Janitor AI review
Millions of community bots to chat with free; Janitor+ adds memory for $12.99 a month
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Pick Janitor AI if you are an adult who wants unlimited free chat with millions of community-made bots, adult roleplay, and the option to pay for more memory or plug in other models. Skip it if you want authored stories, long memory without paying, or reliable service at peak hours.
- Best for
- Adults who want free roleplay with a huge library of community bots
- Pricing
- Free at this review, with unlimited chats, standard models and about 9k tokens of context. Janitor+ costs $12.99 a month, and the App Store also lists a $99 annual plan. It adds 5x context, priority messages and monthly swipes on its top models. Router credits for third-party models are an extra per-token purchase that requires the subscription.
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
Overall: Microwaved
0 to 100, lower is better. The overall score is the average of the axes below.
51/100
Prose
Does it write like a person? Not scored, since this axis doesn't apply to this app.
Memory
Microwaved
50
Memory is the context window, about 9k tokens free and 5x on Janitor+, with lorebooks feeding in background when relevant.
Asks: Does it remember you?
Characters
Microwaved
45
Bots are built by the community, and reviewers say their responses vary with how well each personality is defined.
Asks: Does everyone sound the same?
Story
Microwaved
50
The listing describes a session as picking a genre, tapping chat and seeing where it goes, so you steer while chats can be forked and continued.
Asks: Does anything happen?
Pricing
Microwaved
40
Chat is free and unlimited, but the extra memory and priority sit behind a $12.99 monthly or $99 yearly plan, and Router credits are sold on top to subscribers.
Asks: Does it charge you for caring?
Art
Cafeteria
68
Janitor's public character pages turned us away, so this is judged from its App Store screenshots, where one waxy, heavy-lidded male face repeats across a dozen user-uploaded portraits under an orange cast and the featured knight's shoulder armor turns into shapeless plates.
Asks: Does the art look like a person made it?
Decent
0 to 10, higher is better.
6/10
A huge free library of community bots, held back by a small free context and reported peak-hour outages.
Key facts
| Type | Character chat, AI sandboxes |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android |
| Pricing at this review | Free at this review, with unlimited chats, standard models and about 9k tokens of context. Janitor+ costs $12.99 a month, and the App Store also lists a $99 annual plan. It adds 5x context, priority messages and monthly swipes on its top models. Router credits for third-party models are an extra per-token purchase that requires the subscription. |
| Age rating | 18+ |
| Content policy | Explicit content behind an age gate |
| Who writes the characters | Made by other users |
| Memory | A context window of about 9k tokens on the free tier and 5x that on Janitor+, plus lorebooks that reviewers say feed in background when relevant. |
| Best for | Adults who want free roleplay with a huge library of community bots |
Strengths and watch-outs
- Unlimited free chats with millions of community-made bots, and Janitor AI says a free option will always stay.
- Adult content between consenting adult characters is permitted for 18+ users, under published rules on what is off-limits.
- Chats can be published for others to read, react to, fork and continue.
- You can change the model. janitor+ Router offers third-party models, and reviewers report you can connect your own API key.
- Janitor+ is one flat $12.99 a month, or $99 a year on the App Store, and multiplies context 5x.
- The free tier's context is around 9k tokens, and 5x more memory costs $12.99 a month.
- Reviewers report site instability at peak hours. An App Store reviewer reports replies that hang until the app is fully restarted.
- Users in Australia, Brazil and the UK must pass a one-time age check through k-ID, and the mobile app keeps NSFW off until you switch it on from the website.
- Router credits cost extra, require Janitor+ and are final sale, and subscriptions are generally non-refundable.
- A bot is only as good as its definition. Reviewers report that responses vary with how well each personality is written.
Ranked in
- #1 in The best AI chatbots for roleplay in 2026
Best for: Adults who want free, open roleplay with community bots
- #2 in The best Character.AI alternatives in 2026
Best for: The closest drop-in for community-made character bots
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- Is Character.AI Shutting Down?
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- Who Is Elara Voss, and Why Does Every AI Use the Name?
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- How to spot AI art slop (and how to avoid making it)
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- The Slop Bible: AI slop words and phrases, by model
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What it is
Janitor AI is a character chat platform on the web, iOS and Android where you talk to bots built by other users, and the homepage claims 15M+ users. The App Store listing, which calls the app "Janitor: Interactive Stories", describes a session as picking a genre, finding content, tapping chat and seeing where it goes, with the fiction built by millions of readers and writers. Users can also publish chats for others to read, react to, fork and continue.
Janitor AI is for adults. The Terms of Service say the platform is intended solely for users 18 and over, and the iOS app is rated 18+. The Community Guidelines permit adult content between consenting adult characters, who must be physically and mentally over 18. The rules still prohibit gore, bestiality, sexual violence, self-harm or suicide content, and depictions of living politicians, and character avatars cannot contain explicit or sexual imagery.
What it is like to use
Memory is the context window, around 9k tokens on the free tier and 5x that on Janitor+. Janitor AI has released a short response model to general access, and janitor+ Router gives subscribers third-party models inside the platform.
Reviewers describe four things:
- Responses vary from bot to bot, depending on how well each personality is defined.
- The native JanitorLLM model is coherent but noticeably behind the leading models.
- Lorebooks feed background world data to the model when it is relevant, not every turn.
- The site is unstable at peak hours.
They also report that you can connect your own API key from an AI provider, with usage billed separately by that provider. First-time setup takes 20-30 minutes if API keys are new to you.
App Store reviewers report replies stuck on "responding..." that only a full restart of the app fixes. They also describe a "branch into a new chat" option that is helpful but very buggy.
Pricing at this review
Janitor AI is free at this review. The free tier includes unlimited chats with millions of bots, standard chat models and a context limit of around 9k tokens, and Janitor AI says it will always keep a free option.
Janitor+, its first subscription, costs $12.99 a month at this review. The App Store also lists an annual plan at $99, which works out to $8.25 a month. Janitor+ includes everything in the free tier plus 5x more context, unlimited priority messages for faster replies when usage is high, monthly swipes (rerolls) on its top models, and a golden username. If you cancel, it stays active until the end of the billing period, and a subscription bought in the iOS or Android app has to be cancelled through that store. Subscriptions are generally non-refundable except where the Terms of Service or the law require otherwise.
Router credits for third-party models are a separate purchase that requires an active Janitor+ subscription. Usage is billed per token at the prices Router shows, subscribers got $5 in free launch credits, and Router credit purchases are final.
Reviewers at Dupple call the paid plan a Pro subscription and list it at $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Janitor AI sells it as Janitor+, and the App Store lists $12.99 a month and $99 a year at this review.
Who should skip it
Skip Janitor AI if you are under 18, because users reasonably suspected of being under 18 are permanently banned. Skip it if you want a story someone wrote for you, since a session goes where you steer the bot.
Skip it too if you are in Australia, Brazil or the UK and will not verify your age. Janitor AI requires a one-time check there through k-ID, by face estimation, ID scan or AgeKey, and says nothing changes for users in other countries. An ID scan is deleted after confirmation, and k-ID does not share it with Janitor AI.
If long memory matters and you will not pay, the free tier's context of around 9k tokens is the ceiling.
Receipts
Every claim on this page, with the source text we copied and the day we read it. Last checked against the live app on October 25, 2026.
- Receipt 1Official site
Janitor+ is Janitor AI's first-ever subscription product, priced at $12.99/month.
"janitor+ is now available for $12.99/month at janitorai.com/plus"
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- Receipt 2Official site
Janitor+ gives 5x more context for improved memory during chats.
"5x more context for improved memory during chats"
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- Receipt 3Official site
Janitor+ includes unlimited priority messages for faster responses when usage is high, and monthly swipes (rerolls) with its frontier models.
"Unlimited priority messages, giving you faster responses even when usage is high"
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- Receipt 4App store listing
The App Store lists a Janitor+ Monthly in-app purchase at $12.99.
"Janitor+ Monthly$12.99"
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- Receipt 5App store listing
The App Store lists a Janitor+ Annual in-app purchase at $99.00.
"Janitor+ Annual$99.00"
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- Receipt 6Official site
Janitor+ includes everything in the free tier, plus its paid extras.
"Janitor+ gives you everything you currently have in our free tier, plus:"
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- Receipt 7Official site
Janitor+ subscribers get a golden username and a checkmark next to their name.
"A golden username and checkmark next to your name"
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- Receipt 8Official site
The free tier includes unlimited chats with millions of bots, access to standard chat models, and a context limit of around 9k tokens.
"Unlimited chats with millions of bots Access to standard chat models Context limit of around 9k tokens"
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- Receipt 9Official site
Janitor AI says it will always keep a free option available.
"No. We will always keep a free option available for everyone."
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- Receipt 10Official site
A cancelled Janitor+ subscription stays active until the end of the current billing period, then the account reverts to the free tier.
"If you cancel, your subscription will remain active until the end of the current billing period."
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- Receipt 11Official site
A Janitor+ subscription bought in the iOS or Android app has to be cancelled through the App Store or Google Play, not on the web.
"App-based subscriptions cannot be canceled from the web."
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- Receipt 12Official site
Subscriptions are generally non-refundable except where required by the Terms of Service or law.
"Subscriptions are generally non-refundable, except where required by our Terms of Service or applicable law."
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- Receipt 13Official site
The Terms of Service (last updated October 8, 2026) say the platform is intended solely for users at least 18 years old.
"The Platform is intended solely for users who are at least 18 years of age."
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- Receipt 14Official site
The Terms prohibit content that depicts gore, bestiality, or sexual violence, and content encouraging, depicting or instructing on self-harm or suicide.
"(d) Depicts gore, bestiality, or sexual violence;"
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- Receipt 15Official site
Character avatar images may not contain explicit nudity, pornographic content or overtly sexual imagery.
"Explicit nudity, pornographic content, or overtly sexual imagery is not permitted in avatars."
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- Receipt 16Official site
The Terms say an active janitor+ subscription is required to purchase and use janitor+ Router credits.
"An active janitor+ subscription is required to purchase and use Router Credits."
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- Receipt 17Official site
The Terms say purchases of Router credits are final and non-refundable, including unused or expired credits, except where the Terms or law say otherwise.
"Purchases of Router Credits are final and non-refundable, including for unused or expired Credits"
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- Receipt 18Official site
janitor+ Router usage is billed per token at the prices shown before you chat.
"Usage is billed per token at the prices shown, so you can choose the model and spending level that work for you."
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- Receipt 19Official site
Janitor+ can be accessed on iOS and Android apps after updating from the App Store or Play Store.
"if you're on ios or android, you'll need to update the app to access janitor+."
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- Receipt 20Reviewer
Reviewers at Dupple (updated May 2026) call Janitor AI's paid plan a Pro subscription and list it at $9.99/month or $99.99/year.
"Pro is $9.99/month or $99.99/year."
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- Receipt 21Official site
The homepage claims 15M+ users.
"Join 15M+ users crafting living stories"
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- Receipt 22Official site
The Community Guidelines (updated February 4, 2026) permit adult content between consenting adult characters, while prohibiting certain categories of sexual content.
"While JanitorAI permits adult content between consenting adult characters, certain categories of sexual content are prohibited"
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- Receipt 23Official site
Pornographic images and images depicting sexual activity are not permitted, including nudity and "censored" versions of such images.
"Pornographic images and images depicting sexual activity are not permitted."
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- Receipt 24Official site
Characters must be both physically and mentally over 18.
"Characters must be both physically and mentally over 18."
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- Receipt 25Official site
Users reasonably suspected of being under 18 are permanently banned.
"Users who we have reasonable suspicion of being under 18 years of age are permanently banned from the platform."
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- Receipt 26Official site
Content depicting living politicians is not permitted.
"Content depicting living politicians is not permitted."
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- Receipt 27Official site
The Terms prohibit content that encourages, depicts, or instructs on self-harm or suicide.
"(g) Encourages, depicts, or instructs on self-harm or suicide;"
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- Receipt 28Reviewer
Fritz.ai's reviewer lists frequent site instability and unreliable uptime during peak hours as a con.
"Frequent site instability and unreliable uptime during peak hours"
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- Receipt 29Reviewer
Fritz.ai's reviewer reports responses vary from bot to bot depending on how well each personality is defined.
"the responses vary from one bot to another, depending on how well their personality is defined"
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- Receipt 30Reviewer
Fritz.ai's reviewer reports you can connect your own API key from platforms like OpenAI or Anthropic, with usage billed separately by the provider.
"You can connect your own API key from platforms like OpenAI or Anthropic. This gives you access to higher-quality models, but usage is billed separately by the provider."
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- Receipt 31App store listing
The iOS app "Janitor: Interactive Stories" by developer JanitorAI is free with in-app purchases and rated 18+.
"Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS. Age Rating 18+"
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- Receipt 32App store listing
The App Store description pitches Janitor as stepping inside stories and talking to characters to shape what happens next.
"Janitor is where you step inside stories instead of just reading them. It's like if your favorite book let you talk to the characters and shape what happens next."
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- Receipt 33App store listing
The store listing describes a session as: pick a genre, find content, tap chat and see where it goes; content is built by millions of readers and writers.
"Pick a genre. Find content. Tap chat and see where it goes."
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- Receipt 34App store listing
The listing says millions of readers and writers build the interactive fiction together.
"Millions of readers and writers building interactive fiction together."
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- Receipt 35App store listing
An App Store reviewer says the app sometimes shows "responding..." and never delivers a reply or errors, fixed only by fully closing and reopening the app.
"sometimes the app just struggles to give responses like it'll say "responding..." but even if I wait a long time it doesn't give anything or just errors."
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- Receipt 36Official site
Janitor AI announced it is being forced to implement age verification for users in Brazil, Australia and the UK due to new laws, and says it opposes KYC for social media.
"Due to new laws in Brazil, Australia, and the UK, we are being forced to implement age verification for users in those countries."
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- Receipt 37Official site
Users connecting from IP addresses in Australia, Brazil or the UK must complete a one-time age verification to access JanitorAI, and nothing changes for users outside those countries.
"Users connecting from IP addresses in Australia, Brazil, or the UK will need to complete a one-time age verification to access JanitorAI."
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- Receipt 38Official site
Janitor AI says it has no plans to extend age verification to any other region.
"Janitor has no plans to extend age verification to any other region."
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- Receipt 39Official site
Age verification runs through k-ID, with three ways to verify, facial age estimation, an ID scan or AgeKey.
"JanitorAI uses k-ID, the same provider used by Discord, Twitch, and Snapchat, chosen specifically for its privacy-first approach. You'll have three ways to verify:"
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- Receipt 40Official site
An ID scan is a photo of a government ID, deleted after confirmation, and k-ID never shares it with Janitor AI.
"Photo of a government ID. Deleted immediately after confirmation. k-ID never shares it with Janitor AI."
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- Receipt 41Official site
NSFW content is disabled by default when you first download the mobile app.
"By default, NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content is disabled when you first download the app."
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- Receipt 42Official site
NSFW in the app is turned on with an "Enable NSFW for App" toggle in account settings on the website.
"Locate the toggle labeled "Enable NSFW for App" and switch it to ON."
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- Receipt 43Official site
Janitor AI launched janitor+ Router, giving access to third-party AI models through JanitorAI, with $5 in free launch credits for janitor+ subscribers.
"Access third-party AI models directly through JanitorAI with transparent pricing, advanced generation controls, exclusive discounts, and $5 in free launch credits for janitor+ subscribers."
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- Receipt 44Official site
Users can publish chats for others to read, react to, fork and continue.
"You can now publish your chats for other users to read, react to, fork, and continue."
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- Receipt 45Official site
The official JanitorAI app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
"the official janitorai app is now available on the app store and google play"
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- Receipt 46App store listing
An App Store reviewer says they worry about Janitor+ because other AI apps with subscriptions were greedy and their free versions had poor memory and response length.
"I'm worried bc all the other ai apps I tried before and had a subscription were very greedy and the free version had poor memory, length response, etc."
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- Receipt 47App store listing
An App Store reviewer says the "branch into a new chat" option is very helpful but super buggy.
"I am so glad about the "branch into a new chat" option, it's been so helpful. I will say, though, it's super buggy."
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- Receipt 48Reviewer
Reviewers at Dupple report that lorebooks feed background world data to the model contextually rather than every turn.
"optional lorebooks (background world data fed to the model contextually rather than every turn)"
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- Receipt 49Reviewer
Reviewers at Dupple report the native JanitorLLM model is coherent but noticeably behind GPT-4, Claude, or DeepSeek-V3.
"the native model is coherent but noticeably behind GPT-4, Claude, or DeepSeek-V3."
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- Receipt 50Reviewer
Reviewers at Dupple report first-time proxy/API setup takes 20-30 minutes for users unfamiliar with API keys.
"Plan to spend 20-30 minutes on first-time setup if you are not familiar with API keys."
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- Receipt 51Official site
Janitor AI released its short response model to general access.
"Today, we're releasing our short response model to general access."
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- Receipt 52Official site
In a July 20, 2025 post, Janitor AI said the UK's Online Safety Act forced it to block UK access starting July 24th.
"we're forced to block UK access starting July 24th"
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- Receipt 53App store listing
The first Janitor App Store screenshot sets its tagline over a collage of character portraits.
"Write it, live it share it"
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- Receipt 54App store listing
A Janitor App Store screenshot is captioned Meet Unique Characters, over a featured character portrait.
"Meet Unique Characters"
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Questions people ask
Is Janitor AI free?
Yes. At this review Janitor AI is free, with unlimited chats with millions of bots, standard chat models and a context limit of around 9k tokens, and it says it will always keep a free option. Paying for Janitor+ is optional and buys more memory and faster replies.
How much does Janitor+ cost?
Janitor+ costs $12.99 a month at this review, and the App Store also lists an annual plan at $99, which works out to $8.25 a month. It adds 5x more context, unlimited priority messages when usage is high, monthly swipes (rerolls) on its top models, a golden username, and the right to buy janitor+ Router credits. Reviewers at Dupple call it a Pro plan at $9.99 a month, which does not match the App Store price. Subscriptions are generally non-refundable except where the Terms or the law require otherwise.
Does Janitor AI allow NSFW?
Yes, for adults. The Community Guidelines permit adult content between consenting adult characters, who must be physically and mentally over 18. The rules ban gore, bestiality, sexual violence and certain other sexual content, and character avatars cannot be explicit or sexual. The mobile app starts with NSFW off until you switch on "Enable NSFW for App" in your settings on the website, and users in Australia, Brazil and the UK must pass a one-time age check first.
Is there a Janitor AI app?
Yes. The official app, listed as "Janitor: Interactive Stories", is on the App Store and Google Play, and Janitor+ works in both once you update. The iOS app is free with in-app purchases and rated 18+.
Is Janitor AI for teens?
No. The Terms of Service say Janitor AI is intended solely for users 18 and over, and users reasonably suspected of being under 18 are permanently banned.
Can you use your own AI model on Janitor AI?
Yes. Janitor+ subscribers can buy Router credits for third-party models inside Janitor AI. Reviewers report you can also connect your own API key, billed by that provider, and that first-time setup takes 20-30 minutes if you are new to API keys.
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