Data
AI Tools Statistics 2026
Live numbers from our verified catalog — 295 tools across 8 categories, re-checked continuously by automated crawls. Updated July 5, 2026.
How these numbers are made: every statistic on this page is computed live from the AI Workflow Pro catalog — 295 hand-curated tools whose websites are re-crawled on a rolling schedule, with pricing normalized from the vendor's own pages. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Cite as: “AI Workflow Center, AI Tools Statistics, July 5, 2026”.
Pricing
How AI tools charge
Pricing model split
Paid pricing, in numbers
- Median starting price
- $18/mo
- Average starting price
- $30.80/mo
- Highest entry price
- $750/mo
- Tools with a free trial
- 56
- Tools with published paid pricing
- 105
Computed from vendor-published monthly prices only; tools without public pricing are excluded rather than guessed.
Categories
Every category, by the numbers
| Category | Tools | Avg rating | Free tier | Median price | Top rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Coding | 48 | ★ 4.3 | 73% | $20/mo | Claude Code |
| AI Writing | 40 | ★ 4.12 | 57% | $16/mo | DeepL |
| AI Image | 40 | ★ 4.19 | 60% | $10/mo | Midjourney |
| AI Video | 30 | ★ 4.23 | 63% | $19/mo | ElevenLabs |
| AI Chat | 35 | ★ 4.17 | 83% | $12/mo | Claude |
| AI Automation | 44 | ★ 4.25 | 68% | $30/mo | n8n |
| AI Research | 28 | ★ 4.19 | 86% | $10/mo | Perplexity |
| AI Design | 30 | ★ 4.13 | 90% | $15/mo | Gamma |
Workflow gravity
The tools real workflows are built on
Most used across our 63 workflow stacks
Churn
Tools don't live forever
21 tools tracked by this catalog are no longer in normal operation — see the change tracker for the live feed of pricing and status changes.