AI SDR — Autopilot
A free AI SDR that finds your ideal leads and runs autonomous outreach — email out of the box, AI voice calls when you switch on Voice Autopilot.
- ·Describe your ICP once — Autopilot keeps finding and enrolling matching leads on its own
- ·Autonomous email outreach out of the box, sent from your own connected mailboxes
- ·Optional live AI voice calls once you enable Voice Autopilot + an active voice agent + a call step
- ·Daily enrolment caps, ramp-up, and skip-open-deal guards keep it safe and on-pace
- ·Every enrolled lead, reply and booked meeting is a tracked record in the free CRM
- ·Bring your own AI key — no per-lead or per-credit metering on top
- Found a matching leadAutoICP: fintech · 20–200 · India + US
- Enrolled + emailedAutoAutonomous · your mailbox
- AI voice callOpt-inRuns when Voice Autopilot is on
- Meeting bookedTracked in your free CRM
"Autonomous" usually means "expensive" and "opaque"
The current wave of AI SDR tools promises a robot that prospects and books meetings while you sleep — then charges a premium per-agent or per-meeting fee, bundles a data source you cannot swap, and hides the actual sends behind a dashboard you do not control. For a small team, the maths rarely works, and the moment a prospect replies you are back in a separate CRM re-keying the deal by hand.
- AI SDR seats priced like a headcount hire, before you have proof it books meetings
- A bundled contact database you cannot replace with your own source
- The AI sends from infrastructure you do not own or control
- A positive reply lands in the AI tool, not the CRM where your pipeline lives
The detail.
Autonomous email outreach, working out of the box
Turn Autopilot on, point it at an ideal-customer definition (title, headcount, geography, list, and the filters you already use for leads), and it does the tedious part continuously: it finds leads that match, respects your daily cap and ramp-up, skips anyone already in an open deal, and enrols the rest into your sequence. The email leg runs on the mailboxes you connected, through the same warmup, pacing, and compliance gate as a hand-built campaign. This is live today — a genuine autonomous SDR for the email channel, free.
AI voice calls are a switch you flip, not a default
The live AI voice-call leg — where the same engine places outbound calls and an AI voice agent talks to the lead — is config-gated on purpose, and we say so plainly. It activates only when you enable Voice Autopilot, connect an active AI voice agent, and add a call step to the sequence. We do not pretend the AI dials every lead the moment you sign up; calling carries cost and compliance weight, so it stays a deliberate choice you make, gated behind readiness checks rather than switched on silently.
One pipeline, not a black box
Because Autopilot is part of Autocloz and not a bolt-on, everything it does is visible and owned by you. Each enrolment, each reply, each booked meeting is a first-class record on the lead timeline; every skip and defer carries a human-readable reason so you always know why a lead was held. The AI runs on your own key, so there is no per-lead surcharge, and the leads it sources feed the same free CRM, unified inbox, dialer and booking pages you already run.
vs. 11x (Alice) / Artisan (Ava) / Apollo AI
The honest comparison — what changes when you switch.
Four things you won’t find elsewhere.
Autonomous email is free, not a premium add-on
The out-of-the-box AI SDR — find matching leads, enrol them, run the email sequence autonomously — is part of the free-forever platform. You prove it books meetings before you ever pay, on your own mailboxes.
Honest about voice — config-gated, not silently on
Live AI voice calling is powerful and costly, so it is a switch you flip (Voice Autopilot + an active voice agent + a call step), not a default we quietly bill you for. We label the line between live and opt-in rather than overclaim a robot that dials everyone from day one.
Bring your own AI key and your own data
The AI runs on your OpenAI / Anthropic / Groq key with no per-lead or per-credit metering on top, and you source leads from your own list, API, or Apify actor — not a database you are locked into renting.
It lives inside your pipeline
Every lead the AI SDR sources and every reply it earns is a tracked record in the same free CRM, unified inbox and reporting as your other channels — no export, no reconciliation, no black box.
How teams actually use this.
Founder who wants pipeline without hiring an SDR
The founder defines an ICP once — Series A fintech, 20–200 people, India + US — and turns Autopilot on with a conservative daily cap. Each morning it has found and enrolled a fresh batch into the email sequence on the founder's own mailbox, ramped gently so the domain stays healthy. Replies surface in the unified inbox as tracked leads, ready to book.
Team adding AI voice to a working email motion
After a month of autonomous email enrolment, the team decides to add calls. They enable Voice Autopilot, connect their AI voice agent, and drop a call step after the second email. Now the same engine that sourced and emailed the lead also places an AI voice call on the days it is scheduled — a deliberate upgrade, not a surprise on the invoice.
Ops lead who needs to see why every lead moved
The ops lead cannot ship a black box to the team. Autopilot gives them an auditable trail: every enrolment, every skip-open-deal, every defer with a human-readable reason, all on the lead timeline. The AI SDR behaves like a teammate whose work you can inspect, not a vendor dashboard that only shows a meeting count.
Specific to this channel.
What does the AI SDR actually do out of the box?+
The moment Autopilot is on, it works as an autonomous email SDR: it keeps finding leads that match your ideal-customer definition and enrols them into your sequence on its own, sending from your connected mailboxes through the same warmup, pacing and compliance gate as a hand-built campaign. No daily list-pulling and no manual enrolment — that part is live today and free.
Does the AI actually phone my leads automatically?+
Only when you switch it on. The live AI voice-call leg is config-gated: it activates when you enable Voice Autopilot, connect an active AI voice agent, and add a call step to the sequence. We do not pretend the AI dials every lead the instant you sign up — calling carries cost and compliance weight, so it stays a deliberate choice, not a silent default.
Why is voice gated instead of just on?+
Autonomous calling is powerful but it spends money and it touches TCPA, DNC and quiet-hours rules. Turning it on by default would risk both your budget and your compliance posture. Gating it behind explicit readiness (Voice Autopilot enabled, an active voice agent, and a call step in the sequence) keeps you in control of when the AI starts dialling.
Is the AI SDR really free?+
The autonomous email leg — sourcing matching leads and enrolling them into your sequence automatically — is part of the free-forever plan. You bring your own AI key, so there is no per-lead or per-credit surcharge on top. Higher per-channel volume and the AI voice leg sit on paid plans, but you can prove the AI SDR books meetings before you pay.
Where do leads and replies go?+
Into the same free CRM as everything else. Every lead Autopilot sources, every reply it earns, and every meeting it books is a tracked record on the lead timeline, in your unified inbox and your reporting — not a separate tool you reconcile. That is the point of an AI SDR that lives inside your pipeline.
How does it decide which leads to enrol?+
You define an ideal-customer profile using the same filters you use for leads — title, headcount, geography, list membership, and custom fields. Autopilot matches against that definition, respects your daily cap and ramp-up, and skips anyone already in an open deal so you never double-touch a live opportunity.
Will it burn my sending reputation?+
No. Autonomous enrolment runs through the same guardrails as a manual campaign: per-mailbox warmup ramps, daily caps you set, ramp-up on new configs, and the compliance gate. You can start conservative and raise the cap as you build trust in the results.
Can I see and control what it does?+
Yes. Every enrolment, skip and defer is logged with a human-readable reason on the lead timeline, so you always know why a lead was enrolled or held. You can pause, edit the ICP, change caps, or turn Autopilot off at any time — it is a teammate whose work you can inspect, not a black box.
Do I have to use your contact database?+
No — there isn't one to lock you in. You bring leads via CSV, API, or a per-org Apify actor, and Autopilot works against the leads in your CRM. That keeps your spend off per-record database fees and lets you use whatever data source you trust.
How is this different from 11x, Artisan or Apollo's AI?+
Those tools lead with a branded AI agent and premium, often per-seat or per-meeting pricing, usually on a bundled data source. Autocloz gives you the autonomous email SDR free, is honest that live AI voice is a config-gated opt-in, runs on your own AI key and your own data, and keeps every lead in a free CRM with all five channels — not a standalone agent you bolt onto your stack.
The full story.
An AI SDR — an AI sales rep that autonomously prospects and works your outbound — is the headline promise of tools like 11x, Artisan and Apollo's AI. Autocloz Autopilot delivers the honest version of that promise: define your ideal customer once and it keeps finding matching leads and enrolling them into your sequence on its own, running autonomous email outreach out of the box, free, on the mailboxes you already connected. There is no per-agent seat to buy before you have proof it books meetings.
The phrase most AI SDR marketing skips is 'config-gated'. Autocloz will place live AI voice calls through the same autonomous engine — but only after you enable Voice Autopilot, connect an active AI voice agent, and add a call step to the sequence. We frame this plainly because autonomous cold calling spends real money and touches TCPA, DNC and quiet-hours rules; it should be a switch you flip deliberately, not a default that dials every lead the moment you sign up. That honesty is the difference between a demo and a dependable free AI SDR.
As an 11x alternative or an Artisan alternative, the wedge is ownership and price. Those platforms lead with a branded agent (Alice, Ava) on premium, often per-seat or per-meeting pricing, usually tied to a bundled data source. Autocloz runs the AI on your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Groq key with no per-lead metering, sources leads from your own list, API or Apify actor, and keeps every reply in a free-forever CRM alongside email, calling, LinkedIn, SMS and WhatsApp — so the AI SDR is a teammate inside your pipeline, not a standalone agent bolted onto a stack you still have to reconcile.
Autonomous outreach only earns trust when it is transparent. Every lead Autopilot enrols, every open deal it skips, and every lead it defers is logged with a human-readable reason on the lead timeline, so an ops lead can inspect exactly what the AI did and why. Daily caps, ramp-up and skip-open-deal guards keep it on-pace and safe; you can start conservative, watch the results in the same reporting as your other channels, and raise the limits as you build confidence. That is what a free AI SDR should be: real autonomous work you can see, own and control.