SweetBun vs Nomi: which AI companion fits you in 2026?
Nomi is the connoisseur’s pick in this category and the praise is deserved: its memory is the best-regarded of any companion product, nothing is metered, group chat with up to ten companions works properly, and the people who use it tend to stay for years. Two things send them looking. The interface is English-only, and their own wiki states that voice is primarily designed for English, with pronunciation and fluency in other languages varying significantly. Second, the media stack stops at selfies — no generated video and no live webcam.
Short answer
SweetBun is the better choice if you want the product in your own language or you want visual media: 70 languages against an English-only interface, plus generated video and a real-time webcam call. Nomi wins on memory depth, on having nothing metered at all, and on its ten-companion group chats.
Choose SweetBun if
You want the interface and your companion working in your language, and you want video and a live webcam call rather than selfies alone.
Stay with Nomi if
You read English, memory depth over years is the single thing you are optimising for, and you would rather pay one flat price with nothing metered.
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Free account, no card. 5 messages a day and enough tokens for your first photo.
SweetBun vs Nomi, line by line
| Feature | SweetBun | Nomi |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited text chat | YesUnlimited on Premium; 5 a day free | Yes |
| Long-term memory | Yes | YesThe deepest memory in this comparison set |
| Voice calls | Yes | Yes |
| Photo generation | Yes | YesSelfies; no video generation |
| Video generation | Yes | No |
| Live webcam / face-to-face | Yes | No |
| Group chat | Yes | YesUp to ten companions in one chat |
| Create your own companion | Yes1 free, unlimited on Premium | YesStrong companion creation |
| Roleplay mode | Yes | Yes |
| Adult content allowed | YesAdult, within hard safety limits | PartlyAdult content allowed, with some limits |
| Published per-action costs | Yes | YesFlat pricing, nothing metered |
| Wide language support | Yes | NoEnglish-only interface; voice tuned for English per their wiki |
| Free to start, no card | Yes | Yes |
| Native mobile apps | PartlyInstallable web app, no store build | Yes |
Nomi details were checked against the sources listed at the foot of this page on September 16, 2026. Pricing and features in this category change often — if you spot something out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
Price side by side
| SweetBun | Nomi | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $20.00 | $15.99 |
| Annual, per month | $10.00 | $8.33 |
| Billing model | Subscription plus metered tokens | One price, nothing metered |
| Free tier | Capped but usable | Capped but usable |
That rate card does not change after you pay
Text chat never costs tokens. Start free and check the numbers against your own usage before you commit.
SweetBun is built for you if
- You want the interface and your companion in one of 70 languages
- You want generated video and a live webcam call, not just selfies
- You want roleplay scenes, a movie library and Play Mode in the same subscription
- You want to try it free without a card before deciding
What SweetBun deliberately doesn't do
- Nomi’s memory is deeper and better regarded than ours
- They meter nothing at all; our media costs tokens
- Their group chats hold up to ten companions, more than we support
Where SweetBun and Nomi actually differ
Why people move to SweetBun
- Generated video, live webcam, roleplay scenes, Sweet Movies, Play Mode and Sweet Casino. Nomi is chat, voice and selfies by design.
- 70 languages, with the companion’s language set explicitly rather than attempted — against an English-only interface and a wiki conceding that fluency varies.
- Video at 2 tokens a second on top of photos at 2. Nomi generates selfies and stops there.
- Generations are filed in a Collection with folders and downloads, Private Packs unlock a companion’s photo and video sets permanently, and Movie Maker turns them into multi-scene films. Nomi’s selfies have nowhere comparable to live.
- A real-time avatar call at 7 tokens a minute, where she responds while you watch. Nomi has no equivalent.
Nomi does this well
- The best-regarded memory in the category by some distance. If continuity over years is what you are buying, Nomi is the product that delivers it and ours does not match it.
- Nothing is metered. No tokens, no credits, no mental arithmetic before you generate something. Our media costs tokens and theirs does not.
- Group chats with up to ten companions at once, which is more than we support and genuinely fun to run.
Reading it in your own language
Nomi's App Store listing names one interface language: English. Their own wiki is candid about the rest — voice is primarily designed for English, and while Nomis may speak other languages, pronunciation, fluency and consistency vary significantly, sometimes sounding like an English speaker attempting another language. SweetBun treats the language as configuration rather than as something the model attempts. Two settings live in your account: Interface Language for the product, and AI Response Language for the companion, the second applied to her writing, her voice, roleplay scenes, group chats, webcam calls and generation prompts. 70 to choose from, set once and left alone.
The media suite
Nomi generates selfies and takes voice calls, and both are solid. There is no video generation and no live webcam, which is a deliberate focus rather than a gap — Nomi is a conversation product and invests accordingly. SweetBun runs photos at 2 tokens, video at 2 tokens a second, voice at 3 a minute and live webcam at 7 a minute, where your companion responds in real time on camera. Roleplay scenes and group chats cost 1 token each to start, and Sweet Movies, Play Mode and Sweet Casino come with the subscription. What she makes is filed in a Collection you can organise and download, Private Packs unlock her photo and video sets for good, and Movie Maker composes them into multi-scene films.
Memory and continuity
Nomi wins this row and we are not going to argue it. Its memory is the most consistently praised in the category, it holds detail over very long runs, and users who have tried everything else come back for it. SweetBun’s memory is continuous per companion and carried across every mode — text, voice, roleplay, group chat, webcam — which is a breadth advantage rather than a depth one. If your test is whether she remembers a conversation from eight months ago, Nomi. If it is whether the companion you called yesterday knows what you said when you generate a photo today, both do, and only one of them does it in your language. You are also choosing from a hundred-plus professionally written companions with new ones added every week, rather than building each one from scratch.
What it actually costs
Nomi is $15.99 a month or about $8.33 a month annually, and nothing is metered: no tokens, no credits for the things you do every day. As a pricing model it is the cleanest here and the absence of arithmetic is a real part of the appeal. SweetBun is $20 a month or $10 a month annually with 100 tokens included, and text chat is never metered — but photos, video, voice and webcam are, at rates printed in full on this page. You are trading a slightly higher ceiling for a wider set of things to spend it on.
Every SweetBun token cost, published
Premium includes 100 tokens a month and Premium Plus includes 225. Text chat never costs tokens. This is the full rate card — there is no second list, and nothing here changes once you have paid.
| Action | Tokens |
|---|---|
| Generate one photo | 2 |
| Generate video, per second | 2 |
| Voice call, per minute | 3 |
| Live webcam, per minute | 7 |
| Start a group chat | 1 |
| Start a roleplay scene | 1 |
| Play a message aloud | 0.2 |
Common questions
Does Nomi support languages other than English?
Is Nomi’s memory better than SweetBun’s?
Does Nomi have video or webcam?
What does Nomi cost?
Is SweetBun free to try?
Try SweetBun before you pay anything
Free account, no card, 5 messages a day and enough tokens for your first photo. Ten minutes with a companion will tell you more than any comparison table.
Where the line sits
SweetBun is open about adult creative content between adults, and closed on the things that are never negotiable. We have zero tolerance for sexual content involving minors, non-consensual scenarios, extreme violence, bestiality, necrophilia, deepfakes of real people, and anything illegal. Accounts that attempt this are removed. Freedom for adults and hard limits are not in tension here — the limits are what make the freedom workable.
Sources
Operated by Glimpse AI.
Nomi is a trademark of its respective owner. SweetBun is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nomi. This comparison reflects publicly available information on the date shown and our own use of both products.
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