Updated 11/02/2026 · next update 12/01/2026

AI SDR tool market, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinkingbut name searches are up 15% since October 2025

Visits, year on year, without Salesforge: -4.8%
Visits vs September 2026: +21%
Name searches vs October 2025: +15%

Every month I measure Google visits to the 18 AI SDR tool sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 593,528 visits, 13% more than a year ago and 21% more than in September 2026.

Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 329% in a year), who sits highest on Google, where the visitors live and what comes next.

Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking

AI SDR tool market: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

Visits from Google594Kvisits+13% vs a year ago
Name searches, US51.4Ksearches+15% vs October 2025
Top five sites90.9%of visitsApollo.io is the most visited
Expected in November562Kvisitslikely 470K to 655K

The tracked sites got 593,528 visits from Google in October 2026, 13% more than a year ago and 21% more than in September 2026. Salesforge gained more visits on its own than the whole market gained in a year. Without it, visits would be down 4.8% on a year ago instead of up 13.2%.
“ai sdr” gets about 1,600 US searches a month. People searched the site names 51,390 times in the US in September 2026, 15% more often than in October 2025.
2 tracked sites are on Google’s first page for “ai sdr”; the highest is AiSDR at position 3. Apollo.io is the most-visited site.
19.6% of visits came from the US (23.3% a year ago), then India, Canada and United Kingdom. The five most-visited sites took 90.9% of all visits.

1How many visits

In plain words: These sites got more visits from Google than a year ago (+13%), and October 2026 was a better month than September 2026 (+21%). Salesforge gained more visits on its own than the whole market gained in a year. Without it, visits would be down 4.8% on a year ago instead of up 13.2%.

Visits, October 2026: 593,528 (+13.2% on a year ago, +21.2% on September 2026)
US visits: 116,245 (-4.9% on a year ago)
24-month peak: 1,361,354 in January 2025

WorldVisits a month to AI SDR tool sites, worldwide

Low 353KHigh 1.4MAverage 626K

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Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.

Miles explains

Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 13% above a year ago, and 56% below the January 2025 high. One site winning or losing a ranking can swing a single month a lot.

2How many people went looking

People typed a site’s name into Google 15% more often than in October 2025 (+15%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.

Searches for "ai sdr": 1,600 a month in the US, 4,400 worldwide (12-month average)
Name searches, September 2026: 51,390 in the US (+14.7% since October 2025), 337,630 worldwide

USSearches a month for "ai sdr", United States

Low 1.3KHigh 2.4KAverage 1.7K

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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

Low 33.0KHigh 76.1KAverage 50.2K

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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO, to September 2026.

Most searched brand names, US, ordered by searches a month
Most searched by name, US	Searches a month
Apollo.io	40,500
Amplemarket	3,600
Artisan	1,600
Floworks	1,600
AiSDR	720
Salesforge	720
Landbase	590
Reply.io	590

Most searched by name, US

Apollo.io
Searches a month
40,500
Amplemarket
Searches a month
3,600
Artisan
Searches a month
1,600
Floworks
Searches a month
1,600
AiSDR
Searches a month
720
Salesforge
Searches a month
720
Landbase
Searches a month
590
Reply.io
Searches a month
590

Ordered by US searches for the brand name in September 2026. A measured order, not a ranking.

Miles explains

Name searches are the number I trust most. They are up 15%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

3Who is on Google's first page

2 tracked sites are on Google’s first page for “ai sdr”; the highest-placed is AiSDR, at position 3. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.

Ordered by US Google position for “ai sdr”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.

Google US positions for ai sdr, the first 15 of 18 tracked sites
Site	Google US	Tranco	Move in 41 days	Search visits
AiSDR	3	290,243	▲ 39,638	3,573
Knock AI	10	174,223	▲ 12,545	89,385
Apollo.io	–	7,450	▲ 83	278,254
Qualified	–	10,005	▲ 616	21,392
Amplemarket	–	76,046	▲ 38,264	9,886
Reply.io	–	115,071	▲ 1,780	28,939
Artisan	–	158,824	▲ 17,284	19,633
Salesforge	–	230,477	▲ 12,196	121,359
Regie.ai	–	242,125	▲ 25,895	941
11x	–	339,254	▲ 50,380	6,964
Landbase	–	443,497	▼ 15,394	6,788
Breakout	–	884,045	▲ 94,940	603
Persana AI	–	906,126	▲ 70,030	1,108
Topo	–	1,377,270	▲ 1,176,103	2,149
Floworks	–	2,130,907	▲ 1,414,112	180

Site

AiSDR
Google US
3
Tranco
290,243
Move in 41 days
▲ 39,638
Search visits
3,573
Knock AI
Google US
10
Tranco
174,223
Move in 41 days
▲ 12,545
Search visits
89,385
Apollo.io
Google US
–
Tranco
7,450
Move in 41 days
▲ 83
Search visits
278,254
Qualified
Google US
–
Tranco
10,005
Move in 41 days
▲ 616
Search visits
21,392
Amplemarket
Google US
–
Tranco
76,046
Move in 41 days
▲ 38,264
Search visits
9,886
Reply.io
Google US
–
Tranco
115,071
Move in 41 days
▲ 1,780
Search visits
28,939
Artisan
Google US
–
Tranco
158,824
Move in 41 days
▲ 17,284
Search visits
19,633
Salesforge
Google US
–
Tranco
230,477
Move in 41 days
▲ 12,196
Search visits
121,359
Regie.ai
Google US
–
Tranco
242,125
Move in 41 days
▲ 25,895
Search visits
941
11x
Google US
–
Tranco
339,254
Move in 41 days
▲ 50,380
Search visits
6,964
Landbase
Google US
–
Tranco
443,497
Move in 41 days
▼ 15,394
Search visits
6,788
Breakout
Google US
–
Tranco
884,045
Move in 41 days
▲ 94,940
Search visits
603
Persana AI
Google US
–
Tranco
906,126
Move in 41 days
▲ 70,030
Search visits
1,108
Topo
Google US
–
Tranco
1,377,270
Move in 41 days
▲ 1,176,103
Search visits
2,149
Floworks
Google US
–
Tranco
2,130,907
Move in 41 days
▲ 1,414,112
Search visits
180

Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 15 of 18 sites shown.

Miles explains

No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai sdr”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.

4Who grew, who faded

Biggest gain in October 2026: Knock AI (+68%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.

Biggest moves in October 2026

Biggest monthly gains
Up this month	Sep 26	Oct 26	Change
Knock AI	53,327	89,385	+67.6%
Qualified	16,059	21,392	+33.2%
Reply.io	24,230	28,939	+19.4%
Apollo.io	237,806	278,254	+17.0%
Artisan	16,812	19,633	+16.8%
Amplemarket	8,792	9,886	+12.4%

Up this month

Knock AI
Sep 26
53,327
Oct 26
89,385
Change
+67.6%
Qualified
Sep 26
16,059
Oct 26
21,392
Change
+33.2%
Reply.io
Sep 26
24,230
Oct 26
28,939
Change
+19.4%
Apollo.io
Sep 26
237,806
Oct 26
278,254
Change
+17.0%
Artisan
Sep 26
16,812
Oct 26
19,633
Change
+16.8%
Amplemarket
Sep 26
8,792
Oct 26
9,886
Change
+12.4%

Brand demand, since October 2025

Brand names searched more
Searched more	Oct 25	Sep 26	Change
Apollo.io	27,100	40,500	+49.4%

Searched more

Apollo.io
Oct 25
27,100
Sep 26
40,500
Change
+49.4%

Brand names searched less
Searched less	Oct 25	Sep 26	Change
Artisan	6,600	1,600	-75.8%
AiSDR	1,000	720	-28.0%

Searched less

Artisan
Oct 25
6,600
Sep 26
1,600
Change
-75.8%
AiSDR
Oct 25
1,000
Sep 26
720
Change
-28.0%

Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

5Where the visitors live

About 20 of every 100 visits come from the United States.

US share of visits: 19.6% (23.3% a year ago)
Largest outside the US: India, Canada and United Kingdom
US share of "ai sdr" searches: 36%

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

Low 18.4High 44.2Average 29

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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Visits by country, the ten largest outside the US
Country	Search visits a month	Share of the measured countries
India	168,804	72.4%
Canada	21,556	9.2%
United Kingdom	17,478	7.5%
Brazil	9,062	3.9%
France	8,905	3.8%
Germany	4,129	1.8%
Australia	3,278	1.4%

Country

India
Search visits a month
168,804
Share of the measured countries
72.4%
Canada
Search visits a month
21,556
Share of the measured countries
9.2%
United Kingdom
Search visits a month
17,478
Share of the measured countries
7.5%
Brazil
Search visits a month
9,062
Share of the measured countries
3.9%
France
Search visits a month
8,905
Share of the measured countries
3.8%
Germany
Search visits a month
4,129
Share of the measured countries
1.8%
Australia
Search visits a month
3,278
Share of the measured countries
1.4%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the single biggest market, but only about 20 in every 100 visits. India alone is 72.4% of the countries I measure outside it.

6Links and ratings

The tracked sites had 47,328 referring domains between them in October 2026 (17 of the 18 sites measured); this is the first reading, so there is no year-on-year figure yet. The average Domain Rating is 58. Apollo.io has the strongest link profile at DR 85.

Strongest link profiles by Domain Rating
By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)	DR
Apollo.io	85
Reply.io	78
Artisan	75
Qualified	74
Salesforge	72
11x	71
Landbase	71
AiSDR	70

By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)

Apollo.io
DR
85
Reply.io
DR
78
Artisan
DR
75
Qualified
DR
74
Salesforge
DR
72
11x
DR
71
Landbase
DR
71
AiSDR
DR
70

Most referring domains
By referring domains	Domains
Apollo.io	17,143
Reply.io	7,120
Artisan	4,098
Salesforge	2,906
Landbase	2,772
Regie.ai	2,458
Amplemarket	2,454
11x	2,203

By referring domains

Apollo.io
Domains
17,143
Reply.io
Domains
7,120
Artisan
Domains
4,098
Salesforge
Domains
2,906
Landbase
Domains
2,772
Regie.ai
Domains
2,458
Amplemarket
Domains
2,454
11x
Domains
2,203

Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.