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Nov 2, 2026

Qualified Pricing (2026): Plans, Limits, and Budgeting

Qualified Pricing: Plans, Limits, and Budgeting
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Key Takeaways

  • Qualified is an AI-powered agentic marketing platform that includes Piper, an AI SDR that engages visitors across various channels, such as voice, web chat, and email

  • The platform publishes three plans: Premier, Enterprise, and Ultimate, with no public pricing available (contact a Qualified sales rep for a quote)

  • Piper plans differ based on monthly limits to web sessions and active email contacts, along with feature gates such as API access and a dedicated IP address

  • Qualified is ideal for Salesforce-based teams with high traffic that don’t require rapid onboarding (since Qualified implementation takes around 1 month)

Qualified Piper pricing is quote-only, so the company doesn’t publish pricing for Piper, its AI SDR agent, anywhere on its website. Despite any estimates you might find on third-party websites or forums, the only way to determine how much Piper will cost is by reaching out to a Qualified sales rep.

Qualified offers three Piper plans: Premier, Enterprise, and Ultimate, as of October 9, 2026. Each plan comes with its own usage limits and access to gated features. 

How much does Qualified cost?

Qualified takes a custom-quote approach to plan pricing, so you won’t find any pricing on the website or anywhere else. Since Qualified doesn’t publish its prices, it’s best to contact them for a quote. Here’s what Qualified includes on its Piper pricing page.

Qualified’s pricing page with details on all three plans

Qualified Piper pricing page

A VP of Marketing on G2 Reviews wrote on January 13, 2025: “A downside to Qualified is that it’s a little pricey,” but he adds that compared to Drift and other players in the market, “the pricing is on par for a solution at this level.”

By the way, if you’re considering replacing Drift with Qualified before it shuts down on January 31, 2027, take a look at our blog post comparing Drift vs. Qualified.

Spara takes most customers live within 14 days. Start engaging and converting inbound leads. Talk to Spara

Qualified pricing plans explained

Here is a quick breakdown of each Piper plan. We’ll go into greater detail about each plan’s features and usage limits below.

Plan

Published price

Included capabilities

Usage limits

When to consider it

Premier

Quote-only

Multi-modal, conversational agent (text, voice, video); agentic website and email conversations; books meetings; multi-language support 

250K monthly web sessions; 2.5K monthly active email contacts 

Teams with moderate workflow volume and no need for MCP and API access

Enterprise

Quote-only

Everything in Premier + MCP and API access; agent handoff; Salesforce sandbox

2M monthly web sessions; 10K monthly email contacts

Teams with high traffic volumes or those requiring greater customization through API/MCP handoff, sandbox testing

Ultimate

Quote-only

Everything in Enterprise + high-volume contact databases; dedicated IP address

5M monthly web sessions; 24K monthly email contacts

Teams with very high traffic or email volumes or those requiring a dedicated sending IP or a high-volume contact database

Premier

Qualified’s entry-level Piper plan works well for teams with moderate website traffic and minimum customization requirements. Teams with higher website traffic or email volumes, or those requiring MCP or API integrations, sandbox testing, or a dedicated IP, should consider Piper’s Enterprise or Ultimate plans.

The Piper Premier plan includes:

  • Multi-modal agents that have conversations with prospects through text, voice, and video

  • Agentic email follow-up

  • Meeting booking

  • Multi-language support

Usage limits:

  • 250,000 monthly web sessions

  • 2,500 monthly active email contacts

Enterprise

Qualified’s Enterprise plan for Piper includes everything in the Premier plan, along with expanded usage limits and additional features. Carefully consider both your usage volume and customization requirements to ensure your plan meets your minimum requirements.

The Piper Enterprise plan includes:

  • Everything found in the Premier plan

  • API access to build custom workflows with your own code

  • MCP access to share context between Piper agents and other AI tools

  • Agent handoff to share conversations and context with other AI agents 

  • Salesforce sandbox access to test each setup before it touches live data

Usage limits:

  • 2 million monthly web sessions

  • 10,000 monthly active email contacts

Ultimate

Qualified’s Ultimate Piper plan comes with everything covered in the Premier and Enterprise plans, along with larger usage limits and a dedicated sender IP address.

The Piper Ultimate plan includes:

  • Everything found in the Premier and Enterprise plans

  • A dedicated IP for greater control over your sender reputation and deliverability

Usage limits:

  • 5 million monthly web sessions

  • 24,000 monthly active email contacts

All Piper plans come with multi-modal agents, specialized in conducting conversations across text, voice, and video. The agents gather information, communicate with Salesforce, conduct follow-up conversations via email, and book meetings. All plans offer multilingual support as well, but you’ll want to check with a sales rep to determine which languages Piper covers.

Qualified’s lead spotlight page, with data on a hypothetical lead

What could increase your total Qualified costs?

Your total cost for Qualified’s AI platform can extend past the plan quote, as with any SaaS product. For example, additional costs might result from implementation expenses, product upgrades as you scale, and other sources. 

Don’t assume anything based on standard SaaS contracts. Ask a Qualified sales rep about the following items, and double-check the contract before signing.

Higher usage and plan upgrades

Each Qualified plan tier has specific usage limits on monthly web sessions and emails (see above). If you find yourself approaching those limits and decide to upgrade your plan, that will obviously increase your costs.

What isn’t so obvious is what happens when you exceed those limits on any given plan. Are you simply cut off, or is there an option to pay overage charges and continue beyond those limits? These are key questions to ask a sales rep and outline in the contract.

Implementation and ongoing management

Speak with a sales rep to determine whether Qualified covers the cost of onboarding and professional services for internal configuration, testing, workflow optimization, and continued maintenance. If there are extra costs involved for this work, that’s worth noting and adding to your overall price assessment.

Also, anything that isn’t covered will pull resources away from your existing tech team, so that’s important to note when you propose AI SDR solutions to your leadership team. 

Connected tools

When evaluating your budget and total price, be sure to consider costs for any tools you’re planning to add so you can get the most out of Qualified. For example, if you plan to swap out your existing CRM for an alternative, note any additional costs you might incur by making the switch.

Contract terms

Before signing up for Piper, be sure to ask your sales rep to clarify your contract terms. Buyers sometimes make assumptions based on standard SaaS contracts, but it’s important to clarify everything upfront.

Add the following items to your checklist:

  • Billing cadence: Is it monthly, quarterly, or annually?

  • Contract term: How long are you committed?

  • Renewal: Does it renew automatically? 

  • Cancellation requirements: How much notice do you need to give before canceling? What fees are involved?

  • Package changes: Can you upgrade or downgrade during the contract period? If so, what fees are involved?

Spara offers white-glove onboarding and weekly agent optimizations. Talk to Spara

Which Qualified plan fits your team?

Choose the lowest-tiered plan that meets all your requirements. If any plan falls short of a given requirement, evaluate the next plan up. For example, even if your web sessions and email contacts fit well within the Premier plan limits, consider the Enterprise plan if you require API and MCP access.

Requirements

Plan to Evaluate

What to confirm

Any of the following:

  • Fewer than 250K monthly web sessions

  • Fewer than 2.5K monthly active email contacts  

Piper Premier plan

Ensure you have no need for:

  • Higher usage limits

  • MCP or API access

  • Agent handoff

  • Salesforce sandbox

  • Dedicated sending IP

  • High-volume contact database

If you need any of these, consider a higher-tiered plan.

Any of the following:

  • Between 250K and 2M monthly web sessions

  • Between 2.5K and 10K monthly active email contacts

  • MCP/API access

  • Agent handoff

  • Salesforce sandbox

Piper Enterprise plan

If you require any of the following, consider the Ultimate plan:

  • Higher usage limits 

  • High-volume contact database 

  • Dedicated sending IP

Any of the following:

  • Between 2M and 5M monthly web sessions

  • Between 10K and 24K monthly active email contacts

  • High-volume contact database

  • Dedicated sending IP

Piper Ultimate plan

Ensure that your team requires at least one of the following:

  • The highest usage limits Qualified offers

  • High-volume contact database

  • Dedicated sending IP

If you won’t require at least one of these items throughout the course of your contract, consider either the Premier or Enterprise plan.

You can read our post about alternatives to Qualified to discover other leading AI SDR platforms.

Piper’s video and voice chat panel

Piper’s video and voice chat panel

Qualified vs. Spara: pricing and value

Spara is a competitor to Qualified, using AI SDR agents to engage prospective customers through chat, email, voice, text, and AI product demos.

Spara, like Qualified, offers three plans: Starter, Growth, and Enterprise. Let’s compare the features within each plan tier so you can make an informed decision when choosing between Qualified vs. Spara. You can also read our in-depth Qualified review to learn more about Qualified’s Piper AI SDR.

Product Scope

Qualified

Spara

Channels

Website chat, voice, video, and email

Website chat, voice, email, and AI product demos 

Features

API and MCP access on Enterprise plan, high-volume database and dedicated IP address on Ultimate plan

Growth plan comes with A/B testing and visitor deanonymization; Enterprise plan comes with multivariate testing, SSO/SAML, and API access

Usage Measures

Plan limits by monthly web sessions and active email contacts

Starter: $2,100 per month (billed annually)Growth: $3,750 per month (billed annually)Enterprise: Contact Spara for a custom quote

Implementation and Onboarding

Around 1 month

Most customers go live within 14 days, with white-glove onboarding

Ongoing Effort

Contact sales rep for details

Assigned Customer Success (CSM) Manager and Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), with weekly agent optimizations on every plan

Visit the Spara pricing page for detailed pricing information.

Final verdict: Is Qualified worth the cost?

Qualified can work for Salesforce-based teams receiving high website traffic that justifies the cost, along with those who have a genuine need for at least one of the features each plan offers.

We recommend validating the product on a real buyer journey before signing any contracts. Keep in mind that a higher volume of booked meetings, in and of itself, isn’t enough to prove ROI. 

Evaluate your expected incremental gross profit or contribution margin. How many of those meetings convert to genuine sales opportunities? How many sales showed up on the balance sheet that wouldn’t have been possible without Qualified? That’s the real test.

Consider Spara if you want to include AI product demos or A/B testing in your workflows (available on the Growth plan and above), or texting (SMS) channels and multivariate testing (available in Spara’s Enterprise plan). 

Spara also has a straightforward, intuitive interface that is easy to learn and use. Plus, it’s great for teams that want to get started quickly, since most Spara plans go live within 14 days.

Finally, Spara is worth a serious look if your goal is agent-led growth for inbound SDR automation, where AI agents run the motion across the sales cycle before passing the information to your sales reps. Sales reps take over where human judgment is key, creating a seamless system designed to convert inbound leads into sales.

Test a real buyer journey before you commit, and see how Spara converts inbound leads into new business. Talk to Spara

Lauren ThompsonHead of Marketing, Spara

Lauren Thompson is Head of Marketing at Spara. Previously, she was VP of Brand and Content Marketing at Thimble, where she led organic growth initiatives; Associate Creative Director at Uber, driving global launches for new mobility products; and Director of Creative Strategy at Foursquare, where she led marketing for enterprise and developer tools.

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