Best AI Sales & SDR Agents for small businesses
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Crail tracks 3 AI Sales & SDR Agents vendors that list small businesses as a fit. These are the 3 that rank highest once the list is weighted for small businesses, and each one is shown with the published entry price, what that tier actually includes, and whether you can try it first — the facts that decide the shortlist at this size, rather than the same summary on every page.
How this list is weighted for small businesses
- 60% of the vendor's Crail agent-readiness score
- 15 points for a published free tier
- 15 points for being buyable self-serve, without a sales call
- up to 10 points for a low entry price (free tier, then a cheapest paid tier under $30, then under $75)
Startups and small businesses share the price-and-self-serve weighting; midmarket and enterprise share the compliance weighting. The full rules are on the methodology page.
1. Clay66/100 agent-readiness
GTM data enrichment and workflow platform combining 200+ data providers with AI agents/functions, plus a first-party MCP server for Claude/ChatGPT/Copilot.
- Pricing model: freemium
- Entry paid tier: Launch at $167/month, 15,000 actions/month, 3,000 data credits/month (expandable up to 200,000 actions / 50,000 credits)
- Free trial: 14 days
- Buy self-serve: yes
2. Rox44/100 agent-readiness
Enterprise AI sales agent ("Revenue on Autopilot for the Global 2000") that runs account research, pipeline generation, and deal execution for AEs.
- Pricing model: usage-based
- Entry paid tier: Core at $50/month, 1 seats included, 5,000 agent actions/month
- Free trial: none published, but there is an ongoing free tier
- Buy self-serve: yes
3. Artisan33/100 agent-readiness
Ava, an autonomous AI BDR for outbound prospecting and meeting booking, sold exclusively through quote-based Team/Scale/Enterprise plans.
- Pricing model: usage-based
- Entry paid tier: no price published, quoted on request
- Free trial: none published
- Buy self-serve: no, sales call required
FAQ
How is this AI Sales & SDR Agents ranking calculated for small businesses?
This is not the raw agent-readiness leaderboard. Crail scores the 3 AI Sales & SDR Agents vendors it tracks that fit small businesses, using 60% of the vendor's Crail agent-readiness score; 15 points for a published free tier; 15 points for being buyable self-serve, without a sales call; up to 10 points for a low entry price (free tier, then a cheapest paid tier under $30, then under $75). Clay ranks first on both measures: it holds the highest raw agent-readiness score on this list (66/100) and the top score once the small businesses weighting is applied.
What does the cheapest paid plan on this list cost?
Published monthly entry prices on this list run from $50/month (Rox, Core tier) to $167/month (Clay, Launch tier). Artisan publishes no paid price and quotes on request.
Can a small business trial these before committing?
Clay (14-day trial). Clay and Rox offer an ongoing free tier instead, which is the usual way in to this list.