Artisan Ava
Artisan AI
Autonomous AI SDR that handles outbound prospecting end-to-end — finds leads, writes personalised emails, books meetings without human approval. Custom pricing — typically $4,000-$30,000+/month per Ava agent.
We track and rank the best AI sales agents built for Startups businesses. Every agent below is evaluated on pricing, deployment complexity, integrations, and capability depth — so you can choose the right tool to automate sales, generate leads, and close more deals in Startups.
22 agents indexed· Updated May 2026
Artisan AI
Autonomous AI SDR that handles outbound prospecting end-to-end — finds leads, writes personalised emails, books meetings without human approval. Custom pricing — typically $4,000-$30,000+/month per Ava agent.
Close
Inside-sales CRM with built-in calling, SMS, email, and Chloe AI sales agent. Solo $9; Essentials $35; Growth $99; Scale $139 per seat/mo annual.
HubSpot
HubSpot's sales platform with Breeze AI agents for prospecting, deal coaching, and forecasting. Free tier; Starter $15/seat/month; Professional $100/seat/month; Enterprise $150/seat/month, all billed annually.
Apollo
B2B sales intelligence platform with 275M+ contacts, AI email sequencing, and autonomous outreach. Free plan; paid from $49/user/month. Sequences run fully autonomously once configured.
Orange Slice
AI-powered GTM agent that builds sales workflows in plain English -- prospect, enrich from 100+ sources, qualify leads, and push to CRM automatically. Free tier available, paid from $20/month.
Instantly
Cold email infrastructure platform with autonomous outreach sequences, unlimited sending accounts, and AI reply classification. Growth plan from $47/month. 50,000+ sales teams. SOC 2 certified.
lemlist
Multichannel outreach platform covering cold email, LinkedIn automation, and cold calling with AI-generated personalisation at scale. Email Pro from $63/user/month annual. 37,000+ sales teams. SOC 2 Type II.
FuseAI
AI-native outbound sales platform for startups. Replaces 5-10 separate tools (data, enrichment, email, LinkedIn, dialer, signals) with one $159/mo flat plan. YC W25, $2.15M pre-seed.
Drift (Salesloft)
B2B conversational AI platform now part of Salesloft. AI chatbots that qualify visitors, book meetings, and route accounts in real time. Starts at $2,500/month, enterprise only.
Monday.com
AI-powered Work CRM from monday.com with native AI Sidekick, automation, and pipeline management. Basic $21/seat, Standard $28/seat, Pro $48/seat (yearly). 18% off yearly.
Lightfield
AI-native CRM for startups and growth-stage companies with automatic data entry, meeting recording, call intelligence, and AI-powered insights. Startup $79/user/mo; Pro $199/user/mo.
Avina
AI sales platform with custom buying signals, X-Ray Pixel for anonymous visitor reveal, and an AI outbound agent that drafts signal-grounded emails. YC-backed. Plans from $149/mo billed annually.
Knowzilla OÜ
Real-time AI sales copilot that gives reps live answers, playbook guidance, and next-best actions during calls. Auto-generates summaries, next steps, and CRM updates. Free tier available; paid plans from EUR 49/seat/mo.
Salesbricks
B2B revenue platform for fast deal close with CPQ, quote-to-cash, legal terms, deal shaping, and billing automation. Custom enterprise pricing — typically $25K-$200K+/year.
Warmly
AI revenue orchestration platform that de-anonymizes website visitors and runs autonomous outbound. TAM plan from $15,000/year; Inbound from $30,000/year; custom enterprise pricing.
AiSDR
AI SDR platform with autonomous outreach across LinkedIn and email. Plans from $900/mo (Explore) to $2,500/mo (Scale) — quarterly or annual billing. 250+ companies. Unlimited seats.
Mixmax
Sales engagement and email automation platform for Gmail and Outlook teams. SMB $29/user/mo; Growth and Enterprise tiers custom-quoted.
Lavender
AI email coaching agent that scores and improves cold email in real time. Free tier (5 emails/day); Pro $29/mo, Teams custom. Used by 30,000+ sellers including reps from HubSpot, Twilio, and Clari.
Navattic
AI-powered interactive demo platform with Copilot AI for HTML and media demos. Starter Free; Base/Pro custom-priced (annually billed). Speeds up buyer journey across GTM teams.
Instantly
Fully autonomous outbound sales agent: reads your website, identifies your ICP, finds prospects from 450M+ contacts, writes personalised emails, handles replies. From $47/month.
11x.ai
AI SDR digital worker for B2B outbound sales with autonomous prospecting, personalization, and outreach across email and LinkedIn. Custom enterprise pricing — typically $25K-$200K+/year.
Lindy AI
AI assistant platform for inbox, meetings, calendar, and follow-ups with sales-focused use cases. Plus $49.99/mo; Pro $99.99/mo; Premium $199.99/mo; Enterprise. 100+ integrations.
Based on our index, the top AI sales agents for Startups are Artisan Ava, Close CRM, HubSpot Sales Hub. These are ranked by rating and capability depth across 22 indexed agents.
When evaluating AI sales agents for Startups, consider pricing model (free vs subscription vs usage-based), deployment difficulty, integrations with your existing stack, and whether the agent specialises in Startups workflows. Every agent on this page includes structured data on all of these dimensions.
Yes — several AI sales agents offer free or freemium plans. Use the filter pills above to narrow by pricing, or browse the full AI Sales Agents index.