Data as of
State of Communication apps: October 2026
16 Communication apps on AppFinder, 81% have a free plan, the median listed paid plan starts at $9.99 a month.
Every figure counts the published Communication listings on AppFinder at the time above: what each listing says about its pricing, platforms, features and integrations. Nothing is estimated or sampled, and nothing here is paid for.
- Published apps
- 16
- With a free plan
- 81%
- Median listed starting price (8 apps)
- $9.99/mo
- Launches in Oct so far
- 0
Pricing models
Free plan + paid plans
56% of apps
9 of 16 apps
Open source
25% of apps
4 of 16 apps
Paid
19% of apps
3 of 16 apps
Platforms
An app can list several platforms.
Android
100% of apps
16 of 16 apps
iOS
100% of apps
16 of 16 apps
Web
100% of apps
16 of 16 apps
macOS
81% of apps
13 of 16 apps
Windows
81% of apps
13 of 16 apps
Linux
44% of apps
7 of 16 apps
Most listed features
The 10 most common of 29 distinct features listed in this category.
Team chat
63% of apps
10 of 16 apps
AI assistant
56% of apps
9 of 16 apps
Video calls
50% of apps
8 of 16 apps
Screen sharing
44% of apps
7 of 16 apps
Threaded conversations
44% of apps
7 of 16 apps
Workflow automation
31% of apps
5 of 16 apps
Live chat
31% of apps
5 of 16 apps
Transcription
31% of apps
5 of 16 apps
Public API
25% of apps
4 of 16 apps
Docs & wiki
25% of apps
4 of 16 apps
Most listed integrations
Jira
56% of apps
9 of 16 apps
Slack
50% of apps
8 of 16 apps
GitHub
44% of apps
7 of 16 apps
Salesforce
44% of apps
7 of 16 apps
HubSpot
38% of apps
6 of 16 apps
Outlook
38% of apps
6 of 16 apps
Zapier
38% of apps
6 of 16 apps
Zoom
31% of apps
5 of 16 apps
Launches per month
Apps in this category whose launch date fell in each month (UTC).
0
May
0
Jun
0
Jul
0
Aug
0
Sep
0
Oct
Prices: 8 of 16 apps list a starting price for a paid plan. The lowest is $4 a month; the median shown is a real listed price (the lower middle value). Apps without a listed price, or with contact-sales pricing, are not counted.
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AppFinder, "State of Communication apps: October 2026", data as of 2026-10-26. https://appfinder.tech/state-of/communication