# AI Tool Statistics 2026: 999 Analyzed Analysis of 999 distinct product websites listed on AIForest: pricing labels, category distribution, exclusions and a reproducible methodology. Latest included source record change: 2026-10-27. This is not a vendor verification date. ## Key findings AIForest's analyzed public catalog contains 999 distinct product websites after duplicate and eligibility checks. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#catalog-size) 484 of 999 analyzed AIForest listings (48.4%) are labelled Free. Pricing labels are catalog-supplied and have not been independently verified. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#pricing-free) 311 of 999 analyzed AIForest listings (31.1%) are labelled Freemium. Pricing labels are catalog-supplied and have not been independently verified. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#pricing-freemium) 109 of 999 analyzed AIForest listings (10.9%) are labelled Paid. Pricing labels are catalog-supplied and have not been independently verified. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#pricing-paid) 88 of 999 analyzed AIForest listings (8.8%) are labelled Free trial. Pricing labels are catalog-supplied and have not been independently verified. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#pricing-free-trial) 304 of 999 analyzed listings (30.4%) are assigned to Content Creation & Generation, using AIForest's normalized primary category. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#category-content-creation-generation) 115 of 999 analyzed listings (11.5%) are assigned to Developer & Data Science Tools, using AIForest's normalized primary category. [Link to this finding](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#category-developer-data-science-tools) ## Pricing labels Denominator: 999 analyzed websites. Labels describe submitted catalog information, not independently checked vendor offers. | Label | Listings | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | 484 | 48.4% | | Freemium | 311 | 31.1% | | Paid | 109 | 10.9% | | Free trial | 88 | 8.8% | | Not specified | 7 | 0.7% | ## Primary categories | Category | Listings | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Content Creation & Generation | 304 | 30.4% | | Developer & Data Science Tools | 115 | 11.5% | | Productivity & Automation | 101 | 10.1% | | Business & Marketing | 93 | 9.3% | | Computer Vision & Image Processing | 85 | 8.5% | | Other | 68 | 6.8% | | Conversational AI & Chatbots | 50 | 5% | | Education & Learning | 34 | 3.4% | | Audio, Music & Speech | 32 | 3.2% | | NLP | 22 | 2.2% | | AutoML Platforms | 13 | 1.3% | | Finance & Investment | 13 | 1.3% | | Machine Learning | 10 | 1% | | Vision | 10 | 1% | | Healthcare & Wellness | 9 | 0.9% | | Human Resources & Recruitment | 8 | 0.8% | | E-commerce & Retail | 7 | 0.7% | | Expert system | 6 | 0.6% | | Security & Surveillance | 3 | 0.3% | | Speech | 3 | 0.3% | | Classification | 2 | 0.2% | | Inventory Management | 2 | 0.2% | | Robotics | 2 | 0.2% | | Data Annotation & Labeling | 1 | 0.1% | | Identity Verification | 1 | 0.1% | | Language Learning | 1 | 0.1% | | Planning | 1 | 0.1% | | Product Recommendations | 1 | 0.1% | | Speech-to-Text | 1 | 0.1% | | Text-to-Speech | 1 | 0.1% | ### Explore larger categories - [Content Creation & Generation](https://aiforest.app/categories/content-creation-and-generation) - [Developer & Data Science Tools](https://aiforest.app/categories/developer-and-data-science-tools) - [Productivity & Automation](https://aiforest.app/categories/productivity-and-automation) - [Business & Marketing](https://aiforest.app/categories/business-and-marketing) - [Computer Vision & Image Processing](https://aiforest.app/categories/computer-vision-and-image-processing) - [Conversational AI & Chatbots](https://aiforest.app/categories/conversational-ai-and-chatbots) - [Education & Learning](https://aiforest.app/categories/education-and-learning) - [Audio, Music & Speech](https://aiforest.app/categories/audio-music-and-speech) - [NLP](https://aiforest.app/categories/nlp) ## Methodology and limits Only published public listings with a valid HTTP or HTTPS product website are eligible. Adult and NSFW entries are excluded by the directory's existing eligibility filter. Websites are deduplicated by hostname and path, ignoring www, query parameters and trailing slashes; the newest record is retained. Primary categories are normalized using AIForest's category IDs. All percentages use the complete cleaned sample, including unspecified pricing, and are rounded to one decimal place. 14 additional public rows were excluded during website validation and deduplication after the directory eligibility filter. Unspecified labels remain in the denominator. Shares may not sum to exactly 100% because of rounding. Titles, descriptions, categories and pricing labels may be entered by submitters or catalog editors. Inclusion is not an endorsement, quality score or claim about market share. Private user, payment and founder performance data are never used. The report is regenerated from the public catalog with an hourly data cache. The displayed source modification date is the latest available timestamp on an included record, not an independent vendor verification date. Cache refreshes alone do not create a new modification date. ## Suggested citation AIForest, AI Tool Catalog Statistics. Source record date: 2026-10-27. Cite [https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools) with your access date. ## Questions about this report ### How many distinct products are included in this analysis? 999 distinct product websites in AIForest's public catalog pass the eligibility and duplicate checks. This is a count of AIForest listings, not a census of the AI industry. [Link to this answer](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#how-many-tools) ### How many analyzed products are labelled Free? 484 of 999 analyzed listings are labelled Free. Freemium and Free trial are counted separately. Labels are supplied catalog information and should be checked on the vendor's website. [Link to this answer](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#how-many-free) ### How is the catalog analysis calculated? Only published public listings with a valid HTTP or HTTPS product website are eligible. Adult and NSFW entries are excluded by the directory's existing eligibility filter. Websites are deduplicated by hostname and path, ignoring www, query parameters and trailing slashes; the newest record is retained. Primary categories are normalized using AIForest's category IDs. All percentages use the complete cleaned sample, including unspecified pricing, and are rounded to one decimal place. [Link to this answer](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#methodology) ### When do these statistics change? The report is regenerated from the public catalog with an hourly data cache. The displayed source modification date is the latest available timestamp on an included record, not an independent vendor verification date. Cache refreshes alone do not create a new modification date. [Link to this answer](https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools#refresh) Canonical: https://aiforest.app/research/ai-tools Last updated: 2026-10-27