Desk research (curated stats)

Statista Research AI in Market Intelligence Platform

Answer in brief

Statista's built-in AI assistant that answers natural-language questions using only Statista's curated statistics, charts, topic pages and Market Insights, with inline citations.

Best for

Quick sourced statistics for teams already on Statista

Pricing

Public plans: Statista does not publish transparent list pricing for most tiers. Research ai included in: Paid Statista accounts (per Statista's launch press release and third-party reviews). Third party contract values: Vendr (Feb 2026 page): median $26,000/yr from 32 deals, range $8,272 to $51,400. Basic about $400 to $600 per user per year (historical). Professional custom, often $1,000 to $2,000+ per user per year. Third-party only.. Usage limits: None stated on the Research AI help page. not confirmed on Statista's own page)..

What it covers

Statista's own database only, not the open web. Source types: statistics, infographics, topic pages, Market Insights. Consumer Insights data excluded (separate tool). Uses semantic search, picks the 10 most relevant sources, then generates the answer (RAG).

Citations and verification

Yes. Responses include inline citations; cited sources appear in a sidebar so users can open the underlying data.

API

Yes. Statista Connect API (launched April 2025; statista.com/press/p/statista_connect_canva_eng/). MCP server at https://api.statista.ai/v1/mcp; docs at https://docs.platform.statista.ai/mcp-server/introduction. Some docs label the MCP server beta; access questionnaire.

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

Answers are grounded in a curated database, with inline citations and a sidebar of sources.
Supports English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Italian; English gives the best results.
Available through Statista Connect API and an MCP server for use inside other AI assistants.

Limitations

Closed database: it cannot answer from the open web, news or company filings, and excludes Consumer Insights data.
Statista's own copy does not state hallucination rates or query limits; G2 users cite high cost and occasional data download problems.

Third-party ratings

G2 (Statista as a whole, not Research AI specifically): 4.4 out of 5, about 30 to 33 reviews depending on page.

Dated facts

May 14, 2024: Statista announced Research AI, now available to Statista customers (press release, Hamburg).
April 2025: Statista Connect API launched (press item dated 11.04.2025 for the Canva partnership).

Statista Research AI or Hyperresearch?

Choose Statista Research AI for quick sourced statistics for teams already on statista. For sourced research where every figure has to hold up, Hyperresearch is our editorial choice: it scored 77.7 on DRACO in our own run and checks each cited figure against its source.

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Market Intelligence Platform. “Statista Research AI in Market Intelligence Platform.” Hyperresearch reference, reviewed 7 November 2026.
https://marketintelligenceplatform.com/resources/statista-research-ai/