Chai pricing: the checkout is inside the app

You cannot find Chai's subscription price on its website, because it is not there. Publicly the service shows only the in-app purchase range in the Google Play listing and a mention of a paid subscription in the Safety Center.

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Quick answers

How much is a Chai subscription?

The service does not publish prices on its site; they appear inside the app. Google Play shows only a $0.99–$899.99 purchase range.

Is there a free mode in Chai?

Yes, with ads. In some regions, per the Safety Center, a paid subscription is required.

What is Chai Ultra?

The top subscription tier mentioned by users in reviews; there is no official description or price on public pages.

Contents
  1. Quick answers
  2. What is known
  3. What subscribers say
  4. Against HoneyChat
  5. 70 % off a year for new users

Monthly price: Chai vs HoneyChat

Chainot published
HoneyChat Premium$9.99
Chai sells subscriptions only inside the app; Google Play shows only a $0.99–$899.99 purchase range. HoneyChat Premium is the first tier with unlimited messages.

What Chai and HoneyChat offer

ChaiHoneyChat
Free tierpartlywith ads; a subscription is required in some regionsyes20 messages and 3 images a day, no expiry
Prices visible before loginnoprices only in the appyesall six tiers on honeychat.bot/pricing
Refundspartlyunder the app store's rulesnot verifiednot verified
Based on the services' public pages and documents on 16 September 2026. “Not verified” — the service does not publish the data or we did not test it ourselves.

What is known

ItemChaiSource
Free modeyes, with ads (“Contains ads”)Google Play, 16 September 2026
Subscriptionssold in-app; Premium and Ultra are named in user reviewsGoogle Play reviews
Subscription pricesnot verified — not published on the site or in listings—
In-app purchases$0.99 – $899.99 per itemGoogle Play
Mandatory subscription“In some regions, use of the service requires a paid subscription”chai-research.com/safety.html
Refundsthrough the app store under its rules; the EULA refers to the store operatorEULA

Checked on 16 September 2026.

What subscribers say

In Google Play reviews an Ultra subscriber writes that they paid “$20 for the week” because ads promised characters would never lose memory, and they still forget details. Another review: chats used to be free for watching ads, now “we have to pay”. These are reviews, not a price list, so the figures stay out of our table.

Against HoneyChat

HoneyChat planPrice per monthMessagesImagesVideosWhat else
Free$020 a day3 a day—SFW only
Basic$4.9960 a day10 a day2 a month10 voice notes, 3 characters, 8 memory facts
Premium$9.99unlimited30 HD a day4 a month20 voice notes, 10 characters, story journal
VIP$19.99unlimited80 HD a day8 a month4 AI models, 50 voice notes, 16K memory
Elite$39.99unlimited150 Ultra HD16 a month13 models, voice cloning, unlimited characters
Ultimate$99.99unlimited250 Ultra HD32 a monthGrok 4.20 and Claude Haiku 4.5, 64K context, 200 voice notes

HoneyChat prices and limits were taken from honeychat.bot/en/pricing on 13 September 2026. Annual billing: 70 % off in the first 24 hours after sign-up, 25 % after that (HoneyChat promo-codes page, 20 September 2026) — we quote monthly prices as the most conservative figure.

The case for Chai

A flexible checkout: pay nothing and accept ads, or buy items as you go inside the app.

The case for HoneyChat

A public price list: from $4.99 a month, a free tier without ads that never expires. Voice, photos and video are included in the plan rather than sold as items.

Screenshots, not claims

What it looks like: Chai vs HoneyChat

Both sites opened in a clean browser on September 21, 2026, not logged in. Click to enlarge.

chai-research.com: a corporate site about a “1.4 exaflop cluster” and funding — no chat, no prices, no loginChai — as is
chai-research.com: a corporate site about a “1.4 exaflop cluster” and funding — no chat, no prices, no login
honeychat.bot/en/pricing: prices visible without login — Basic $4.99, Premium $9.99 a month; free plan 20 messages and 3 images a dayHoneyChat — as is
honeychat.bot/en/pricing: prices visible without login — Basic $4.99, Premium $9.99 a month; free plan 20 messages and 3 images a day

Live HoneyChat cards

What a HoneyChat plan unlocks

Characters from the honeychat.bot feed — unlimited messages on Premium and up. Chat counts as of September 21, 2026.

Elena Varga — HoneyChat character24,569 chatsvideoElena Varga realisticwarm-hearted · playful humor · caringOpen chatHana Nakamura — HoneyChat character11,888 chatsvideoHana Nakamura animewarm · playful · wiseOpen chatFreya Lind — HoneyChat character4,960 chatsvideoFreya Lind realisticquietly observant · deeply sensitive · artistically giftedOpen chatSeraphina Vale — HoneyChat character2,408 chatsvideoSeraphina Vale animeteasing · mysterious · patientOpen chatLuna Abyss — HoneyChat character807 chatsvideoLuna Abyss animedevoted · possessive · obsessedOpen chatHana Park — HoneyChat character1,661 chatsvideoHana Park realisticshy but warm · creative · secretly passionateOpen chat
See all 100+ characters

How to get HoneyChat cheaper

70 % off a year for new users

HoneyChat has three open ways to save. All three are published on its official promo-codes page and apply automatically or by code — no “exclusive coupons” from third-party sites.

−70 %on a yearly plan

Valid for the first 24 hours after sign-up, on any tier from Basic to Ultimate. Applies automatically, no code needed. After that the yearly discount is 25 %.

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START2020 % off a month

Promo code for a monthly subscription of any tier and for the top-up when upgrading. Once per account, never expires.

COINS5050 coins

Promo code for coins on any account, including a brand-new one. Entered in the profile — “Activate code”.

What it means in money (Premium tier)

What you buyPriceNote
Month at full price$9.99no code
Month with START20$7.99−20 %, once
Year within the first day$35.99−70 %, i.e. $3 a month
Year after the first day$89.91−25 %

How to claim it

  1. Open HoneyChat with the button below — the chat starts without sign-up, 20 messages a day free.
  2. If it suits you, register and take a yearly plan within 24 hours: the 70 % discount applies on the payment screen by itself.
  3. Not ready for a year — enter START20 in the promo-code field on the monthly payment screen; the price recalculates before you pay.
  4. Activate COINS50 in your profile with “Activate code”.
Open HoneyChat and get 70 % off

Terms from the official HoneyChat promo-codes page (in Russian) as of 20 September 2026. New temporary codes appear in the HoneyChat Telegram channel.

Sources: the official Chai pages (www.chai-research.com) as of ; the full list of claims with links is on the Methodology and sources page. Links to HoneyChat are affiliate links.

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