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The best AI SDR tools in 2026

AI SDRs come in two kinds: outbound tools that reach out to prospects, and inbound agents that answer the buyers already on your site. Here are seven worth a look, who each fits, and what each costs.

Reviewed October 2026By the ShowPilot teamWe make ShowPilot, so it’s listed first

The short answer

For inbound, the best AI SDR for most growing companies is ShowPilot, an agent that answers buyers on your website, shows the product and books the meeting. For outbound, look at 11x, Artisan or AiSDR. Who each one fits:

  1. 1ShowPilot for inbound, with buyers already on your site
  2. 2Qualified for inbound on Salesforce
  3. 311x for multichannel outbound
  4. 4Artisan for outbound run end to end
  5. 5AiSDR for outbound with published pricing
  6. 6Docket for inbound agents trained on sales content
  7. 71mind for enterprise video avatars
A sales development rep at a sunlit counter, headset around the neck, reading a short handwritten list beside a laptop.

Two kinds of AI SDR.

Outbound tools go and find buyers. Inbound agents answer the ones who found you, while they’re still on your site. Each tool below leans one way, so start with the job you’re hiring for.

Outbound: it starts the conversation

Day 1EmailA short note on why now
Day 3LinkedInA connection request
Day 6CallA follow-up call
Waiting for a reply

Inbound: it answers the buyer who came to you

The sequence is an illustration. The booking is ShowPilot, recorded on a sample company’s site.

AI SDR tools at a glance.

Checked against each vendor’s own website in October 2026. Prices appear only where the vendor publishes them.

The best AI SDR tools in 2026, compared
Inbound or outboundHow it talks to buyersShows your productCRMPricing
ShowPilotOursA modern inbound agent platform. Its agents answer each buyer, pick the next step and act on it.Inbound, on your websiteChat, voice and video avatarTours you capture, presented in chat or on a callHubSpot or SalesforceFrom $1,500 a month, billed annually; quoted on traffic
QualifiedA Salesforce-centric AI SDR, Piper. Salesforce completed its purchase of Qualified in April 2026.Inbound, plus email nurtureText, voice, video avatar and emailWebsite content and slide decksRequires SalesforceNot published
11xAI “digital workers”: Alice for outbound, and Julian, an inbound phone agent.Outbound, plus an inbound phone agentEmail, calls and moreNot listed on its siteSalesforce and HubSpotNot published
ArtisanAn outbound platform built around Ava, which it calls an AI BDR.OutboundOutreach and replies; channels not listedNot listed on its siteNot listed on the pages we checkedCredit-based, not published
AiSDRAn AI sales agent for outbound prospecting that also handles inbound leads.Outbound, plus inbound lead handlingEmail, LinkedIn and phoneNot listed on its siteHubSpot and SalesforceFrom $900 a month, billed quarterly
DocketAn inbound AI agent whose Showroom loads your real product into the conversation.Inbound, on your websiteVoice and text; video avatar on ScaleShowroom loads your live productSalesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics 365From $4,000 a month, billed annually
1mindPhotorealistic AI avatars, called Superhumans, sold to enterprise revenue teams.Inbound, plus sales callsPhotorealistic video avatarDemos inside the conversationSalesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics, PipedriveNot published

The 7 best AI SDR tools, reviewed.

  1. 1. ShowPilot: Best for inbound, with buyers already on your site

    Ours

    ShowPilot is a modern inbound agent platform. Its agents answer from your website and documents, and DecisionIQ picks the next step for each buyer: open the page, present a product tour, make an offer, or book the meeting on the right rep’s Google or Microsoft calendar. Reps can step into any conversation and hand it back.

    Pick it if your pipeline starts on your website, and you want an AI SDR that answers buyers, shows the product and books the meeting, on HubSpot or Salesforce.

    Where it falls short. It doesn’t join your team’s scheduled Zoom, Teams or Meet calls, and it doesn’t translate tours.

    See the agent

  2. 2. Qualified: Best for inbound on Salesforce

    Qualified’s agent, Piper, is an AI SDR built for Salesforce, which completed its purchase of Qualified in April 2026. Piper talks by text, voice or video avatar, books across reps’ calendars, and also runs email nurture to thousands of contacts a month.

    Pick it if you’re all-in on Salesforce, run a high-traffic site, and have time for a full rollout.

    Where it falls short. It requires Salesforce CRM, its average implementation takes 30 to 60 days, and it walks buyers through website content or slide decks rather than your product.

    ShowPilot vs Qualified

  3. 3. 11x: Best for multichannel outbound

    11x sells AI digital workers. Alice, its outbound SDR, finds leads in a real-time company database, researches them and runs sequences by email, calls and more, in over 105 languages. Julian answers inbound calls by phone.

    Pick it if you want outbound prospecting across email and phone, including in other languages.

    Where it falls short. It doesn’t publish pricing, and we didn’t find a website chat agent or product demos on its site.

    Visit 11x

  4. 4. Artisan: Best for outbound run end to end

    Artisan’s AI BDR, Ava, runs outbound end to end. It finds and enriches leads and writes the outreach, then handles the replies and books the meeting, with controls for a person to review its work.

    Pick it if you want one AI employee to run outbound, from building the list to booking the meeting.

    Where it falls short. The pages we checked don’t list its channels or CRM integrations, and its credit-based pricing isn’t published.

    Visit Artisan

  5. 5. AiSDR: Best for outbound with published pricing

    AiSDR researches prospects and reaches them by email, LinkedIn and phone, and it also handles inbound leads. It syncs both ways with HubSpot, logs outreach to Salesforce, and says a campaign takes under ten minutes to set up.

    Pick it if you want outbound running quickly, at a price you can see before a call.

    Where it falls short. Plans start at $900 a month, billed quarterly, and we didn’t find product demos or a website chat agent on its site.

    Visit AiSDR

  6. 6. Docket: Best for inbound agents trained on sales content

    Docket’s agent answers from a knowledge base that also pulls from Gong calls and Slack. Its Showroom loads your real product live inside the conversation, and it books on reps’ Google or Outlook calendars, routed by CRM rules.

    Pick it if you want the agent to learn from Gong calls and Slack, and your budget starts at $4,000 a month.

    Where it falls short. Plans start at $4,000 a month, billed annually, and reps answer handed-off chats from Slack or Teams rather than in the chat on your site.

    ShowPilot vs Docket

  7. 7. 1mind: Best for enterprise video avatars

    1mind sells photorealistic AI avatars, called Superhumans, to enterprise revenue teams. Clari + Salesloft named it Drift’s exclusive successor in March 2026, and its Ride-Along, in early access, joins Zoom, Teams and Meet calls to present or drive the product.

    Pick it if you sell to enterprise buyers and want a photorealistic avatar, or one that joins your sales calls.

    Where it falls short. We didn’t find targeted offers, conversational forms or live rep takeover of the chat on its site, and it doesn’t publish pricing.

    ShowPilot vs 1mind

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How we picked these AI SDR tools.

We looked at well-known AI SDR tools, inbound and outbound, and checked every claim against each vendor’s own site in October 2026. Where a feature isn’t on their site, we say it’s not listed rather than not offered.

Answers in its own words
From your content, not a preset playbook.
Shows the product
A page, a deck, a tour or the live product.
Books the meeting
On the right rep’s calendar, inside the conversation.
Lets a rep step in
And where the rep answers from.
Fits your stack and budget
CRM, time to launch and published pricing.

AI SDR tools: questions buyers ask.

What is an AI SDR tool?

An AI SDR does the first part of a sales development rep’s job: finding or greeting prospects, qualifying them, and booking a meeting with a person on your team. Outbound AI SDRs reach out to lists of prospects. Inbound AI SDRs answer the buyers who come to your website.

What are the best AI SDR tools?

For inbound, where buyers are already on your website, look at ShowPilot, Qualified, Docket and 1mind. For outbound prospecting, look at 11x, Artisan and AiSDR. You may want one of each, since they work on different buyers.

What’s the difference between an inbound and an outbound AI SDR?

An outbound AI SDR starts the conversation: it finds prospects and sends sequences by email, LinkedIn or phone. An inbound AI SDR answers the buyers who arrived on their own, qualifies them in conversation, shows them the product and books the meeting while they’re still on your site.

How much do AI SDR tools cost?

Of the tools on this page, AiSDR starts at $900 a month, billed quarterly, ShowPilot at $1,500 a month and Docket at $4,000 a month, both billed annually. 11x, Artisan, Qualified and 1mind don’t publish prices.

Is an AI BDR the same as an AI SDR?

Mostly, yes. Vendors use both names for an AI that qualifies prospects and books meetings. Artisan, for example, calls its agent Ava an AI BDR.

Which AI SDR tools work with HubSpot?

ShowPilot, 11x, AiSDR, Docket and 1mind all list HubSpot. Qualified requires Salesforce CRM, with HubSpot Marketing Hub as a connection. We didn’t find Artisan’s CRM integrations on the pages we checked.

Sources

Last reviewed October 2026. What we say about each product comes from its public website at that time; what we say about ShowPilot comes from our help docs. If something here is out of date, tell us at info@showpilot.com and we’ll fix it.

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