What is AI cold calling software?

AI cold calling software uses AI on outbound sales calls. Either an AI dialer helps a rep by dialing several numbers at once, detecting who answered and logging the call while the rep talks, or an AI voice agent places the call and holds the conversation itself.

Can AI cold calling software make calls without a sales rep?

Some can. Bland AI, ColdCalls.ai and Retell AI sell AI voice agents that place the call and hold the conversation, per their own pages read on October 6, 2026. Elto, Nooks, Orum, Salesfinity and SAGARIS put a rep on the call, with the AI dialing, detecting answers and taking notes.

Is AI cold calling legal in the US?

A rep talking through an AI dialer is a live voice, though dialing rules such as the abandoned-call limit still apply. An AI-generated voice is different: since the FCC's February 2024 ruling (FCC 24-17) it counts as an artificial voice under the TCPA, so the called party's prior express consent comes first. Ask your counsel how that applies to you.

How much does AI cold calling software cost?

It depends on the kind. Rep-assisted AI dialers here are priced per seat: as of October 6, 2026 Elto's pricing on eltodialer.com shows $179 per seat per month on yearly billing, and a SAGARIS founding seat is $499. Two of them print no price. AI voice agents are priced per minute or per AI seat, as the table shows.

Does SAGARIS make AI cold calls on its own?

No. SAGARIS is AI cold calling software in which the AI dials up to 5 lines at once, briefs the rep and logs the call, and a person does the talking. Placing a call always waits for a named person, at every autonomy level, so its AI never cold-calls anyone by itself.

What does the AI do during a SAGARIS cold call?

Before the call it assembles a brief from the record: who the person is, the deal's stage and the last touch. During the call it transcribes. After it, a summary and the outcome land on the same record, so the rep does not type notes. The SAGARIS dialer page shows each step.

Can I buy SAGARIS for cold calling today?

SAGARIS is pre-launch. It is taking a small number of founding customers now at $499 per founding seat per month, with no seat minimum, and it opens fully in October 2026. If you need a cold calling tool running at full scale this week, another option on this page is the safer choice.

Is this list of AI cold calling software neutral?

No, and we would rather say so. SAGARIS publishes this page and is one of the tools on it. What we offer instead is checkability: the list is unranked and alphabetical with SAGARIS last, and every competitor fact links to the vendor's own page with the date we read it.

AI cold calling software: 8 tools compared (2026)

AI cold calling software puts AI to work on outbound sales calls in one of two ways. In the first, the AI works for a rep: it dials several numbers at once, detects who answered, briefs the rep and logs the call, and the rep does the talking. In the second, an AI voice agent places the call and holds the conversation itself. SAGARIS is the rep-assisted kind: its dialer rings up to 5 lines at once from inside its own CRM, the AI never cold-calls anyone by itself, and it costs $499 per founding seat per month. Of the 8 tools below, 5 put a rep on the call and 3 put an AI voice agent on it.

SAGARIS publishes this page and is one of the 8 tools on it. The list is not ranked: it is in alphabetical order with SAGARIS last. No vendor paid to be included or was contacted, and every competitor fact links to the vendor's own page with the date we read it.

Updated October 6, 2026. Every vendor fact carries the date it was read at source.

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Two kinds

The two kinds of AI cold calling software

The AI assists, a rep talks

An AI dialer rings several numbers at once for one rep, listens to each answer to tell a person from a voicemail greeting or a phone tree, and bridges the rep onto the first live person. Around the call it writes the brief, transcribes, summarises and drops voicemails.

This is a faster way for a person to cold call. It suits teams whose pitch needs judgement on the phone, and it is what 5 of the tools here sell, SAGARIS included. Our parallel dialing explainer sets out how the lines work and what the person who answers hears.

An AI voice agent holds the call

A voice agent places the call itself, speaks with a synthetic voice, follows a script or a conversation flow, answers objections, books a meeting and hands a warm lead to a person. It is priced per minute or per AI seat rather than per rep.

This replaces the first conversation rather than speeding it up, and 3 of the tools here sell it. It suits high-volume, scripted calls such as qualifying inbound leads at speed.

The consent rule that separates them

In February 2024 the FCC ruled that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's limits on calls using an artificial or prerecorded voice cover AI technologies that generate human voices, so an AI-voiced call needs the called party's prior express consent, and written consent when it is telemarketing. A rep talking through an AI dialer is a live voice. Which rules govern your own campaigns is a question for your counsel.

Read the ruling (FCC 24-17, docs.fcc.gov)

At a glance

8 AI cold calling tools, side by side

AI cold calling tools compared on who talks on the call, what the AI does and published price, each read at source
Tool	Who talks on the call	What the AI does	Published price	Read at source
Bland AI	An AI voice agent holds the call.	Calls a lead when a form, CRM or webhook fires, runs your qualification script, handles objections, books the meeting and can warm-transfer a hot prospect to a rep.	Start at $0.14 per minute with no platform fee, Build at $0.12 per minute plus a $299 monthly platform fee, Enterprise custom; telephony billed separately (bland.ai/pricing, October 6, 2026).	October 6, 2026
ColdCalls.ai	An AI voice agent holds the call.	Dials the list, says it is an AI in the first sentence of the call, qualifies the lead, handles objections, books the meeting and syncs the result to your CRM.	Starter at $499 a month billed monthly for 1 AI SDR seat and about 1,500 connected minutes, Growth at $1,490 a month for 3 seats, with yearly billing shown at half (coldcalls.ai/pricing, October 6, 2026).	October 6, 2026
Elto	Your rep. The AI dials and assists.	Dials up to 6 numbers at the same time, detects voicemails, dial trees, IVRs and human pickups, drops the rep into a live answer and leaves a voicemail after the beep.	As of October 6, 2026 Elto's pricing on eltodialer.com shows one plan at $179 per seat per month on yearly billing, with a 7-day free trial.	October 6, 2026
Nooks	Your rep. The AI dials and assists.	Parallel dialing with AI answer detection, live battlecards when an objection or competitor comes up, real-time transcription and automated voicemail drops.	Not published. As of October 6, 2026 nooks.ai/pricing asks you to Get Nooks pricing for a custom quote.	October 6, 2026
Orum	Your rep. The AI dials and assists.	AI detection of who answered, parallel and power dialing, voicemail drop and AI call summaries; AI roleplay agents and scorecards come with its AI Coaching add-on.	Not published. As of October 6, 2026 orum.com/pricing reads Request pricing, with a minimum of 9 seats.	October 6, 2026
Retell AI	An AI voice agent holds the call.	AI voice agents that hold the call, with call transfer between AI and a person, appointment booking, and post-call analysis and transcripts.	Pay as you go at $0.07 to $0.31 per minute for AI voice agents, with $10 in free credits; Enterprise is custom (retellai.com/pricing, October 6, 2026).	October 6, 2026
Salesfinity	Your rep. The AI dials and assists.	An AI parallel dialer on up to 5 lines, AI call summaries and AI research before the call; AI coaching is on its Enterprise plans.	Gold at $299 per user per month, monthly and self-serve; Enterprise is a custom annual quote (salesfinity.ai/pricing, October 6, 2026).	October 6, 2026
SAGARIS	Your rep. The AI dials and assists.	Dials up to 5 lines at once from inside the CRM, briefs the rep as a line connects, and logs the transcript, summary and outcome on the record. It never places or holds a cold call by itself.	$499 per founding seat per month, with the CRM, inbox and SMS in the same seat.	Our own pricing and dialer pages

Who each AI cold calling tool suits

One card per tool, from what its own pages say, with the pages we read and the date we read them.

Bland AI

A voice AI platform for building phone agents, with an outbound sales use case in which its agents call leads, qualify them and book meetings.

Suits: Teams that want an AI voice agent to make the first call on inbound leads at volume, and have the engineering or vendor support to build and test the agent.
Who talks on the call: An AI voice agent holds the call.

Its outbound sales page says Bland builds the first agent end to end and describes going live in 30 days. Its pricing page lists 10 concurrent calls on Start and 50 on Build.

Read at source, October 6, 2026bland.ai/pricing bland.ai/solutions/outbound-sales

ColdCalls.ai

An AI SDR sold per seat: an AI voice agent that dials your list, qualifies leads and books meetings into your calendar.

Suits: Small teams that want an AI SDR making outbound calls on a flat monthly fee, with the minutes included in the plan.
Who talks on the call: An AI voice agent holds the call.

Its pricing page says every plan is paid and that it sets up and compliance-reviews an account before the first dial. Its home page says do-not-call lists are scrubbed in real time.

Read at source, October 6, 2026coldcalls.ai/pricing coldcalls.ai

Elto

An AI parallel dialer sold as one plan, with native CRM and sales engagement integrations.

Suits: Small teams and agencies that want a self-serve AI parallel dialer with a printed price and a free trial.
Who talks on the call: Your rep. The AI dials and assists.

The plan lists automatic call recording and transcription, up to 10 outbound numbers in the US or UK, and time-zone filtering before a dial session.

Read at source, October 6, 2026eltodialer.com

Nooks

An AI sales engagement platform whose AI Dialer runs parallel and power dialing for reps, alongside sequencing, signals and coaching.

Suits: SDR teams on HubSpot or Salesforce that want a dedicated AI dialer with coaching and a virtual salesfloor on top of the CRM they run.
Who talks on the call: Your rep. The AI dials and assists.

Its pricing page says it integrates with HubSpot and Salesforce, and that teams on another CRM can use the AI Dialer by uploading a CSV list.

Read at source, October 6, 2026nooks.ai/pricing nooks.ai/ai-dialer

Orum

A calling platform for sales teams with an AI dialer that includes power and parallel dialing.

Suits: Sales teams of nine or more reps that want an AI dialer with a coaching add-on and international calling.
Who talks on the call: Your rep. The AI dials and assists.

Its pricing page says paid plans do not limit dials and the free trial is limited to 500 dials, and that it calls the US, Canada and more than 160 other countries and regions.

Read at source, October 6, 2026orum.com/pricing

Retell AI

A platform for building AI phone agents, priced per minute, with a Batch Call feature for high-volume outbound campaigns.

Suits: Teams with developers who want to build and run their own outbound voice agent on a per-minute price.
Who talks on the call: An AI voice agent holds the call.

The per-minute figure depends on the language model, voice and telephony chosen. Its pricing page lists Batch Call at $0.005 per dial on top, and 20 free concurrent calls.

Read at source, October 6, 2026retellai.com/pricing

Salesfinity

An AI parallel dialer for outbound teams, sold self-serve on its Gold plan.

Suits: Small outbound teams of one to five reps that want a self-serve AI parallel dialer on a card, without a sales call.
Who talks on the call: Your rep. The AI dials and assists.

Its pricing page says every plan includes unlimited dials and up to 5 parallel lines, subject to fair-usage terms, with native CRM sync.

Read at source, October 6, 2026salesfinity.ai/pricing

08 / Our product

SAGARIS

An AI Sales Operator: the CRM, a parallel dialer, the inbox and SMS in one seat, with AI agents working under approval gates.

Suits: Teams that want reps cold calling from inside the CRM, with the dialer, inbox and SMS on one record and one seat price.
Who talks on the call: Your rep. The AI dials and assists.

Each caller ID in its number pools is capped at 50 dials a day by default, and calling windows are enforced in the called person's local time. SAGARIS is pre-launch: founding seats are open now, and it opens fully in October 2026.

Where this is statedOur pricing page Our dialer page

Our own limits

What SAGARIS does on a cold call, and what it does not

We describe 7 other products by what their own pages say, so our own entry should say the inconvenient parts too. Each limit below is read from the code that enforces it, or from our pricing page.

The AI does not cold-call anyone by itself. Placing a call is an action that always waits for a named person, at every autonomy level, so a rep is on every outbound call.
It dials at most 5 lines at once, which is at the lower end of the parallel dialers here, and it picks fewer lines, down to one, when a contact looks likely to answer.
Each caller ID is capped at 50 dials a day by default, and calling windows are enforced in the called person's local time.
SAGARIS is pre-launch. It is taking founding customers now at $499 per founding seat per month and opens fully in October 2026, so self-serve sign-up is not open yet.

How this list was made

A product is on this list if its own site sells AI for outbound sales calls: either an AI dialer that a rep calls through, or an AI voice agent that places outbound sales calls itself. Phone systems and power dialers whose AI is limited to notes after the call are left out.

We read each vendor's own pricing and product pages on October 6, 2026, rendered in a browser so prices built with script were visible. A fact we could not read is marked Not published; nothing is estimated. 2 of the 8 print no price.

We do not score or rank. The list is in alphabetical order by vendor name, and SAGARIS, which publishes this page, is listed last. The who-talks column is a fact about each product, not a verdict: neither kind is better in general.

What we compared

Who talks on the call: a rep, or an AI voice agent
What the AI does on the call, as the vendor publishes it
The published price, or Not published
Who the product suits

FAQ

AI cold calling software, answered plainly.

The questions buyers ask when they shortlist AI cold calling software. Where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.

MOST ASKED
AI cold calling software uses AI on outbound sales calls. Either an AI dialer helps a rep by dialing several numbers at once, detecting who answered and logging the call while the rep talks, or an AI voice agent places the call and holds the conversation itself.
Some can. Bland AI, ColdCalls.ai and Retell AI sell AI voice agents that place the call and hold the conversation, per their own pages read on October 6, 2026. Elto, Nooks, Orum, Salesfinity and SAGARIS put a rep on the call, with the AI dialing, detecting answers and taking notes.
A rep talking through an AI dialer is a live voice, though dialing rules such as the abandoned-call limit still apply. An AI-generated voice is different: since the FCC's February 2024 ruling (FCC 24-17) it counts as an artificial voice under the TCPA, so the called party's prior express consent comes first. Ask your counsel how that applies to you.
It depends on the kind. Rep-assisted AI dialers here are priced per seat: as of October 6, 2026 Elto's pricing on eltodialer.com shows $179 per seat per month on yearly billing, and a SAGARIS founding seat is $499. Two of them print no price. AI voice agents are priced per minute or per AI seat, as the table shows.
No. SAGARIS is AI cold calling software in which the AI dials up to 5 lines at once, briefs the rep and logs the call, and a person does the talking. Placing a call always waits for a named person, at every autonomy level, so its AI never cold-calls anyone by itself.
Before the call it assembles a brief from the record: who the person is, the deal's stage and the last touch. During the call it transcribes. After it, a summary and the outcome land on the same record, so the rep does not type notes. The SAGARIS dialer page shows each step.
SAGARIS is pre-launch. It is taking a small number of founding customers now at $499 per founding seat per month, with no seat minimum, and it opens fully in October 2026. If you need a cold calling tool running at full scale this week, another option on this page is the safer choice.
No, and we would rather say so. SAGARIS publishes this page and is one of the tools on it. What we offer instead is checkability: the list is unranked and alphabetical with SAGARIS last, and every competitor fact links to the vendor's own page with the date we read it.

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