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    Real-Time AI Market Map (2026): 1 in 8 software purchases is Claude.

    The AI tools companies actually pay for, ranked by purchases across AI-native tools, AI-embedded software and hyperscalers. As of 6 November 2026, 13:16 UTC, Anthropic/Claude is the most-purchased AI tool on Cledara, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT and Google Workspace. On its own it outweighs every other category on the map, including all of Collaboration & Productivity (10.2%).

    1,731 classified tools across 13 categoriesRankings through October 2026

    Share of all software purchases

    Anthropic/Claude12.3%
    OpenAI/ChatGPT5.9%

    2.1×Claude is bought 2.1 times as often as ChatGPT, across every purchase and renewal in the last 12 months.

    #1Anthropic/Claude12.3%of all software purchases on Cledara, or 1 in 8AI-native · AI Platforms & Model Ops#2OpenAI/ChatGPT5.9%of all software purchases on Cledara, or 1 in 17AI-native · AI Platforms & Model OpsOpenRouter
    #3Google Workspace3.5%1 in 28 purchases#7Slack1.0%Zoom0.83%Notion0.73%Miro0.67%Loom
    Figma1.3%Webflow0.96%Hubspot0.8%Canva0.72%Intuit Mailchimp0.53%
    #4Cursor3.2%1 in 31 purchases#5GitHub2.1%Zapier0.76%Vercel0.76%Lovable
    Area is each tool's share of all software purchases and renewals on Cledara over the last 12 months, so AI tools sit on the same scale as the rest of the software market. The whole map adds up to 53.2% of all software purchases. Smaller tools in each category are grouped as “+ more”; select a category to zoom in, or any tile for its card.
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    AI Platforms & Model Ops · 20.1%

    1. Anthropic/Claude 12.3%
    2. OpenAI/ChatGPT 5.9%
    3. OpenRouter 0.46%
    4. Perplexity AI 0.34%
    5. Langsmith by Langchain 0.11%
    6. Langfuse 0.088%
    7. Grok 0.072%
    8. Databutton 0.059%
    9. fal 0.044%
    10. Pinecone 0.037%
    11. Google One 0.036%
    12. Deepgram 0.035%
    13. Chatbase 0.033%
    14. Google Colab 0.026%
    15. Cohere 0.024%
    16. Modal 0.022%
    17. xAI 0.021%
    18. Exa 0.02%
    19. BytePlus 0.02%
    20. Agentic 0.02%
    21. BASE44 0.018%
    22. Meshy 0.018%
    23. LlamaIndex 0.016%
    24. Dust 0.016%
    25. Genspark 0.015%
    26. Cerebras 0.014%
    27. Requesty 0.014%
    28. Tavily 0.013%
    29. Weaviate 0.013%
    30. Replicate 0.013%
    31. TypeSafe AI 0.013%
    32. Cassidy 0.012%
    33. Qdrant 0.011%
    34. Fireworks AI 0.011%
    35. Comfy 0.01%
    36. Z.ai 0.0096%
    37. Confident AI 0.0086%
    38. NVIDIA AI 0.008%
    39. Cloro 0.0072%
    40. Relevance AI 0.0072%
    41. Cartesia 0.0069%
    42. Black Forest Labs 0.0067%
    43. Moonshot AI 0.0067%
    44. Nebius 0.0067%
    45. Klavis AI 0.0066%
    46. Cloudmersive 0.0061%
    47. Agenta 0.0056%
    48. Play.ht 0.0056%
    49. V7 0.0054%
    50. Cekura 0.0051%
    51. glif 0.0043%
    52. Linkup 0.0042%
    53. Ollama 0.0042%
    54. Cockatoo 0.004%
    55. Venice AI 0.004%
    56. Abliteration 0.0038%
    57. Inworld AI 0.0038%
    58. Braintrust 0.0037%
    59. Okara 0.0037%
    60. Gumloop 0.0035%
    61. Hasty 0.003%
    62. Skyvern 0.0027%
    63. pyannoteAI 0.0027%
    64. Jina AI 0.0026%
    65. Nanonets 0.0024%
    66. Crusoe 0.0022%
    67. SpeechAce 0.0022%
    68. Elicit 0.0021%
    69. Tisane Labs 0.0021%
    70. Anyscale 0.0019%
    71. Humbot 0.0019%
    72. Labelbox 0.0019%
    73. Rime 0.0019%
    74. LLMbase 0.0018%
    75. Uberduck 0.0018%
    76. Mindsmith 0.0016%
    77. Parasail 0.0016%
    78. Soniox 0.0014%
    79. Bria 0.0013%
    80. Comet 0.0013%
    81. Pipeboard 0.0011%
    82. Portkey 0.001%
    83. ChatAI 0.0006%
    84. Treg 0.0005%
    85. LangWatch 0.0003%
    86. WPVibe 0.0003%
    87. Runware 0.0002%

    Collaboration & Productivity · 10.2%

    1. Google Workspace 3.5%
    2. Slack 1.0%
    3. Zoom 0.83%
    4. Notion 0.73%
    5. Miro 0.67%
    6. Loom 0.34%
    7. Airtable 0.26%
    8. Fathom 0.25%
    9. Fireflies 0.25%
    10. Dropbox 0.25%
    11. monday 0.24%
    12. Linear 0.23%
    13. Zoho 0.17%
    14. Asana 0.16%
    15. Granola 0.16%
    16. Wispr Flow 0.15%
    17. ClickUp 0.14%
    18. Otter.ai 0.079%
    19. Fyxer AI 0.06%
    20. Motion 0.059%
    21. Dovetail 0.053%
    22. Happy Scribe 0.048%
    23. Dialpad 0.047%
    24. RingCentral 0.044%
    25. Krisp 0.039%
    26. Read 0.032%
    27. Crowdin 0.028%
    28. Coda 0.024%
    29. The Brief 0.022%
    30. Box 0.022%
    31. Loremax 0.02%
    32. Meetgeek 0.019%
    33. tl;dv 0.018%
    34. Vimcal 0.013%
    35. Dojo AI 0.013%
    36. Tactiq 0.012%
    37. Supernormal 0.012%
    38. Notta 0.011%
    39. Banani 0.011%
    40. CleanShot X 0.011%
    41. Lingohub 0.011%
    42. Feedly 0.01%
    43. Avoma 0.0098%
    44. Superwhisper 0.0094%
    45. LanguageTool 0.009%
    46. memoQ 0.0062%
    47. Steady 0.0061%
    48. Fellow.ai 0.0045%
    49. GPT for Work 0.0045%
    50. Boomerang 0.0043%
    51. Trint 0.0024%
    52. SheetWhiz 0.0022%
    53. Rize 0.0019%
    54. Scheduler.ai 0.0019%
    55. Cap 0.0013%
    56. Nova 0.0013%
    57. Slashy 0.001%
    58. Supermemory 0.0008%
    59. Figr 0.0006%
    60. Vibe Typer 0.0006%

    Marketing & Growth · 9.4%

    1. Figma 1.3%
    2. Webflow 0.96%
    3. Hubspot 0.8%
    4. Canva 0.72%
    5. Intuit Mailchimp 0.53%
    6. ElevenLabs 0.5%
    7. Typeform 0.47%
    8. SEMRush 0.38%
    9. Ahrefs 0.28%
    10. Higgsfield 0.24%
    11. CapCut 0.24%
    12. Midjourney 0.23%
    13. DeepL 0.22%
    14. HeyGen 0.17%
    15. Klaviyo 0.12%
    16. Descript 0.12%
    17. Riverside.fm 0.11%
    18. PandaDoc 0.11%
    19. Squarespace 0.11%
    20. Gamma 0.11%
    21. Brevo 0.11%
    22. Bird 0.10%
    23. VEED.IO 0.079%
    24. Opus Clip 0.077%
    25. Synthesia 0.073%
    26. Runway 0.059%
    27. Wix 0.056%
    28. Krea 0.052%
    29. Surfer 0.049%
    30. Weglot 0.048%
    31. Suno 0.041%
    32. Windsor.ai 0.04%
    33. Scenario 0.037%
    34. FLORA 0.036%
    35. Smartcat 0.035%
    36. Unbounce 0.034%
    37. Outreach 0.031%
    38. Zapmail 0.03%
    39. KLING AI 0.03%
    40. Sprout Social 0.03%
    41. Hootsuite 0.027%
    42. vidIQ 0.025%
    43. AppLovin 0.023%
    44. Magnific 0.018%
    45. AdManage.ai 0.017%
    46. Jasper 0.015%
    47. InVideo 0.015%
    48. UXpilot.ai 0.014%
    49. AnswerRank 0.014%
    50. Atria 0.013%
    51. Profound 0.012%
    52. Remove Background 0.012%
    53. Kapwing 0.012%
    54. Wordtune 0.012%
    55. Murf.ai 0.011%
    56. AppsFlyer 0.011%
    57. Soundly 0.01%
    58. Sitechecker 0.01%
    59. Sitecore 0.01%
    60. Frase 0.0099%
    61. Ortto 0.0099%
    62. Writesonic 0.0099%
    63. Favikon 0.0093%
    64. Hyros 0.009%
    65. MakeUGC 0.009%
    66. Typefully 0.0088%
    67. Biteable 0.0085%
    68. QuillBot 0.0085%
    69. Promptwatch 0.0077%
    70. Limelight 0.007%
    71. ScoreApp 0.007%
    72. Yapper 0.0069%
    73. Searchable 0.0067%
    74. Shortimize 0.0066%
    75. Adscore 0.0064%
    76. Outgrow 0.0064%
    77. Highperformr 0.0062%
    78. AuthoredUp 0.0061%
    79. Otterly.AI 0.0059%
    80. Pika Art 0.0059%
    81. Birch 0.0058%
    82. GPTZero 0.0058%
    83. BeyondWords 0.0056%
    84. neuroflash 0.0056%
    85. Magellan AI 0.0054%
    86. Kie.ai 0.0053%
    87. Sembot 0.005%
    88. Submagic 0.005%
    89. Optmyzr 0.0048%
    90. Cutout.pro 0.0045%
    91. Lovart AI 0.0045%
    92. Delphi AI 0.0043%
    93. Wondercraft 0.0043%
    94. PhotoRoom 0.0042%
    95. CopyAI 0.004%
    96. Awario 0.0038%
    97. KWatch.io 0.0038%
    98. Maestra 0.0038%
    99. Seventh Sense 0.0038%
    100. Waikay 0.0038%
    101. AdCreative.ai 0.0037%
    102. PageOptimizer 0.0034%
    103. Trupeer AI 0.0034%
    104. Outrank 0.0032%
    105. Octolens 0.003%
    106. Sync.so 0.003%
    107. iGEO 0.003%
    108. Supergrow 0.0029%
    109. Vizard 0.0029%
    110. Yorby 0.0029%
    111. Mentionlytics 0.0024%
    112. NapoleonCat 0.0024%
    113. Boords 0.0022%
    114. Kaps 0.0022%
    115. My Telescope 0.0022%
    116. PIXELCUT 0.0022%
    117. Transpond 0.0022%
    118. AdLabs 0.0021%
    119. InLinks 0.0021%
    120. muse.ai 0.001%
    121. Vectorizer.AI 0.0021%
    122. BypassGPT 0.0019%
    123. Discovered Labs 0.0019%
    124. Exolyt 0.0019%
    125. Playbook 0.0019%
    126. Rephrasy 0.0019%
    127. ZenABM 0.0005%
    128. Confect 0.0016%
    129. Dreamina 0.0016%
    130. Parker AI 0.0014%
    131. Cloudginny 0.001%
    132. Reacher 0.001%
    133. AdOpt 0.0005%
    134. JuicyLucy 0.0005%
    135. Kompyte 0.0005%
    136. Zeely 0.0005%
    137. Quiver 0.0003%
    138. Ryze AI 0.0003%
    139. dynares 0.0003%
    140. BounceZero 0.0002%
    141. Melius 0.0002%

    Engineering & DevOps · 9.3%

    1. Cursor 3.2%
    2. GitHub 2.1%
    3. Zapier 0.76%
    4. Vercel 0.76%
    5. Lovable 0.47%
    6. n8n 0.41%
    7. Make 0.33%
    8. Replit 0.25%
    9. Postman 0.25%
    10. CodeRabbit 0.2%
    11. Macroscope 0.07%
    12. GitLab 0.064%
    13. Autodesk 0.061%
    14. Qase.io 0.048%
    15. Manus 0.046%
    16. Warp 0.041%
    17. Mintlify 0.038%
    18. Recall.ai 0.029%
    19. Same.new 0.029%
    20. Pipedream 0.022%
    21. Browserbase 0.019%
    22. Coralogix 0.017%
    23. Cubic 0.015%
    24. v0 by Vercel 0.014%
    25. Factory 0.011%
    26. Upstash 0.011%
    27. Hailuo AI 0.0094%
    28. Mage 0.0074%
    29. Tiptap 0.0072%
    30. Google Cloud Platform 0.0067%
    31. E2B 0.0062%
    32. Splunk 0.0053%
    33. Firebase 0.0048%
    34. Kiro 0.0043%
    35. Pump.co 0.004%
    36. i18nexus 0.0038%
    37. Aneryth 0.0035%
    38. 0CodeKit 0.0032%
    39. GPT Driver 0.0032%
    40. CodeAnt AI 0.0019%
    41. Tester Army 0.0006%
    42. Pullfrog 0.0002%

    Data & Analytics · 1.2%

    1. Datadog 0.44%
    2. Hotjar 0.16%
    3. PostHog 0.12%
    4. Segment 0.095%
    5. Mixpanel 0.094%
    6. Snowflake 0.088%
    7. Amplitude 0.047%
    8. Databricks 0.045%
    9. Hex Tech 0.035%
    10. Contentsquare 0.031%
    11. Diffbot 0.011%
    12. Docparser 0.01%
    13. FullStory 0.0078%
    14. Dromo 0.007%
    15. Cube 0.0069%
    16. Heap 0.0069%
    17. ScrapeGraphAI 0.0067%
    18. FullContact 0.0046%
    19. Scrunch AI 0.0042%
    20. Weatherbit 0.0038%
    21. Ranketta 0.0029%
    22. Superscale AI 0.0022%
    23. DataHawk 0.0019%
    24. Inven 0.0019%
    25. Sprig 0.0019%
    26. ThoughtSpot 0.0019%
    27. Chimnie 0.0006%
    28. Basedash 0.0005%
    29. Quiver Quantitative 0.0003%

    Sales & Revenue · 1.1%

    1. Apollo.io 0.34%
    2. Clay Labs 0.18%
    3. Instantly 0.18%
    4. Smartlead 0.11%
    5. Stairoids 0.055%
    6. Clay 0.035%
    7. Juicebox 0.033%
    8. AmpleMarket 0.022%
    9. Grain.co 0.019%
    10. Ocean.io 0.018%
    11. Pricelabs 0.017%
    12. PiperAI 0.015%
    13. Aligned 0.013%
    14. Reply.io 0.012%
    15. SalesForge 0.0098%
    16. Attention 0.0067%
    17. Jiminny 0.0066%
    18. Ausar 0.0005%
    19. Perlon AI 0.001%
    20. Meddicc Score 0.0029%
    21. Consensus 0.0026%
    22. Unify 0.0024%
    23. Valley 0.0021%
    24. Letaido 0.0019%
    25. Outcraft 0.0019%
    26. MoltSets 0.0016%
    27. Explee 0.0011%
    28. YourMax.AI 0.001%
    29. SendKit 0.0008%
    30. Sendr 0.0006%
    31. FirstTouch 0.0005%
    32. Zynt 0.0005%

    Customer Success & Support · 1.1%

    1. Intercom 0.32%
    2. Zendesk 0.27%
    3. Freshworks 0.22%
    4. Maze 0.038%
    5. Vapi 0.029%
    6. Appbot 0.027%
    7. Siit 0.021%
    8. Product Fruits 0.02%
    9. Aloware 0.018%
    10. Tango 0.013%
    11. Transly 0.012%
    12. Great Question 0.011%
    13. Tidio 0.011%
    14. CustomGPT 0.009%
    15. BoldDesk 0.0069%
    16. Respond 0.0069%
    17. Botpress 0.0061%
    18. Anam 0.0022%
    19. Permut 0.0043%
    20. Ferndesk 0.004%
    21. Molin AI 0.0037%
    22. AI Number 0.003%
    23. YourGPT 0.0027%
    24. Voiceflow 0.0024%
    25. Gorgias 0.0022%
    26. AnswerHero 0.0019%
    27. Incogneato 0.0019%
    28. Unthread 0.0019%
    29. Wotnot 0.0019%
    30. Beeble 0.0013%
    31. Ravenna 0.0011%
    32. Tolto 0.0008%
    33. Ask AI 0.0005%
    1. DocuSign 0.35%
    2. Vanta 0.019%
    3. Naq 0.0094%
    4. Vera 0.0086%
    5. Middesk 0.0078%
    6. Hey Bubba! 0.0066%
    7. ComplyAdvantage 0.0056%
    8. GC AI 0.0027%
    9. Copyleaks 0.0024%
    10. LawY 0.0008%
    11. Laki 0.0003%

    Finance & Accounting · 0.15%

    1. Dext 0.11%
    2. Monitr 0.011%
    3. LivePlan 0.0075%
    4. AutoEntry 0.0061%
    5. Apron 0.0038%
    6. Futrli by Sage 0.0034%
    7. Sphere 0.003%
    8. Pagos 0.0021%
    9. Stampli 0.0021%
    10. Briefcase 0.0008%

    Operations & Supply Chain · 0.11%

    1. AfterShip 0.029%
    2. SAP 0.021%
    3. Unleashed 0.02%
    4. Pipefy 0.014%
    5. Copilot 0.0078%
    6. Matterport 0.01%
    7. Cortecs 0.0058%
    8. Swan AI 0.004%

    IT & Security · 0.11%

    1. afi.ai 0.042%
    2. TitanHQ 0.0094%
    3. Veriff 0.0091%
    4. OneLogin 0.008%
    5. Pipl Trust 0.0075%
    6. Fingerprint 0.0074%
    7. Akismet 0.0067%
    8. SentinelOne 0.0046%
    9. Teramind 0.0046%
    10. Spin.ai 0.0038%
    11. Castle 0.0029%
    12. Persona 0.0019%

    People Ops & Talent · 0.078%

    1. Metaview 0.041%
    2. Peec AI 0.034%
    3. WorkSpark 0.0014%
    4. Homie 0.001%
    • 12.3%of all software purchases go to Anthropic/Claude, the most-purchased AI tool
    • 2.1×Claude's share of purchases compared with OpenAI/ChatGPT's 5.9%
    • 60%of AI tool purchases go to the ten most-purchased tools
    • 92%of AI tool purchases sit in four categories: AI Platforms, Collaboration, Marketing and Engineering

    The AI 20

    AI tools ranked by payment activity in 2026

    The 20 most-purchased AI tools over the last 12 months. Anthropic/Claude accounts for 12.3% of all software purchases on Cledara, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT and Google Workspace.

    Ranks count every purchase and renewal over the last 12 months. Shares are a percentage of all software purchases on Cledara, so AI tools can be compared directly with the rest of the software market.

    #ToolTypePayment-activity share1 in NPayment-activity rank
    1

    Anthropic/ClaudeAI Platforms & Model Ops

    		AI-native
    12.3%
    		1 in 8#1
    2

    OpenAI/ChatGPTAI Platforms & Model Ops

    		AI-native
    5.9%
    		1 in 17#2
    3

    Google WorkspaceCollaboration & Productivity

    		Hyperscaler
    3.5%
    		1 in 28#4
    4

    CursorEngineering & DevOps

    		AI-native
    3.2%
    		1 in 31#5
    5

    GitHubEngineering & DevOps

    		AI-embedded
    2.1%
    		1 in 48#7
    6

    FigmaMarketing & Growth

    		AI-embedded
    1.3%
    		1 in 78#10
    7

    SlackCollaboration & Productivity

    		AI-embedded
    1.0%
    		1 in 99#11
    8

    WebflowMarketing & Growth

    		AI-embedded
    0.96%
    		1 in 104#12
    9

    ZoomCollaboration & Productivity

    		AI-embedded
    0.83%
    		1 in 121#13
    10

    HubspotMarketing & Growth

    		AI-embedded
    0.8%
    		1 in 124#14
    11

    ZapierEngineering & DevOps

    		AI-embedded
    0.76%
    		1 in 131#16
    12

    VercelEngineering & DevOps

    		AI-embedded
    0.76%
    		1 in 131#17
    13

    NotionCollaboration & Productivity

    		AI-embedded
    0.73%
    		1 in 137#19
    14

    CanvaMarketing & Growth

    		AI-embedded
    0.72%
    		1 in 138#20
    15

    MiroCollaboration & Productivity

    		AI-embedded
    0.67%
    		1 in 149#23
    16

    Intuit MailchimpMarketing & Growth

    		AI-embedded
    0.53%
    		1 in 188#25
    17

    ElevenLabsMarketing & Growth

    		AI-native
    0.5%
    		1 in 199#26
    18

    LovableEngineering & DevOps

    		AI-native
    0.47%
    		1 in 212#27
    19

    TypeformMarketing & Growth

    		AI-embedded
    0.47%
    		1 in 215#28
    20

    OpenRouterAI Platforms & Model Ops

    		AI-native
    0.46%
    		1 in 215#29

    Of the 20 most-purchased AI tools, 6 are AI-native, 13 AI-embedded and 1 hyperscaler. Together they account for 38% of all software purchases and renewals on Cledara. Marketing & Growth is the most represented category, with 7 of the 20 tools.

    "1 in N" turns a tool's share into plain odds: one in every N software purchases and renewals on Cledara goes to that tool. Payment-activity rank places each AI tool among every product bought through Cledara, AI or not.

    twelve territories

    The AI market map by category

    Every AI product companies pay for through Cledara, mapped by category and classified as AI-native, AI-embedded or hyperscaler. Use it to see which AI tools dominate each part of the stack and where new challengers are breaking through.

    AI Platforms & Model Ops

    369 AI tools · 9 subcategories

    Anthropic/Claude leads with 61% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT (5.9%). AI-native tools take >99%.

    AI-native >99%AI-embedded <1%Hyperscaler <1%

    Collaboration & Productivity

    180 AI tools · 12 subcategories

    Google Workspace leads with 35% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Slack (1.0%). AI-native tools take 13%.

    AI-native 13%AI-embedded 52%Hyperscaler 35%

    Marketing & Growth

    485 AI tools · 11 subcategories

    Figma leads with 14% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Webflow (0.96%). AI-native tools take 27%.

    AI-native 27%AI-embedded 73%

    Engineering & DevOps

    120 AI tools · 10 subcategories

    Cursor leads with 34% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of GitHub (2.1%). AI-native tools take 47%.

    AI-native 47%AI-embedded 53%Hyperscaler <1%

    Data & Analytics

    83 AI tools · 9 subcategories

    Datadog leads with 36% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Hotjar (0.16%). AI-native tools take 6%.

    AI-native 6%AI-embedded 94%

    Sales & Revenue

    154 AI tools · 7 subcategories

    Apollo.io leads with 31% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Clay Labs (0.18%). AI-native tools take 90%.

    AI-native 90%AI-embedded 10%

    Customer Success & Support

    96 AI tools · 7 subcategories

    Intercom leads with 30% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Zendesk (0.27%). AI-native tools take 12%.

    AI-native 12%AI-embedded 88%

    Finance & Accounting

    43 AI tools · 6 subcategories

    Dext leads with 74% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Monitr (0.011%). AI-native tools take 7%.

    AI-native 7%AI-embedded 93%

    Operations & Supply Chain

    45 AI tools · 7 subcategories

    AfterShip leads with 26% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of SAP (0.021%). AI-native tools take 16%.

    AI-native 16%AI-embedded 84%

    IT & Security

    41 AI tools · 8 subcategories

    afi.ai leads with 39% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of TitanHQ (0.0094%). AI-native tools take 57%.

    AI-native 57%AI-embedded 43%

    People Ops & Talent

    55 AI tools · 6 subcategories

    Metaview leads with 53% of the category's AI purchases, ahead of Peec AI (0.034%). AI-native tools take 98%.

    AI-native 98%AI-embedded 2%

    Breaking through

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

    Highperformr is the fastest-rising AI-native tool, up 1,442 places in the popularity ranking over three months, as of 6 November 2026, 13:16 UTC.

    Highperformr

    Marketing & Growth

    +1,442places in 3 months

    Anam

    Customer Success & Support

    +1,258places in 3 months

    Kie.ai

    Marketing & Growth

    +1,224places in 3 months

    Venice AI

    AI Platforms & Model Ops

    +1,180places in 3 months

    Sphere

    Finance & Accounting

    +1,005places in 3 months

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    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

    Three kinds of AI

    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, 68% are AI-native, 31.3% AI-embedded and 0.7% hyperscalers.

    Share of tools on the map1,731 tools

    Share of AI tool purchasesLast 12 months

    Hyperscalers are 0.7% of the tools and 6.8% of AI purchases. AI-native tools make up 68% of the map and 55.7% of what companies buy.

    • AI-native

      Built around AI models. Anthropic/Claude, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Cursor.

    • AI-embedded

      Established software with AI built in. GitHub, Figma, Slack.

    • Hyperscaler

      Large cloud platforms shipping AI alongside everything else. Google Workspace, Google One, Google Colab.

    Origins

    When and where the AI tools were born

    The class of 2023 dominates: more AI tools on the map were founded in 2023 than in any other year. The United Kingdom is the second-largest home for AI tools on the map, after the United States.

    Founding year

    AI tools on the map by the year the company was founded.

    Headquarters

    AI tools on the map by recorded headquarters country.

    1. United States740
    2. United Kingdom125
    3. Germany51
    4. France36
    5. Canada31
    6. Australia23
    7. Netherlands23
    8. Singapore23
    9. Sweden21
    10. Israel19

    The full catalogue

    Every AI tool on the map

    Filter the catalogue by founded year, category or headquarters country. PNG exports show up to six tools in each of the twelve largest categories; CSV and JSON include every matching tool.

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    1731 matching tools in 13 categories

    Sales & Revenue

    154 tools in 7 subcategories
    Prospecting & Lead Gen (8)
    StairoidsSumbleTalarianTelescopeTendifyThe SwarmTitanXTNKR
    Revenue Intelligence (6)
    SpiichSpikySybillWheelhouseWordcabZocks
    Sales (5)
    Spotlight.aiSprouts.aiTrellusTwainWonka AI
    Sales Enablement (4)
    SpiichStorydocTillerVidu
    Sales Engagement (3)
    Shoden AItelliWarmly
    Other (2)
    ShopifyStarbridge.ai

    Unknown

    3 tools in 1 subcategories
    Other (3)
    ObviousSUBJCTNYBA

    Source: Cledara software payments data, classified by AI type and category. Published 6 November 2026, 13:16 UTC.

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    This table contains the tools on this catalogue page. Complete data is available in the CSV and JSON downloads. The activity ranking above always describes the full published population.

    ProductCategorySubcategoryDescription
    ShopifySales & RevenueOther-
    Starbridge.aiSales & RevenueOther-
    StairoidsSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenStairoids is a real-time signal-based go-to-market (GTM) intelligence platform designed for B2B sales and marketing teams. It tracks over 27 types of buying signals, such as job changes, vacancies, competitor interest, and personal connections, to help organisations identify decision-makers and map decision-making units (DMUs). The platform automates GTM workflows by integrating intent data from web, social, and CRM sources into tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, and Slack.
    SumbleSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenSumble is an AI-powered sales intelligence and knowledge graph platform that maps organisational structures, tech stacks, and hiring patterns. By continuously crawling public web data such as job postings and professional profiles, it provides go-to-market teams with high-precision buyer intent signals and granular account insights for targeted prospecting.
    TalarianSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenTalarian provides AI-powered sales automation software that helps teams identify prospects, enrich lead data, and streamline outbound sales workflows. It is designed to improve pipeline generation and sales efficiency.
    TelescopeSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenTelescope is an AI-powered lead generation platform designed to help businesses discover and qualify new leads efficiently. It utilises advanced AI technology to provide accurate, tailored lead recommendations and integrates with CRM systems.
    TendifySales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenTendify monitors government portals across the European Union to identify public contract opportunities for businesses. The software processes tender documents to match specific procurement requirements with company profiles.
    The SwarmSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenThe Swarm is a Go-To-Network (GTN) platform that enables companies and investors to access and use extended professional networks and relationship data to speed up sales, recruiting, and fundraising. It provides tools for importing contact data, enriching people-and-company data, identifying warm introductions, and visualising relationship paths.
    TitanXSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenTitanX is a sales enablement and intelligence platform that specializes in Phone Intent™. The tool uses a proprietary scoring engine trained on billions of data points to predict which prospects are most likely to answer a cold call in real-time.
    TNKRSales & RevenueProspecting & Lead GenTNKR is an AI-powered platform for B2B sales prospecting and personalised outreach that helps revenue teams identify target accounts and generate tailored messaging. It is designed to streamline outbound sales workflows using automation and generative AI.
    SpiichSales & RevenueRevenue IntelligenceSpiich provides an artificial intelligence assistant that automates CRM updates and meeting preparation through voice commands and natural language processing. The platform synchronises contact data and deal stages with external databases to eliminate manual administrative tasks for revenue-focused professionals.
    SpikySales & RevenueRevenue IntelligenceSpiky is a platform that utilises AI technology to analyse sales meetings and provide insights for improvement.
    SybillSales & RevenueRevenue IntelligenceSybill is an AI tool that automates meeting summaries, email generation, and CRM updates by analysing verbal and non-verbal cues, ensuring timely follow-ups and data accuracy.
    WheelhouseSales & RevenueRevenue IntelligenceWheelhouse is a platform tailored for professionals in the short-term rental industry. It offers advanced tools for revenue management and dynamic pricing. By using data-driven strategies, Wheelhouse helps users fine-tune their pricing tactics, increase booking rates, and boost revenue.
    WordcabSales & RevenueRevenue IntelligenceWordcab is a platform that allows the user to generate call summaries at scale and add them to any application.
    ZocksSales & RevenueRevenue IntelligenceZocks is a platform for conversation intelligence and administrative automation within financial services. The tool converts client interactions into structured data to populate records and generate business documentation through artificial intelligence.
    Spotlight.aiSales & RevenueSalesSpotlight.ai provides AI-based guidance and business case generation for sales teams, enhancing discovery, qualification, value positioning, and forecasting. It integrates with various platforms, including Salesforce, to streamline sales processes and increase productivity.
    Sprouts.aiSales & RevenueSalesSprouts.ai is an AI-powered GTM (Go-To-Market) intelligence platform designed to automate and enhance demand generation for B2B companies. It offers advanced ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) discovery, multi-database enrichment, intent signal identification, automated multi-channel outreach, and purchase prediction to maximise sales and conversion rates.
    TrellusSales & RevenueSalesTrellus is an AI-driven platform that provides real-time sales coaching and automated dialing tools directly within a sales engagement workflow.
    TwainSales & RevenueSalesTwain is an AI-powered communication assistant designed to enhance outreach strategies. It provides real-time suggestions and feedback to improve the effectiveness of outbound messages, such as sales emails and recruiting messages.
    Wonka AISales & RevenueSalesWonka AI provides AI tools and solutions to help teams integrate and deploy artificial intelligence into business processes. Its offerings include secure AI interfaces like chat, mail, and voice tools, as well as AI strategy and workflow automation services.
    SpiichSales & RevenueSales EnablementSpiich provides an artificial intelligence assistant that automates CRM updates and meeting preparation through voice commands and natural language processing. The platform synchronises contact data and deal stages with external databases to eliminate manual administrative tasks for revenue-focused professionals.
    StorydocSales & RevenueSales EnablementStorydoc is an AI-driven platform for creating interactive presentations and documents, enabling real-time engagement tracking and integration with CRM tools.
    TillerSales & RevenueSales EnablementTiller is a digital assistant for commercial teams that automates CRM updates, follow-up emails, proposal generation, and provides live pitch support.
    ViduSales & RevenueSales Enablement-
    Shoden AISales & RevenueSales EngagementShoden AI is a platform that transforms email outreach for sales teams. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, it enhances the personalisation of sales messages to improve engagement and conversion rates.
    telliSales & RevenueSales Engagementtelli is a platform that automates outbound and inbound phone calls by using AI voice agents to contact customers, qualify leads, schedule appointments, and hand off interactions to human agents. The platform integrates with CRM systems and manages call workflows to support sales and customer engagement operations.
    WarmlySales & RevenueSales EngagementWarmly is an autonomous revenue orchestration platform that integrates with existing sales and marketing technology stacks. It identifies and de-anonymizes contacts and companies visiting a user's website, then automates personalised outreach through email, LinkedIn, and AI-powered chat.
    ObviousUnknownOther-
    SUBJCTUnknownOther-
    NYBAUnknownOther-

    Method

    About this dataset

    This AI market map covers 1,731 AI products, from AI-native tools to AI-embedded software and hyperscalers, ranked by how often companies buy and renew them over the last 12 months. Anthropic/Claude ranks ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT as of 6 November 2026, 13:16 UTC. Updated monthly.

    Measure
    Share of all software purchases and renewals on Cledara
    Window
    Trailing 12 months, through October 2026
    Classification
    AI-native, AI-embedded, hyperscaler
    Updated
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0

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    Frequently asked questions

    What are the most popular AI tools in 2026?

    Anthropic/Claude, OpenAI/ChatGPT and Google Workspace are the most-purchased AI tools on Cledara over the last 12 months, as of 6 November 2026, 13:16 UTC. See the top-20 ranking above.

    Which AI tool do companies buy most?

    Anthropic/Claude is the most-purchased AI tool, ahead of OpenAI/ChatGPT, with 12.3% of all software purchases on Cledara over the last 12 months.

    Is Claude or ChatGPT more popular with businesses?

    Anthropic/Claude ranks higher in business purchases over the last 12 months, as of 6 November 2026, 13:16 UTC. See the full Claude vs ChatGPT comparison for spend and overlap data.

    How many AI tools does the map cover?

    The map covers 1,731 AI products across 13 categories, from model providers and AI coding tools to AI features inside established software. It is updated monthly as new AI tools reach business buyers.

    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.

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