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AI SDR agents · September 2026 Edition

AiSDR vs Qualified

Zero of twelve models named AiSDR first on the direct prompt; one named Qualified. AiSDR was named by twelve of the twelve models and Qualified by nine and AiSDR carries 37 labels and Qualified 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AiSDR

accepted challenger

By AiSDR Inc., San Francisco, United States, founded 2023. Named in one category this edition.

Qualified

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3710A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, AiSDR reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Reply.io was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Apollo.io vs AiSDR · Apollo.io vs Qualified · Artisan vs AiSDR

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI SDR agents page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AiSDRFirst choices, of twelve modelsQualified
Direct01
Paraphrase001 against Qualified
Comparative10
Budget-constrained101 against AiSDR
Scale-constrained001 against AiSDR
Negative102 against AiSDR
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, AiSDR and Qualified were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 99 answers naming AiSDR and the 30 naming Qualified. In those answers Qualified took the first choice zero times and AiSDR three.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where AiSDR and Qualified stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
AiSDR Qualified first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AiSDR on the left and Qualified on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where AiSDR and Qualified stood in it.

Qualified first, AiSDR not the choice

1 of 12 modelsAiSDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniQualified alternatives: Reply.io

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarAmplemarket Duo alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan Ava
Mistral SmallAmplemarket Duo Copilot alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan, Salesforge
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplemarket alternatives: 11x, AiSDR, Artisan, Reply.io
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplemarket alternatives: AiSDR, Reply.io
Kimi K2Amplemarket, Reply.io alternatives: AiSDR
GLM 4.7 FlashXArtisan alternatives: 11x, AiSDR, Regie.ai, Salesforge
MiniMax M2.5Amplemarket, SalesTools.io alternatives: Agent Frank, AiSDR, Reply.io

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5RocketSDR alternatives: Apollo.io
Gemini 3.5 FlashArtisan alternatives: Clay, Regie.ai, Reply.io
Grok 4.1 FastApollo.io alternatives: Amplemarket, Reply.io
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
AiSDR leads by twenty-two points.
AiSDR22%#2 of 8
Qualified0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
AiSDR2%#5 of 11
Qualified2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
AiSDR leads by eleven points.
AiSDR13%#2 of 11
Qualified2%#8 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about AiSDR

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“AiSDR - Platform compliance issues, quality degradation at scale” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“AiSDR has significant control and flexibility limitations at a premium price point, with concerning hallucination rates.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Most teams should start with Tier 1 or 2 before jumping to Tier 3 autonomous agents.” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · soft negative
“AiSDR | Only major vendor with quarterly contracts ($900/mo), transparent pricing, lower commitment risk” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“Go with AiSDR for a hands-off, autonomous experience at mid-tier pricing.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“🏆 Best Overall Value: AiSDR” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Qualified

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“enterprise options like 11x ($3,750+/mo) or Qualified ($40K+/yr)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“the safest "best overall" choice is usually Qualified” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Excellent for inbound conversion; 4.9/5 G2 rating from 1,547 reviews; strong support” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“Inbound website conversational SDR, commonly used to convert traffic into meetings.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.