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AI SDR costs range widely depending on the vendor and tier. Early-stage tools like Tarvos target $200–$500/month. Mid-market tools like AiSDR run $750–$900/month. Enterprise tools like Artisan start at $1,500/month (up to $7,200/month) and typically require 12-month annual contracts. 11x starts at $5,000+/month with 12–24 month lock-in requirements.
A junior human SDR earning $55K base salary costs $6,000–$9,000/month fully-loaded. The breakdown: $4,600/month base salary, $920–$1,380/month in benefits (healthcare, payroll tax, 401k), $200–$500/month in tools (Sales Navigator, Outreach/Salesloft, Apollo), and $300–$500/month in manager overhead. Senior SDRs ($75–$90K base) run $8,500–$12,000/month fully-loaded.
Cost per meeting depends on your meeting targets. A typical human SDR books 8–15 meetings/month. At $7,000/month fully-loaded, that's $470–$875 per meeting. AI SDR tools at $750–$1,100/month all-in deliver $55–$220 per meeting if they hit targets — a 4–8x improvement in unit economics. The key caveat: AI SDR meeting quality and volume varies dramatically by vendor and ICP fit.
AiSDR is significantly cheaper. AiSDR runs $750–$900/month with no lock-in (month-to-month). Artisan starts at $1,500/month and requires annual contracts — meaning your minimum commitment is $18,000–$86,400/year before you've seen results. AiSDR also has far stronger verified reviews: 4.7/5 on G2 (90+ reviews) vs. Artisan's 1.7/5 on Trustpilot.
Annual savings per seat vs. a fully-loaded junior SDR ($7,000/month): AiSDR saves ~$71,000/year; Artisan saves ~$51,000–$66,000/year (depending on tier, despite the higher price it's still far below a human SDR); Tarvos targets ~$79,000–$80,000/year in savings. The savings math is compelling — the question is whether the AI SDR delivers equivalent or better pipeline than the human it replaces.
Yes — for both humans and AI SDRs. Human SDRs typically take 2–3 months to ramp to full productivity, meaning you pay 100% of the cost for 20–40% of the output for the first quarter. Enterprise AI SDRs (Artisan, 11x) also report 2–3 month configuration and warmup periods. Mid-market tools (AiSDR) typically go live in 2–4 hours. This calculator shows steady-state costs; add 2 months of zero-output cost to the human SDR total for a realistic first-year comparison.