The best AI SDR companies in the US in 2026 are LeadsNow (a done-for-you service paid on results), Qualified’s Piper for inbound pipeline and Regie.ai’s RegieGO for outbound reps. RegieGO publishes Pro at $49 a month and Team at $150 per seat; Qualified prices Piper on request. Any AI-voice call needs prior express consent under the FCC’s February 2024 ruling.
- The ranking: 1. LeadsNow, 2. Qualified (Piper the AI SDR Agent), 3. Regie.ai (RegieGO). LeadsNow publishes this page and ranks itself first.
- The buyer: a US sales or marketing leader choosing an AI SDR for inbound demo requests, outbound prospecting, or both.
- Software or service: Qualified and Regie.ai are software your team operates; LeadsNow is a done-for-you service.
- The decision rule: the Lane Test, below. Sort the work into inbound, outbound email and outbound phone before you compare vendors, because each lane has different rules and different leaders.
- The rules that bite: the TCPA and FCC 24-17 for AI voice, the 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. calling window and the 5-year do-not-call rule in 47 CFR 64.1200.
How we ranked AI SDR companies for US sales teams
LeadsNow ranked these three AI SDR companies on five weighted criteria and ranks itself first, so treat our placement as an opinion. We checked Qualified and Regie.ai on their own live websites on October 14, 2026, and state only what those pages show. No company paid to be listed, and no third-party ratings are used.
- Booked meetings (30%). Does the vendor’s own site say the agent books meetings?
- Who operates it (25%). Software your team runs, or a service that runs the work for you.
- Integration effort (20%). CRM sync (Salesforce, HubSpot), website, mailboxes and dialer setup before launch.
- US compliance posture (15%). Which lane the product works in, and who carries TCPA exposure on calls and texts.
- Published pricing (10%). Can you price the product before a sales call?
Where we lose: a team with high website traffic and a Salesforce admin will get more from an inbound AI SDR running on its own site than from an outbound service. We sit first because most buyers asking this question are short of meetings, not short of software. Our ranking of AI sales agent companies in the US covers outbound AI SDR platforms such as 11x, Artisan and AiSDR; this page ranks different vendors by the inbound-versus-outbound split.
How it works
How a US team picks an AI SDR by lane
Map your lead sources
Count inbound demo requests and website traffic separately from the outbound accounts you want to reach.
Run the Lane Test
Assign each task to the inbound, outbound email or outbound phone lane.
Check the phone rules
For any calls, confirm the 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window, do-not-call scrubbing and prior express consent for AI voice.
Measure meetings held
Compare vendors on meetings that showed after 30 days, not on messages sent.
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Frequently asked questions
These five questions on US AI SDRs cover inbound versus outbound, TCPA rules for AI voice calls and published pricing, answered at source.
What is the difference between an inbound and an outbound AI SDR?
An inbound AI SDR talks to buyers who come to you, such as website visitors and form fills, while an outbound AI SDR contacts prospects who have not asked. Qualified’s Piper is built for inbound; Regie.ai’s RegieGO is built for outbound reps. The difference matters legally as well as commercially, because outbound calls carry TCPA duties that inbound chat does not.
Are AI SDR phone calls legal in the US?
AI-voice sales calls are legal in the US only with the called party’s prior express consent: the FCC’s Declaratory Ruling FCC 24-17, adopted February 2, 2024, confirms AI-generated voices fall under the TCPA’s artificial or prerecorded voice rules. Calls by a human rep are separately bound by the 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window and do-not-call rules in 47 CFR 64.1200. This is general information, not legal advice.
How much does an AI SDR cost in the US?
AI SDR pricing in the US runs from free seat plans to custom enterprise contracts. Regie.ai publishes RegieGO Pro at $49 a month and Team at $150 per seat a month on monthly billing; Qualified prices Piper through a demo. LeadsNow charges 5–25% of the revenue it generates, an equivalent pay-per-appointment fee, or a mix of both.
How long must a do-not-call request be honored?
A do-not-call request must be honored for 5 years from the time it is made, under 47 CFR 64.1200(d). An AI SDR or dialer that does not share one suppression list across every rep and campaign can break that rule without anyone noticing.
Should I buy an AI SDR or outsource to an agency?
Buy AI SDR software when you have someone to run it weekly and a process that already books meetings; outsource when the bottleneck is the hours to work every lead. Our software vs done-for-you comparison walks through the trade-off.
Related: see AI Sales Agent Pricing: What AI SDRs Really Cost.
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The Lane Test: inbound, outbound email or outbound phone?
The Lane Test says a US buyer should sort AI SDR work into inbound, outbound email and outbound phone lanes before comparing vendors. Each lane carries different rules. A buyer who mixes the lanes ends up paying for an inbound agent to do outbound work, or exposing an outbound dialer to TCPA risk it was never set up for.
| Lane | Who starts the conversation | Main US rule | What the rule says (at source) | Entry on this list built for it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inbound (website visitors, form fills, inbound email) | The buyer | None specific to a website chat reply; phone rules return if the agent later calls or texts | Any AI-voice call or text to the lead falls back into the phone rows below, so the form’s consent wording matters | Qualified Piper |
| Outbound email | You | CAN-SPAM Act (FTC) | No exception for business-to-business email; opt-outs honored within 10 business days; valid physical postal address in every message | Regie.ai RegieGO |
| Outbound phone, human rep | You | TCPA, 47 CFR 64.1200(c) | No telephone solicitation to a residential subscriber before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. local time, or to a number on the national do-not-call registry | Regie.ai power dialer (rep-placed calls) |
| Outbound phone, AI voice | You | TCPA, FCC 24-17 | AI-generated voices count as “artificial or prerecorded voice” and need the called party’s prior express consent | LeadsNow (AI calling; prior express consent is needed before any AI-voice call) |
The phone rows come from the regulation itself. 47 CFR 64.1200 sets the 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window, says a do-not-call request must be honored for 5 years, and extends those rules to texts and calls to wireless numbers. The FCC’s Declaratory Ruling FCC 24-17, adopted February 2, 2024, confirms the TCPA’s artificial-voice restriction covers current AI voice technology. For email, the FTC’s CAN-SPAM compliance guide says the law makes no exception for business-to-business email. Many states add their own telemarketing rules on top. This is general information, not legal advice.
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What does each lane cost? RegieGO seat math worked through
Regie.ai publishes seat prices, so a three-rep team can price RegieGO exactly: $450 a month on monthly billing, or $4,500 a year billed annually.
| RegieGO plan (published) | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Credits included | 3 reps, 12 months, monthly billing | 3 reps, 12 months, annual billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 250 one-time credits per person | n/a | n/a |
| Pro (one person) | $49 | $41 | 5,000 a month | n/a (one seat) | n/a (one seat) |
| Team (2-seat minimum) | $150 per seat | $125 per seat | 15,000 per seat a month | 3 × $150 × 12 = $5,400 | 3 × $125 × 12 = $4,500 |
Worked check: $4,500 ÷ $5,400 = 0.833, a 16.7% saving, which Regie.ai rounds to 17%. The seat price buys the workspace; the reps still place the calls and run the conversations, so their salary is the larger number. Regie.ai’s pricing FAQ says credits are used by research, drafting, enrichment and dialing, paid-plan credits do not roll over, and enrichment that finds nothing is free. For the inbound lane, Qualified does not publish a price, so ask for one in writing. For the people-cost side, see our AI appointment setting vs hiring SDRs comparison for the US.
#1 LeadsNow: a done-for-you AI SDR service paid on results
LeadsNow is a pay-per-result agency that runs AI SDR work for US clients on US hours and books qualified meetings into your calendar. Its AI agents contact leads by calling, SMS and email, with reminders, from a team headquartered in Australia. Model: managed service. Best for: US B2B teams with inbound leads, a dormant database or a target list who want meetings booked without hiring an operator for AI SDR software.
Since 2017 our system has produced 50,769+ AI-booked sales appointments and 1M+ leads, with 24 filmed client case studies and a rating of 4.7/5 from 60 Google and Facebook reviews. Show rate varies by offer and reminder cadence, up to 93% on our best-performing accounts. Our methodology page defines the 7x average sales lift we report and discloses that the median is closer to 4x.
Pricing: 5–25% of the revenue we generate for you (revenue share), or an equivalent pay-per-appointment fee, or a mix of both, depending on lead volume, what is being sold and its price, the type of product and business, and which part (or all) of the sales funnel we run. No-shows aren’t charged. Bad lists and the cost of contacting the people who never book are our cost. Cancel any time with 14 days notice. See how it works on our AI appointment setting page.
Honest limits: you do not get software your reps can drive themselves, our team works US hours from Australia, and if your problem is converting heavy website traffic, an inbound agent such as #2 sits closer to the buyer than we do.
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#2 Qualified: Piper the AI SDR Agent for inbound pipeline
Qualified’s Piper is an inbound AI SDR agent that talks to website visitors and inbound email contacts and books meetings. Pricing is by demo only. Model: software you operate. Best for: US B2B companies with meaningful website traffic and a Salesforce CRM.
Qualified’s site describes Piper as an always-on agent that works across the website and email inbox, and lists Piper Conversations, Piper Email and Piper Meetings for instant meeting scheduling. Its pricing page lists three plans, Premier, Enterprise and Ultimate, with no published price: Premier includes 250K monthly web sessions and 2.5K monthly active email contacts, Enterprise 2M sessions and 10K contacts, Ultimate 5M sessions and 24K contacts. Features listed include text, voice and video, multi-language support and integrations with Salesforce CRM and 20+ go-to-market systems. Qualified says Piper has been hired by over 500 companies.
Trade-off to plan for: Piper works the buyers who arrive, so it does not create outbound pipeline, and the plan capacity is measured in web sessions and email contacts, not meetings.
#3 Regie.ai: RegieGO for outbound reps and founders
Regie.ai’s RegieGO is an outbound prospecting workspace with published plans from free to $150 per seat a month. It builds lists, enriches contacts, drafts messages and dials. Model: software your reps operate. Best for: founding reps, full-cycle AEs and small SDR teams.
The Regie.ai homepage says RegieGO combines enrichment, emailing, dialing and workflows from a single chat, orchestrates email, LinkedIn and phone touches, and learns your voice and pitch. Its pricing page lists a power dialer with local numbers you pick on Pro, a built-in CRM with sync to HubSpot, Salesforce or Monday CRM, and says email sends from your own connected Gmail or Outlook with unsubscribes handled. Enterprise adds custom CRM sync, a dedicated account manager and SOC 2 security.
Trade-off to plan for: RegieGO makes reps faster rather than replacing them, so meetings depend on your reps’ calls, and the dialer puts the TCPA calling-window and do-not-call duties on your team.
AI SDR companies for US teams compared
The three AI SDR companies cover different lanes: Qualified works inbound, Regie.ai equips outbound reps, and LeadsNow runs outbound and follow-up as a service paid on results.
| # | Company | Software or service | Lane | Books meetings? | CRM named on its site | Pricing as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeadsNow | Done-for-you service | Outbound and lead follow-up | Yes, with reminders | Your calendar and CRM | 5–25% revenue share, an equivalent per-appointment fee, or a mix |
| 2 | Qualified (Piper) | Software | Inbound website and email | Yes, Piper Meetings | Salesforce | On request; plans by web sessions and email contacts |
| 3 | Regie.ai (RegieGO) | Software | Outbound email, LinkedIn, phone | Reps book from AI-prepared plays | HubSpot, Salesforce, Monday CRM | Free; Pro $49; Team $150 per seat (monthly billing) |
If inbound leads go unworked, start with #2 and fix speed to lead first. If your reps need to prospect faster, #3. If you want booked meetings without operating any of it, #1.