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AI tools for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel: what they do and what they cost

AI sales tools find and research prospects, enrich contact data, run email and call sequences, record and summarize calls and update the CRM. Reps use the output to decide whom to contact and what to say.

Will AI replace sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel? Partly. They score 54 out of 100 on our scale, where higher is safer ( D; could be 2034–2042). See which tasks AI can do in this job.

We have not tested these tools. Each entry says what the vendor says its tool does, matched to tasks from this job's official description, with prices as listed on the vendor's site on October 3, 2026. Prices change; check before you buy. No tool pays to be listed and we earn nothing from these links.

Salesforce · CRM

Sales Cloud

A CRM whose AI agents prospect, research accounts, draft sales emails and summarize calls.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Maintain customer records using automated systems.
  • Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows.

Free Suite $0; Starter Suite $25/user/month (billed monthly or annually); Pro Suite $100/user/month (billed annually); Core $195/user/month (billed annually); Advanced $395/user/month (billed annually); Max $550/user/month (billed annually). AI can be added to Core and above; Max includes Agentforce for Sales. · free plan, free trial (checked October 3, 2026)

Vendor site
HubSpot · CRM and sales engagement

Sales Hub

Runs outreach sequences, records and summarizes meetings and suggests CRM updates.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Maintain customer records using automated systems.
  • Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs.

Free $0 (up to 2 users); Starter $7/mo/seat billed annually (limited-time 65% off) or $10/mo/seat billed monthly (limited-time 50% off); Professional $90/mo/seat billed annually or $100/mo/seat billed monthly; Enterprise $175/mo/seat. Paid plans include HubSpot Credits for AI features. · free plan, free trial (checked October 3, 2026)

Vendor site
Gong · revenue intelligence / call recording

Gong

Records and summarizes sales calls, updates CRM fields and picks out competitor mentions.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Maintain customer records using automated systems.
  • Monitor market conditions, innovations, and competitors' services, prices, and sales.

Price not published (checked October 3, 2026)

Vendor site
Apollo.io · sales intelligence and engagement

Apollo.io

Builds prospect lists from a B2B contact database and runs email sequences.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows.
  • Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs.

Free $0 (900 credits/seat/year); Basic $49/seat/month billed annually; Professional $79/seat/month billed annually; Organization $119/seat/month billed annually (min 3 seats). Add-ons: Inbound and Advanced Dialer $119 per team per month billed annually. Annual billing saves 24%; monthly prices not captured. · free plan, free trial (checked October 3, 2026)

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Outreach · sales engagement

Outreach

Runs email and call sequences with AI agents that research accounts and personalize outreach.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs.

Price not published (checked October 3, 2026)

Vendor site
LinkedIn · prospecting / lead data

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Finds leads and accounts with search filters and alerts, and drafts outreach messages.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows.

Core US$119.99/month or US$1,079.88/year per license; Advanced US$159.99/month or US$1,799.88/year per license; Advanced Plus custom (request demo). · free trial (checked October 3, 2026)

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Clay · lead data enrichment

Clay

Pulls contact and company data from many providers, researches accounts and syncs enriched leads to the CRM.

Tasks in this job it helps with
  • Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows.
  • Maintain customer records using automated systems.

Free (100 Data Credits, 500 Actions/mo); Launch $185/mo or $167/mo billed annually; Growth $495/mo or $446/mo billed annually; Enterprise custom pricing with annual commitment. Data Credits from $0.05 each. · free plan, free trial (checked October 3, 2026)

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