Inbound AI SDRs,
compared.

An inbound AI SDR answers people who already raised their hand, qualifies them and books the meeting. Here’s how Zoey, Atonom’s AI SDR, compares on channels, handoff and price.

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Updated November 10, 2026. Written by Atonom, the maker of Zoey.

Inbound and outbound are
different jobs.

Outbound AI SDRs

Find prospects and send cold email and LinkedIn sequences, like 11x’s Alice.^[1] Judged on reply rate.

Inbound AI SDRs

Answer demand you already paid to create. Judged on response time and meetings booked.

Zoey covers every channel

Chat, phone, SMS and email in one AI SDR, so no lead waits for a person.

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Inbound AI SDRs,
side by side.

	Atonom^[2]	Qualified^[3][4]	11x Julian^[1]	Chili Piper^[5][6]	Warmly^[7]	Fin^[8][9]
Website chat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phone calls	Yes	Not listed	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Custom plan
SMS	Yes	Not listed	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Yes
Email	Yes	Yes	Pro plan	Follow-up drafts	Follow-up	Yes
How it’s priced	Per role and workload	Plan tiers, not published	Plans with call caps	Per seat	Annual platform	Per qualification
Starting price	Custom, 90-day pilot	Not published	$2,417/mo chat	$15,000/yr	$20,000/yr	$9.99 each

A dash means the vendor’s own pricing or product page doesn’t list it. Checked November 10, 2026; confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Example Job

What an inbound AI SDR does.

The job, from first touch to a booked meeting.

01 · Research
Look up the lead
Check the CRM, enrichment data and past conversations before replying.
02 · Respond
Reply on their channel
Answer by chat, phone, SMS or email within seconds, at any hour.
03 · Qualify
Ask your questions
Confirm fit, answer product questions and handle objections.
04 · Route
Pick the right rep
Match by territory, account ownership, expertise and availability.
05 · Book
Hand off a clean record
Book the meeting and write the summary and transcript to the CRM.

01 · Research

02 · Respond

03 · Qualify

04 · Route

05 · Book

Look up the lead
Check the CRM, enrichment data and past conversations before replying.
Reply on their channel
Answer by chat, phone, SMS or email within seconds, at any hour.
Ask your questions
Confirm fit, answer product questions and handle objections.
Pick the right rep
Match by territory, account ownership, expertise and availability.
Hand off a clean record
Book the meeting and write the summary and transcript to the CRM.

Why teams
choose Atonom.

One AI SDR across chat, phone, SMS and email
Set up, trained and coached with you, not left to your team
Start with a 90-day pilot and measure pipeline per dollar

What it did for
eAssist.^[10]

$4.37

in closed revenue for every dollar invested

<2 min

to reply to every new inquiry, around the clock

55%

lower cost than adding another SDR

Read the eAssist story

Questions?We have answers.

An AI agent that responds to buyers who contacted you, through forms, chat, phone, SMS or email. It qualifies them, books meetings with the right rep and records everything in the CRM.

It usually changes the job. AI takes first response, qualification and booking at any hour, and people take complex deals and relationships.

Pick one steady lead source, keep a control group, and agree on qualification rules in writing. Measure response time, leads reached, meetings booked and pipeline per dollar, and read transcripts every week.

By the role and its workload, such as channels and volume, rather than per seat. Most customers start with a 90-day pilot.