AI-agent reference · rev 2026
Every AI agent, on one datasheet.
What each one is made of, what it costs, and whether it holds under load. Every part researched, spec'd, sourced and dated, the reference you check before you wire an agent into a system.
The market, measured · last verified 27 Aug 2026
The Agents Index tracks 95 agents across 9 categories, each researched from primary sources and re-verified on a published cadence.
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Coding agents25
- The best AI coding agents, ranked — Ranking
- Warp
- Antigravity CLI
- CodeRabbit
- Claude Code vs Cursor — Head-to-head
- AI Agent Tools With Open-Weight Model Support — Collection
- How to Choose an AI Coding Agent: 25 Tools, 4 Jobs — Guide
Support agents9
- The best AI support agents, ranked — Ranking
- Ada
- Cresta
- Crescendo
- Ada vs Decagon (2026): Compare the Two Enterprise AI Support Agents — Head-to-head
- AI Agent Tools With Usage-Based Pricing — Collection
- AI Support Agents: Decagon vs Sierra vs Intercom Fin — Guide
Sales & marketing agents8
- The best AI sales & marketing agents, ranked — Ranking
- Unify
- Rox
- Qualified
- 11x vs Qualified — Head-to-head
- AI Agent Tools With a Free Tier — Collection
- 11x vs Artisan vs Lead Scorer: 8 AI Sales Agents Compared — Guide
Research & data agents11
- The best AI research agents, ranked — Ranking
- GC AI
- Elicit
- GPT Researcher
- GPT Researcher vs Elicit — Head-to-head
- AI Agent Tools You Can Self-Host — Collection
- How to Choose an AI Research Agent: 11 Compared — Guide
Voice agents12
- The best AI voice agents, ranked — Ranking
- PolyAI
- LiveKit Agents
- ElevenLabs Conversational AI
- LiveKit Agents vs PolyAI — Head-to-head
- Model-Agnostic AI Agent Tools — Collection
- AI Voice Agents: Vapi vs Retell AI vs ElevenLabs — Guide
Agent frameworks14
- The best AI agent frameworks, ranked — Ranking
- Mastra
- Letta
- LlamaIndex
- Claude Agent SDK vs Google ADK — Head-to-head
- Open-Source AI Agent Frameworks — Collection
- LangChain vs CrewAI vs 12 More Agent Frameworks — Guide
Agent platforms16
- The best AI agent platforms, ranked — Ranking
- Salesforce Agentforce
- Vecbase
- Dify
- n8n vs Dify — Head-to-head
- Open Source AI Agent Tools — Collection
- n8n vs Lindy vs Dify: 16 AI Agent Platforms Compared — Guide
Agent tools & infrastructure2
- The best AI agents, ranked — Ranking
- Browserbase
- SalesTouch
- AI Agent Tools With Documented Enterprise Security Controls — Collection
Agencies & build partners1
All agencies & build partners
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Which AI Support Agents Skip the Sales Call? 4 of 9
We checked all 9 support agents in our index for self-serve access. Four publish a price and a signup page; the other five start with a sales call.
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Each listing is a researched record that must pass an automated quality gate (a minimum of structured fields, sourced facts and an on-topic fit-check) before it can be published. Thin pages are structurally impossible.
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