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AI SDR agents · September 2026 Edition

Reply.io vs Qualified

One of twelve models named Reply.io first on the direct prompt; one named Qualified. Reply.io was named by eleven of the twelve models and Qualified by nine and Reply.io carries 18 labels and Qualified 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Reply.io

accepted challenger

San Jose, United States, founded 2014. Named in three categories 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 rate6%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1810A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Reply.io reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AiSDR was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Apollo.io vs Reply.io · Apollo.io vs Qualified · Artisan vs Reply.io

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.
Reply.ioFirst choices, of twelve modelsQualified
Direct111 against Reply.io
Paraphrase001 against Qualified
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Reply.io 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
Reply.io Qualified first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Reply.io on the left and Qualified on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Reply.io first, Qualified not the choice

1 of 12 modelsQualified was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Amplemarket, Reply.io alternatives: AiSDR

Qualified first, Reply.io an alternative

1 of 12 modelsReply.io 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

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashArtisan alternatives: Clay, Regie.ai, Reply.io
Grok 4.1 FastApollo.io alternatives: Amplemarket, Reply.io
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplemarket alternatives: 11x, AiSDR, Artisan, Reply.io
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplemarket alternatives: AiSDR, Reply.io
MiniMax M2.5Amplemarket, SalesTools.io alternatives: Agent Frank, AiSDR, Reply.io

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5RocketSDR alternatives: Apollo.io
Perplexity SonarAmplemarket Duo alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan Ava
Mistral SmallAmplemarket Duo Copilot alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan, Salesforge
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXArtisan alternatives: 11x, AiSDR, Regie.ai, Salesforge

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Reply.io0%#6 of 8
Qualified0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Reply.io2%#6 of 11
Qualified2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Reply.io2%#– of 11
Qualified2%#8 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Reply.io

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

“though the cited evaluation ranks it far below the leaders on total capability” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall for Mid-Market ... Start with Reply.io (Jason AI) or Amplemarket Duo for mid-market B2B.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Reply.io's paid plans start at $59/month for email sequences with Jason AI available on higher tiers, making it the most accessible entry point” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative

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.