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AI Tools Statistics 2026

Live numbers from our verified catalog — 30 tools across 8 categories, re-checked continuously by automated crawls. Updated July 6, 2026.

Curated AI tools30across 8 categories, as of July 6, 2026
Offer a free tier—0 tools with a permanently free plan
Median starting price—per month, across 0 tools with published paid pricing
Verified in the last 7 days0automated liveness sweep
Price changes (90 days)00 increases · 0 decreases observed
Workflow stacks3plus 0 profession pages and 0 curated comparisons

How these numbers are made: every statistic on this page is computed live from the AI Workflow Pro catalog — 30 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 Directory, AI Tools Statistics, July 6, 2026”.

Pricing

How AI tools charge

Pricing model split

Free0 tools · 0%
Freemium22 tools · 73%
Paid6 tools · 20%

Paid pricing, in numbers

Median starting price
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Average starting price
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Highest entry price
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Tools with a free trial
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Tools with published paid pricing
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Computed from vendor-published monthly prices only; tools without public pricing are excluded rather than guessed.

Categories

Every category, by the numbers

CategoryToolsAvg ratingFree tierMedian priceTop rated
AI Coding5★ 4.6——Claude Code
AI Writing4★ 4.28——Grammarly
AI Image4★ 4.5——Midjourney
AI Video4★ 4.38——Runway
AI Chat3★ 4.67——Claude
AI Automation3★ 4.5——n8n
AI Research3★ 4.5——Perplexity
AI Design4★ 4.55——Figma

Workflow gravity

The tools real workflows are built on

Most used across our 3 workflow stacks

  1. 1Perplexity2 stacks
  2. 2Claude2 stacks
  3. 3Claude Code1 stacks
  4. 4v01 stacks
  5. 5Cursor1 stacks
  6. 6Zapier1 stacks
  7. 7Midjourney1 stacks
  8. 8CapCut1 stacks
  9. 9NotebookLM1 stacks

Curated for the most professions

  1. 1Claude Code1 of 0 roles
  2. 2Cursor1 of 0 roles
  3. 3GitHub Copilot1 of 0 roles
  4. 4v01 of 0 roles
  5. 5Claude1 of 0 roles
  6. 6Perplexity1 of 0 roles
  7. 7Grammarly1 of 0 roles
  8. 8Notion AI1 of 0 roles
  9. 9Runway1 of 0 roles
  10. 10HeyGen1 of 0 roles

Churn

Tools don't live forever

Gone offline0failed 3 consecutive automated liveness checks
Renamed or moved0permanent redirects to a new home, detected by crawl
Deprecated0wound down by their vendors