The most-used AI tools, ranked by real company adoption and spend.
This is the real-time AI market map: 1,578+ AI tools that companies actually pay for, ranked by adoption and spend rather than opinion. It doubles as a live ranking of the most-used AI tools of 2026, from AI-native products to AI-embedded software and hyperscalers. As of 27 July 2026, 18:35 UTC, OpenAI/ChatGPT is the most-used, ahead of Google Workspace. Data as of 27 July 2026, 18:35 UTC; updated monthly.
As of 27 July 2026, 18:35 UTC, OpenAI/ChatGPT is the most-used AI tool among companies, ahead of Google Workspace and Atlassian — measured by real adoption, not reviews.
The most-used AI tools in 2026
The 20 most-used AI tools of 2026, ranked by how many companies actually pay for them. OpenAI/ChatGPT leads with 5.4% market share, ahead of Google Workspace and Atlassian.
#
Tool
Category
Type
Adoption rank
Market share
1
OpenAI/ChatGPT
AI Platforms & Model Ops
AI-Native
#1
5.4%
2
Google Workspace
Collaboration & Productivity
Hyperscaler
#3
3%
3
Atlassian
Collaboration & Productivity
AI-Embedded
#4
2.7%
4
GitHub
Engineering & DevOps
AI-Embedded
#5
2.4%
5
Cursor
Engineering & DevOps
AI-Native
#7
1.8%
6
Figma
Marketing & Growth
AI-Embedded
#9
1.6%
7
Slack
Collaboration & Productivity
AI-Embedded
#10
1.4%
8
Anthropic/Claude
AI Platforms & Model Ops
AI-Native
#11
1.3%
9
Hubspot
Marketing & Growth
AI-Embedded
#13
1.2%
10
Zoom
Collaboration & Productivity
AI-Embedded
#14
1.1%
11
Webflow
Marketing & Growth
AI-Embedded
#15
1.1%
12
Zapier
Engineering & DevOps
AI-Embedded
#16
1%
13
Notion
Collaboration & Productivity
AI-Embedded
#17
0.9%
14
JetBrains
Engineering & DevOps
AI-Embedded
#19
0.9%
15
Miro
Collaboration & Productivity
AI-Embedded
#20
0.8%
16
Canva
Marketing & Growth
AI-Embedded
#22
0.8%
17
Intuit Mailchimp
Marketing & Growth
AI-Embedded
#23
0.7%
18
Typeform
Marketing & Growth
AI-Embedded
#24
0.7%
19
Datadog
Data & Analytics
AI-Embedded
#27
0.6%
20
Loom
Collaboration & Productivity
AI-Embedded
#29
0.6%
The AI market map by category
Marketing & Growth (126 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Figma
figma.com
Design
AI-Embedded
#9
Hubspot
hubspot.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#13
Webflow
webflow.com
Design
AI-Embedded
#15
Canva
canva.com
Design
AI-Embedded
#22
Intuit Mailchimp
mailchimp.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#23
Typeform
typeform.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#24
SEMRush
semrush.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#31
Midjourney
midjourney.com
Design
AI-Native
#37
Ahrefs
ahrefs.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#43
ElevenLabs
elevenlabs.io
Content
AI-Native
#46
DeepL
deepl.com
Content
AI-Native
#66
Squarespace
squarespace.com
Design
AI-Embedded
#73
Klaviyo
klaviyo.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#80
Descript
descript.com
Content
AI-Native
#84
Bird
bird.com
Email & Marketing Automation
AI-Embedded
#97
PandaDoc
pandadoc.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#114
Riverside.fm
riverside.fm
Content
AI-Native
#116
CapCut
capcut.com
Creative & Design
AI-Embedded
#131
Surfer
surferseo.com
Content
AI-Native
#136
HeyGen
heygen.com
Content
AI-Native
#143
Brevo
brevo.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#145
VEED.IO
veed.io
Content
AI-Embedded
#149
Runway
runwayml.com
Design
AI-Native
#166
Synthesia
synthesia.io
Content
AI-Native
#174
Unbounce
unbounce.com
Marketing
AI-Embedded
#183
Collaboration & Productivity (60 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Google Workspace
workspace.google.com
Office Suites
Hyperscaler
#3
Atlassian
atlassian.com
Project Management
AI-Embedded
#4
Slack
slack.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#10
Zoom
zoom.us
Communication
AI-Embedded
#14
Notion
notion.so
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#17
Miro
miro.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#20
Loom
loom.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#29
monday
monday.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#35
Airtable
airtable.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#47
Dropbox
dropbox.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#52
Fireflies
fireflies.ai
Productivity
AI-Native
#53
Zoho
zohocorp.com
Other
AI-Embedded
#55
Fathom
fathomhq.com
Productivity
AI-Native
#60
Grammarly by Superhuman
superhuman.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#62
Asana
asana.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#63
ClickUp
clickup.com
Productivity
AI-Embedded
#74
Linear
linear.app
Project Management
AI-Embedded
#77
Otter.ai
otter.ai
Productivity
AI-Native
#103
Dovetail
dovetail.com
Knowledge Management
AI-Embedded
#153
RingCentral
ringcentral.com
Communication
AI-Embedded
#213
Dialpad
dialpad.com
Communication
AI-Embedded
#214
Motion
usemotion.com
Productivity
AI-Native
#224
Krisp
krisp.ai
Productivity
AI-Native
#310
Read
read.ai
Productivity
AI-Native
#323
Lucid Software
lucid.co
Whiteboards & Visual Thinking
AI-Embedded
#349
AI Platforms & Model Ops (47 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
OpenAI/ChatGPT
openai.com
AI Platform
AI-Native
#1
Anthropic/Claude
claude.ai
AI Platform
AI-Native
#11
Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
AI Platform
AI-Native
#93
Google One
one.google.com
LLM Providers & APIs
Hyperscaler
#181
OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
LLM Providers & APIs
AI-Native
#190
Stability AI
stability.ai
AI Platform
AI-Native
#222
Langsmith by Langchain
langchain.com
ML Ops & Model Training
AI-Native
#227
Replicate
replicate.com
AI Platform
AI-Native
#345
Chatbase
chatbase.co
AI Assistants & Copilots
AI-Native
#368
Pinecone
pinecone.io
AI Platform
AI-Native
#419
Deepgram
deepgram.com
AI Platform
AI-Native
#460
Langfuse
langfuse.com
ML Ops & Model Training
AI-Native
#478
Google Colab
colab.research.google.com
Platform
Hyperscaler
#515
Sightengine
sightengine.com
AI Development Tools
AI-Native
#843
Relevance AI
relevanceai.com
AI Platform
AI-Native
#862
xAI
x.ai
AI Assistants & Copilots
AI-Native
#890
TextRazor
textrazor.com
LLM Providers & APIs
AI-Native
#899
Dust
dust.tt
AI Assistants & Copilots
AI-Native
#914
Cassidy
cassidyai.com
AI Agents & Automation
AI-Native
#1,034
Taktile
taktile.com
ML Ops & Model Training
AI-Native
#1,088
Modal
modal.com
AI Platform
AI-Native
#1,151
Qdrant
qdrant.tech
AI Platform
AI-Native
#1,199
Cohere
cohere.com
AI Platform
AI-Native
#1,282
WellSaid Labs
wellsaidlabs.com
LLM Providers & APIs
AI-Native
#1,304
Prime Intellect
primeintellect.ai
AI Platform
AI-Native
#1,321
Engineering & DevOps (38 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
GitHub
github.com
Dev Tools
AI-Embedded
#5
Cursor
cursor.com
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#7
Zapier
zapier.com
Automation
AI-Embedded
#16
JetBrains
jetbrains.com
Developer Tools & IDEs
AI-Embedded
#19
Vercel
vercel.com
Dev Tools
AI-Embedded
#30
Make
make.com
Automation
AI-Embedded
#44
Postman
postman.com
Dev Tools
AI-Embedded
#54
n8n
n8n.io
Automation
AI-Embedded
#86
Windsurf
windsurf.com
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#107
Lovable
lovable.dev
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#109
Replit
replit.com
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#118
CodeRabbit
coderabbit.ai
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#165
GitLab
about.gitlab.com
Dev Tools
AI-Embedded
#168
Autodesk
autodesk.com
Other
AI-Embedded
#267
Qase.io
qase.io
Testing & QA
AI-Embedded
#387
Mintlify
mintlify.com
Dev Tools
AI-Embedded
#577
Coralogix
coralogix.com
Observability & Monitoring
AI-Embedded
#601
Pipedream
pipedream.com
Developer Tools & IDEs
AI-Embedded
#718
Manus
manus.im
Automation
AI-Native
#767
Supermaven
supermaven.com
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#802
Recall.ai
recall.ai
Dev Tools
AI-Native
#877
BuildShip
buildship.com
API Development & Management
AI-Embedded
#892
Warp
warp.dev
Developer Tools & IDEs
AI-Embedded
#1,007
Same.new
same.new
Developer Tools & IDEs
AI-Native
#1,077
Ona
ona.com
Developer Tools & IDEs
AI-Embedded
#1,101
Sales & Revenue (34 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Apollo.io
apollo.io
Sales
AI-Native
#42
Clay Labs
clay.com
Sales
AI-Native
#89
Instantly
instantly.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#99
Smartlead
smartlead.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#147
AmpleMarket
amplemarket.com
Sales
AI-Native
#393
Reply.io
reply.io
Sales Engagement
AI-Embedded
#486
Grain.co
grain.co
Revenue Intelligence
AI-Native
#501
Clearbit
clearbit.com
Sales
AI-Native
#532
JustCall
justcall.io
Sales Engagement
AI-Embedded
#598
Clay
clay.earth
Sales
AI-Native
#644
Crystal
crystalknows.com
Prospecting & Lead Gen
AI-Native
#703
Juicebox
juicebox.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#706
SalesForge
salesforge.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#723
PiperAI
piperai.com
Sales Engagement
AI-Native
#813
LeadiQ
leadiq.com
Prospecting & Lead Gen
AI-Embedded
#883
Twain
twain.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#920
Pricelabs
hello.pricelabs.co
Revenue Intelligence
AI-Embedded
#951
Wheelhouse
usewheelhouse.com
Revenue Intelligence
AI-Embedded
#955
OneShot AI
oneshot.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#1,016
Cognism
cognism.com
Prospecting & Lead Gen
AI-Embedded
#1,258
CloudSale
cloudsale.ai
Prospecting & Lead Gen
AI-Native
#1,309
Lavender
lavender.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#1,315
Gong
gong.io
Sales
AI-Native
#1,360
QuarterOne
quarterone.com
Revenue Intelligence
AI-Embedded
#1,369
Seamless.ai
seamless.ai
Sales
AI-Native
#1,560
Customer Success & Support (26 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Intercom
intercom.com
Support
AI-Embedded
#32
Zendesk
zendesk.com
Support
AI-Embedded
#36
Freshworks
freshworks.com
Support
AI-Embedded
#49
Maze
maze.co
Feedback & Surveys
AI-Embedded
#176
Appbot
appbot.co
Feedback & Surveys
AI-Native
#263
Vapi
vapi.ai
Support
AI-Native
#450
Respond
respond.io
Live Chat & Messaging
AI-Embedded
#473
Klaus
klausapp.com
Customer Success Platforms
AI-Native
#493
Botpress
botpress.com
Support
AI-Native
#596
xSellco
xsellco.com
Helpdesk & Ticketing
AI-Embedded
#635
Siit
siit.io
Helpdesk & Ticketing
AI-Embedded
#646
Product Fruits
productfruits.com
Product Adoption & Onboarding
AI-Embedded
#707
Aloware
aloware.com
Live Chat & Messaging
AI-Embedded
#794
Transly
transly.live
Live Chat & Messaging
AI-Native
#803
DocsHound
docshound.com
Other
AI-Native
#1,009
Stylo
askstylo.com
Helpdesk & Ticketing
AI-Native
#1,060
Great Question
greatquestion.co
Feedback & Surveys
AI-Embedded
#1,097
My AskAI
myaskai.com
Helpdesk & Ticketing
AI-Native
#1,136
CustomGPT
customgpt.ai
Support
AI-Native
#1,284
Guidde
guidde.com
Product Adoption & Onboarding
AI-Native
#1,286
Trengo
trengo.com
Live Chat & Messaging
AI-Embedded
#1,356
Tango
tango.ai
Support
AI-Native
#1,374
Dixa
dixa.com
Helpdesk & Ticketing
AI-Embedded
#1,414
Gorgias
gorgias.com
Helpdesk & Ticketing
AI-Embedded
#1,491
UJET
ujet.co
Live Chat & Messaging
AI-Embedded
#1,882
Data & Analytics (24 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Datadog
datadoghq.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#27
Hotjar
hotjar.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#50
Segment
segment.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#108
Mixpanel
mixpanel.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#111
Snowflake
snowflake.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#142
PostHog
posthog.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#156
Amplitude
amplitude.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#252
Databricks
databricks.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#378
Hex Tech
hex.tech
Data
AI-Native
#511
Docparser
docparser.com
ETL & Data Pipelines
AI-Embedded
#906
Contentsquare
contentsquare.com
Product Analytics
AI-Embedded
#1,036
Diffbot
diffbot.com
ETL & Data Pipelines
AI-Native
#1,110
Julius
julius.ai
Business Intelligence & Dashboards
AI-Embedded
#1,118
FullStory
fullstory.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#1,145
Pendo
pendo.io
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#1,294
Heap
heap.io
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#1,362
Akkio
akkio.com
Data
AI-Native
#1,439
Superjoin
superjoin.ai
ETL & Data Pipelines
AI-Embedded
#1,605
Tableau
tableau.com
Analytics
AI-Embedded
#1,688
Userlens
userlens.io
Product Analytics
AI-Embedded
#1,722
Weatherbit
weatherbit.io
Other
AI-Embedded
#1,798
Cube
cube.dev
Data Catalogs & Governance
AI-Embedded
#1,908
FullContact
fullcontact.com
Reverse ETL & Activation
AI-Embedded
#1,932
Dromo
dromo.io
ETL & Data Pipelines
AI-Embedded
#1,984
IT & Security (13 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
afi.ai
afi.ai
Infrastructure
AI-Native
#337
Scanii
scanii.com
SIEM & Threat Detection
AI-Embedded
#607
Fingerprint
fingerprint.com
SIEM & Threat Detection
AI-Embedded
#694
Veriff
veriff.com
Identity & Access (IAM)
AI-Native
#888
TitanHQ
titanhq.com
SIEM & Threat Detection
AI-Embedded
#990
OneLogin
onelogin.com
Identity & Access (IAM)
AI-Embedded
#1,073
Onfido
onfido.com
Identity & Access (IAM)
AI-Native
#1,244
Akismet
akismet.com
Other
AI-Native
#1,438
Pipl Trust
pipl.com
Identity & Access (IAM)
AI-Embedded
#1,498
BitNinja
bitninja.com
SIEM & Threat Detection
AI-Embedded
#1,727
hCaptcha
hcaptcha.com
Other
AI-Embedded
#1,764
Teramind
teramind.co
Endpoint Security
AI-Embedded
#1,852
Persona
withpersona.com
Identity & Access (IAM)
AI-Embedded
#2,027
Legal, Risk & Compliance (10 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
DocuSign
docusign.com
Legal
AI-Embedded
#39
Vanta
vanta.com
Security Compliance
AI-Embedded
#520
Privasee
privasee.io
Privacy & Data Compliance
AI-Embedded
#557
accessiBe
accessibe.com
Other
AI-Native
#846
AiPrise
aiprise.com
Other
AI-Embedded
#1,510
Naq
naqcyber.com
Security Compliance
AI-Embedded
#1,583
Detectora
detectora.de
Other
AI-Native
#1,671
Accountable
accountablehq.com
Privacy & Data Compliance
AI-Native
#1,802
Copyleaks
copyleaks.com
Other
AI-Native
#1,812
Middesk
middesk.com
Security Compliance
AI-Embedded
#1,831
Finance & Accounting (10 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Dext
dext.com
Accounting & Bookkeeping
AI-Embedded
#110
Rubypayeur
rubypayeur.com
Other
AI-Embedded
#499
AutoEntry
autoentry.com
Accounting & Bookkeeping
AI-Native
#795
Datamolino
datamolino.com
Accounts Payable
AI-Embedded
#870
Cleverbridge
grow.cleverbridge.com
Billing & Subscriptions
AI-Embedded
#1,413
LivePlan
liveplan.com
FP&A & Planning
AI-Embedded
#1,418
Monitr
monitr.be
FP&A & Planning
AI-Embedded
#1,458
DOKKA
dokka.com
Accounts Payable
AI-Embedded
#1,487
Apron
getapron.com
Accounts Payable
AI-Embedded
#1,695
Futrli by Sage
futrli.com
FP&A & Planning
AI-Embedded
#1,701
Operations & Supply Chain (8 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
AfterShip
aftership.com
Shipping & Logistics
AI-Embedded
#492
Soundiiz
soundiiz.com
Workflow Automation
AI-Embedded
#508
Unleashed
unleashedsoftware.com
Inventory Management
AI-Embedded
#512
Pipefy
pipefy.com
Workflow Automation
AI-Embedded
#737
Matterport
matterport.com
Other
AI-Embedded
#1,040
SAP
sap.com
ERP
AI-Embedded
#1,122
SubEasy.ai
subeasy.ai
E-commerce
AI-Native
#1,535
Copilot
copilot.com
Workflow Automation
AI-Native
#1,886
People Ops & Talent (4 AI products)
Product
Website
Subcategory
Classification
Popularity rank
Metaview
metaview.ai
HR
AI-Native
#516
Peec AI
peec.ai
HR
AI-Native
#1,042
GoHire
gohire.io
Recruiting & ATS
AI-Embedded
#1,222
Quil
quil.ai
Recruiting & ATS
AI-Native
#1,996
Fastest-growing AI tools this quarter
Fireflies is the fastest-growing AI-native tool this quarter, up 1,009 popularity ranks as of 27 July 2026, 18:35 UTC.
Tool
Category
Rank 3 months ago
Rank now
Ranks gained
Fireflies
Collaboration & Productivity
#1,062
#53
1,009
Synthesia
Marketing & Growth
#1,164
#174
990
Avoma
Collaboration & Productivity
#1,259
#526
733
Clockwise
Collaboration & Productivity
#1,265
#676
589
Appbot
Customer Success & Support
#817
#263
554
AI-native vs AI-embedded vs hyperscaler
Every product on this map carries one of three classifications. AI-native products are built primarily around AI models — OpenAI/ChatGPT is one. AI-embedded products add AI features to an existing software platform, like Atlassian. Hyperscalers are the large cloud platforms that ship AI services alongside everything else, like Google Workspace. Of the AI tools on the map, 66.9% are AI-native, 32.3% AI-embedded and 0.8% hyperscalers.
Frequently asked questions
What are the most-used AI tools in 2026?
OpenAI/ChatGPT, Google Workspace and Atlassian are the most-used AI tools among companies on Cledara, ranked by real adoption as of 27 July 2026, 18:35 UTC. See the full top-20 above.
What is the most-used AI tool in 2026?
OpenAI/ChatGPT is the most-used AI tool among companies tracked by Cledara, with 5.4% market share — ahead of Google Workspace. Measured by real adoption, updated monthly.
Do companies spend more on Claude or ChatGPT?
OpenAI/ChatGPT leads on both adoption and spend among companies tracked by Cledara, as of 27 July 2026, 18:35 UTC.
How many AI tools do companies use?
Cledara tracks 1,578 AI-classified products in active paid use across 13 categories, from AI-native tools to AI-embedded software. The map updates monthly.
What counts as an AI-native product?
AI-native products are built primarily around AI models (e.g. OpenAI/ChatGPT); AI-embedded products add AI to an existing platform (e.g. Atlassian). Every product on the map is labelled with its classification.