May 2, 2026

No AI Features

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Companies with no AI features in their pricing as of May 2026. This group (15 companies) spans fintech, infrastructure, security, and other verticals where AI hasn't yet reshaped the pricing page.

Companies (`ai_packaging: none`)

Fintech & Payments

stripe — per-transaction payments infrastructure, no AI features
plaid — financial data API, no AI packaging
plastiq — payment platform, no AI features
plooto — accounts payable/receivable, no AI features
gusto — HR/payroll platform, no AI features

Infrastructure & Data

docker — container platform, no AI features
fivetran — data integration/ETL, no AI features
apify — web scraping platform, no AI features
statsig — feature flagging/experimentation, no AI features

Security & Identity

bitwarden — password manager, no AI features
expressvpn — VPN service, no AI features

Business Tools

calendly — scheduling tool, no AI features
cledara — SaaS management platform, no AI features
itilite — travel/expense management, no AI features
alchemy — blockchain developer platform, no AI features

The Pattern

The "no AI" group clusters in two categories:

Transaction/pipeline infrastructure — Stripe, Plaid, Fivetran, Docker. These are plumbing. Their value comes from reliability and throughput, not intelligence. AI might eventually optimize routing or detect fraud, but it's not a pricing lever today.
Single-purpose utilities — Bitwarden, ExpressVPN, Calendly. The product does one thing well. Adding AI would be a feature, not a transformation. A password manager that "uses AI" is still a password manager.

What's notable is what's not here: no major collaboration tools, no CRM, no customer support platforms. Those categories have universally moved toward AI packaging. The holdouts are either infrastructure plays where the customer is an API, or narrow-scope tools where AI doesn't change the core value proposition.

The question for this group: when do they flip? Gusto adding AI-powered payroll recommendations, Calendly adding AI scheduling intelligence, Stripe adding AI fraud scoring — these feel inevitable. The current state likely reflects build timelines more than strategic conviction.

Also absent from this list: companies tagged `ai_packaging: unknown` (Deel, Evernote, Jotform) where we lack sufficient data to classify.