How Much Does AI Calling Cost for Investor Outreach?
AI calling for investor outreach with AI Investor Calls costs a one-time $2,500 setup per offering and a $500 monthly platform fee. On top of that you pay for calls in one of two ways: $0.15 per call attempt, or $3.50 per real conversation of 30 seconds or more. When you pay your platform fee for the first time, you get 2,500 free call credits. Prices are as of October 2026.
The full price list lives on our pricing page, and our AI calling cost page walks through the same numbers in short form. This post shows how the parts add up for a real campaign.
Key facts (as of October 2026): 8,600,000+ AI calls made (as of July 2026) · 490+ agent versions built (October 2026) · up to 50 calls at once · agent ready for your review within 3–5 business days of getting your materials.
What do you actually pay for with AI calling?
There are three parts: the build, the platform and the calls. Then there is a fourth part that most AI calling vendors leave out of the quote: the leads you call.
Most self-serve AI calling tools quote a rate per minute. That rate leaves out who builds the agent, who tests it, who runs it, and where the phone numbers come from. With us, the build and the running of the campaign are part of the price. You add your own list or buy leads.
What does the $2,500 setup cover?
The $2,500 is a one-time fee for each investment offering. It covers:
- A custom AI agent with an opening pitch, a call flow and objection answers built for your deal
- A knowledge base built from your PPM, pitch deck and company materials, so the agent can answer questions
- Voice and persona setup
- Automated testing before any call goes out
- Post-call analysis that sorts every call by outcome
You review and approve the agent before it calls anyone. It is ready for your review within 3–5 business days of getting your materials. See how it works for each step.
If you pitch more than one deal, each offering gets its own agent and its own setup fee.
What is the $500 monthly platform fee for?
The $500 a month covers your dedicated client portal, the hosting of your AI agent, a dedicated phone number, call recordings, result sorting, live spreadsheet sync and ongoing upkeep of the agent.
Buyers often ask about this one. The $500 is separate from the setup fee and separate from call credits. It keeps the platform running for your campaign.
If the fee lapses, you can’t send new calls until you renew. Your credits stay on your account. Your leads and call results stay in the portal while your account is active. After 180 days with no activity, we may delete them.
Per call or per conversation: which billing should you pick?
You pick one of two models.
Per-Call billing: $0.15 per call attempt. You pay for every call placed.
| Package | Calls | Price | Per call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 2,500 | $375 | $0.15 |
| Standard | 5,000 | $750 | $0.15 |
| Professional | 10,000 | $1,400 | $0.14 |
| Enterprise | 20,000 | $2,700 | $0.135 |
| Volume | 30,000 | $3,900 | $0.13 |
Per-Contact billing: $3.50 per real conversation. You pay only when a real person is reached for 30 seconds or more.
| Package | Contacts | Price | Per contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 150 | $525 | $3.50 |
| Standard | 300 | $1,050 | $3.50 |
| Professional | 600 | $2,040 | $3.40 |
| Enterprise | 1,200 | $3,960 | $3.30 |
| Volume | 2,400 | $7,680 | $3.20 |
A simple rule of thumb:
| Model | You pay when | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Per-Call | Every call is placed | Large or older lists, when you want spend you can predict |
| Per-Contact | A real person talks for 30+ seconds | Smaller or fresher lists, when you want to pay only for real talks |
How do you work out your own cost?
Use this formula instead of a cost per lead. Results depend on your offering, your list and your timing, so we don’t quote a cost per lead or promise a number of interested investors.
Per-Call: $2,500 setup + ($500 × months) + (call attempts × your per-call rate)
Per-Contact: $2,500 setup + ($500 × months) + (conversations × your per-contact rate)
Worked example, first month, Per-Call. You have 10,000 leads and buy the Professional pack.
- Setup: $2,500
- Platform, month one: $500
- 10,000 call credits: $1,400
- Total: $4,400, for 12,500 call attempts once the 2,500 free call credits are added
In month two you pay the $500 platform fee plus only the credits you choose to buy. Credits never expire, but you need an active monthly platform fee to use them.
This is the cost, not a promise of results. For what a real campaign produced, with dated rates, see our 60-day case study and our track record.
Where do the leads come from, and what do they cost?
You have two options.
- Your own list. Upload it in the portal and the agent calls it.
- Leads from JAD Enterprises, the lead business we are part of, supplying investor leads since 2016. JAD orders are $750, split across the lead types you choose. Real-Time Surveyed leads are $5 (2–14 days old). Premium Fronted leads are $0.50 (6–12 months old). Dialer leads are $0.25, with budget lists from $0.05 (1–4 years old). Email leads are $0.10. See data supply and jadenterprises.org.
List age matters for cost. Older lists answer less often, so they suit Per-Call billing. Fresh survey leads answer more often, so Per-Contact billing can make sense there.
How does this compare with per-minute AI tools and human callers?
Self-serve AI calling tools often advertise a low rate per minute. Once you add speech, the language model, the voice and the phone line, real setups usually cost more than the headline rate. You also do the build, the testing and the campaign management yourself. Our why us page compares a managed service with doing it yourself.
Human callers are a different kind of cost: pay, training and turnover. Speed is the bigger gap. As a rough guide from our own rooms, a caller hand-dialing makes about 200 dials a day, a caller on an auto dialer about 800, and our AI caller 10,000 or more. The AI agent also delivers the same approved pitch on every call, and runs up to 50 calls at once.
A common setup uses both: the AI agent makes the first round of calls, and your own team follows up with the investors who want to hear more.
Are there auto-charges or hidden fees?
- You start every credit purchase. Credit packs are bought in the portal. On per-contact billing, the card saved at checkout covers any overage past your credit balance.
- Credits never expire. You need an active monthly platform fee to use them. Credits are not refundable.
- One setup per offering. A second deal needs its own agent and its own $2,500 setup.
- Everything else is included: agent creation, knowledge base, voice setup, testing, post-call analysis, portal and spreadsheet updates, follow-up email automation, recordings and transcripts, ongoing agent tuning and technical support.
Frequently asked questions
Is AI calling priced per dial, per call or per lead? You choose one of two billing models. Per-Call billing is $0.15 per call attempt, with volume packs down to $0.13. Per-Contact billing is $3.50 only when a real person is reached for 30 seconds or more, with volume packs down to $3.20. We don’t price per lead. Prices as of October 2026.
Do I have to buy your leads? No. You can upload your own investor list or use leads from JAD Enterprises. AI Investor Calls is JAD’s AI calling division. JAD orders are $750, split across the lead types you choose.
Do I run the calls, or do you? We build the agent, run the calls and send the results to your portal and Google Sheet. You approve the agent before any call goes out, and you choose when to buy credits and which leads to call.
Will I be charged automatically? Not for credit packs. You start every credit purchase yourself in the portal. On per-contact billing, your card is saved at checkout, and the checkout terms let us charge it for overages if contacts run past your credit balance. Credits never expire, but you need an active monthly platform fee to use them.
What happens if my platform fee lapses? You cannot send new calls until you renew. Your credits stay on your account. Your leads and call results stay in the portal while your account is active. After 180 days with no activity, we may delete them.
Does the AI agent say it is an AI? Yes, if the person asks. The agent answers honestly when someone asks whether they are talking to an AI.
Is AI calling legal for investor outreach? We don’t give legal advice. Your company decides how its outreach meets the rules, with your own counsel. Our calling practices page explains how our agents handle Do Not Call requests and call hours.
Hear it before you pay for it
The fastest way to judge the price is to hear a call. Hear our AI in action, then check the full pricing.
AI Investor Calls is the AI calling division of JAD Enterprises. It is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and provides no capital.
About the author. James Deal is the Founder & Owner of JAD Enterprises and AI Investor Calls. He called investors on oil and gas offers from 2010 to 2015, started JAD Enterprises in 2016, and has built AI calling agents since 2023. More about James.