TrendIntel vs Stylus
What Stylus reads,
and what TrendIntel reads.
A long-established expert trends service for consumer, design and product teams. It interprets; TrendIntel measures, hourly, on every subject.
Stylus sees a trend
When its experts spot it at events and in their research, and write it up
TrendIntel sees a trend
When signals about it cluster in any kind of place: research, code, forums, hiring, news or government
Side by side
Based on publicly available information as of October 2026. — means not offered, or not mentioned on Stylus's website.
Where Stylus is strong
- Over 15 years of expert trend research, with 400+ specialists across seven regions and named editors for each industry.
- Real depth in colour, materials and product design, with design forecasts and a colour library.
- Advisory work alongside the membership: workshops, trend treks and bespoke research.
- Part of GlobalData since July 2025.
Where Stylus falls short
What that leaves out
Expert reports, not live measurement
Stylus publishes daily articles and 1,500+ reports, webinars and videos a year, written by its experts. TrendIntel measures every trend hourly from the signals themselves and labels it against that trend's own usual week.
Consumer and design industries
Its ten directories run from consumer attitudes, beauty and fashion to food, retail and technology, and its site names no research, developer, hiring or government data. In TrendIntel those appear as Research, Developers, Hiring and Government in a trend's spread.
An annual contract before you start
Stylus has no published prices: a membership is set on a booking form and billed annually in advance for at least 12 months. TrendIntel is free to start, with paid plans from $29 a month.
The signal difference
810 total dispatches · 48 source integrations
A subject can be discussed in research papers, code repositories, launch platforms, job postings, social networks, newsrooms and government records, and rarely in only one of them. A trend's spread shows which.
Stylus's trends come from 400+ experts across seven regions and the 100+ industry events they attend each year. TrendIntel monitors 810 sources across all seven kinds of places, measured by a pipeline running every hour.
Stylus is best for
Brand, design and insights teams who want expert-written trend reports, colour and material forecasts, and advisory support.
TrendIntel is best for
Analysts, journalists, researchers and strategists who need a measured, hourly read on any subject, across research, code, hiring, social platforms, news and government.
See what Stylus is missing
Live dashboard. 810 sources. Hourly scoring. Free to start.
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