Comparisons
Candy AI vs Janitor AI for bot writing and conversation access
When a role is not behaving as intended, its written instructions and its reply provider are two different things to consider. Our account offers character settings, Plus chat controls and media. Janitor combines bot definitions with several ways to access models, each with its own requirements.
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Put behavior into the definition rather than the display bio
Describe your scene in our chat after selecting the character attributes offered by the builder. Plus supplies personas, chat customization and memory tools to shape the interaction further.
On Janitor, use personality, scenario and the initial message for instructions that guide the exchange. The display bio introduces the profile to readers. Important background, behavior and relationships belong in the bot's definition rather than only in that reader-facing description.
Identify whether you are editing a role or selecting access
| What needs setting | Candy AI | Janitor AI |
|---|---|---|
| The role itself | Select a preset or custom companion. A Plus user persona provides context about your role, not the bot's identity. | Supply a personality, scenario and opening message |
| Initial text access | Use up to five messages across characters, then paid ordinary text without a cap | Start with free built-in JLLM; other models have their own access conditions |
| A different reply provider | Use the chat and media features available within your account | Bring a provider key for an external API setup, or use the separate subscriber Router |
| The meaning of tokens | Spend a media balance on supported character and media actions | Measure text processing or provider usage rather than Candy media spending |
Keep the bot definition in place if your intention is only to change models. Replies may sound different under another provider even though the character instructions themselves have not been edited.
Understand the access route before supplying credentials
Janitor's built-in JLLM can be used without a provider key. For an external API, identify the provider and model identifier, review its connection details and supply the credentials it requires. Read the current billing terms; a free example configuration is not a price promise.
On the web, janitor+ Router lets subscribers use supported third-party models without a separate provider key. Charges draw from a wallet at per-token rates as well as the subscription payment. Read the selected model's rate; Router membership is not unlimited model usage.
Keep model usage out of the image-and-call budget
With us, free access also covers one custom companion and one image. Premium includes 100 monthly tokens, and Plus includes 330, with further media potentially needing top-ups. Janitor model use and subscriptions are separate costs to consider. A text-processing allocation is not a balance you can transfer into pictures, video or calls.
Revise the role before attributing every reply to the model
A fictional adult planetarium guide might be meant to explain a diagram before asking a question. If the bot skips that pattern, revisit the personality and opening message on Janitor. Revising those instructions and replacing the model provider are different interventions.
If you want a new storyline from a Candy AI conversation already in progress, an available Plus clone copies its history into another branch. To make a picture of the scene, use the image controls and their token charge. A text-model menu alone does not demonstrate equivalent media features.
Your questions
Can I begin on Janitor without bringing an external provider key?
Yes. Built-in JLLM does not need one, and subscriber Router is another route distinct from external-key configurations. A bring-your-own-key connection is not required for every Janitor conversation.
Where should I write information the Janitor bot needs to follow?
Put relevant behavior and background in the personality and other chat-definition fields. The visible bio is a description for readers, so changing it alone is not equivalent to editing the instructions that guide replies.
What usage can remain chargeable after a subscription payment?
Janitor Router usage has its own billing, and external providers apply their own conditions. With us, paid ordinary text access does not cover all token-funded media. Identify the route and action rather than treating a subscription as full payment for everything.