Convai
NPC & AI characters · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial use allowed
- Free plan
- Free plan100 interactions quota
- Ship free-plan output?
- Yes
- Engines
- Unity, Unreal, Roblox
Convai vs Gridly
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Our ranking
In Voice & dialogue, Convai ranks #3 and Gridly ranks #5. No independent quality tests found. Ranked on game-dev fit: commercial use allowed; Unity, Unreal integrations; API. Uses voices from other providers, so other companies' leaderboard results don't count for it.
Gridly
Localisation · Paid- Commercial use
- Not stated by vendor
- Free plan
- Free trial or credits only14-day Team trial
- Ship free-plan output?
- Not stated by vendor
- Engines
- Unity, Unreal
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: Convai: commercial use allowed terms. Gridly: not stated by vendor terms.
- Free plan: Convai: free plan (100 interactions quota) pricing. Gridly: free trial or credits only (14-day Team trial) pricing.
- API and MCP: Convai: public API, connects to MCP servers. Gridly: public API, community MCP server only.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: Convai: Unity, Unreal, Roblox. Gridly: Unity, Unreal.
Best for
Prototyping conversational NPCs
Managing game strings and translations in grids
What it does
Conversational AI characters for games and virtual worlds: NPCs with voice, knowledge and actions.
Content and localisation platform with a game-localisation use case: spreadsheet-style grids for strings, AI translation with linguistic context, AI voiceover files and an API.
Verdict
For conversational NPCs with a free tier to prototype on; its terms give you ownership of AI-generated content.
For teams that want game strings, AI translation and voiceover files in one tool; there is no free plan, only a 14-day trial.
Tasks●
NPC & AI characters, Voice & dialogue
Localisation, Voice & dialogue
Engines●
Unity, Unreal, Roblox
Unity, Unreal
Free plan●
Free plan 100 interactions quota
Free trial or credits only 14-day Team trial
Pricing
Free $0/month (100 interactions quota). Paid tiers listed at $29, $99, $499 and $1,199 per month (lower discounted figures also shown). source
14-day trial of the Team tier. Basic starts at €99/month with 3 seats included (2,500 automated updates and 3,000 API requests per month). Team and Enterprise tiers cost more or are custom; see the pricing page. source
Export formats●
n/a (runtime service)
Not stated by vendor
Commercial use●
Commercial use allowed
Terms of Service: you have ownership over your Customer Content and AI Generated Content. source
Terms of Service: you have ownership over your Customer Content and AI Generated Content. source
Commercial use: not stated by vendor
Gridly processes your own content. Ownership terms for AI translations and voiceover output were not checked: unverified. source
Gridly processes your own content. Ownership terms for AI translations and voiceover output were not checked: unverified. source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
API
Available. Character and core APIs source
Available. API included (request limits per plan) source
MCP server●
Connects to MCP servers. Characters can call external MCP servers source
Community server only. A community-built MCP server exists; no official one found source
Last checked
Rows marked ● differ between the two tools. Licence badges: green = commercial use allowed (including any free plan or trial), amber = paid plans only, restricted, or allowed but with no free plan, red = not allowed, grey = not stated by vendor or not applicable. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.