#1Top pick
Pay-per-prospect AI SDR for email and LinkedIn outbound
AiSDR is an AI sales development platform whose agent, Ami, builds, runs and refines B2B outbound campaigns. It prospects from a large contact database with buying signals, writes researched email and LinkedIn messages, and classifies replies in a unified inbox. Self-serve billing is pay as you go per person prospected, with no monthly fee.
Why it's here
- +No monthly minimum on self-serve
- +Waterfall enrichment across many data providers
- +Warmup and lookalike domains to protect your main domain
Watch out for
- −Per-contact cost adds up at volume
- −Two-way sync is strongest with HubSpot
- −Managed service is expensive
#2
AI sales reps for outbound (Alice) and inbound follow-up (Julian)
11x is an AI sales platform that sells digital workers for outbound and inbound pipeline. Alice runs outbound prospecting and multichannel sequences, while Julian handles inbound speed-to-lead, meeting booking and expansion. Voice, chat, email, social and SMS/WhatsApp agents sit on top of built-in lead data and deliverability tools.
Why it's here
- +Separate agents for outbound and inbound
- +Voice agent alongside email and social
- +Syncs with HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive
Watch out for
- −No self-serve plan or public price
- −Annual contract sales motion
- −Overkill for a founder sending a few hundred emails
#3
Ava, an AI BDR that finds leads, writes outreach and books meetings
Artisan is a company that builds AI employees for go-to-market teams, starting with Ava, an AI BDR. Ava finds and enriches B2B leads, writes and sends personalized emails, handles replies and books meetings. Artisan bundles data, enrichment, deliverability, sequencing, a dialer and intent signals into one platform.
Why it's here
- +Lead data and sending in one product
- +Handles replies and booking, not just first touch
- +Plans for startups through enterprise
Watch out for
- −Prices not published
- −Email-led; less suited to phone-heavy sales
- −You still need to own messaging and domain health
#4
Cold email platform with Agent Frank, an autonomous AI SDR
Salesforge is a cold outreach platform for email and LinkedIn that also sells Agent Frank, an autonomous AI SDR. The base product handles sequences with unlimited email senders, while Agent Frank prospects, writes and sends outreach for you. Agent Frank requires a demo and is priced separately from the self-serve plans.
Why it's here
- +Cheap self-serve entry point
- +Unlimited email senders on every plan
- +Clear published price for the AI SDR
Watch out for
- −Agent Frank needs a demo and quarterly billing
- −Email infrastructure is an extra cost
- −Cold email volume still carries domain risk
#5
Inbound AI SDR that chats with site visitors and books meetings
Piper is an AI SDR agent from Qualified that converts inbound website visitors and leads into sales meetings. It talks to visitors over chat, voice or video, follows up by email, books meetings when interest is high and notifies the team in Slack. It is built around Salesforce and sits alongside Qualified's conversational marketing platform.
Why it's here
- +Works on inbound, so no cold-email domain risk
- +Chat, voice and video on the website
- +Deep Salesforce integration
Watch out for
- −Enterprise pricing, not for tiny sites
- −Needs traffic to be useful
- −Not an outbound prospecting tool
#6
Outbound platform with Duo AI agents for signals, copy, voice and replies
Amplemarket is a B2B sales platform with built-in contact data, multichannel sequences and a family of AI agents called Duo. Duo watches buying-intent signals, researches prospects, writes personalized emails, sends AI voice messages and drafts replies to prospects. Plans start with two users on an annual term.
Why it's here
- +Data, sequencing and AI in one tool
- +Intent signals included on all plans
- +Free trial on every plan
Watch out for
- −Annual commitment from the entry plan
- −Voice and inbox agents only on higher tiers
- −Pricey for a solo founder
#7
Cold email at scale with AI sales, reply and research agents
Instantly is a cold email platform that sends from unlimited mailboxes with built-in warmup and adds AI agents on top. Its AI Sales Agent, AI Reply Agent and web researcher agent help find leads, write emails and answer replies. Outreach and the lead database are sold as separate plans or bundles.
Why it's here
- +Unlimited email accounts and warmup
- +Low entry price
- +Agents can draft and handle replies
Watch out for
- −Pricing split across several products
- −Easy to over-send and hurt deliverability
- −AI agents sit in higher bundles
#8Free option
AI prospecting, research, drafting and a parallel dialer with a free tier
Regie.ai is a sales prospecting platform that combines AI agents, enrichment and a parallel dialer. You describe your ideal customer, it finds matching buyers, surfaces dated buying signals and drafts outreach in your voice. Every plan includes a built-in CRM, and paid plans add a dialer that calls up to five lines at once.
Why it's here
- +Real free plan, no card needed
- +Parallel dialer included from Pro
- +You only pay for enrichment that finds data
Watch out for
- −Rep stays in the loop; less hands-off than a full AI SDR
- −Team plan has a two-seat minimum
- −Credit math takes some getting used to
Free · from $49/moTask agent
#9Free option
Signal-based outbound with AI copywriting, data and a dialer
Unify is an AI prospecting platform that combines B2B data, intent signals, multichannel sequences and a dialer. You can run outbound from a single chat interface, and plays trigger outreach when signals like job changes or hiring appear. A free plan covers up to three seats with limited credits.
Why it's here
- +Free plan with sequencing and dialer
- +Low per-seat price
- +Signals and data built in
Watch out for
- −CRM write-back only on Business
- −Website intent needs the top tier
- −Managed mailboxes cost extra
Free · from $20/moTask agent
#10
Platform to build an AI workforce of agents for sales and operations
Relevance AI is a platform for building and running teams of AI agents, which it calls an AI workforce, for sales, research and operations. Agents can use custom actions, 2,000+ integrations, calling and meeting tools, and enterprise triggers. It includes agent evaluations and A/B testing, and pricing is handled by sales.
Why it's here
- +Unlimited agents, tools and users on Enterprise
- +Agent evaluations and A/B tests
- +Large integration catalog
Watch out for
- −No public self-serve pricing
- −You design the agents yourself
- −More platform than a single ready-made agent
#11Free option
Lead enrichment spreadsheet with Claygent, an AI web research agent
Clay is a data enrichment platform that pulls company and contact data from many providers into one table and lets AI agents research each row. Its agent, Claygent, browses the web to answer custom questions about a lead or account. Teams use it to build lead lists, score accounts and feed personalized data into outreach tools.
Why it's here
- +Waterfall enrichment across many providers
- +Claygent included on every plan, free too
- +Bring your own API keys
Watch out for
- −Steep learning curve
- −Credits burn fast on big lists
- −Does not send outreach itself
Free · from $167/moTask agent