DreamGen vs NovelAI

DreamGen is a web service for interactive AI role-play and story writing. Users can start from a scenario or create a world, then steer a plot through conversations with multiple characters. Scenario controls let users set the plot, setting, style, characters, locations, objects, opening, and example interactions. Its Scenario Wizard guides creation of scenario ideas, characters, settings, and plot outlines. A separate story writer generates stories across genres, and DreamGen’s documentation includes a guide to image generation. The role-play guide describes a mobile interface with access to the scenario editor, settings, and role-play assistant. DreamGen says its main generative models run on its own infrastructure, though some requests may be routed to vetted third-party providers for particular functions or conditions. It says user data is not used to train or improve models unless users opt in; consent is off by default. The service is intended for people at least 18 and the age of majority where they live. A free plan is available; paid plans start at $7.83 a month.

NovelAI combines AI-assisted story writing with anime image generation and is available on the web, Android, and iOS. Its NovelAI Diffusion V5 generator can produce original characters, scenes, artwork, and full comic pages. Image controls include natural-language prompts, tags, character positioning, and action tags; separately defined characters can remain consistent across scenes. Inpainting, Director Tools, and a built-in canvas support image refinement. The homepage identifies GLM 4.6 as the model behind story generation, and the product supports long-form writing. The Paper trial includes 30 image generations, 50 text generations, and 100 text-to-speech generations. Paid plans start at $10 a month: Tablet and Scroll each include 1,000 subscription ImageAnlas, while Opus costs $25 a month and includes 10,000 subscription ImageAnlas and a 28,672-token context size. Anlas can also be purchased on demand for image generation. NovelAI says users retain ownership of created content and encrypts stories, lorebooks, scripts, and prompt chunks in the browser before saving.