Comparisons · 5 min read
Delphi vs Staraze: Who Pays, and Who Earns
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Delphi and Staraze solve the same problem from opposite ends. Both let a real person build an AI version of themselves that answers questions in their voice. On Delphi, you pay a monthly platform fee and decide what to do with the clone. On Staraze, you pay nothing to build it, and your fans pay per message to talk to it. Which one fits depends on whether the persona is a tool for your business or the product itself.
Side by side
| Delphi | Staraze | |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays | The creator, as a monthly platform subscription | The fan, per message pack |
| Built for | “Professionals and creators”, “leaders with growing audiences”, “celebrities and public figures” (Delphi’s own plan descriptions) | Creators with an audience that asks questions: coaches, educators, podcasters, niche experts |
| Entry cost | Free tier for a first clone; paid tiers at $79 and $299 a month at the time of writing, custom above that | Free to build and publish |
| Channels | Chat and voice calling; embedding on your own site, Slack, SMS and WhatsApp on higher tiers | Text chat on a public persona page, plus an embeddable preview |
| Training inputs | Your content, with a word cap that rises by tier | YouTube transcripts, website, posts, PDFs |
| Creator revenue | Whatever you charge on your own, outside the platform | 80% of every message pack, paid out from your creator wallet |
| Fan preview | Depends on how you deploy it | 3 free messages, no account |
| AI disclosure | Yes | Yes, on every page and in every chat |
| Identity check | Not a public requirement | Creator verified before the persona goes live |
Where Delphi is the better choice
Delphi is built for people who already sell something else. A consultant, an author with a course, a coach with a high-ticket programme, an executive who wants a public-facing version of themselves. For them the clone is a lead-qualifier, a support layer and a brand asset, and paying a fixed monthly fee for it is normal business software spend. Voice calling, embedding on your own site, Slack and workflow integrations all point the same way: the clone plugs into an existing business.
If that is you, and you have no interest in fans paying per conversation, Delphi is the more complete toolkit.
Where Staraze is the better choice
Staraze is built for creators whose audience is the business. You have a YouTube channel, a podcast or a following that asks you things, and you want the persona to earn on its own rather than to support another product. There is no monthly fee to justify, fans buy message packs at a price you set, and you keep 80%. The three free messages on your page handle the conversion that a landing page would otherwise have to do.
Two further differences matter for creators specifically. Staraze verifies the identity of every creator before a persona goes public, so a fan talking to “you” is talking to a persona you authorised. And the persona lives on a public page you can link from a bio or a video description, with no site of your own needed. Read whether an AI version of yourself can make money for the arithmetic.
What they have in common
Both train on content you actually made rather than a prompt you wrote, both label the result as AI, and both let you set boundaries on what the persona will discuss. Neither is a fictional-character platform like Character.AI or Janitor AI; if that is the comparison you wanted, see the best AI chatbot platforms for creators.
The one question that decides it
Is the persona something you will pay for, or something people will pay you for? If you are confident fans will pay to talk to it, a creator-pays subscription means paying twice: once for the platform and again in whatever you build to collect money. If you need it as part of a bigger offer and never intend to charge per chat, a fan-pays marketplace is the wrong shape.
Creators can try the Staraze side in minutes: build the persona, test it with three free messages, and decide. Start on the creator page, or learn how to train it on your YouTube videos first.
Frequently asked questions
Is Delphi free?
Delphi offers a free tier for a first clone with chat and voice calling. Paid tiers add integrations, embedding locations and higher training limits, at monthly prices that were $79 and $299 at the time of writing, with custom pricing for public figures.
Does Staraze charge creators a monthly fee?
No. Building and publishing a persona is free. Staraze keeps 20% of each message pack a fan buys; the creator keeps 80%, before payment-processor fees.
Can I use both Delphi and Staraze?
Yes. Some creators use a creator-pays clone embedded on their own site for business enquiries and a Staraze persona as the paid fan product. They are trained separately.
Which one supports voice?
Delphi supports voice calling. Staraze personas are text chat grounded in your transcripts and writing; they match how you phrase things, not the sound of your voice.