Best AI SDR tools · 2026
The best AI SDR tools, scored on control and transparency
Every "best AI SDR" listicle is written by a vendor — including this one. So instead of pretending to be neutral, we publish the axes we score on: approval controls (can a human review sends?), log transparency (can you audit every action?), pricing transparency (is the price public?), and contract terms (published, or sales-call-only?). Competitor cells are drawn from public, third-party-reported sources and labeled; verify before you buy — us included.
The scorecard
Seven tools, four axes
| Tool | Approval controls | Log transparency | Pricing transparency | Contract terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Salesforce (us) | Core: nothing sends without sign-off; per-sequence approval gates | Core: complete, replayable activity log synced to your CRM | Not yet published — we say so plainly | Not published; ask us about flexible terms |
| AiSDR | Campaign-level controls (reported) | Campaign reporting (reported) | Published: $900–2,500/mo (reported, aisdr.com) | Quarterly (reported) |
| Salesforge | Approval available as a "co-pilot" mode (reported) | Campaign reporting (reported) | Published: from $499/mo (reported, salesforge.ai) | Published on site (reported) |
| Reply.io (Jason AI) | Approval available as a copilot mode (reported) | Sequence analytics (reported) | From ~$500/mo (reported) | Published on site (reported) |
| Regie.ai | Workflow review steps (reported) | Campaign reporting (reported) | ~$180–499/user/mo with seat minimums (reported) | Seat minimums apply (reported) |
| Artisan | Agent runs autonomously by default (reported) | Campaign reporting (reported) | Not published; ~$1.5–5K/mo (reported, The AI Agent Index) | Annual (reported) |
| 11x | Managed "digital worker" model (reported) | Managed reporting (reported) | Not published; ~$5K/mo (reported, The CRO Report) | Annual (reported) |
Competitor cells reflect public, third-party-reported information as of Aug 2026 and may be outdated — verify with each vendor. "Campaign reporting" is not a replayable per-action audit log; ask each vendor to show you theirs.
How to read this
The two axes that actually protect you
Pricing and contract transparency tell you what a tool costs. Approval controls and log transparency tell you what it can do to you — whether a bad send can reach your market without a human seeing it, and whether you can reconstruct exactly what happened afterward. Tools that offer review only as an optional "mode" tend to see that mode switched off within weeks; the checkpoint has to be the default path, not a setting. Why approval checkpoints matter →
Our own row is deliberately unflattering on pricing transparency: we haven't published prices yet. Where we don't compromise is the other two columns — nothing sends without sign-off, and every action is in a replayable log. Deep dives: 11x alternative, Artisan alternative, AiSDR alternative.
Score us yourself.
Bring your evaluation checklist — we'll walk the approval queue and the activity log live, and you can fill in our row from what you see.