The SaaS Tools Data & AI Teams Use Most (2026)

330 products tracked for Data / AI teams · 17.4% popularity share · 11.9% spend share. Data as of 27 July 2026, 16:41 UTC.

AI‑enhanced infra is climbing fastest while legacy BI/spreadsheet-adjacent tools are collapsing. On the upside, compute/model platforms lead: Cerebras (+55), fal (+27), and Higgsfield (+8) all surge, alongside data integration Keboola (+19). On the downside, incumbents and lightweight analytics retreat hard: Qlik (-320) and Actiondesk (-1082), with even an AI tool (Databar.ai, -509) dropping sharply. Signal: Data/AI leaders should treat “AI-enhanced” as table stakes, but scrutinize durability—some AI entrants churn fast (Databar.ai -509). Prioritize vendors that compound with your stack (model ops/compute like Cerebras, orchestration-style tools like fal) and set exit criteria for BI layers showing rapid rank decay (Qlik -320, Actiondesk -1082).

Most popular data & AI team software

ProductWebsiteSubcategoryDescriptionPopularity rankSpend rankPopularity shareSpend shareAI classification
Anthropic/Claudeclaude.aiAI PlatformClaude is a large language model developed by Anthropic, capable of handling text, voice messages, and documents to facilitate natural language interactions.#1#39.31%5.45%AI-Native
OpenAI/ChatGPTopenai.comAI PlatformOpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that conducts research in the field of AI with the stated goal of promoting and developing friendly AI in a way that benefits humanity as a who#2#65.51%3.86%AI-Native
Perplexity AIperplexity.aiAI PlatformPerplexity AI is a chatbot that uses machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to respond to user questions.#54#1830.27%0.07%AI-Native
Higgsfieldhiggsfield.aiDesignHiggsfield offers a generative AI platform that transforms still images into short-form videos using multimodal diffusion models. Accepts JPEG/PNG inputs and outputs MP4 video clips with motion inferr#92#1580.16%0.09%AI-Native
Fivetranfivetran.comDataFivetran is an automated data movement platform that allows users to stream data into their warehouse for advanced analytics. It provides a solution for moving, transforming, securing, and governing d#100#330.14%0.42%Traditional
Metabasemetabase.comAnalyticsMetabase is an open-source analytics and business intelligence application. It allows users to create dashboards and reports for data visualization and business intelligence purposes, promoting self-s#115#710.12%0.19%Traditional
Apifyapify.comDev ToolsApify is a platform that offers web scraping and automation tools for businesses. It provides solutions for extracting data from websites, automating repetitive tasks, and building custom web crawlers#118#2270.12%0.06%Traditional
dbt Labsgetdbt.comDatadbt Labs is platform for data modeling within modern data warehouses. The platform is utilized by data analysts for the transformation and modeling of data, allowing them to articulate the logic for d#132#2320.10%0.05%Traditional
Langsmith by Langchainlangchain.comML Ops & Model TrainingLangChain is a unified DevOps platform for developing, collaborating, testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM applications, offering full visibility into the sequence of calls and supporting all phases#139#3120.10%0.04%AI-Native
Firecrawlfirecrawl.devETL & Data PipelinesFirecrawl is a web scraping and crawling platform designed to extract data from websites and convert it into markdown or structured formats. It processes both static and dynamic content, using techniq#147#4950.09%0.02%Traditional
Stitchstitchdata.comETL & Data PipelinesStitch offers a cloud ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) solution for data teams. It provides an extensive library of data source integrations, zero-maintenance cloud data pipelines, and enterprise-grade #150#2390.09%0.05%Traditional
Snowflakesnowflake.comAnalyticsSnowflake is a data warehousing platform designed to facilitate the storage and analysis of large volumes of data in a scalable manner. Organizations utilize Snowflake to manage their data in the clou#151#900.09%0.15%AI-Embedded
Langfuselangfuse.comML Ops & Model TrainingLangfuse is an open-source LLM engineering platform specializing in LLM observability, metrics evaluations, and prompt management.#181#3610.07%0.03%AI-Native
Bright Databrightdata.comInfrastructureBright Data is a web data platform that offers solutions for web scraping and data collection. The platform provides a range of tools and services to help businesses gather and extract data from the w#194#1240.06%0.11%Traditional
Google Oneone.google.comLLM Providers & APIsGoogle One is Google's AI research and development arm, dedicated to creating innovative AI technologies. Leveraging data and machine learning algorithms, Google AI develops systems for pattern recogn#199#6100.06%0.02%Hyperscaler
Airbyte airbyte.comDataAirbyte is a platform designed to facilitate data integration and data pipeline orchestration. It allows users to connect to various data sources and destinations, such as databases, data warehouses, #249#3920.05%0.03%Traditional
Databricksdatabricks.comAnalyticsDatabricks is a unified analytics platform designed for big data and machine learning. It serves as a collaborative workspace for data professionals, including data engineers, data scientists, and ana#258#1030.05%0.14%AI-Embedded
falfal.aiAI Platformfal provides a cloud-based platform for running generative-media models and AI inference through APIs. The platform includes tools for generating images, video, audio and 3D outputs, and for deploying#268#8460.04%0.01%AI-Native
Manusmanus.imAutomationManus is an autonomous AI agent that interprets user instructions to perform tasks such as data analysis, report generation, and code execution, utilizing large language models and external tool integ#278#4050.04%0.03%AI-Native
Databuttondatabutton.comAI Development ToolsDatabutton is a low-code platform that enables individuals to quickly create and deploy AI applications with ease. The platform introduces a new approach where prompting takes precedence over traditio#282#8010.04%0.01%AI-Native
Stability AIstability.aiAI PlatformStability AI is a company specializing in generative AI models such as Stable Diffusion for text-to-image generation, video, audio, and 3D content creation. Their models are open-access, promoting inn#316#1,4150.04%0.00%AI-Native
Keboolakeboola.comETL & Data PipelinesKeboola is a data platform service that offers a unified solution for data operations. It allows data connectivity with over 400 connectors and supports collaboration among data professionals in tasks#318#3040.04%0.04%Traditional
Pineconepinecone.ioAI PlatformPinecone is a cloud-based service offering a high-performance vector database for real-time applications.#328#3700.04%0.03%AI-Native
ClickHouseclickhouse.comData WarehousesClickHouse is a column-oriented SQL database management system designed for online analytical processing (OLAP).#356#560.03%0.26%Traditional
Hex Techhex.techDataHex provides a collaborative workspace for working with data, offering tools for queries, notebooks, reports, data apps, and AI. It allows the use of SQL, Python, R, or no-code in a single interface a#363#1940.03%0.07%AI-Native
Deepnotedeepnote.comProductivityDeepnote is a platform for data science and analytics, facilitating collaboration in the cloud. It integrates with various data sources and provides tools for data analysis, project development, and s#379#3290.03%0.04%Traditional
Google Colabcolab.research.google.comPlatformGoogle Colab is a free cloud-based platform that allows users to write, run, and share Jupyter notebooks with others.#413#2,1280.03%0.00%Hyperscaler
Zytezyte.comETL & Data PipelinesZyte provides web data extraction and web scraping software, APIs, and managed services that help businesses collect and structure data from websites at scale. The platform includes web scraping APIs,#491#9020.02%0.01%Traditional
Coherecohere.comAI PlatformCohere is an AI platform specializing in large language models (LLMs), that allows developers to utilize pre-built LLMs for performing various tasks on text input, with a focus on enterprise-level app#516#9540.02%0.01%AI-Native
Replicatereplicate.comAI PlatformReplicate.com provides a platform for running, fine-tuning, and deploying open-source and custom AI models with minimal coding effort. It hosts a variety of models from the community, making them acce#611#1,1820.02%0.00%AI-Native
Selectselect.devData WarehousesSelect is a platform that specializes in optimizing and monitoring Snowflake usage. The product aims to address key business problems for Snowflake customers, including high costs, time-consuming manu#613#5530.02%0.02%Traditional
Dustdust.ttAI Assistants & CopilotsDust is a platform designed for businesses to create customizable AI assistants using their internal knowledge base. These assistants help streamline workflows and provide access to relevant informati#674#5240.02%0.02%AI-Native
Modalmodal.comAI PlatformModal provides a serverless platform tailored for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) teams. It allows users to execute various tasks such as running generative AI models, large-sca#687#8760.01%0.01%AI-Native
ZenRowszenrows.comETL & Data PipelinesZenRows offers web scraping tools and APIs for data extraction, featuring rotating proxies, headless browsers, CAPTCHA handling, and anti-bot system bypass functionality.#711#9710.01%0.01%Traditional
LlamaIndexllamaindex.aiAI PlatformLlamaIndex is a data framework that connects custom data sources to large language models (LLMs), enabling ingestion, indexing, and querying of structured and unstructured data for AI applications. #742#9230.01%0.01%AI-Native
Weldweld.appETL & Data PipelinesWeld is an end-to-end data platform that unifies data operations. It enables users to manage ELT (Extract, Load, Transform), reverse-ETL, and data modeling, and sync data from over 150 apps, files, an#761#6000.01%0.02%Traditional
Holisticsholistics.ioBusiness Intelligence & DashboardsHolistics is a business intelligence platform.#775#6770.01%0.01%Traditional
Weaviateweaviate.ioAI PlatformWeaviate is a cloud-native vector search engine that allows developers to build and deploy machine learning models for natural language processing (NLP) and other AI applications. It offers powerful s#779#1,3280.01%0.00%AI-Native
DNAnexusdnanexus.comOtherDNAnexus provides a platform for managing, analyzing, and sharing genomic and biomedical data, facilitating collaborative research and compliance with data privacy standards.#779#1,0530.01%0.01%Traditional
Confluentconfluent.ioDataConfluent is a data platform that helps companies to connect their apps, systems, and their organisation with real-time data flow and processing.#781#3670.01%0.03%Traditional
DefiLlamadefillama.comBusiness Intelligence & DashboardsDefiLlama is a decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics platform that tracks total value locked (TVL), trading volume, yields, and stablecoin market caps across various blockchain networks.#809#1,0000.01%0.01%Traditional
Docparserdocparser.comETL & Data PipelinesDocparser is a document parsing software designed to streamline data extraction from Word, PDF, and image files. Leveraging Zonal OCR technology, advanced pattern recognition, and anchor keywords, it #811#1,8080.01%0.00%AI-Embedded
Qdrantqdrant.techAI PlatformQdrant is a vector similarity search engine designed to store, search, and manage vectors with additional payload, facilitating neural network or semantic-based matching, faceted search, and other app#824#5660.01%0.02%AI-Native
Cerebrascerebras.aiAI PlatformCerebras builds specialized computing systems and cloud services for running artificial intelligence workloads. Its hardware, including the CS-2 and CS-3 systems, is based on the Wafer Scale Engine, a#828#5800.01%0.02%AI-Native
Data Soapdatasoap.co.ukData Catalogs & GovernanceData Soap offers a SaaS solution catering to the data cleansing and validation needs of businesses. It simplifies the task of maintaining clean and accurate customer data by meticulously validating ph#843#1,6320.01%0.00%Traditional
Riveryrivery.ioETL & Data PipelinesRivery is a data integration and ETL platform designed to assist businesses in collecting, managing, and transforming data from diverse sources into a cohesive and actionable format.#860#1,6580.01%0.00%Traditional
Flatfileflatfile.comDev ToolsFlatfile is a platform providing tools to easily import, map, clean, and validate data from various file formats like CSV and Excel. It offers APIs and interfaces for developers and businesses to mana#881#8070.01%0.01%Traditional
Exaexa.aiVector DatabasesExa provides an AI-driven search engine and API that delivers content retrieval using embeddings-based search. It offers features like semantic understanding of queries, instant content retrieval, an#882#9280.01%0.01%AI-Native
Freshpaintfreshpaint.ioETL & Data PipelinesFreshpaint is a no-code customer data platform that detects customer clicks and actions on the user's site to then send historical and future data to any tool in the tech stack.#891#1,0510.01%0.00%Traditional
TextRazortextrazor.comLLM Providers & APIsTextRazor is a cloud or self-hosted text analysis infrastructure that uses natural language processing and a comprehensive knowledgebase to extract value from documents, tweets, or web pages.#896#4330.01%0.02%AI-Native

Data & AI software spend by category

CategoryProductsPopularity shareSpend share
AI Platforms & Model Ops12015.79%9.69%
Data & Analytics1741.13%1.88%
Engineering & DevOps130.19%0.11%
Marketing & Growth40.16%0.09%
IT & Security60.08%0.13%
Collaboration & Productivity50.03%0.04%
Legal, Risk & Compliance30.01%0.00%
Finance & Accounting10.01%0.00%
Customer Success & Support20.00%0.00%
Sales & Revenue20.00%0.00%

Data & AI popularity share over time

Data / AI tools currently hold 17.4% popularity share and 11.9% spend share of the tracked SaaS market; the interactive chart on this page tracks the month-by-month trend.

Rising tools in data & AI stacks

ProductWebsiteSubcategoryDescriptionPopularity rankSpend rankPopularity shareSpend shareAI classification
Higgsfieldhiggsfield.aiDesignHiggsfield offers a generative AI platform that transforms still images into short-form videos using multimodal diffusion models. Accepts JPEG/PNG inputs and outputs MP4 video clips with motion inferr#92#1580.16%0.09%AI-Native
falfal.aiAI Platformfal provides a cloud-based platform for running generative-media models and AI inference through APIs. The platform includes tools for generating images, video, audio and 3D outputs, and for deploying#268#8460.04%0.01%AI-Native
Cerebrascerebras.aiAI PlatformCerebras builds specialized computing systems and cloud services for running artificial intelligence workloads. Its hardware, including the CS-2 and CS-3 systems, is based on the Wafer Scale Engine, a#828#5800.01%0.02%AI-Native
DefiLlamadefillama.comBusiness Intelligence & DashboardsDefiLlama is a decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics platform that tracks total value locked (TVL), trading volume, yields, and stablecoin market caps across various blockchain networks.#809#1,0000.01%0.01%Traditional
Keboolakeboola.comETL & Data PipelinesKeboola is a data platform service that offers a unified solution for data operations. It allows data connectivity with over 400 connectors and supports collaboration among data professionals in tasks#318#3040.04%0.04%Traditional

Frequently asked questions

What software do data & AI teams use most in 2026?

Anthropic/Claude is the most-used tool in data & AI team stacks (9.3% market share), followed by OpenAI/ChatGPT and Perplexity AI, based on real purchasing data from Cledara.

How many tools does a typical data & AI team use?

Cledara tracks 330 products in active use by data & AI teams across 10 categories. The full ranked list above updates monthly.

Which tools are data & AI teams adopting right now?

Higgsfield and fal are the fastest-rising tools in data & AI stacks over the last 90 days by rank velocity.

Where does this data come from?

From anonymized, aggregated software purchasing data across companies that manage their software with Cledara — real payments, not surveys. Last updated 27 July 2026, 16:41 UTC.

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