Cleverbot
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Cleverbot, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Cleverbot's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Cleverbot.com | Free | Personal use only · no price stated |
The facts
Each one read from Cleverbot's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account data
- Creating an account requires a username, password, and valid email address; the initial account creation IP address is retained.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Account features
- Signed-in users can keep and switch between multiple conversations and return to a conversation on another machine.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Advertising and cookies
- The site says third-party advertising cookies may be used for tracking and personalized or non-personalized ads, while advertisers do not know conversation contents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Age guidance
- Cleverbot says it is not aimed at children and people under 13 may not create an account.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Age limit
- The privacy policy says Cleverbot is not aimed at children and people under 13 may not create an account.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API status
- The official Cleverbot API is suspended pending further notice, and the site says no programmatic access to Cleverbot serving is available.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Conversation history
- Signed-in users can keep multiple conversations, switch between them, and return to a conversation on another machine.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy policy says Cleverbot is run by a UK-based company and user personal information is transferred to and processed in the United Kingdom.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Chat content is not automatically deleted when an account is deleted and may remain accessible on the servers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Developer product status
- The linked Cleverscript site describes its chatbot builder as not active and cautions users not to sign up with a serious plan to publish.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File uploads
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Hosting location
- The privacy policy says Cleverbot is run by a UK-based company and its servers are housed in the United Kingdom.checked 11 Oct 2026
- How it responds
- It compares a conversation contextually with millions of previous conversations to choose a response.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Image generation
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Imitates people
- Cleverbot says it is software that imitates people and does not understand users.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Learning
- Things users say may influence what Cleverbot says to other people in the future.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Learns from conversations
- Things users say may influence what Cleverbot says to other people in the future.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and learning
- The privacy policy says chats are not private and may be recorded, learned from, and reused in later conversations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and retention
- The privacy policy says conversations may be recorded, learned from, and reused, and content is not automatically deleted when an account is removed.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App integrations
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- iOS app
- The site links to an app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch; its app page describes chatting, choosing bubble colors, and resuming or starting conversations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile app
- The site links to a Cleverbot app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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