separate the various platforms available.

1. Who created the chatbot cast?

Some platforms are open marketplaces where anyone can deploy a chatbot. Other platforms provide a curated cast of AI bots. Open marketplaces give you enormous range and wildly uneven quality.

Chatbuddy's platform is curated. It offers 70+ chatbots across six categories, each tailored with care and attention to detail. Many of Chatbuddy's bots are trademarked.

2. Text, voice, or both?

Some chatbot platforms offer text-only conversations, while others include voice and animated avatar capabilities. Voices and animated avatars fundamentally alter the user experience - they are also more expensive features to provide, and are therefore usually metered.

Chatbuddy offers live avatar conversations in real time with a selection of bots, and text chat with the full cast.

3. How does the platform charge for its service?

Some platforms operate under a freemium model with paid upgrades. Others provide their service using a flat fee structure, or a metered fee depending on actual token usage.

Chatbuddy is a paid subscription platform with metered credits. Chatbuddy uses this model to cover operational costs and provide subscribers with a superior service.

4. What are the platform's access rules?

AI chatbot platforms have historically offered open access to everyone, but this operational model is coming under regulatory scrutiny in some parts of the world.

Chatbuddy is intended for adult users over the age of 18 in selected parts of the world. Chatbuddy uses a payment gateway to help ensure that minors do not have unrestricted access to the platform's chatbots.