2023–2026 · 208 EXHIBITS
Chat Data Museum Directory
Every blog post, changelog and research report we have published, hung in topic rooms you can search and browse here.
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Blog9 min
How to Create a Telegram Bot: BotFather, Token & AI (2026)
How to create a Telegram bot with BotFather in 5 minutes: /newbot, name, username, and your bot token. Then turn it into an AI bot with no code.
Channels & Integrations
Blog12 min
Best Uncensored AI Tools in 2026: 9 Text AI Picks Ranked
The best uncensored AI tools for text in 2026: Venice AI, Ollama, LM Studio, KoboldCpp, SillyTavern, OpenRouter, NovelAI, Grok and Chat Data, compared honestly.
AI Models
Blog10 min
Best AI Girlfriend Apps in 2026: 8 Options Compared
The best AI girlfriend apps in 2026, compared honestly: Nomi, Kindroid, Replika, Candy AI, SpicyChat and more on memory, voice, filters, platforms and price.
Insights
Blog10 min
Best AI Companion Apps in 2026: 8 Platforms Compared
The best AI companion apps in 2026: Nomi, Replika, Pi, Kindroid, Character.AI and more, compared honestly on memory, voice, content stance, platforms and price.
Insights
Blog11 min
Best AI Chatbot for Roleplay in 2026: 9 Picks Ranked
The best AI chatbots for roleplay in 2026: Character.AI, Janitor AI, SpicyChat, SillyTavern, Perchance, Kindroid and more, compared on memory, filters and cost.
Insights
Changelog2 min
Uncensored DeepSeek V4 Flash for Roleplay & Companion Agents
A new uncensored model built for character-driven chat. Your agent stays fully in persona — no moralizing, no "as an AI" disclaimers, and no refusing adult conversations. Built for: Virtual girlfriend and companion agents on Telegram, WhatsApp, and Discord. Adult entertainment and 18+ community bots. Long-running characters that never break role. Available now in your model selector at 1 credit per message.
AI Models
Blog16 min
How to Make a Discord Bot Without Writing Code
How to make a Discord bot without coding: exact Developer Portal steps, message content intent, OAuth2 permissions and a no-code AI brain that replies.
Channels & Integrations
Blog13 min
ChatGPT NSFW: What the Filter Blocks and What to Use Instead
ChatGPT NSFW rules explained: what the filter blocks, why jailbreaks fail, and first-party benchmark data on uncensored model alternatives for adult AI chat.
AI Models
Changelog2 min
Chat Data Is Live on the Shopify App Store
Two Ways to Connect — Choose Before You Install: From Shopify: billed on your Shopify invoice, one agent per workspace. From Chat Data: stay on Stripe, keep every agent your plan allows. One-Click Setup: No access tokens, no theme code. Store domain, product catalog, and training set up for you. Commerce-Aware Agent: Order tracking, real-time product sync, leads mirrored into Shopify Customers. No-Code Storefront Widget: Theme App Extension app embed that survives theme changes.
Channels & Integrations
Changelog2 min
Activity Log & Webhook Event Log
See who changed your agent's settings and when, with before/after diffs — and track every webhook delivery with status, latency, and one-click resend. Plus a workspace-level trail of member, access, and agent changes.
Trust & Compliance
Changelog3 min
HIPAA-Compliant Workspaces
Staying inside your Business Associate Agreement used to be something you had to keep track of yourself. Now your workspace does it for you — it turns off what the agreement can't cover, flags what needs your own agreement, and tells you when a running agent needs attention.
Trust & Compliance
Changelog2 min
Seven New Frontier Models
GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna, Claude Opus 5 and Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3.5 Flash Lite are all live in the model picker. Every one of them has a million-token context window, and the cheapest costs half a credit per message.
AI Models
Changelog3 min
Turn Your Chatbot Into a Business: Usage-Based Billing, Caps & Paywalls with Stripe
Charge for your chatbot the way you want — and stay in control of usage — all from one settings page. Bill subscribed customers automatically for what they actually use, through your own Stripe account. Set usage limits per customer or for the whole chatbot — daily, weekly, monthly, or lifetime. Paywall in the chat — visitors without a subscription get a "Subscribe to continue" card with your message and a ready-to-pay Stripe checkout link. Free trial messages — let visitors try the bot before asking them to subscribe. No pricing tables to build in Stripe. Pick a price, and Chat Data sets…
Channels & Integrations
Changelog2 min
Live Chat Updates Without Reloading, Plus Instant Notifications
Your Live Chats dashboard now stays fresh on its own. New conversations and incoming messages appear automatically, so agents no longer have to reload the page to see who needs help. We also added a notification bell in the header and browser push notifications, so your team gets alerted the moment a visitor asks to talk to a human, even from another page or when the tab is in the background. Highlights: Live Chats dashboard auto-updates with new conversations and messages, no reload needed. A new notification bell highlights visitors waiting for a human agent. Browser push notifications…
Live Chat & Support
Blog8 min
Zoho Desk Review 2026: Pricing, Features, and Alternatives
An honest Zoho Desk review for 2026: current per-agent pricing, ecosystem strengths, AI and setup limitations, who it fits, and the best alternatives.
Live Chat & Support
Blog8 min
Retail Chatbots: 9 Use Cases That Actually Drive Revenue in 2026
Nine retail chatbot use cases that drive measurable revenue in 2026 — order status, product finders, returns automation, back-in-stock alerts, and more — plus honest limitations.
Use Cases
Blog6 min
Landbot Review 2026: Features, Pricing, and Alternatives
An honest Landbot review for 2026: visual flow-builder strengths, current pricing in euros, where rule-based flows fall short of AI-native platforms, and the best alternatives.
Insights
Blog6 min
7 Best Drift Alternatives in 2026 (Now That Drift Is Sunsetting)
Salesloft is sunsetting Drift in 2026. Compare the 7 best Drift alternatives — Chat Data, Intercom, Qualified, HubSpot, Tidio, Crisp, and Warmly — by pricing, AI capability, and company size.
Live Chat & Support
Blog8 min
AI Shopping Bots Explained: What They Are and How Stores Use Them in 2026
What is a shopping bot? Learn the difference between consumer buying bots and merchant AI shopping assistants, how they work, and how to add one to your store without code.
Use Cases
Changelog1 min
Extended Conversation History Retention Policy
We have extended the maximum conversation history retention period across Chat Data plans, giving teams more room to keep long-running support, sales, and operations conversations available. Pricing now displays these limits on a simple 360-day year basis, so plan comparisons are easier to read. Highlights: Free workspaces can keep conversation history for up to 0.5 years. Entry workspaces can keep conversation history for up to 1 year. Standard workspaces can keep conversation history for up to 3 years. Professional workspaces can keep conversation history for up to 5 years. Customers can…
Platform
Changelog2 min
Credits Now Renew on Your Billing Cycle
Your message and scrape credits now renew on your own subscription billing date — not the calendar 1st. Subscribe or change plans any day of the month and your credits stay aligned with when you actually pay.
Platform
Blog7 min
How AI Is Transforming Access Control Systems for Modern Businesses
Discover how AI is transforming access control systems with smarter security, real-time monitoring, and automated access management for modern businesses.
Trust & Compliance
Changelog2 min
More AI Models for Interactive Visual Responses
You can now power your chatbot's interactive visual responses — forms, cards, carousels, buttons, and tables — with a wider lineup of our latest AI models. Newly available for interactive responses: Claude 4.6 Sonnet and Claude 4.5 Sonnet. GPT-5.2. Gemini 3.1 Pro and Gemini 3.1 Flash. Just pick the model that fits your use case in your chatbot settings. Also in this update: Claude 4 Sonnet has been retired in favor of the newer Claude 4.5 and 4.6 Sonnet models.
AI Models
Changelog2 min
Two-Factor Authentication, Trusted Devices & New Sign-In Alerts
Protect your Chat Data account with app-based two-factor authentication (2FA). Turn it on under your account settings, trust your own devices for 30 days so you're not prompted every time, and get an email whenever someone signs in from a device we haven't seen before — automatically, whether or not 2FA is turned on.
Trust & Compliance