An honest, cited look at Agnai — what it does well (including where it beats FlirtAlly), what it costs, and who it's for. Researched 2026-10-03 · official site.
AGPL-3.0 open source with self-hosting and BYO model keys — genuinely free forever with full data ownership; we cannot match $0 self-hosted
We publish competitor wins on purpose — a comparison that never loses isn't a comparison.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Notes | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted (AGPL-3.0) | $0 | — | open source; run via Docker/NPM/manual; runs in Guest Only mode with no database; BYO AI backend keys (OpenAI, Claude, Horde, Kobold, Novel, OpenRouter, local) | reported |
Free tier: hosted agnai.chat usable without payment; self-hosting entirely free under AGPL-3.0 Platform variance: README lists 'subscriptions' as a multi-tenancy feature of the hosted service, but no crawlable page publishes hosted tier prices — see contradictions
| Capability | Agnai | FlirtAlly |
|---|---|---|
| Long-term memory | memory/lore books; optional pipeline features with long-term memory and Wikipedia/PDF embedding medium conf | Four-layer memory with semantic recall — tell them your dog's name today, they ask about it next week. Unlimited on every plan, free included. |
| Voice | none found low conf | Real-time voice calls in-app, plus companions with real PSTN phone lines you can actually dial. |
| Video messages | none found low conf | Lip-synced video messages in their own voice (10-second clips). |
| Group chat | group conversations — multiple users with multiple bots simultaneously (standout capability) high conf | Group threads with 2–5 of your companions — they read each other's replies and banter. |
| Selfies & photos | third-party image generation integration (not first-party generation) medium conf | Selfies on demand (3cr), identity-locked to their canonical face — always recognizably them. |
| Texts first | none found low conf | They text first — opt-in, quiet-hours aware, always stoppable. |
| Real games | none found low conf | 17 real server-authoritative games with credit wagers — they play for keeps and remember losses. |
| Real phone lines | none found — web chat only low conf | Buy a matched companion their own dedicated real phone number (200cr/mo); only your calls ring through. |
| Physical mail | none found low conf | Real printed letters and gift cards in your physical mailbox, written from relationship memory. |
Sentiment reflects public community posts, attributed to the community they came from.
We show conflicts instead of hiding them — pricing in this category changes fast.
FlirtAlly is live and free to start — a no-card free plan. Companions who remember you, text first, and answer a real phone number.
Not verified — noted honestly rather than guessed: hosted-tier pricing unverified (SPA not crawlable) · project maintenance cadence and single-developer status unverified · no independent hands-on review found beyond roundup mentions · current release version vs CVE fix (1.0.330) unverified