An SDR costs $60k-$80k/year fully loaded, and quits in 18 months on average. AI sales assistant costs a fraction, never quits, and works the same job 24/7. Here's the breakdown.
Same job, different physics.
Evenings, weekends, holidays, every lead gets a response in seconds.
500+ calls/day per agent. Outreach scales without hiring.
Searchable, taggable, linked to the contact record. Never a missed detail.
Trained in days, never quits, never has a bad week.
A sales development rep costs a salary plus benefits, works set hours, handles one conversation at a time, takes months to ramp, and eventually moves on. Launched does the high-volume response, qualification and booking work of an SDR, instantly, around the clock, for a fraction of the cost.
An SDR: tens of thousands a year plus benefits and tools. Launched: a predictable subscription that's a fraction of one hire, see pricing.
An SDR works ~40 hours and one conversation at a time. Launched answers every call and lead 24/7, unlimited at once, nights and weekends included.
An SDR has good days and bad days and forgets follow-ups. Launched follows up every single lead on schedule, every time, through automated nurture.
An SDR takes months to train and may quit. Launched is live in a couple of weeks and never churns, your process stays consistent.
Many teams use both | Launched handles instant response, qualification and booking, freeing your closers to do what humans do best.
It replaces the high-volume work, instant response, qualification, follow-up and booking. For complex closing, it hands warm, qualified prospects to your people.
Launched typically costs a fraction of a single SDR's salary while covering more hours and more leads, with no benefits, tools or turnover costs.
Usually better, they get an instant, consistent response instead of waiting for a callback, and complex needs still reach a human.
Absolutely. Most teams use Launched to feed their closers warm, booked, qualified opportunities so reps spend time only on real conversations.
Yes, 24/7, capturing and booking leads when a human rep would be off the clock.
Most businesses are live within a couple of weeks, far faster than recruiting and ramping a hire.
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