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Convai

Hosted AI NPCs with voice, memory, lip sync and engine SDKs. Pricing, the evidence and the alternatives, checked Oct 2026.

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Convai

Game AI

Hosted AI NPCs with voice, memory, lip sync and engine SDKs.

Best for
Indie and studio games that need talking characters without building the pipeline.
Red flags
Interaction quotas reset monthly with no rollover; Free lacks Knowledge Bank and long-term memory.
Price
$0 with these limits100 interactions/mo, 1 concurrent session, 60 mins Cloud Avatar Studio/SimUpgrade: $22/mo billed annually (Indie Dev); $29/mo monthly
Opening line: “Create a tavern keeper NPC who remembers the player and can answer quest questions.”
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Our take on Convai

Convai: Hosted AI NPCs with voice, memory, lip sync and engine SDKs. Best for indie and studio games that need talking characters without building the pipeline. Watch out for: interaction quotas reset monthly with no rollover; Free lacks Knowledge Bank and long-term memory. Price: $22/mo billed annually (Indie Dev); $29/mo monthly (free tier, checked Oct 2026).

Note: Unity, Unreal and web plugins. Pricing page is JS-rendered; figures cross-checked 2026-10-16 against mirrors of https://convai.com/pricing (Free $0 / Indie Dev $29 or $22 annual / Professional $99 or $69 annual / Scale $499 or $299 annual / Business $1,199 or $499 annual). An interaction is one user input plus one character reply.

Free tierFree tier: 100 interactions/mo, 1 concurrency
Job in a stackGame NPCs, game AI
Cheapest paid planIndie Dev, $22/mo (billed annually ($29 monthly))
Price checked2026-10-16, verified

What Convai costs

PlanPriceBillingKey limits
FreeFreefree100 interactions/mo, 1 concurrency, 60 mins Cloud Avatar Studio/Sim
Indie Dev$29/mo$22/mo billed yearly3,000 interactions/mo, 1 concurrency, 600 mins cloud render, 5 MB knowledge
Professional$99/mo$69/mo billed yearly10,000 interactions/mo, 3 concurrency, 2,400 mins, 20 MB knowledge
Scale$499/mo$299/mo billed yearly50,000 interactions/mo, 15 concurrency, 10,200 mins, 100 MB knowledge
Business$1199/mo$499/mo billed yearly125,000 interactions/mo, 30 concurrency, 21,000 mins, 300 MB knowledge
EnterprisePay as you gocustomCustom limits, on-prem/private options

From convai.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-16, verified. Prices are before tax and vendors change them often.

What outside sources say

TypeSourceResultDate
adoptionVendor docs / product positioningDocumented Unity, Unreal and WebGL/web plugins for voice NPCs
Limited public review scores found; editorial scores used		2026-10-16

Our scores: quality 3.5/5, ease 4/5, value 3.5/5 ($6.30 per quality point). Editorial start 3.5/4; benchmark adjustment +0, rating adjustment +0. How we rank.

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Questions people ask

Is Convai free?

Free tier. Cheapest paid plan: $22/mo billed annually (Indie Dev); $29/mo monthly (checked Oct 2026).

What is Convai best for?

Indie and studio games that need talking characters without building the pipeline.

What are the downsides of Convai?

Interaction quotas reset monthly with no rollover; Free lacks Knowledge Bank and long-term memory.

What are the best Convai alternatives?

Rosebud AI, Godot, Scenario, Meshy.