NovelAI
A subscription writing and image service with an explicit policy of not filtering fiction, and a long record of keeping it.
- Hosted
- Active
- Allowed adult content
- Paid
At a glance
- Where it runs
- HostedSomeone else runs it. Whatever you type reaches their servers.
- Adult content
- AllowedAdult content is permitted within the published rules.
- Trains on your content
- NoYour content is not used to train models.
- Status
- ActiveMaintained and working today.
- Account needed
- Yes
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Cost
- Paid subscription tiers; a limited free trial.
- What it keeps
- Stories are stored encrypted; the publisher states they are not used for training.
NovelAI has been around since 2021 and has been consistent about what it is: a paid service for writing fiction, including adult fiction, with its own trained models rather than someone else's API.
It is hosted, which is the trade. What it offers in return is stability — the terms have not lurched, which is unusual enough in this field to be the headline feature.
Worth knowing before you start
- Subscription only There is no meaningful free tier for sustained use.
- Hosted, with no local option The models are theirs and do not run on your machine.
What it does
- Story editor with lorebook
- Own text and image models
- No content filter on fiction
- Encrypted story storage
Signs of life
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- Last answered
- Yes, 3 hours ago Its website responded when we asked.
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine A snapshot, in case this one stops answering.
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