AI SDR agents · October 2026 Edition
Instantly vs Agent Frank
Zero of fourteen models named Instantly first on the direct prompt; zero named Agent Frank. Instantly was named by seven of the fourteen models and Agent Frank by eight and both carry 10 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
founded 2019. Named in eight categories this edition.
Agent Frank
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1010Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Instantly reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Artisan Ava was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Apollo.io vs Instantly · Apollo.io vs Agent Frank · Artisan Ava vs Instantly
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
InstantlyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAgent FrankDirect00
Paraphrase01
Comparative01
Budget-constrained201 against Instantly
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Instantly
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Instantly and Agent Frank stood in it.
| Model | DirectAF | ParaphraseAF | ComparativeAF | Budget-constrainedAF | Scale-constrainedAF | NegativeAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | AF | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | AF | |||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | |||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | AF | |||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | AF | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | |||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | AF | AF | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | AF | AF | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
InstantlyAF Agent Frank first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Instantly on the left and Agent Frank on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Instantly and Agent Frank stood in it.
Neither was named
14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Artisan Ava alternatives: Jeeva, Persana AI, RocketSDR, Salesloft Rhythm
GPT-5.4 miniApollo.io, Qualified Piper alternatives: Salesforce Agentforce SDR
Gemini 3.5 FlashAmplemarket Duo alternatives: 11x, Artisan Ava, Clay, HubSpot Prospecting Agent, Piper, Topo.io
Perplexity SonarApollo.io alternatives: AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo, Regie.ai
Grok 4.1 FastAiSDR, Artisan Ava alternatives: Apollo.io, Conversica, Reply.io Jason
Mistral SmallArtisan Ava, Regie.ai alternatives: Conversica
DeepSeek V4 FlashArtisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR, Clay
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashSalesforge Agent Frank alternatives: Apollo.io, Clay, ZoomInfo Copilot
Kimi K2Apollo.io alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan Ava, Regie.ai, ZoomInfo Copilot
GLM 4.7 FlashXLaxis AI SDR alternatives: 11x Alice, AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo, Reply.io Jason
MiniMax M2.5AiSDR, Artisan Ava alternatives: Coldreach, Reply.io Jason, ZoomInfo Copilot
GPT-6 LunaArtisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR
Muse Glimmer 30BArtisan Ava alternatives: 11x Alice, Apollo.io
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
Agent Frank leads by six points.
Agent Frank6%#4 of 9
Instantly0%#7 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Instantly leads at mid-market.
Instantly4%#6 of 12Agent Frank2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Instantly0%#– of 11Agent Frank0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Instantly
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Avoid if you want an *agent* that thinks and responds; this is just a high-volume sender.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“a stack like Instantly.ai (~$30/mo) + open-source LLMs for basic personalization, but lacks full autonomy” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“Starts at $47/month flat... Instantly lets you connect unlimited email accounts, includes free automated warm-up, and offers modular AI agents” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Apollo or Instantly as your starting point - both offer generous free tiers and affordable entry plans” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Agent Frank
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“One of the most cost-effective options with genuine autonomy for a low price point.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Agent Frank (Salesforge) Best Overall for Mid-Market B2B” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Agent Frank (Salesforge) | Teams automating full meeting-booking | $499/mo | Learns from corrections, own infrastructure” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Apollo.io vs InstantlyApollo.io vs Agent FrankArtisan Ava vs InstantlyArtisan Ava vs Agent FrankAiSDR vs InstantlyAiSDR vs Agent FrankRegie.ai vs InstantlyRegie.ai vs Agent FrankAmplemarket Duo vs InstantlyAmplemarket Duo vs Agent FrankInstantly vs Salesforge Agent FrankAgent Frank vs Salesforge Agent FrankAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full AI SDR standing
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.