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How is character.ai?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 8 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 403 in 48 ms.

Why

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finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

How character.ai looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
403
48 ms
HTTPS
86 d
left on a Google Trust Services certificate
Age
8 years
registered 2018-06-15
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A104.18.223.226
104.18.222.226
AAAA2606:4700::6812:dee2
2606:4700::6812:dfe2
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
1 aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
NScora.ns.cloudflare.com
elijah.ns.cloudflare.com
TXTgoogle-site-verification=AMp0rKZdwwmCfrKwb19SarL_X_ZXWyYuPFUM76VAhxI
atlassian-domain-verification=3pZtECscVwzaFqrQtFheEheu2OSzmEzeD0rdoExoA93bQir2dcsN8YW2xEMsQ2yi
google-site-verification=cbyp0g1JpUS-Rn_0hObcq5Tqu2k608_qU6V1SpzK51c
stripe-verification=78d0f81fd67567ec4e8b9c75acec541b15d22d6d78811fde47e7408286bf9455
google-site-verification=nzmHeEkygqjoQsJEf-GEl7APA18mk1OdWyY7xnhdGZ4
notion-domain-verification=nUxC0a1IlC7JJgryzxx6JQIQg5E067AblIPglwufGQj
v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.google.com ip4:149.72.23.151 ip4:149.72.26.48 ip4:149.72.37.85 ~all
google-site-verification=E9tShoVDO3C2NOEnNVhfMICOHiqVjdYkEc3_GKTS5Kw
slack-domain-verification=OXNBI5dlqTwCAwErzntuIU4X5qPSKOQYBxxVChna
google-site-verification=m5oxX_StvWShG0MfeS2GINkImdueLJUsTb7m5HCC5TM
6C5A5B5CA7
firebase=character-ai
google-site-verification=ANrYwQuGmLGg5IhFWEVm7DKt1neHhzqFbBrJQNWeaqc
google-site-verification=Etqd7jo52A3ntJcxIBtBV5P9OaVZVTTwiFLNT7bZdzM
google-site-verification=eeqjPJuLeQS_2O-YxRMO72BDGe_AG5hy-RFTcq3mhQ8
<28.01.2026>
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MS=ms76881000
RegistrationGoDaddy.com, LLC
registrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
registered2018-06-15
expires2030-06-15
last changed2026-08-12
ownerDomains By Proxy, LLC
nameserverscora.ns.cloudflare.com
elijah.ns.cloudflare.com
statusclient delete prohibited
client renew prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
registered 2018-06-15expires 2030-06-15
HTTPS certificate86 days left
validyes
issuerGoogle Trust Services
coverscharacter.ai, updater.character.ai, *.updater.character.ai
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-24expires 2027-01-23
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → ai → character.ai
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.google.com ip4:149.72.23.151 ip4:149.72.26.48 ip4:149.72.37.85 ~all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMfound: google, s1, s2

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade B · 160/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop104.18.223.226Barracuda104.18.223.226UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.223.226SpamCop104.18.222.226Barracuda104.18.222.226UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.222.226

Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.

Ask it yourself

Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.

curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=character.ai" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY" # or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=character.ai"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on character.ai. Reference: /llms.txt.

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