AIcensus

The state of personal AI agents · November 2026

AI agent statistics

Original numbers on the 133 personal AI agents in the AIcensus directory: what they cost, where they run and who makes them. Free to cite.

133personal AI agents tracked68%free or with a free plan$20median paid plan a month47%work over iMessage or SMS
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What personal AI agents cost

91 of 133 personal AI agents tracked by AIcensus (68%) are free or offer a free plan: 37 are free outright and 54 are freemium.

#free-planFree AI agents →

Pricing modelall 133 agents
Free3728%
Freemium5441%
Paid only2720%
No public price yet1511%
Paid plans start at, per month57 agents with a monthly price
Under $10611%
$10 to $19.991933%
$201018%
$20.01 to $49.991323%
$50 to $99.9947%
$100 and up59%

  1. The median paid plan for a personal AI agent starts at $20 a month, across the 57 agents that publish a monthly price.

    #median-price

  2. Paid plans for personal AI agents start between $5 and $1,000 a month; 35 of 57 (61%) start at $20 or less.

    #price-range

  3. 20 of the 57 personal AI agents that publish a monthly price (35%) start at $19 to $20.99, and 10 (18%) start at exactly $20.

    #price-cluster

02

Where they run

62 of 133 personal AI agents (47%) work over iMessage or SMS, more than on any other platform.

#imessageiMessage agents →

Share of agents on each platformall 133 agents, several each
iMessage or SMS6247%
Mac (macOS)5844%
Web browser5541%
iPhone (iOS)5340%
Android3728%
Windows3728%
WhatsApp3123%
Slack2922%
Telegram2620%
Linux1612%
Command line86%
Discord86%
Chrome extension75%
Microsoft Teams75%
API54%

  1. 86 of 133 personal AI agents (65%) can be reached in at least one chat app: iMessage or SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, Discord or Microsoft Teams.

    #chat-apps

  2. 31 personal AI agents (23%) work on WhatsApp, 29 (22%) on Slack and 26 (20%) on Telegram.

    #whatsapp-slack-telegramWhatsApp agents →

  3. A personal AI agent runs on a median of three platforms, counting apps, the web and chat apps.

    #platforms-per-agent

  4. 47 of 133 personal AI agents (35%) have an iPhone app in the App Store, and 28 (21%) have an Android app on Google Play.

    #mobile-apps

  5. 44% of personal AI agents run on a Mac (58 of 133), 28% on Windows (37) and 12% on Linux (16).

    #desktop

  6. 41% of personal AI agents work in a web browser (55 of 133), and 5% come as a Chrome extension (7).

    #web

03

Who is free, by platform

48% of personal AI agents you can only reach by text are free or have a free plan (14 of 29), vs 74% of agents with an app or website (77 of 104).

#text-only-free

Free or with a free planshare of each group of 15+
Telegram 262388%
Linux 161488%
Mac (macOS) 584781%
Windows 373081%
WhatsApp 312581%
Android 372876%
iPhone (iOS) 533770%
Slack 292069%
Web browser 553767%
iMessage or SMS 624065%
Text only 291448%
App or website 1047774%

  1. 31% of text-only personal AI agents publish no price (9 of 29), vs 6% of agents with an app or website (6 of 104).

    #text-only-price

  2. 88% of personal AI agents on Telegram are free or have a free plan (23 of 26), vs 65% of agents on iMessage or SMS (40 of 62).

    #telegram-imessage-freeTelegram agents →

04

Who makes them

Of the 54 personal AI agents whose maker's home country is known, 39 (72%) come from US companies; the rest come from 10 other countries.

#us-makers

Maker's home country54 agents with a known country
United States3972%
Singapore36%
Canada24%
Switzerland24%
United Kingdom24%
Other countries611%

  1. 19 of 133 personal AI agents (14%) are open source.

    #open-source

  2. 114 of 133 personal AI agents tracked (86%) are personal assistants that act for you across apps; 19 (14%) are browser and computer-use agents.

    #categoriesPersonal assistants →

05

Agent power-ups

37 of 62 agent power-ups listed by AIcensus (60%) have a free tier, and 58 of 62 (94%) can be started without paying, with a free tier, free credit, a trial or open-source code.

#powerups-freePower-ups →

How you can startall 62 power-ups
Free tier3760%
Free credit1524%
Free trial35%
Open source35%
No free option46%

  1. AIcensus lists 62 power-ups for AI agents in 19 categories: 9 for abilities, such as email, phone and payments, and 10 for infrastructure, such as memory, browsers and hosting.

    #powerups-categoriesPower-ups →

06

Methodology and how to cite

These statistics are counted from the AIcensus directory itself, on every update of the site, so they always match the listings. Sample: 133 personal AI agents and 62 agent power-ups as of November 1, 2026.

What is counted

Only real, live personal agents that act for one person: personal assistants and browser and computer-use agents. Each is verified on its official site. Coding tools, plain chatbots, models and frameworks are not counted.

How often it is checked

Accuracy checks against official sites run twice a day, covering pricing, platforms, status and maker. Listings in this sample were last checked between October 16, 2026 and October 29, 2026.

Pricing

"Free" means free to use; "freemium" means a free plan with paid upgrades. The starting price is the cheapest paid monthly plan the official site publishes, in US dollars; agents without a published monthly price are left out of price figures.

Platforms and countries

A platform counts when the official site says the agent works there, including apps in beta; the App Store and Google Play figures count only live store listings. "Text only" means every platform listed for the agent is a chat app (iMessage or SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, Discord or Microsoft Teams). A comparison between groups is shown only when each group has at least 15 agents. Maker country is counted only where it is known (54 of 133 agents).

How to cite

Use any statistic on this page with a link to it. Each one has its own link (the # under it). Suggested citation:

AIcensus, "The State of Personal AI Agents: Statistics 2026", November 2026. https://aicensus.co/stats/

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Last updated

. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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