The AI SDR Market Exploded in 2026. Here's Who's Actually Worth It.
Artisan launched Ava 2.0, 11x partnered with IBM, Regie.ai got a patent. Every company claims to be an AI SDR now. We compared all 7 and ranked them.
The AI SDR landscape
The AI SDR market has grown significantly in 2025-2026. There are now multiple tools across different channels, price points, and levels of autonomy. Here is an honest breakdown of the major players.
We are including ourselves (Gelee AI) in this list and will be transparent about our limitations alongside everyone else's.
The rankings
1. Gelee AI -$800/mo (1 account)
What it does: Full AI SDR on LinkedIn. Sends personalized outreach, handles every reply in your voice, manages objections from your playbook, books meetings on your calendar. Content creation included.
Results: 25% average accept rate. 8+ meetings/month. Less than 1 hour/month of user time.
Limitations: LinkedIn only. No email channel. Higher per-account cost than automation tools. Not built for agencies managing dozens of accounts.
Best for: B2B founders and small teams who want LinkedIn pipeline without managing the process.
2. 11x.ai (Alice) -Custom enterprise pricing
What it does: Autonomous email SDR (Alice) and AI phone agent (Jordan). Multi-channel orchestration across email, phone, LinkedIn, and SMS. SOC-2 compliant.
Results: Claims 1.5x increase in qualified meetings. $1M+ pipeline in first 3 months (case study).
Limitations: Enterprise pricing and implementation timeline (weeks). Not accessible to founders or small teams. Primarily email-focused.
Best for: Large sales organizations with enterprise budgets who want autonomous email outreach at scale.
3. AiSDR -From $900/mo
What it does: AI-powered email and LinkedIn outreach. Prospect discovery, personalized campaigns, CRM integration with HubSpot.
Limitations: Primarily email. LinkedIn features are supplementary. Volume may be capped by plan.
Best for: Mid-market teams focused on email outreach with some LinkedIn capability.
4. Artisan (Ava) -Custom pricing
What it does: AI BDR with 250M+ B2B contact database. Automated prospecting, personalized email outreach, A/B testing, and reply handling. Supports email, social, and phone.
Limitations: Custom pricing with no public transparency. Annual contracts. Setup takes longer than self-serve tools.
Best for: Teams who want an all-in-one AI BDR with built-in lead database.
5. Coldreach -$500-2,000/mo
What it does: AI-powered signal detection (job changes, funding, tech stack changes) + personalized outreach based on those signals.
Limitations: More of a research and signal tool than a full SDR. You still need execution tools. Not for high-volume.
Best for: Enterprise sales teams doing targeted, signal-based outreach where research depth matters.
6. Jason AI (Reply.io) -$49-89/user/mo
What it does: AI features inside Reply.io's sales engagement platform. Generates email sequences, classifies reply intent, drafts responses. Multi-channel sequences (email, LinkedIn, phone).
Limitations: It is a feature within Reply.io, not a standalone product. LinkedIn capabilities are basic sequence steps. Requires Reply.io subscription.
Best for: Teams already on Reply.io who want AI to enhance their existing workflows.
7. Regie.ai -Custom pricing
What it does: AI copywriting and prospecting agents for sales teams. Generates email sequences, social content, and messaging. Added Auto-Pilot for more autonomous operation.
Limitations: Requires Outreach or Salesloft to send. Not standalone. LinkedIn is content suggestions, not execution.
Best for: Enterprise sales teams already using Outreach/Salesloft who want AI-powered content and prospecting.
Full comparison
| Feature | Gelee | 11x | AiSDR | Artisan | Coldreach | Jason AI | Regie.ai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn outreach | Full AI | Basic | Basic | Marketed | No | Steps only | No |
| Email outreach | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via SEP) |
| AI reply handling | Your voice | Yes | Limited | Claims yes | Limited | Intent classify | No |
| Content creation | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (copy) |
| Meeting booking | Automatic | Integration | No | Claims yes | Integration | Integration | No |
| Standalone? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Setup time | 15 min | Weeks | Hours | Weeks | Days | Hours | Days |
| Starting price | $800/mo | Custom | $900/mo | Custom | $800/mo | $49/user/mo | Custom |
The channel split
Most AI SDR tools are email-first. This makes sense -email has been the dominant outbound channel for decades.
But the landscape is shifting. Cold email deliverability is harder every quarter. LinkedIn reply rates are significantly higher for B2B. The AI SDR tools that invested in LinkedIn depth early have a structural advantage.
Currently, Gelee is the only tool on this list purpose-built for LinkedIn with full reply handling and autonomous meeting booking. The others either do not support LinkedIn, or support it as a secondary channel.
Bottom line
Every tool on this list solves a real problem for a specific buyer:
The right tool depends on your channel, your budget, and how much autonomy you want. If LinkedIn is your primary channel and you want full autonomy, Gelee is built specifically for that.