Best Models for Roleplay
Models with strong character consistency, creative prose, and long context windows — compared by price and context size
| Features | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AWS Bedrock(global) | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | ||
AWS Bedrock | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | ||
Anthropic | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | ||
AWS Bedrock(us) | $2.20 | $11.00 | $0.22 | ||
Granite | $1.40$1.12 -20% off | $4.40$3.52 -20% off | $0.26$0.21 -20% off | ||
Z AI | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | ||
EmberCloud | $1.26 | $3.96 | $0.23 | ||
MiniMax | $0.60 | $2.40 | $0.12 | ||
AWS Bedrock(jp) | $5.50 | $27.50 | $0.55 | ||
AWS Bedrock(us) | $5.50 | $27.50 | $0.55 | ||
Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | ||
AWS Bedrock | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | ||
AWS Bedrock(global) | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | ||
AWS Bedrock(au) | $5.50 | $27.50 | $0.55 | ||
AWS Bedrock(eu) | $5.50 | $27.50 | $0.55 | ||
AWS Bedrock(global) | $1.25 | $2.50 | $0.20 | ||
AWS Bedrock(us) | $1.38 | $2.75 | $0.22 | ||
xAI | $1.25 | $2.50 | $0.31 | ||
AWS Bedrock(us-west-2) | $1.38 | $2.75 | $0.22 | ||
AWS Bedrock | $1.25 | $2.50 | $0.20 | ||
Azure AI Foundry | $1.25 | $2.50 | $0.20 | ||
Alibaba Cloud(singapore) | $0.20 | $0.40 | $0.04 | ||
DeepSeek | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.00 | ||
DeepInfra | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.03 | ||
NovitaAI | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.03 | ||
Alibaba Cloud(cn-beijing) | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.03 | ||
Alibaba Cloud | $0.20 | $0.40 | $0.04 | ||
DeepSeek | $0.43 | $0.87 | $0.00 | ||
Alibaba Cloud(singapore) | $2.40 | $4.80 | $0.20 | ||
Together AI | $1.74 | $3.48 | $0.20 | ||
Alibaba Cloud(cn-beijing) | $1.65 | $3.30 | $0.14 | ||
Alibaba Cloud | $2.40 | $4.80 | $0.20 | ||
DeepInfra | $1.74 | $3.48 | $0.14 | ||
Tundra | $0.40 | $2.20 | $0.08 | ||
Together AI | $1.20 | $4.50 | $0.20 | ||
CanopyWave | $0.50 | $2.80 | $0.10 | ||
NovitaAI | $0.95 | $4.00 | $0.16 | ||
Moonshot AI | $0.95 | $4.00 | $0.16 | ||
Mistral AI | $0.10 | $0.30 | — | ||
Mistral AI | $0.50 | $1.50 | — | ||
Vertex AI (OpenAI-compatible) | $1.00 | $3.20 | $0.10 | ||
EmberCloud | $0.72 | $2.30 | $0.14 | ||
Alibaba Cloud(cn-beijing) | $0.57 | $2.58 | — | ||
Nebius AI | $1.00 | $3.20 | — | ||
NovitaAI | $1.00 | $3.20 | $0.20 | ||
Z AI | $1.00 | $3.20 | $0.20 | ||
Together AI | $1.00 | $3.20 | — | ||
Alibaba Cloud | $0.57 | $2.58 | — | ||
Alibaba Cloud(cn-beijing) | $0.57 | $3.01 | — | ||
Moonshot AI | $0.60 | $3.00 | $0.10 |
A good roleplay model needs three things: prose that stays in character over hundreds of messages, a context window large enough to hold character cards and long chat histories, and per-token pricing that doesn't punish long sessions. This page lists the models the roleplay community actually uses — from budget favorites like DeepSeek and GLM to premium options like Claude — with live pricing and context sizes for every provider.
Every model here is available through the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so you can plug LLM Gateway into SillyTavern, RisuAI, or your own frontend with one API key, switch models mid-conversation, and fall back automatically when a provider has an outage.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI model for roleplay?
It depends on your budget. DeepSeek V4 and GLM-5 are the best value for money and rarely break character, Kimi K2.6 is known for expressive creative prose, and Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Sonnet 5 write the highest-quality prose if you're willing to pay premium per-token rates. Grok's non-reasoning models are a popular fast middle ground.
Can I use these models with SillyTavern or my own frontend?
Yes. LLM Gateway exposes an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API, so any frontend that supports a custom base URL — SillyTavern, RisuAI, Agnai, or your own app — works by pointing it at the gateway and using your LLM Gateway API key.
Which roleplay models have the largest context windows?
Grok 4.1 Fast supports up to 2 million tokens, and Claude Sonnet 5, GLM-5.2, DeepSeek V4, and MiniMax Text-01 all reach 1 million tokens. That's enough to keep an entire long-running roleplay, including character cards and lorebooks, in context.
How much does API roleplay cost compared to a subscription?
Usually less. A typical roleplay exchange runs a few thousand tokens, so on a model like DeepSeek V4 Flash (about $0.14 per million input tokens) even heavy daily use costs a fraction of a fixed chatbot subscription — and you only pay for what you use.