The AI Agents Examples: 16 Real Tools by Job (Checked)
AI agents are software that does a task for you instead of only answering questions. Real examples include Goodcall, which answers business phone calls, Intercom Fin, which resolves support conversations, Apollo.io, which researches prospects and writes outreach, and Claude Code, which edits code. Below are 16 products you can try, grouped by job.
Last checked: against our verified listings (dates on each tool page). Not affiliated with the companies listed. Based on public information — not tested by us unless a tool's page says "Tested by us". How we check.
What counts as an AI agent
A chatbot replies to what you type. An agent is described by its vendor as doing the work: answering a call, booking a meeting, resolving a ticket, running a workflow or writing code. Every example here is a product you can sign up for or request, listed in our directory after we checked the vendor's own page. We do not list demos, research projects or products we could not confirm.
AI agents examples by job
Phone and receptionist
- Goodcall: AI phone agent that answers business calls, captures leads, books appointments and texts call details. Best for: Small service businesses that miss calls and want an AI receptionist. Limit: No free plan; you can test a demo agent free but pay once a phone number is connected.
- Vapi: Developer platform for building, testing and deploying voice AI agents that make and answer phone calls. Best for: Developers and product teams building custom phone agents into their own software. Limit: Needs developer setup; total per-minute cost adds model, voice, transcription and telephony fees on top of Vapi hosting.
Sales and lead follow-up
- Apollo.io: Sales data platform with AI agents that research accounts, build lead lists, write outreach and book meetings. Best for: Sales teams and founders doing outbound prospecting who want data and outreach in one tool. Limit: Prices are not shown on the main pricing page (taken from Apollo's own plan-details article); free plans can only connect Gmail for email campaigns.
- 11x: AI sales agents (Alice for outbound, Julian for inbound) that research prospects, run multichannel outreach and book meetings. Best for: B2B sales teams that want to automate prospecting and inbound lead response. Limit: Pricing not published; requires a sales demo to get a quote.
Customer support
- Intercom Fin: AI customer service agent that answers and resolves customer conversations over chat, email, voice and social channels. Best for: Companies with steady support volume that want an AI agent to resolve tickets before they reach human staff. Limit: Usage-based per-outcome pricing makes monthly cost depend on volume; no free plan, only a trial.
- Tidio: Customer service platform with Lyro, an AI agent that answers chat questions, recommends products and hands off to staff. Best for: Ecommerce stores automating routine customer chat questions. Limit: Lyro AI agent is priced separately by conversation volume; free plan includes only 50 Lyro conversations.
Scheduling and meetings
- Chili Piper: Website conversion platform with AI agents that qualify, enrich, route and schedule meetings with inbound leads. Best for: B2B revenue teams converting inbound website demand into booked meetings. Limit: No free plan or trial; annual billing only with high starting price.
- Motion: AI work app that auto-schedules tasks on your calendar, plans projects and takes meeting notes. Best for: Individuals and teams who want tasks and meetings planned on their calendar automatically. Limit: No free plan (trial only); usage is credit-based.
- Fathom: AI meeting notetaker that records Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls (with or without a bot), writes summaries and action items, and syncs notes to your CRM. Best for: Owners, salespeople and small teams who spend the day on video calls and want automatic notes, action items and CRM updates without typing. Limit: Advanced summaries and AI action items need Premium or higher. CRM field sync, deal view and AI coaching scorecards are Business only. Team and Business plans need at least 2 users. Free plan limits are not spelled out on the pricing page. Sign-up with a Gmail/consumer email needs a scheduled Zoom/Meet/Teams meeting within 7 days.
Reviews, email and automation
- NiceJob: Review and reputation marketing software for service businesses: automatically texts and emails customers for reviews after each job, shows reviews on your website, and (on Pro) replies to reviews with AI. Best for: Home-service and other local service businesses (cleaners, plumbers, HVAC, auto, salons) that want more Google reviews without asking every customer by hand, especially if they already use Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan or QuickBooks. Limit: AI Replies and the marketing tools are Pro only ($135/mo). The AI Leads add-on ($99/mo) is early access. The Sites website add-on costs extra ($99/mo + $199 setup). Gifts needs a Jobber or QuickBooks connection.
- Fyxer AI: AI email assistant for Gmail and Outlook that sorts the inbox, drafts replies in your style and takes meeting notes. Best for: Busy professionals and small teams handling high email volume. Limit: Drafts are not sent automatically; you review and send them.
- Lindy: No-code AI agents that draft and reply to email, update CRMs, build reports and run recurring tasks on a schedule. Best for: Small teams that want to hand repetitive email, reporting and CRM work to no-code agents. Limit: No permanent free plan; the free start is $50 in credits that expire after 7 days.
- Zapier: Automation platform connecting 9,000+ apps, with Zapier Agents that carry out tasks across connected tools. Best for: Small teams that want to automate work across many SaaS apps without code. Limit: Free plan is limited to 100 tasks per month; Agents are priced separately from Zaps.
Coding
- Claude Code: Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads codebases, edits files, runs tests and opens pull requests. Best for: Developers and software teams who want an agent to do coding tasks end to end. Limit: Not included in the Free Claude plan; subscription plans have usage limits.
- Devin: Autonomous AI software engineer by Cognition that writes, tests and submits code as pull requests. Best for: Engineering teams offloading migrations, bug fixes and backlog tasks. Limit: Usage quotas are not specified on the pricing page; output still needs code review.
Research and general tasks
- Manus: General-purpose AI agent that executes tasks such as research, building websites, slides and files. Best for: Individuals and small teams delegating research and content tasks. Limit: Credit-based usage; heavier tasks consume more credits.
Comparison table
| Tool | Best for | Free plan | Easy-Start | Pricing summary (vendor) | Our label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodcall | Small service businesses that miss calls and want an AI receptionist. | No | 6/10 | From $79/month (Starter, 100 unique customers/mo); Growth $129/mo; Scale $299/mo; Enterprise volume pricing | Based on public information — not tested |
| Vapi | Developers and product teams building custom phone agents into their own software. | No | 8/10 | Pay as you go from $0 with $5 free credits ($0.05/min Vapi hosting plus provider costs, 1 free inbound US number); Core $29/mo prepaid; Pro 10% of hosting fee, $999/mo minimum; Premier custom | Based on public information — not tested |
| Apollo.io | Sales teams and founders doing outbound prospecting who want data and outreach in one tool. | Yes | 8/10 | Free plan; Basic and Professional paid plans (per user; annual billing costs less than monthly) — prices not shown on the vendor's pricing page as checked 2026-11-01, see vendor site; Custom via sales | Based on public information — not tested |
| 11x | B2B sales teams that want to automate prospecting and inbound lead response. | No | 2/10 | Pricing not published; book a demo | Based on public information — not tested |
| Intercom Fin | Companies with steady support volume that want an AI agent to resolve tickets before they reach human staff. | No | 8/10 | Fin AI Agent $0.99 per outcome (you pay only when Fin resolves; max one outcome per conversation). With the Intercom helpdesk: + Essential seat $29/mo (shown as $19/seat/mo billed annually for new customers — 35% off). With your existing helpdesk (Zendesk, Salesforce, Freshdesk, HubSpot…): 50 outcomes/month minimum, contact sales. Fin Voice: custom pricing through sales (select customers); Intercom lists phone as usage-based. 14-day free trial, no credit card. | Based on public information — not tested |
| Tidio | Ecommerce stores automating routine customer chat questions. | Yes | 10/10 | Free plan ($0/mo); Starter $24.17/mo; Growth from $49.17/mo; Lyro AI Agent from $32.50/mo; Plus from $300/mo + usage; Premium contact sales (monthly/annual toggle, 2 months free annually) | Based on public information — not tested |
| Chili Piper | B2B revenue teams converting inbound website demand into booked meetings. | No | 4/10 | Routing & Scheduling from $1,250/mo (billed annually, $15,000/yr, up to 15 seats); Experiences from $3,500/mo (billed annually); monthly billing not available | Based on public information — not tested |
| Motion | Individuals and teams who want tasks and meetings planned on their calendar automatically. | No | 6/10 | Pro AI $19/seat/mo; Business AI $29/seat/mo (monthly; annual saves 33%); free trial | Based on public information — not tested |
| Fathom | Owners, salespeople and small teams who spend the day on video calls and want automatic notes, action items and CRM updates without typing. | Yes | 10/10 | Free forever plan. Premium $20/user/month ($16 billed annually). Team $19/user/month ($15 annually, 2-user minimum). Business $34/user/month ($25 annually, 2-user minimum). Enterprise: talk to sales. 90-day guarantee per the pricing page. | Based on public information — not tested |
| NiceJob | Home-service and other local service businesses (cleaners, plumbers, HVAC, auto, salons) that want more Google reviews without asking every customer by hand, especially if they already use Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan or QuickBooks. | No | 6/10 | Starter $95/month, Pro $135/month (USD, monthly, no contract, cancel anytime). 14-day free trial. Add-ons: Sites $99/month + $199 setup; AI Leads $99/month (early access). | Based on public information — not tested |
| Fyxer AI | Busy professionals and small teams handling high email volume. | Yes | 10/10 | Free plan; Pro $37/person/mo billed annually or $49/mo monthly; Team $64/person/mo billed annually or $99/mo monthly; Enterprise custom annual contract | Based on public information — not tested |
| Lindy | Small teams that want to hand repetitive email, reporting and CRM work to no-code agents. | No | 8/10 | Free start with $50 in credits that last 7 days (no card needed); Team from $29.99/mo billed monthly (3,000 credits), with larger credit tiers up to $9,999.50/mo; extra credits $10 per 1,000; Enterprise custom | Based on public information — not tested |
| Zapier | Small teams that want to automate work across many SaaS apps without code. | Yes | 10/10 | Free forever plan (100 tasks/mo); Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo; Agents Pro $400 billed annually ($33.33/mo); Enterprise contact for pricing | Based on public information — not tested |
| Claude Code | Developers and software teams who want an agent to do coding tasks end to end. | No | 8/10 | Included in Pro ($17/mo billed annually or $20/mo monthly), Max (from $100/mo) and Team (standard seat $20/seat/mo annually or $25 monthly; premium seat $100/$125); Enterprise contact sales; not in the Free plan; or pay API rates via Console | Based on public information — not tested |
| Devin | Engineering teams offloading migrations, bug fixes and backlog tasks. | Yes | 10/10 | Free plan (light quota); Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat; extra usage at API pricing; Enterprise custom | Based on public information — not tested |
| Manus | Individuals and small teams delegating research and content tasks. | Yes | 10/10 | Free $0/mo (300 daily credits); Pro from $20/mo (from 4,000 credits/mo) or from $40/mo (8,000 credits/mo, 7-day free trial); Team from $20/seat/mo; 17% off with annual billing | Based on public information — not tested |
Prices are as each vendor listed them when we verified the page; they change. Confirm on the vendor's site before you buy. Easy-Start Score: how it works. It measures how easy a tool is to try, not how well it performs.
How to pick your first agent
- Start with the job. Pick the one task that costs you the most time, such as missed calls, support questions or follow-ups.
- Check how you can try it. 7 of these 16 have a free plan. 11x and similar tools ask you to book a demo first.
- Read the limits. Each listing above names what the vendor's own pricing page says is limited, such as usage caps, annual billing or credits.
Examples for a small business
If you run a local service business, the phone examples (Goodcall, Vapi) are the closest fit. Read the AI receptionist guide for what they cost and how setup works. Browse all voice and phone agents or the best AI agents by job.
Tidio and similar chat agents suit online stores, and Chili Piper suits B2B teams with inbound website leads. Match the tool to your business before you compare prices.
Frequently asked questions
What are examples of AI agents?
Real products from our directory include Goodcall (answers business phone calls), Intercom Fin (resolves customer support conversations), Apollo.io (researches accounts and writes outreach), Vapi (builds voice agents) and Claude Code (edits code and runs tests). The table above lists 16, grouped by job.
Is ChatGPT an AI agent?
It depends on how it is used. A chat window that only answers questions is a chatbot. Software that takes actions toward a goal, such as booking an appointment or opening a pull request, is what the vendors on this page call an agent. We list tools that perform tasks, so we do not list a plain chat window.
Which AI agent is the most popular?
We do not have usage data for these tools, so we do not rank them by popularity or by payment. Each is listed because it is a real, working product checked on the vendor's own page. The Easy-Start Score in the table shows how easy a tool is to try, not how many people use it.
Are these AI agents free?
7 of the 16 listed here have a free plan or free tier. The rest need a paid plan or a trial. Free plans have limits, so check each vendor's pricing page.
What is agentic AI?
Agentic AI is software that works toward a goal with some independence: it plans steps, uses other tools and carries them out, rather than only replying to a prompt. Every example on this page is a product its vendor describes as doing tasks like that.
Sources: the vendor pages listed on each tool's page (Goodcall, Vapi, Apollo.io, 11x, Intercom Fin, Tidio, Chili Piper, Motion, Fathom, NiceJob, Fyxer AI, Lindy, Zapier, Claude Code, Devin, Manus). Get the weekly newsletter for new tools.
