Compared,
honestly. — AI companion platforms compared side by side.
Bae versus every platform we cover — then every other brand pair, head-to-head, from the same 14-day test. A clear verdict in the first sentence. No affiliate-bait listicles.
- Platforms tested
- 12
- Head-to-heads
- 91
- Days each
- 14
How we
stack up.
We build the site, so we put our row in every head-to-head — same feature columns, same honesty about what we haven't shipped. You decide whether we earn the placement.
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The most-asked
matchups.
Brand-versus-brand pages we hand-wrote — the head-to-heads readers ask us about most.
The full grid.
Every remaining brand pair we cover. Same test, same questions, same fourteen days each.
About these
comparisons.
How do you compare AI companion platforms?
We spend 14 days inside each platform, asking the same five questions of every one: does memory hold across the window, does the voice drift, does it pretend to be something it's not, what happens when you say something hard, and does it know when to stop. Each pairwise page surfaces feature-by-feature differences and a clear verdict in the first sentence.
Which AI companion is best for long-term memory?
Across our test set, Replika and Bae held memory most consistently past the 7-day mark. Replika tracks chronological context but rations depth; Bae's six-layer memory pipeline keeps facts pinned forever on Pro. Character.AI was the most aggressive at truncating context. The full ranked benchmark across every platform is in our annual report, The State of AI Companions 2026, at /report/2026.
Are these comparisons sponsored by the platforms?
No. We don't take ad money from platforms we review, we don't accept comped premium accounts, and verdicts don't change because a platform asks. Methodology lives at /methodology.
How often are the comparisons updated?
Each pairwise page carries the most recent reviewedAt date of the two platforms in the matchup. We re-test platforms when they ship a material update — model swap, memory change, pricing shift — and the comparison inherits the freshest of the two.
Why does Bae appear in every comparison?
We build the site, so we put a transparent Bae row in every head-to-head: same feature columns, same honesty about what we haven't shipped (voice is on the roadmap, not in the product). You decide whether our row earns its placement.