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Character creation flow
Pick traits from menus (face, body, style, outfit). Or describe in natural language. 4 portraits per gen.
SoulGen Clone Development · AI character + image generator · 60 days SoulGen Clone
SoulGen Clone
AI Character Image Generator
SoulGen turned AI character image generation into a marketplace — users describe a character, get a portrait, save them to their personal gallery, generate variations. We build your clone with the same generate-save-variate loop, plus optional chat with the generated character, custom LoRA training, and creator marketplace.
45-60d
Average go-live
$15k+
Starting price
2M+
SoulGen users (proof PMF)
100%
Source code ownership
TL;DR
SoulGen built a $30M+ ARR business by turning AI image generation into a character marketplace. Users describe a character (face, body, outfit, style), the AI generates portraits, saves them to a personal gallery, lets users generate variations. We clone the architecture and add what SoulGen is missing: chat with your generated character (turn the gallery into a companion app), custom LoRA training (users can train their own character model for $99), creator marketplace (users sell their character cards to others). 45-60 days, $15k+ starting.
The original & why it works
What makes SoulGen worth cloning?
SoulGen is an AI character image generator. Users describe a character in natural language (e.g. "21-year-old, brown hair, athletic, in red dress, smiling, outdoors") and the SDXL-based engine produces 4 portraits. Users save favourites to their personal gallery, generate variations on saved characters (different outfit, different pose, different scene), and pay per generation pack or via subscription.
The product works because it tightens the AI generation loop. Generic image gen tools (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion web UIs) require prompt engineering skill. SoulGen abstracts that away — pick character traits from menus, get good results, save and iterate. The result feels less like "an AI tool" and more like "my character collection".
Your clone takes the same core and layers monetisation upgrades. Chat with your character: once a user has built up a gallery of 5+ portraits of a character, unlock chat with that character (paid feature). Turns single-purchase image-gen users into recurring subscription users. Custom LoRA training: users can pay $99 to train a personal LoRA on a specific character (their gallery feeds the training set). Creator marketplace: users with popular character cards can sell them to other users.
Why clone instead of building from scratch
- $30M+ ARR proven market — SoulGen is one of the largest profitable adult AI businesses. PMF is verified
- Chat upsell isn’t in original — SoulGen doesn’t have chat. Adding it unlocks recurring subscription revenue
- LoRA training upsell — Users pay $99-299 to train their own character model. High-margin, sticky feature
- Creator marketplace opportunity — Users selling character cards to other users. Network effect not captured by SoulGen
- Localisation gap — SoulGen is English-dominant. Localised clones (Japanese / Spanish / German) have headroom
Feature parity + more
Everything SoulGen has — plus a few things it doesn’t
We rebuilt every core feature, then added what our clients kept asking for. Pick what to keep, drop, or rebrand.
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Personal gallery
Saved characters with all variations. Tag, favourite, organise. Re-generate variations any time.
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Style packs
Photoreal / anime / hentai / fantasy / sci-fi style toggles per generation.
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Pose + scene library
Pre-built poses + scenes users can apply to their character. Faster than free-form prompting.
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Variation engine
Pick a saved portrait, generate variations (different outfit, pose, expression, scene).
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Chat with your character
Unlock chat with characters in your gallery. Persona auto-built from character traits.
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Custom LoRA training
User pays $99-299 to train a LoRA on their character. Their gallery feeds the training set.
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Creator marketplace
Sell character cards (description + style + LoRA) to other users. 70/30 split with platform.
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Token / subscription billing
Buy generation credit packs or subscribe for unlimited.
Where ours wins
Five things our clone does better than SoulGen
When we ship a clone we don’t copy the bugs. Here’s where we hard-coded improvements.
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Chat with your character
SoulGen has no chat. Your clone unlocks the gallery into a chat-companion product.
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Custom LoRA training
Users pay to train a model on their character. High-margin upsell SoulGen doesn’t offer.
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Creator marketplace
Network effects from users selling characters to each other.
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Multi-language native
40+ languages. SoulGen is mostly English.
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Better LoRA support
SoulGen runs base SDXL. Your clone supports user-loaded LoRAs for style variation.
Under the hood
The stack we ship SoulGen Clone on
Day-one to live
45-60 days from kickoff to launch
Real phases with real dates — not "agile" mystery boxes.
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Discovery + style packs
NDA. Pick supported styles (photoreal / anime / hentai / fantasy). Pose + scene library. 3-5 days.
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Image gen backend
SDXL deployment, LoRA loader, ControlNet, generation queue. 10-14 days.
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Frontend + gallery + variation
Character creation UI, gallery, variation engine, mobile builds. 14-21 days.
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Chat + LoRA train + marketplace
Optional upsell features. Add what your launch scope includes. 7-14 days.
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Payments + launch
CCBill / Segpay. Crypto. Soft launch. Public launch. 5-7 days.
How SoulGen Clone earns
Revenue models wired in by default
Pick one or stack them. We ship the billing + payout plumbing with every build.
Credit packs
$9.99 - $99.99 per packPay-per-generation model. Default for most users.
Subscription
$19.99 / $39.99 / $79.99Unlimited generations + premium styles + chat unlock at higher tiers.
Chat-with-character
$9.99/mo or token costUnlock chat on saved characters. Highest-conversion upsell.
Custom LoRA training
$99 - $299 one-offTrain a personal LoRA on user’s character. High-margin.
Marketplace 30% take
creator 70% / platform 30%Users sell character cards. Platform takes 30%.
B2B / API resale
customResell your image gen API to other adult platforms.
Transparent pricing
Fixed quote, no scope creep
MVP
$15,000
one-off · 45 days
- Web + responsive mobile
- Character creation + gallery
- 4 style packs
- Variation engine
- 1 payment processor
Production
$35k
one-off · 60 days
- Native iOS + Android + web
- All MVP features
- Chat-with-character unlock
- Custom LoRA training
- 3 payment processors + crypto
Enterprise
$75k+
one-off · 90 days
- All production features
- Creator marketplace
- Custom-trained base model
- White-label SDK
- Source code + IP transfer
Every tier: 100% source code · payment processor approval included · NDA before kickoff · 90 days support
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See the page →3D Photorealistic AI Companion
Upgrade path — 2D characters → 3D companions.
See the page →FAQ
SoulGen Clone — common questions
What is a SoulGen clone?
An AI character image generator where users describe a character (face, body, outfit, style), the AI generates portraits, saves them to a personal gallery, and lets users generate variations (different poses, outfits, scenes). Same core product as SoulGen, built on your domain + brand, with upsell features SoulGen doesn’t have (chat, LoRA training, marketplace).
How much does a SoulGen clone cost?
MVP: $15,000 (45 days). Production: $35,000 (60 days, with chat-with-character + LoRA training). Enterprise: $75,000+ (90 days, with marketplace + custom base model). All include 100% source code, payment processor approval bundled, NDA before kickoff.
What’s the chat-with-character feature?
Once a user has 5+ portraits of a character in their gallery, they can pay $9.99/month or spend tokens to unlock chat with that character. We auto-build a persona from the character traits (description, gallery images, style choices) and wire chat. Turns single-purchase image-gen users into recurring subscribers. Major monetisation upgrade SoulGen doesn’t offer.
How does custom LoRA training work?
User opts in, pays $99-$299, and we train a LoRA on their character’s gallery (5-20 reference images they generated). Training runs on our dedicated GPU pool, takes 2-6 hours, costs us ~$15-30 in compute. High-margin upsell — particularly valuable for users who want consistent character across hundreds of future generations.
Can users sell character cards in a marketplace?
Yes, on the Enterprise tier. Users with popular characters can list their character card (description + traits + style + optional LoRA) for sale to other users. Platform takes 30%, creator gets 70%. Network effect — the marketplace becomes a moat as it grows.
What image models do you use?
SDXL as the default base. Pony Diffusion for stylised / anime. Flux for higher-end realism. Custom LoRAs loaded per generation for style variation. ControlNet for pose-driven generation. Users can pick style pack per character.
How fast is generation?
1-3 seconds for 1024x1024 SDXL on H100, 4 images per request. ~5-8 seconds for higher-res or with LoRA + ControlNet stacks. We use auto-batching for efficiency at scale.
Do you sign NDAs?
Always. NDA before discovery call, DPA before any data transfer.
Ship your SoulGen Clone in 45-60 days
Free 30-min discovery call. NDA on request. Average reply under 4 hours.
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