# AI Tools Dataset 2026

**A structured, openly-licensed catalog of 273 AI tools** — name, vendor, category, pricing entry point,
free-tier availability, feature/alternative counts and official URL — maintained by ToolGlance.

- **Records:** 273 AI tools across 21 categories
- **License:** Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) — free to use with attribution
- **Publisher:** ToolGlance — https://toolglance.com
- **Version / last updated:** 2026-06-20
- **Files:** `ai_tools_dataset_2026.csv`, `ai_tools_dataset_2026.json`

## Why this dataset
Most "AI tools" lists are unstructured marketing pages. This is a clean, machine-readable table you can
load in pandas/Excel to analyse the AI-tools market: pricing patterns, free-tier prevalence, category
density and competitive alternatives. Every row maps to a tool profile on ToolGlance.

## Fields
| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| slug | stable identifier |
| name / vendor | tool and the company behind it |
| category / category_name | primary use category |
| free_tier | whether a no-cost tier exists (boolean) |
| price_from | lowest published paid price (verbatim string; verify on vendor site) |
| has_affiliate_program | whether a partner/affiliate program is wired |
| n_features / n_best_for / n_alternatives | counts of catalogued attributes |
| alternatives | pipe-separated slugs of comparable tools |
| website | official URL |

## Headline figures (computed from this release)
- **273** tools catalogued.
- **231** (85%) offer a free tier.
- **219** (80%) publish a paid entry price.

### Tools per category
| category | tools |
|---|---|
| AI Video Generation | 41 |
| AI Image Generation | 27 |
| AI Coding Assistants | 24 |
| AI Writing & Copywriting | 21 |
| AI Chatbots & Assistants | 19 |
| AI Voice & Audio | 19 |
| AI Productivity | 18 |
| AI Search & Research | 14 |
| AI SEO | 13 |
| AI Meeting Notes | 13 |
| AI Agents & Automation | 13 |
| AI Design | 9 |
| AI Sales | 7 |
| AI Marketing & Social | 6 |
| AI Music | 6 |
| AI Data & Analytics | 5 |
| automation | 5 |
| AI 3D & Design | 5 |
| AI Presentations | 3 |
| AI Legal | 3 |
| AI Document Chat | 2 |

## Methodology & limitations
Entries are compiled and normalised by ToolGlance editors from public vendor sources. `price_from` is an
approximate published entry price and changes frequently — verify on each vendor's site before relying on it.
Coverage is the most widely-used tools per category, not an exhaustive census. No personal data is included.

## Citation
> ToolGlance (2026). *AI Tools Dataset 2026* (Version 2026-06-20) [Data set]. CC BY 4.0. https://toolglance.com/dataset

## Provenance
Derived from the public ToolGlance catalog (https://toolglance.com). Updated as the catalog grows.