Compare/Head to head

AiSDR vs Explee

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

AiSDR

$250/mo

AI SDR that prospects on signals, runs email and LinkedIn, and books meetings (Ami). Solo is $250/mo; no free trial.

Where AiSDR fits

  • Founder-led sales that want an AI SDR with a public price
  • HubSpot or Salesforce shops
  • Teams comparing Ava and Ami
  • Buyers who will not wait on a quote

Explee

$0.04/email

Hands-off cold email for a small team with no SDR and no sending setup: Explee researches your market, finds the prospects, writes and sends the emails from its own warmed inboxes, answers replies and books meetings. You pay about $0.04 per email sent, with no subscription, and a $30 starting credit covers roughly 750 emails.

Where Explee fits

  • Founders and small sales teams with no SDR who want outbound running without building it
  • Recruitment agencies running client business development to new hiring managers
  • Teams that want to test cold email without buying domains and warming mailboxes
  • Buyers who prefer paying per email sent over a monthly subscription

At a glance

DetailAiSDRExplee
Starting price$250/mo$0.04/email
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underLead generation, OutreachLead generation, Outreach

Where they pull apart

AiSDR

Stands out: A public $250 Solo plan (200 AI-researched contacts) with HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Clay and Calendly named, and cancel-anytime terms.

Watch out: Explore is $900/mo and Scale $2,500. There is no free trial; the vendor says warmup makes a 30-day window pointless. Per-campaign managed service is extra.

Not the right fit for

  • People who need a $40 sequencer
  • Teams that insist on a free trial
  • Enterprises that want a fully managed $2,500 desk on day one without knowing Solo

Explee

Stands out: Nothing to set up on the sending side. Emails go out from Explee's own pool of pre-warmed inboxes, never your mailbox or domain, so there are no domains to buy, no DNS records and no warmup period, and your own domain's reputation is never exposed. Billing follows emails actually sent rather than seats or a monthly plan, so a light month costs little.

Watch out: Because sending runs through Explee's inboxes, the outreach does not come from your own domain and you do not control those mailboxes. The agent picks the prospects and writes the emails itself; every campaign shows its lead list and lets you preview the template against real leads before launch, so check both before it starts. Booking connects to schedulers, but the vendor names no CRM sync.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that must send from their own domain and mailboxes
  • Sales teams that need replies and meetings logged straight into Salesforce or HubSpot CRM
  • Recruiters who want candidate sourcing rather than B2B lead generation

Pros and cons

AiSDR

  • Public $250 Solo instead of a pure quote
  • HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Clay named
  • Honest no-trial FAQ
  • No free trial
  • Explore/Scale are $900/$2,500
  • 200 contacts on Solo is not a team motion

Explee

  • No domains, mailboxes, DNS or warmup to set up before sending
  • Pay per email sent with no subscription or seat fee
  • Covers research, prospect lists, writing, replies and booking in one agent
  • Email goes out from Explee's inboxes, not your own domain
  • No CRM sync named by the vendor, only meeting schedulers
  • Less control over who is contacted and what is said than a sequencer you run yourself

What each one costs

AiSDR

$250/mo

Solo starts at $250/mo (200 AI-researched contacts). Explore is $900/mo and Scale is $2,500/mo with higher contact and mailbox limits. Explore and Scale use quarterly contracts billed monthly; annual plans take ~20% off. No free trial; cancel anytime.

Checked 8 Sep 2026

Explee

$0.04/email

Pay as you go with no subscription: about $0.04 per email actually sent. A $30 starting credit covers roughly 750 emails. Bulk data is priced separately, with deep research from $5 per 1,000 records and emails from $10 per 1,000. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Oct 2026

Common questions

Is AiSDR cheaper than Explee?
Explee starts lower, at $0.04/email against $250/mo for AiSDR. That is the entry plan on each side, so the real number depends on seats and the tier you land on.
Can you try AiSDR or Explee for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 8 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?