Dials · Qualifies · Handles objections · Books meetings
AI cold calling that books meetings into your calendar
Your AI SDR dials your list, discloses it is an AI, qualifies every lead, handles objections and books meetings straight into your calendar, then syncs to your CRM. Compliance-first by design.
Run the call to watch the AI disclose, qualify, handle the objection and book the meeting.
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Compliance-first · AI disclosed on every call · DNC respected · books into your calendar
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What changes
Book more meetings without adding headcount
Most dialers just connect calls. ColdCalls.ai runs the whole outbound job, dialing, disclosing, qualifying, handling objections and booking, so the meetings show up on your reps' calendars.
Book more meetings
The agent dials your list, qualifies in real time and books straight into your calendar, so your reps walk into days full of meetings instead of dialing all morning.
Cut SDR cost ~90%
A loaded human SDR runs $110k to $150k a year and caps near 60 dials a day. Your AI SDR scales calls for a fraction of the cost and never burns out.
Never miss compliance
AI is disclosed on every call, federal and internal DNC lists are scrubbed in real time, and calling hours are respected. Compliance is built in, not bolted on.
Sync to your CRM
Every call, outcome and promise is logged to your CRM and every booked meeting lands in your calendar, so pipeline moves without anyone copying notes.
Figures are typical outcomes for outbound teams that put dialing on autopilot, not guarantees.
The numbers
US sales development benchmarks for 2026
What a human SDR team actually costs and produces, from named primary sources rather than recycled listicle numbers. This is the math that decides whether AI cold calling is worth it for you.
| Benchmark | Median / average | Top quartile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDR on-target earnings | $80,000 ($55k base + $25k variable) | n/a | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Annual SDR turnover | 40% a year | 21% (25th pct) | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Ramp to full productivity | 3.0 months | n/a | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Average SDR tenure | 1.9 years | n/a | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Phone dials per SDR per day | 44 | n/a | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Quality conversations per SDR per day | 4.1 | n/a | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Reps hitting quota | 60% | n/a | Bridge Group, 2025 |
| Cold call connect rate | 5.4% | 13.3% | Gong, 300M calls |
| Calls needed per conversation | 19 | 8 | Gong, 300M calls |
| Meetings set per conversation | 4.6% | 16.7% | Gong, 300M calls |
What the numbers say: a median US SDR earns $80,000 on target, takes three months to ramp, stays 1.9 years, and turns over at 40% a year. They place 44 dials a day and get 4.1 real conversations out of them, because the average cold call connects 5.4% of the time and takes 19 dials to produce one conversation. Only 60% of reps hit quota.
That is the case for putting repeatable outbound on an AI agent. The constraint on a human team is not effort, it is that a person can only make 44 calls a day and needs 19 of them to reach one human. An AI SDR runs those dials concurrently at a flat fee, with no ramp and no turnover, and hands your reps only the conversations worth having.
Sources: The Bridge Group, Sales Development Models, Metrics, and Compensation Research (2025 edition, 351 B2B companies, data reflecting 2024); Gong, The hidden power of cold calling: insights from 300M calls (2024). Gong's sample is drawn from its own customer base. Last updated July 2026.
How it works
Upload a list, then your AI SDR does the rest
Set it up in minutes on top of the CRM and calendar you already use. The agent dials, discloses, qualifies and books, and you watch the meetings land.
Upload your list
Drop in your outbound list and sync your CRM and calendar. DNC scrubbing runs before the first dial. No new phone system to learn.
The AI dials and discloses
It calls each lead and discloses it is an AI in the first sentence, then runs a natural, two-way conversation with sub-second responses.
Qualifies and handles objections
It asks your qualifying questions, handles objections in real time, and logs every promise and outcome to your CRM.
Books the meeting and syncs
It checks your calendar, books a qualified meeting and sends the invite, then syncs the full conversation to your CRM.
The compliance-first difference
Outbound that closes, without the compliance landmines
The whole category is haunted by trust and legality fears. We make compliance the headline, not the fine print, so you can scale outbound with confidence.
- AI is disclosed on every call, in the first sentences, FCC-aligned
- Federal and internal DNC lists scrubbed in real time, opt-outs honored instantly
- TCPA and PEWC aware, with state rules like Texas SB 140 built into config
- Configurable calling hours per timezone, so you never dial outside the window
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Calls placed
63
Meetings booked
100%
AI disclosed
Illustrative sample dashboard, not live customer data.
Solutions
One AI SDR for the whole outbound job
Anatomy of a call
What the agent actually says, beat by beat
Every ColdCalls.ai call follows the same five beats. The transcript below is the sample call you can run yourself in the Call Studio above, with your own offer and lead details filled in.
Disclosure, first sentence
The agent says it is an AI on behalf of your company before it says anything else, then asks whether now is a bad time. Disclosure up front is a legal requirement in a growing number of states, and it is not tucked into the small print at the end of the call.
Qualify the person, then the need
It confirms the person actually owns the decision, then asks how they handle the problem today. Both answers are recorded as structured fields, not just free text, so an unqualified lead never reaches a rep's calendar.
Handle the objection
When it hears "we are not looking to switch", it acknowledges rather than argues, reframes around the cost of the current workaround, and asks for fifteen minutes instead of a decision. You write the rebuttals; the agent uses yours, not a generic one.
Book a concrete slot
It reads live availability from your connected calendar, offers two specific times, confirms one and sends the invite before the call ends. No "someone will follow up".
Log and comply
Recording, transcript, outcome and any opt-out are written to your CRM as the call ends. DNC status was checked before dialing and the call was placed inside the calling window you configured.
Hi Dana, quick heads up: this is an AI assistant calling on behalf of Acme Payroll. Is now a bad time?
Uh, I have got a couple of minutes.
Appreciate it. Are you the person who owns this kind of decision at Northwind?
I handle that with our team, yeah.
Got it. The reason I am reaching out is payroll software for 20-200 person companies. Roughly how are you handling that today?
Mostly manually, honestly. But we are not really looking to switch right now.
Totally fair. Most teams I talk to are not actively switching. Teams your size usually lose a few hours a week to the manual version. Worth 15 minutes to see if that is you?
Sure, that is fair.
Great. I see Thursday at 10am or Friday at 2pm open. Which works?
Thursday works.
Booked you for Thursday 10am, Dana. Your calendar invite is on the way. Thanks for your time!
Lead qualified · Synced to CRM · Within calling hours
This is the scripted demo call, not a recording of a customer. Run it in the Call Studio with your own offer to see how the wording adapts.
Compliance
The rules the agent dials inside
Outbound calling in the US sits under the TCPA, the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule and a growing set of state AI-disclosure laws. These controls are configured during onboarding, before the first call is placed. This is how the product is built, not legal advice.
AI disclosed on every call
The agent identifies itself as an AI in the opening sentence, in your wording. Texas SB 140 requires the disclosure within the first 30 seconds; ours is in the first line.
Real-time DNC scrubbing
Every number is checked against the federal Do Not Call registry and your own internal suppression list immediately before dialing, not on a nightly batch.
Configurable calling hours
Calling windows are set per campaign and evaluated against the lead's local time zone, so a list spanning four time zones does not produce an 8am call on the coast.
Instant opt-out and audit trail
A request to stop calling is honored on the call and written to your suppression list at once. Every call keeps a recording, transcript and outcome you can produce on request.
You remain responsible for your lists and your consent basis. General information, not legal advice.
Pricing
A full-time AI SDR for less than a part-time human one
Every plan is paid and fully managed. No free plan, no percentage of pipeline. Prices in USD. Pricing is planned, not yet open for purchase: join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment it opens.
Starter
Founders and small teams testing outbound
$499/mo
- 1 AI SDR seat
- ~1,500 connected minutes a month
- 1 calendar and 1 CRM connection
- AI disclosure and DNC scrubbing
- Email support
Growth
Scaling sales teams
$1,490/mo
- 3 AI SDR seats
- ~6,000 minutes a month
- Multi-calendar and CRM sync
- Objection-handling tuning
- Calling-hours config and priority support
Scale
High-volume outbound and agencies
$3,900/mo
- 10 AI SDR seats
- ~20,000 minutes a month
- Multi-brand and multi-client
- Advanced compliance controls
- Real-time DNC suppression and SLA
Regulated industry or a call center? See full pricing and the Enterprise plan.
Before you start
The questions sales teams ask first
Put your outbound on autopilot.
Upload your list and your AI SDR dials, discloses, qualifies, handles objections and books meetings into your calendar. Flat per-seat fee, compliance built in.