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    Real-Time AI Market Map (2026)

    AI-classified software ranked by observed payment activity across the Cledara customer population.

    1689 classified tools across 13 categories. Rankings through Oct-2026.

    Based on classified software and anonymized purchase signals from Cledara customers. This is a view of the customer dataset; catalogue inclusion alone does not establish an active paid subscription.

    As of 23 October 2026, 01:14 UTC, Anthropic/Claude leads the AI-classified tools by trailing 12-month payment activity in Cledara, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT and Google Workspace. This ranking does not measure distinct customer adoption or product usage.

    About this dataset

    This AI market map records 1,689 classified products, including AI-native tools, AI-embedded software and hyperscalers. Products with observed ranks are ordered by trailing 12-month software purchase and renewal transactions across Cledara customers. Anthropic/Claude ranks ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT as of 23 October 2026, 01:14 UTC. Catalogue inclusion alone does not establish current paid use. Updated monthly.

    AI tools ranked by payment activity in 2026

    The top 20 AI-classified tools by trailing 12-month payment activity in Cledara. Anthropic/Claude has 12.3% of recorded transactions across all software, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT and Google Workspace. Shares use the all-software denominator, not just AI products or distinct customers.

    Ranks count trailing 12-month purchase and renewal transactions. Shares use all software recorded in Cledara, including products outside AI; they do not measure distinct customers.

    #ToolCategoryTypePayment-activity rankPayment-activity share
    1Anthropic/ClaudeAI Platforms & Model OpsAI-Native#112.3%
    2OpenAI/ChatGPTAI Platforms & Model OpsAI-Native#25.9%
    3Google WorkspaceCollaboration & ProductivityHyperscaler#43.5%
    4CursorEngineering & DevOpsAI-Native#53.2%
    5GitHubEngineering & DevOpsAI-Embedded#72.1%
    6FigmaMarketing & GrowthAI-Embedded#101.3%
    7SlackCollaboration & ProductivityAI-Embedded#111%
    8WebflowMarketing & GrowthAI-Embedded#121%
    9ZoomCollaboration & ProductivityAI-Embedded#130.8%
    10HubspotMarketing & GrowthAI-Embedded#140.8%
    11ZapierEngineering & DevOpsAI-Embedded#160.8%
    12VercelEngineering & DevOpsAI-Embedded#170.8%
    13NotionCollaboration & ProductivityAI-Embedded#190.7%
    14CanvaMarketing & GrowthAI-Embedded#200.7%
    15MiroCollaboration & ProductivityAI-Embedded#230.7%
    16Intuit MailchimpMarketing & GrowthAI-Embedded#250.5%
    17ElevenLabsMarketing & GrowthAI-Native#260.5%
    18LovableEngineering & DevOpsAI-Native#270.5%
    19TypeformMarketing & GrowthAI-Embedded#280.5%
    20OpenRouterAI Platforms & Model OpsAI-Native#290.5%

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    ProductCategorySubcategoryDescription
    MorphCastMarketing & GrowthABM & Personalization​MorphCast is a platform that analyzes users' facial expressions in real-time to create interactive media experiences. It integrates with web applications to adapt content based on the viewer's emotional responses. ​
    NestiMarketing & GrowthABM & Personalization​Nesti is a platform that enables sales and marketing teams to create personalized AI-generated videos and dynamic landing pages for customer engagement. It allows users to produce AI replicas of themselves to automate the creation of individualized outreach content at scale. ​
    Exemplary AIMarketing & GrowthContentExemplary AI is an AI-powered platform that transforms audio and video content into various formats, including summaries, transcripts, captions, and short clips. It supports over 120 languages and offers features like AI-assisted editing, translation, and content generation to enhance workflows for content creators and media professionals.
    FireCutMarketing & GrowthContentFireCut is an AI video editing plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro. It offers features such as silence cutting, automatic captions, zooms, chapter creation, and more. This plugin is compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro 2022+ for both Windows and MacOS​​.
    Fluen.aiMarketing & GrowthContentFluen AI automates the generation, editing, and translation of video subtitles, supporting multiple languages and export formats.
    Journalist AIMarketing & GrowthContentJournalist AI is a platform that enables the generation of articles through artificial intelligence. It offers two primary modes for content creation: one based on specific keywords and another based on titles provided by the user. In the keyword-based mode, users input keywords, and the platform generates content that includes these keywords in a manner optimized for search engines, along with options for featured images, and internal and external linking. The title-based mode allows users to input a title, and the platform generates an entire article based on that title, supporting over 150 languages and recommending the inclusion of images to improve engagement.
    Kits.AIMarketing & GrowthContentKits.AI is a platform that offers an AI voice generator toolkit designed to enhance music production.
    Lalal.aiMarketing & GrowthContentLalal.ai is a platform that offers AI-powered audio processing services. It provides tools and features for users to enhance, edit, and manipulate audio recordings using artificial intelligence algorithms. Lalal.ai enables users to remove background noise, improve sound quality, adjust vocals, and perform other audio editing tasks.
    Lumen5Marketing & GrowthContentLumen5 is a video creation platform powered by AI that enables users to create engaging video content quickly using a simple drag-and-drop interface.
    Magic Hour AIMarketing & GrowthContentMagic Hour AI is an AI-driven video creation platform headquartered in San Francisco, USA. The platform is designed to streamline content production from ideation to final output, enabling users to create engaging videos with ease.
    MarketMuseMarketing & GrowthContentMarketMuse is an AI-driven content planning and optimization platform.
    FlikiMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignFliki is a platform that allows users to create videos with voiceovers in a streamlined manner. It provides tools for crafting visually appealing content, and it is notable for its AI Voices and Voice Clones.
    FlimMarketing & GrowthCreative & Design-
    FlowplayerMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignFlowplayer is a video platform offering high-performance HTML5 video players and an online video platform for hosting and streaming. It supports adaptive bitrate streaming, real-time analytics, live streaming, and tools for video monetization, playlisting, and content recommendations.
    FotorMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignFotor is a platform that provides photo editing and graphic design functions.
    freebeat.aiMarketing & GrowthCreative & Designfreebeat.ai generates music videos, lyric videos, and dance visuals automatically from audio inputs through web browsers. Users access the software online via subscription tiers or credit packs without installing local desktop applications.
    GemooMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignGemoo provides a suite of tools for the creation, editing, and sharing of videos and images. It supports various content-related tasks, including screen recording enhancements and text-to-video conversions.
    GigaReelsMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignGigaReels provides an automated video generation platform to create viral short-form content for social media. The tool uses artificial intelligence to produce brainrot-style videos, educational clips, and user-generated content for platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
    GlossAiMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignGlossAi is an AI-driven platform that specializes in transforming long-form content into shorter, more engaging formats like videos and blog posts. It utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze various aspects of the content, including text, speakers, tone of voice, facial expressions, audience engagement, and video format. This analysis is then used to create short-term videos and other forms of condensed content.
    GoTranscriptMarketing & GrowthCreative & Design-
    HeadlinerMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignHeadliner is a video editor that enables users to transform audio content into videos suitable for social media platforms. It offers features such as audiogram creation, transcription, captioning, and automated posting to platforms like YouTube and various social media channels.
    HoloMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignHolo offers an AI-powered platform that generates marketing content (ads, emails, social posts) based on a brand’s website. It analyses brand tone and audience data to produce assets for marketing teams.
    Icons8Marketing & GrowthCreative & Design-
    ImagineArtMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignImagineArt is an AI-powered creative suite that allows users to generate images, videos, music and voice content from text prompts and edit them using built-in tools and custom models.
    JawsetMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignJawset develops Postshot, a software for converting videos or images into 3D radiance field models locally on devices. The software provides rendering, editing, and export capabilities for creators in VFX, animation, and 3D arts.
    JumaMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignJuma provides a collaborative AI workspace where marketing teams and agencies can research, strategize, and create content using multiple language models. The software integrates shared project folders and custom assistants to organize campaign assets and maintain brand consistency across organizational workflows.
    KaiberMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignKaiber is a video generation engine that allows users to transform their ideas into AI generated videos using the users images or text descriptions.
    KittlMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignKittl is a platform that uses the power of AI to effortlessly create professional vector logos, images, and clipArts from text inputs. With advanced text editing capabilities, users can customize and transform their creations in real-time, making design tasks more efficient and dynamic.
    KonvertMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignKonvert provides a large library of pre-tested ad templates, editable in tools like Canva and Figma, to help marketers design and deploy high-converting ads quickly. It also offers AI-generated UGC videos and creative assets to streamline campaign production for brands and agencies.
    Lasqo AIMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignLasqo AI is a platform designed to empower marketing teams by enabling the rapid creation of on-brand visual assets. It utilizes custom-trained AI models to generate consistent and high-quality visuals for various marketing needs, such as social media, advertising, and internal communications, without the need for design expertise.
    Let's EnhanceMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignLet's Enhance is a web-based AI-powered tool designed to enhance and increase the resolution of images. It allows users to upscale images, improve quality, and fix low resolution, blurry, or pixelated photos automatically without manual editing.
    Lex.pageMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignLex.page is a web-based AI writing tool that leverages machine learning to help users generate content quickly and easily. It analyzes your writing style and generates new content based on it.
    LexicaMarketing & GrowthCreative & Design-
    LightricksMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignLightricks is a creative technology company that develops AI-powered photo, video, and content creation software for creators, businesses, and consumers. Its products include mobile and web-based editing tools such as Facetune, Photoleap, Videoleap, and other creative apps.
    LOVOMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignLOVO is a platform offering AI voice generator and text-to-speech software with voice cloning, and an online video editor.
    LTX StudioMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignLTX Studio is a web-based AI-driven filmmaking platform that enables users to transform text-based concepts into detailed storyboards and videos. It addresses challenges in visual storytelling by providing tools for precise frame control, character consistency, and camera motion adjustments. The platform supports features such as generative fill for on-the-spot image modification, keyframe setting for camera movements, and composition tools for frame content adjustment.
    MagnificMarketing & GrowthCreative & Design-
    MartiniMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignMartini is an AI-powered generative art tool that creates stylized images from text prompts and user photos, offering templates and controls to produce unique artwork. It is provided as a web-based service for creators and designers.
    MoisesMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignMoises is a platform that provides audio processing tools, including noise removal, audio enhancement, and voice separation.
    NameRobotMarketing & GrowthCreative & DesignNameRobot is an online naming platform that offers tools to generate, test and validate names for businesses, products, brands, apps, etc.
    Galileo AIMarketing & GrowthDesignGalileo AI is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to convert text or images into user interface designs. It automates the process of UI creation, allowing users to generate design elements quickly and efficiently from textual descriptions or visual inputs.
    getimg.aiMarketing & GrowthDesigngetimg.ai is a platform for AI-powered image generation and editing, enabling users to create customized images.
    Helicone.aiMarketing & GrowthDesignHelicone.ai is a developer-centric platform designed to track, visualize, and optimize Latent Language Model (LLM) usage, latency, and costs. This tool enables organizations to get actionable insights into their LLM applications, facilitating monitoring of latency metrics, detailed cost analytics, and more.
    Home Designs AIMarketing & GrowthDesignHome Designs AI provides a platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to redesign interior and exterior residential spaces. The software processes user-uploaded images to generate multiple design variations across various architectural and decorative styles.
    Hyper3DMarketing & GrowthDesignHyper3D provides an AI-powered platform for generating 3D models from images or text. It includes tools for creating production-ready assets with clean topology, PBR materials, and optimized geometry for use in games, product design, architecture, and 3D printing.
    Icon Generator AIMarketing & GrowthDesignIcon Generator AI is a platform that enables the creation of custom icons using AI technology. Users input prompts to generate high-resolution icons, which can be further customized in terms of color and style. The platform provides cloud storage for management of generated icons and supports sharing on social media platforms. This tool is used for generating icons for websites, applications, and branding purposes.
    IdeogramMarketing & GrowthDesignText-to-image generation tool that turns written prompts into high-quality visuals, including realistic photos, graphics, and stylized text-based images.
    KiveMarketing & GrowthDesignKive is an AI-powered platform that enables creatives to collect, organize, and collaborate on visual assets. It offers features such as automatic categorization, AI tagging, image generation, and supports multiple file formats, streamlining the creative process for professionals like filmmakers, designers, and photographers.
    Layer AI Marketing & GrowthDesignLayer AI is a web-based platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to generate 2D and 3D game assets from text prompts or images, supporting various styles and formats, including OBJ and GLB files.
    Lenso AIMarketing & GrowthDesignLenso AI is an AI-powered reverse image-search platform that enables users to upload an image and find matching or related visuals across the web, including faces, places, duplicates and similar content.
    Napkin AIMarketing & GrowthDesignNapkin AI is an AI-powered visual platform designed to transform plain text into polished visuals like flowcharts, infographics, diagrams, and sketches without any design expertise required. You simply paste or type your text, and Napkin generates an appropriate visual automatically.
    FolderlyMarketing & GrowthEmail & Marketing AutomationFolderly is an AI-based email deliverability solution that monitors, tests, and prevents spam issues, ensuring messages reach inboxes.
    GoZenMarketing & GrowthEmail & Marketing AutomationGoZen provides an integrated suite of tools designed to automate marketing, sales, and customer support operations. The software assists businesses in capturing leads through interactive forms and managing organic growth via AI-driven content and email outreach.
    HoppyCopyMarketing & GrowthEmail & Marketing AutomationHoppyCopy leverages AI to help marketers create engaging and conversion-optimized email campaigns, newsletters, and drip sequences using customizable templates and automated content generation.
    LitmusMarketing & GrowthEmail & Marketing AutomationLitmus is an all-in-one email marketing platform that offers a range of capabilities to optimize and personalize email campaigns. With Litmus, users can design, build, personalize, test, protect, review, and analyze emails more effectively. The platform helps users maximize their return on investment and create exceptional brand experiences for subscribers. One of the key features of Litmus is its Email Guardian solution, which proactively scans emails for errors and alerts users of any changes, allowing them to fix mistakes before sending. Litmus also offers powerful, intuitive personalization tools to help users create unique and engaging email experiences.
    MailiveryMarketing & GrowthEmail & Marketing AutomationMailivery is a tool that enhances email sender reputation through AI-generated email conversations in inboxes, aiming to bypass spam filters and improve email deliverability by ensuring emails reach recipients' inboxes.
    Factors.aiMarketing & GrowthMarketingFactors.ai is a B2B marketing analytics platform that automates account identification, engagement scoring, and campaign optimization, requiring integration with CRM and marketing tools.
    GenwayMarketing & GrowthMarketingGenway provides an AI platform for conducting user interviews and collecting user feedback. It processes and analyzes user data to support research, product development, and decision-making workflows.
    IterableMarketing & GrowthMarketingIterable is a platform that utilizes customer data to tailor marketing communications across channels such as email, SMS, and web. It enables businesses to personalize their messaging based on real-time data. The platform includes features for creating campaigns with content that adjusts based on user interactions.
    GlimpseMarketing & GrowthOtherGlimpse is a trend discovery platform that analyzes online consumer behavior signals to identify emerging trends.
    GrabienMarketing & GrowthOther-
    GummySearchMarketing & GrowthOtherGummySearch is an audience research tool that leverages Reddit's vast community to help startups understand customer conversations, evaluate market sentiment, and identify potential customers. It offers features like keyword tracking, trend monitoring, and competitor analysis.
    HypefyMarketing & GrowthOther-
    MoonpigMarketing & GrowthOther-
    FameFlowMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionFameFlow is a platform that enables brands to create advertisements featuring licensed celebrity likenesses for use in social media and digital marketing. It allows brands to select celebrities, generate static or video ads, and secure legal rights for these likenesses to ensure compliance with image rights. FameFlow supports campaign deployment and performance tracking across multiple channels, providing a solution for integrating celebrity endorsements into advertising strategies.
    FlowboostMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionFlowboost offers a digital marketing automation platform and agency service that assists businesses in scaling their paid advertising and search engine optimization efforts. The tool utilizes custom scripts and AI agents to optimize Google Ads campaigns and enhance visibility across search results and language model assistants.
    FlowboostMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionFlowboost offers a digital marketing automation platform and agency service that assists businesses in scaling their paid advertising and search engine optimization efforts. The tool utilizes custom scripts and AI agents to optimize Google Ads campaigns and enhance visibility across search results and language model assistants.
    GoMarbleMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionGoMarble provides an AI-powered platform for marketing analytics and campaign performance management. It enables businesses to analyse advertising data and optimize campaigns using automated insights and AI-driven actions.
    GoMarbleMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionGoMarble provides an AI-powered platform for marketing analytics and campaign performance management. It enables businesses to analyse advertising data and optimize campaigns using automated insights and AI-driven actions.
    Humbl.aiMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionHumbl.ai is a platform that provides cloud-based services for monitoring and tracking digital marketing campaigns, including paid media, search rankings and brand visibility across advertising channels. The platform connects to advertising and analytics data sources and delivers consolidated campaign performance information to users through a web interface.
    MadgicxMarketing & GrowthPaid Ads & AttributionMadgicx is a marketing platform that uses AI to optimize digital ad campaigns. It provides tools for automating ad management, tracking performance, and generating creative content. The platform aims to improve ad ROI by analyzing data and applying AI-driven optimizations.
    Exploding TopicsMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationExploding Topics analyzes millions of searches, conversations and mentions across the internet.
    GDdashMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationGDdash analyzes website content using Google's Natural Language Processing to identify authoritative topics, enhancing visibility on Google Discover
    KafkaiMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content Optimization-
    LetterdropMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationLetterdrop is a content marketing platform designed for B2B marketers to prioritize, create, and distribute content across channels like SEO and LinkedIn. It automates tasks such as keyword optimization, internal linking, and content refresh monitoring. With features like SEO automation and internal linking capabilities, Letterdrop facilitates automatic linking and bulk publishing to users' CMS.
    Link WhisperMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationLink Whisper is a platform that provides an intelligent internal linking tool powered by artificial intelligence, making it easier and faster to build internal links and improve rankings on Google.
    Local FalconMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationLocal Falcon is a local rank tracking tool that analyzes Google Business Profile visibility, providing insights and AI recommendations for optimizing local SEO performance.
    LPageryMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content Optimization-
    MaintouchMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationMaintouch is a platform that provides an integrated system for SEO and AI-driven content marketing. It automates content creation, backlink building, on-page SEO workflows and optimisation so companies can scale organic growth and improve search rankings across search engines and AI-based “search” tools.
    NarratoMarketing & GrowthSEO & Content OptimizationNarrato is an AI-based platform for content creation and management. It provides tools to help users ideate, create, collaborate, and publish content. The platform includes features for generating content briefs with SEO suggestions, improving content quality, managing tasks, and automating workflows.
    evyAIMarketing & GrowthSocial Media Management​evyAI is a platform that assists users in creating and managing content for LinkedIn through a Chrome extension and web application. It enables the generation of comments, posts, and messages, and offers tools for profile optimization and connection management. ​
    Fanpage KarmaMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementFanpage Karma is a SaaS tool for social media management, providing analytics, community engagement, and editorial scheduling, with capabilities for data export and AI-driven insights.
    FS PosterMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementFS Poster is a WordPress plugin that automatically publishes and schedules posts from a WordPress site to multiple social media and content platforms via API connections. It also allows reuse of past posts by setting repost schedules and supports content augmentation via AI integrations.
    Gro3Marketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementGro3 is a social media monitoring tool that provides real-time alerts for trending conversations within specified niches. It enables users to track viral topics, monitor competitor activities, and receive notifications tailored to their interests. The platform supports integration with major social networks and offers customizable alert settings.
    ImpulzeMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementImpulze is a influencer marketing platform that helps marketers analyze, qualify, and manage influencer partnerships. It provides tools to make data-driven decisions, track ROI, and monitor performance metrics across various social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch.
    InfluencityMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementInfluencity is an AI-powered influencer marketing platform that manages recruitment, campaign tracking, and performance analysis for brands.
    InstagramMarketing & GrowthSocial Media Management-
    KlapMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementKlap is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to create short video clips from long videos. You can repurpose your content for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and share across your social media channels.
    LightreelMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementLightReel is an AI-powered social media intelligence and User-Generated Content marketing platform that automatically analyzes short-form video content across TikTok and Instagram to assist brands and agencies with creative research and creator discovery.
    MetaMarketing & GrowthSocial Media Management-
    MunchMarketing & GrowthSocial Media ManagementMunch is a platform providing automatic content repurposing, intelligent distribution, and data-driven content creation using the latest AI technology
    Evolink.aiMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesEvolink.ai is an AI-powered platform for building smart link pages and managing link-in-bio landing pages to route and optimize traffic for creators and businesses.
    Evolink.aiMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesEvolink.ai is an AI-powered platform for building smart link pages and managing link-in-bio landing pages to route and optimize traffic for creators and businesses.
    FeatheryMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesFeathery is a platform that enables users to create online forms based on text prompts. Users can design pixel-perfect user interfaces, implement automation logic, and connect with various systems and documents.
    Gravity WizMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesGravity Forms plugin suite that enhances form functionality with 46+ plugins, integrates with WooCommerce, Google Sheets, and OpenAI.
    KajooMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesKajoo is an AI-powered digital experience composition (DXC) platform that simplifies the process of turning design mockups into fully functional code. It allows teams to create, deploy, and manage interactive digital experiences quickly by automating the design-to-code process and integrating with headless CMS systems.
    LandingiMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesLandingi is a platform offering a drag-and-drop landing page builder. It provides customizable templates, A/B testing, AI tools, integrations, and e-commerce capabilities to enhance marketing campaigns.
    MacalyMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesMacaly is a web-based SaaS product. Specific product details and feature descriptions were not available from the provided URL.
    MacalyMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing PagesMacaly is a web-based SaaS product. Specific product details and feature descriptions were not available from the provided URL.
    Meow AppsMarketing & GrowthWebsite & Landing Pages-

    Largest three-month activity-rank gains among AI-native tools

    Highperformr has the largest measured three-month activity-rank gain among AI-native products with both calendar-month observations: 1,442 positions, as of 23 October 2026, 01:14 UTC. Rank movement is not a percentage growth rate.

    ToolCategoryRank 3 months agoRank nowRanks gained
    HighperformrMarketing & Growth#2,675#1,2331,442
    AnamCustomer Success & Support#2,725#1,4671,258
    Kie.aiMarketing & Growth#2,588#1,3641,224
    Venice AIAI Platforms & Model Ops#2,720#1,5401,180
    SphereFinance & Accounting#2,686#1,6811,005

    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; Anthropic/Claude is one. AI-embedded products add AI features to an existing software platform, like GitHub. Hyperscalers are the large cloud platforms that ship AI services alongside everything else, like Google Workspace. Of the AI tools on the map, 67.9% are AI-native, 31.4% AI-embedded and 0.7% hyperscalers.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Which AI tools lead the payment-activity ranking in 2026?
    Anthropic/Claude, OpenAI/ChatGPT and Google Workspace lead the AI-classified products by trailing 12-month payment activity in Cledara as of 23 October 2026, 01:14 UTC. See the top-20 ranking above. This does not measure seats or usage.
    Which AI tool has the highest recorded payment activity?
    Anthropic/Claude leads the AI-classified activity ranking, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT, with 12.3% of trailing 12-month transactions across all software tracked by Cledara. This is not an AI-only share or the percentage of companies using the tool.
    Does Claude or ChatGPT have the higher payment-activity rank?
    Anthropic/Claude has the higher trailing 12-month payment-activity rank of the recorded Claude and ChatGPT products, as of 23 October 2026, 01:14 UTC. Activity rank alone cannot establish which receives more spend or has more distinct customers.
    How many AI-classified products are recorded?
    The catalogue records 1,689 AI-classified products across 13 categories. Catalogue inclusion does not require a current paid observation and does not measure a typical company's tool count. Updated monthly.
    What counts as an AI-native product?
    AI-native products are built primarily around AI models (e.g. Anthropic/Claude); AI-embedded products add AI to an existing platform (e.g. GitHub). Every product on the map is labelled with its classification.

    Related data

    Cledara AI Market Map, "Real-Time AI Market Map (2026)", data.cledara.com, updated 23 October 2026, 01:14 UTC. Cite with attribution under the site's CC BY-NC 4.0 data license.

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