AI Tools for Cold Calling: 15 Products Compared by Job and Price (2026)

AI tools for cold calling do one of five jobs. AI dialers place the calls and tell a live answer from a voicemail: Koncert, Nooks, Orum, Salesfinity and Trellus. Live coaching prompts the rep during the call: Balto and Trellus. AI role-play lets reps practice cold calls and discovery calls before the real one: Hyperbound, Second Nature, Yoodli and Trellus. AI voice agents place the call themselves: Bland, Retell AI and Synthflow. Conversation intelligence records and analyzes calls afterward: Avoma, Fathom and Gong.

On November 14, 2026, seven of these 15 products showed a price on their own pricing pages. The other eight show no price, and one of those, Hyperbound, lists a free plan.

Trellus publishes this guide and is one of the products in it. Details about other products come from each vendor’s own website, read on November 14, 2026. Nothing here is a hands-on test or a ranking; the table is alphabetical.

AI cold calling software compared

Every row was read on the vendor’s own pages on November 14, 2026, and links them. Prices are in US dollars, before usage and add-ons. Each product is listed once, under the job its page leads with. Several do more than one job, as the sections below note.

The five jobs AI does in cold calling

AI cold calling software is not one category. Each product above leads with one of five jobs, and the job decides what to compare.

AI dialers: power and parallel dialing

A power dialer calls one number at a time from a list. A parallel dialer calls several numbers at once and connects the rep to whoever answers. The AI in a dialer works between the dials: it tells a person from a voicemail, a phone tree or a dead number, and some dialers use it to pick who to call first. On their own pages:

• Koncert says its AI filters through voicemails, phone trees, busy signals and bad numbers, detects a live answered call and connects it to the rep.
• Nooks describes parallel dialing that detects pickups in milliseconds and prioritizes the prospects most likely to answer.
• Orum says its Operator runs up to 5 lines at once, identifies every pickup as a human, screener, voicemail or phone tree, and surfaces the hottest leads first.
• Salesfinity says voicemails, busy signals, call screeners and dead numbers are filtered out before the rep hears them, and that each number is scored by how likely it is to be answered.
• Trellus calls up to five lines at once on eligible plans. Its Hot Numbers feature, in beta, can order eligible contacts by estimated pickup likelihood.

For more dialers, see AI power dialers for sales teams and the guide to cold calling dialers.

Live coaching on the call

Live coaching listens to the call and shows the rep a prompt while the prospect is still on the line. Balto says it follows each live conversation and surfaces guidance in real time. Its page describes the product as support for contact center agents. Trellus shows a live transcript, keeps the newest suggestion on top and adds pace and talk-time cues.

Some products listed under other jobs describe live prompts too. Nooks describes Live Battlecards that trigger when a competitor or objection is mentioned. Salesfinity says its Live Assist shows reps what to say next. Avoma describes an Answer Assistant that gives reps real-time Answer Cards for objections. A longer list is in real-time sales coaching software.

AI role-play software for cold call practice

AI role-play software plays the buyer, so a rep can rehearse a call and get a score before a real prospect hears it. On their own pages:

• Hyperbound says reps can rehearse cold calls, discovery, objections and demos with an AI buyer, and that conversations are scored against customizable scorecards.
• Second Nature describes AI personas that act like real buyers, and says its AI evaluates performance after every session. Its home page names discovery calls and objection handling as scenarios.
• Yoodli says it gives every rep unlimited AI role-play practice on cold calls, discovery and objection handling, scored against the team’s methodology.
• Trellus lets managers build practice bots with a persona, an opening line and the objections to raise. Reps practice by voice and get a graded score.

Two dialer vendors also list practice features. Orum’s pricing page lists AI Roleplay Agents under AI Coaching and Enablement, and Salesfinity’s lists practice calls. More products are in AI sales role-play tools.

AI voice agents that place the call

An AI voice agent talks to the person who answers. No rep is on the line unless the agent transfers the call. Vendors also call this conversational AI or an AI calling agent. On their own pages:

• Bland says its voice agents call a lead the moment it comes in, qualify with the team’s script and book meetings into reps’ calendars. Its page describes calls started by a form submission, a webhook or a CRM trigger.
• Retell AI describes AI phone agents that answer and place calls, qualify leads, book appointments and transfer to a human when needed. It says an agent can run batch call campaigns from a list.
• Synthflow says its AI voice agents answer and make phone calls for contact centers, BPOs and multi-location brands, book appointments and detect voicemail.

The consent rules for calls that use an AI-generated voice are covered in the guide to AI outbound sales calls. This page is not legal advice.

Conversation intelligence for cold call analysis

Conversation intelligence records and transcribes calls, then analyzes them. On their own pages:

• Avoma says its AI Scorecards automate call scoring, and that it tracks trends like competitor mentions and objections.
• Fathom calls itself an AI meeting partner that delivers meeting notes, deal summaries and action items from every call. It says its AI Scorecards grade calls against a chosen sales methodology.
• Gong says it records and transcribes every sales call, meeting and email, and that AI models analyze conversations for key topics, objections, competitor mentions and buying signals.

More products are in conversation intelligence for sales.

What AI cold calling tools cost

Seven of the 15 products publish a price. Published prices on November 14, 2026, by job:

• Dialing. Trellus Power is $99.99 per seat per month, and Power + Parallel is $149.99. Salesfinity Gold is $249 per license a month on the annual plan, and Enterprise is $299 per license a month, billed annually. Koncert, Nooks and Orum quote on request.
• Live coaching. Balto has one plan, Balto Plus, priced per seat, with no number shown. Trellus live coaching is in the Business plan, which is custom. Avoma’s Conversation Intelligence add-on, which lists a real-time Answer Assistant, is $29 per seat a month, billed annually.
• Practice. Yoodli’s individual plans are $8 a month for Pro and $20 a month for Advanced, billed annually. Its Business plan for teams is per seat, billed annually, with no number shown. Hyperbound lists a free plan with 45 prebuilt AI role-plays and says its paid plans are priced per user. Second Nature has no pricing page. Trellus includes unlimited AI practice calls in Power + Parallel.
• AI voice agents. Bland Start is $0.14 a minute of talk time with a $0 platform fee. Bland Build is $0.12 a minute of talk time plus a $299 a month platform fee. Retell AI’s pay-as-you-go plan is $0.07 to $0.31 a minute for AI voice agents. Synthflow is sold as an annual enterprise agreement.
• Analysis. Avoma Startup is $19 per recorder seat a month, billed annually. Fathom Team is $15 per user a month in the annual view, with a two-user minimum. Gong prices licenses per user and adds a platform fee, with no number shown.

Free plans and trials. Fathom and Hyperbound list a free plan, and Yoodli says individuals can get started for free. Avoma lists a free 14-day trial of its Organization plan. Retell AI’s pay-as-you-go plan comes with $10 in free credits. Orum’s pricing page mentions a free trial limited to 500 dials. Trellus has no free plan and no free trial.

The price depends on:

• The unit. The dialing, practice and analysis products with a published price charge per seat, user or license. The AI voice agents with a published price charge per minute.
• The billing term. Fathom Team is $15 per user a month in the annual view and $19 monthly. Salesfinity Gold is $249 on the annual plan and $299 month to month.
• Platform fees. Bland Build adds $299 a month. Gong adds a platform fee based on the number of users.
• What a per-minute rate covers. Bland says the language model, speech-to-text and text-to-speech are included in its per-minute rate. It lists a separate rate for transfer time: $0.05 a minute on Start and $0.04 on Build. Retell AI’s estimate splits its rate into voice infrastructure, the language model, text-to-speech and telephony.

How to choose AI cold calling software

Choose by the bottleneck, not by the feature list.

• Not enough conversations. Start with a dialer. A power dialer suits contacts that need a look before each call. A parallel dialer suits a prepared list where waiting through rings is the real cost. Check how many lines it runs, how it tells a person from a voicemail and what it logs to the CRM.
• Reps struggle with live objections. Look at live coaching. Check who writes the guidance, where the prompt appears on the rep’s screen and which calls it works on.
• New reps need practice. Look at AI role-play. Check whether managers can build scenarios from the team’s own objections or recorded calls, and how each practice call is scored.
• Managers cannot review enough calls. Look at conversation intelligence. For cold call analysis, check that the product records calls from the team’s dialer and not only video meetings, that scorecards can follow the team’s own method, and that it tracks objections and competitor mentions across calls.
• The team wants calls placed without a rep. Look at an AI voice agent. Check what starts a call, when the agent hands off to a person and what the per-minute rate includes.

Ask each vendor to show the product on the team’s own list and calls, and get the price in a dated written quote. None of these tools guarantees more meetings.

Where Trellus fits

Trellus is a Chrome extension that adds power and parallel dialing inside the CRM or sales engagement platform a team already uses. Reps call from the lists and queues they already work, and calls are logged there. The integrations directory lists 31 platforms. On this page Trellus is listed for dialing, live coaching and practice.

• Dialing. Power dialing calls one number at a time. Parallel dialing calls up to five lines at once on eligible plans. When someone picks up, the rep is connected and the other lines stop. After the call, AI fills in the result and a summary for the rep to review.
• Live coaching. Real-time coaching shows a live transcript, keeps the newest suggestion on top and adds pace and talk-time cues. Managers write the guidance for call moments such as an objection, a competitor mention or pricing.
• Practice. In AI role-play, managers build practice bots with a persona, an opening line and the objections to raise. Reps practice by voice in 17 languages and variants and get a graded score. An admin can turn part of a recorded call into a role-play.

Trellus also has voice agents that answer inbound calls and place outbound calls. They are set up with the Trellus team.

Power is $99.99 per seat per month. Power + Parallel is $149.99 and adds parallel dialing and unlimited AI practice calls. Business is custom and adds real-time coaching, team analytics and conversation intelligence. There is no seat minimum, no free plan and no free trial. See Trellus pricing.

Frequently asked questions

What is AI cold calling software?

AI cold calling software is any tool that uses AI in outbound sales calls. It does one of five jobs: dialing, live coaching on the call, practice before the call, placing the call with an AI voice agent, or recording and analyzing the call afterward. Most products lead with one job.

What is the best AI cold calling software?

No single product is best for every team. For AI dialing, compare Koncert, Nooks, Orum, Salesfinity and Trellus. For live coaching, Balto and Trellus. For practice, Hyperbound, Second Nature, Yoodli and Trellus. For AI voice agents, Bland, Retell AI and Synthflow. For call analysis, Avoma, Fathom and Gong.

What are the top tools for cold call practice?

Four vendors on this page offer AI-powered call practice for B2B sales teams: Hyperbound, Second Nature, Yoodli and Trellus. Hyperbound and Yoodli name cold calls on their role-play pages. Trellus lets managers build practice bots with the team’s own opening line and objections. The list is alphabetical, not a ranking.

What is the best AI tool to practice sales discovery calls?

Three vendors here name discovery calls in their own descriptions. Hyperbound says reps can rehearse cold calls, discovery, objections and demos. Yoodli lists cold calls, discovery and objection handling. Second Nature names discovery calls among its role-play scenarios.

Which AI agents can make cold calls?

Bland, Retell AI and Synthflow sell AI voice agents that place outbound calls and talk to the person who answers. Bland and Retell AI publish per-minute prices. Synthflow is sold as an annual enterprise agreement. None is ranked or rated here.

What is conversational AI for cold calling?

Conversational AI for cold calling usually means an AI voice agent: software that speaks with the person who answers and can qualify a lead, book a meeting or transfer the call to a rep. Retell AI and Synthflow both describe their voice agent platforms as conversational AI. It is not the same as conversation intelligence, which analyzes calls made by people.

How do you choose conversation intelligence software for cold call analysis?

Check four things. First, that it records calls from the team’s dialer, not only video meetings. Second, that scorecards can follow the team’s own method. Third, that it tracks objections and competitor mentions across calls. Fourth, which plan or add-on holds those features and what it costs per seat. Avoma, Fathom and Gong are the analysis products on this page.

How much do AI cold calling tools cost?

On November 14, 2026, seven of the 15 products here published a price. Team plans with a published per-seat price ran from $15 per user a month (Fathom Team, annual view) to $299 per license a month (Salesfinity Enterprise, billed annually). AI voice agents were priced per minute: $0.07 to $0.31 at Retell AI, and $0.12 or $0.14 of talk time at Bland. Eight show no price.

Sources

Vendor pages read on November 14, 2026.

• Avoma: conversation intelligence and pricing
• Balto: real-time agent assist and pricing
• Bland: outbound sales and pricing
• Fathom: sales teams and pricing
• Gong: conversation intelligence and pricing
• Hyperbound: Hyperbound Practice and pricing
• Koncert: AI parallel dialer and pricing
• Nooks: AI dialer and pricing
• Orum: dialer and pricing
• Retell AI: product and pricing
• Salesfinity: AI parallel dialer and pricing
• Second Nature: product and home page
• Synthflow: product and pricing
• Yoodli: sales role-play and pricing
• Trellus: parallel dialer, power dialer, real-time coaching, AI role-play, voice agents, integrations and pricing