AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Chert
Vapi for FaceTime: AI video agents in a few lines
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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We want to make interactions feel warmer and human via audio - just like chatting with a friend. We're making voice AI's as simple, reliable and accessible as any other API in your stack.
2024 · blog.vapi.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, we're the co-founders of LemonSlice (try our HN playground here: https://lemonslice.com/hn). We train interactive avatar video models. Our API lets you upload a photo and immediately jump into a FaceTime-style call with that character. Here's a demo: https://www.loom.com/share/941577113141418e80d2834c83a5a0a9 Chatbots are everywhere and voice AI has taken off, but we believe video avatars will be the most common form factor for conversational AI. Most people would rather watch something than read it. The problem is that generating video in real-time…
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
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Hey it’s Hassaan & Quinn – co-founders of Tavus, an AI research company and developer platform for video APIs. We’ve been building AI video models for ‘digital twins’ or ‘avatars’ since 2020. We’re sharing some of the challenges we faced building an AI video interface that has realistic conversations with a human, including getting it to under 1 second of latency. To try it, talk to Hassaan’s digital twin: https://www.hassaanraza.com, or to our "demo twin" Carter: https://www.tavus.io We built this because until now, we've had to adapt communication to the limits of…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Build interactive agents in minutes to automate video calls
2025 · beyondpresence.ai · its alternatives →
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Memories.ai▲446ChatGPT for your video library, with unlimited video context
2025 · memories.ai · its alternatives →
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Tighter instruction adherence in speech agents
Feb 2026 · developers.openai.com · its alternatives →
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Dots by OpenAI▲302Always on agents built to handle everything
22d ago · chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
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Trupeer Faces▲347Studio-quality screen recording with avatars, completely AI
2025 · trupeer.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey Hackernews- it’s Tim Lenardo and I’m launching v1 of Onit today! Onit is ChatGPT Desktop, but with local mode and support for other model providers (Anthropic, GoogleAI, etc). It's also like Cursor Chat, but everywhere on your computer - not just in your IDE! Onit is open-source! You can download a pre-built version from our website: www.getonit.ai Or build directly from the source code: https://github.com/synth-inc/onit We built this because we believe: Universal Access: AI assistants should be accessible from anywhere on my computer, not just in the browser or in…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sun▲110Sun is a realtime voice API built specifically for real‑time collaborative voice interaction, not just one‑on‑one chat. Completing with ChatGPT Realtime and Gemini Live API
Jun 2026 · getsun.io · its alternatives →
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Faceter▲103Intelligent software for smarter video surveillance
2017 · faceter.io · its alternatives →
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Ojin▲106Talk to an AI Agent with a real face and voice, in real time
Aug 2026 · ojin.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I’m Jordan, founder of Vapi. For the past 1.5 years, we've been building voice infrastructure designed to help developers easily create, test, and deploy voice agents. We’re everything between raw models (like the realtime API) and end-users interacting with voice agents over telephony or within applications. We’ve been around for about 1.5yrs. Vapi was born out of a personal frustration—I wanted to build my own voice agent but found existing solutions extremely limited. Back then, there were only a handful of voice AI startups. Since March 2024, we've witnessed a Cambrian explosion…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Open-Source AI Camera Skills Platform, AI NVR & CCTV Surveillance. Local VLM video analysis with Qwen, DeepSeek, SmolVLM, LLaVA, YOLO26. LLM-powered agentic security camera agent — watches, understands, remembers & guards your home via Telegram, Discord or Slack. Pluggable AI skills. OpenAI, Google,
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Beni AI▲78Hi HN, I built Beni (https://thebeni.ai ), a web app for real-time video calls with an AI companion. The idea started as a pretty simple question: text chatbots are everywhere, but they rarely feel present. I wanted something closer to a call, where the character actually reacts in real time (voice, timing, expressions), not just “type, wait, reply”. Beni is basically: A Live2D avatar that animates during the call (expressions + motion driven by the conversation) Real-time voice conversation (streaming response, not “wait 10 seconds then speak”) Long-term memory so the character…
Feb 2026 · thebeni.ai · its alternatives →
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Get the Insurance that gets you
Nov 2025 · inkasure.com · its alternatives →
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