Day AI alternatives: how Day.ai compares on pricing and MCP

Alternatives compared with Day.ai

1. 

   Attio compared with Day.ai

   Verdict: Choose Attio over Day AI when people, not agents, are the main CRM users and you want a programmable object model with a REST API, an OpenAPI specification, and API and MCP access included on the Free plan. Keep Day AI when you want AI agents with named jobs to do CRM work from a shared context graph.[9][11][1]

   Choose Attio when

   • Engineers plan to integrate the CRM with internal systems and want to generate clients from a published OpenAPI description.[11]
   • The team wants to try API, webhook and MCP access before paying, since Attio's pricing table marks all three on its Free plan.[9]
   • Customer data must stay in the EU and a single EU hosting region is acceptable.[13]
   • Attio counts objects per plan (up to 3 on Free, 5 on Plus, 12 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise), so a team can model its own record types.[9]
   • Its MCP server signs in with an Attio account over OAuth, auto-approves reads and asks for confirmation before writes, which gives a clear guardrail for AI assistants that edit records.[10]
   • Enterprise buyers who run analysis in SQL can query workspace data read-only on the Enterprise plan.[14]

   Keep Day.ai when

   • Keep Day AI when meeting capture should be available at no cost: Day AI's Free plan includes meeting recording clips and context, while Attio's pricing table places Call Intelligence on Pro and Enterprise.[2][9]

   Limitations to account for

   • Attio's plans include seat credits and workspace credits shared across AI and workflow features, so heavy agent or workflow use has a second budget line beyond the per-user price.[9]
   • Attio says it is hosted on Google Cloud Platform in the EU and does not offer other data residency options.[13]
   • Read-only SQL access is limited to the Enterprise plan.[14]

   Attio compared with Day.ai

   Criterion	Day.ai	Attio	What it means
   What you pay for	Day AI charges a flat monthly rate for each virtual worker (Agent) deployed to a colleague and states there are no per-seat fees and no usage-based pricing.[2]	Attio charges per user per month: Plus is $44 billed monthly or $35 billed annually, Pro is $99 or $79, and Enterprise is a custom quote billed annually. Each plan also carries seat and workspace credits for AI and workflows.[9]	Day AI cost follows how many agents you run; Attio cost follows headcount and credit consumption, so model both against your expected team size.[2][9]
   API and MCP access by plan	Day AI's MCP page says a paid Agent tier is needed to use the MCP server, while the SDK README lists a set of Free tools marked no assistant required. The two official pages differ, so confirm access for your tier with Day AI.[3][5]	Attio's pricing comparison marks API and webhook access, the App SDK and the MCP server as included on its Free plan.[9]	Attio is simpler to evaluate programmatically at no cost; Day AI buyers should settle the MCP tier question before building an integration.[3][5][9]
   Data model	Day AI's schema reference documents a set of built-in object types, including organizations, people, pipelines, opportunities, meeting recordings and Slack messages. Custom properties, custom views and property backfill sit on Professional and above.[6][2]	Attio caps objects by plan, from up to 3 on Free to unlimited on Enterprise, and describes its REST API in an OpenAPI 3.1 document.[9][11]	Attio documents how many record types each plan allows. Day AI's MCP page mentions querying custom objects, but its schema reference lists built-in types and no tool for creating object types, so whether you can define new record types in Day AI was not established by the checked official material.[9][3][6]
   Hosting region and certifications	Every subprocessor on Day AI's published list, including its cloud and AI inference providers, is located in the United States. A data residency option was not established by the checked official material.[8]	Attio is hosted on Google Cloud Platform in the EU with no other residency options, and its Trust Center lists ISO 27001:2022, GDPR and CCPA.[13][12]	The two point in different directions on location: US processing for Day AI, EU hosting for Attio. Match this to your contracts before comparing features.[8][13]

2. 

   folk compared with Day.ai

   Verdict: Choose folk over Day AI when the team runs on relationships captured from LinkedIn, email, calendar and WhatsApp and wants a simple per-member CRM with AI assistants. Keep Day AI when some teammates only need meeting capture and search, which Day AI's Free plan covers at $0 per month.[16][2]

   Choose folk when

   • Sourcing starts on LinkedIn and the team wants a browser extension that brings contacts into the CRM.[16]
   • The team is happy to trial all premium features for two weeks without a card before choosing a plan.[16]
   • folk's Standard plan lists email, calendar and WhatsApp sync, the LinkedIn extension and MCP access, which covers relationship capture and AI assistant access at the entry tier.[16]
   • For developers, folk publishes an OpenAPI description of its REST API and a documented 600 requests per minute rate limit.[17][18]

   Keep Day.ai when

   • Keep Day AI when light users need a published no-cost tier: Day AI lists a Free plan with its features, while folk's pricing page mentions a free plan in its title and cancellation answer but publishes no free plan card or limits.[2][16]

   Limitations to account for

   • folk's REST API, custom objects and deals, and Zapier and Make apps are on Premium and Enterprise, not Standard.[16]
   • If a workspace does not upgrade at the end of folk's two-week trial, folk says it blocks the account, though data is not immediately deleted.[16]
   • folk's pricing page lists Google as the SSO option on every plan.[16]

   folk compared with Day.ai

   Criterion	Day.ai	folk	What it means
   Starting point	Day AI's Free plan costs $0 per month and includes Gmail and Calendar ingestion, meeting recording clips and context, and searching, sharing and creating contacts.[2]	folk lists Standard at $24 per member per month billed yearly ($288 per member per year) or $30 billed monthly, after a two-week free trial with all premium features and no credit card.[16]	Day AI publishes what its Free plan includes. folk's pricing page mentions a free plan in its title and cancellation answer but shows no free plan card or limits, so plan on a paid tier after the trial.[2][16]
   Developer interface	Day AI's developer path is day-ai-sdk, an MIT-licensed TypeScript SDK whose convenience methods call MCP tools on the Day AI platform.[5]	folk offers MCP on all plans but keeps the REST API to Premium and Enterprise; the API is described by a published OpenAPI document.[16][17]	folk lists MCP on every plan and REST from Premium; Day AI's route runs through its SDK and MCP tools, and which of those tools you get depends on the agent tier.[16][5][3]
   Where relationship data comes from	Day AI builds Customer Memory from automatically permissioned ingestion of the team's email, calendar, meetings and Slack.[1]	folk's Standard plan lists a LinkedIn extension plus email, calendar and WhatsApp sync.[16]	Choose by channel: Slack and recorded meetings are listed by Day AI, LinkedIn and WhatsApp by folk.[1][16]
   How AI usage is metered	Day AI counts automation in automated skill slots per agent: 5 on a Professional agent and 10 on an Executive agent.[2]	folk sets monthly allowances by plan; Standard lists 500 email finds, 2,000 AI field runs, 200 Research Assistant runs and 1,500 Workflow Assistant runs per month.[16]	Day AI caps how many automated jobs an agent holds; folk caps how many AI actions run each month. Estimate volume before comparing prices.[2][16]
   Security evidence	Day AI's Trust Center says a SOC 2 Type II report is available to customers and prospects under NDA.[4]	folk's homepage shows SOC 2 Type I and GDPR badges.[15]	The badges describe different SOC 2 report types, so ask each vendor for the current report during procurement.[4][15]

3. 

   Twenty compared with Day.ai

   Verdict: Choose Twenty over Day AI when you want an open-source CRM whose data model and API you control: Twenty generates REST and GraphQL endpoints from your own schema, and you can self-host it for free or buy its hosted Cloud plans per user. Keep Day AI when the point is named AI agents working from one shared context graph built from the team's conversations, rather than a CRM your people maintain.[19][20][21][1]

   Choose Twenty when

   • The team can run Docker Compose and wants the CRM on its own infrastructure.[24][23]
   • Developers expect to add custom objects and change the schema through an API.[21]
   • Twenty's Metadata API creates, modifies and deletes objects, fields and relations, and each new custom object gets REST and GraphQL endpoints straight away.[21]
   • Its cloud pricing comparison lists custom objects, fields and views as unlimited on every plan, with REST and GraphQL APIs, webhooks and an MCP server included.[20]
   • Self-hosting the free edition includes all Pro features with community support through Discord.[23]

   Keep Day.ai when

   • Keep Day AI when you want agents with a name, a job and skills that work from a shared context graph of email, calendar, meetings and Slack.[1][20]

   Limitations to account for

   • SSO and row-level permissions are premium features available only on Twenty's Organization plans, cloud or self-hosted.[23]
   • The free self-hosted edition is supported by the community on Discord rather than by Twenty's team.[23]
   • Twenty's docs ask for at least 2GB of RAM for a Docker Compose install.[24]

   Twenty compared with Day.ai

   Criterion	Day.ai	Twenty	What it means
   Deployment	Day AI sells Free, Turbo, Professional and Executive agent plans; a self-hosted deployment option was not established by the checked official material.[2]	Twenty lets teams host it on their own infrastructure at no cost, with all Pro features, and documents a Docker Compose install.[23][24]	If self-hosting is a requirement, Twenty is the candidate to test first in this comparison.[23][2]
   Cost of adding people	Day AI charges nothing for colleagues added to a workspace that has at least one Professional agent or higher, and suggests low-cost Turbo agents for general productivity.[2]	Twenty's yearly cloud view lists Pro at $9 and Organization at $19 per user per month, shows yearly billing as 25 percent cheaper, and quotes Enterprise from $50k a year.[20]	Twenty charges for each cloud user. Day AI does not charge for those colleagues, but its pricing page does not establish what a colleague without their own agent can edit, so confirm before counting on it.[2][20]
   Changing the schema	Day AI's MCP tools for creating custom properties and backfilling them are listed from the Professional tier.[5]	Twenty's Metadata API manages objects, fields and relations, and its pricing lists unlimited custom objects on all plans.[21][20]	Twenty gives object-level schema control through its API; Day AI's SDK lists custom property tools, and creating new object types was not established by the checked official material, so test whether properties are enough.[5][21]
   Where the MCP server runs	Day AI runs a single hosted MCP server that clients authorize through OAuth in the browser.[3]	Every Twenty Cloud workspace ships with a native MCP server, self-hosted instances expose one on their own domain, and clients can use OAuth or an API key.[22][20]	Twenty's MCP server can run inside your own deployment; Day AI's is reached as a service.[22][3]

4. 

   Close compared with Day.ai

   Verdict: Choose Close over Day AI when reps live on the phone and in the inbox and you want calling, SMS and an AI sales agent inside one per-user CRM. Keep Day AI when you want AI work organized as named agents with jobs that draw on meetings and email captured automatically.[25][26][1]

   Choose Close when

   • Outbound calling and SMS are core to the sales motion.[26]
   • The team wants to trial the CRM for 14 days without a card, with calling and enrichment credits included.[26]
   • Close lists built-in forms, email, calling and SMS on Essentials ($49 per user per month, or $35 billed annually), and its AI agent Chloe calls leads, qualifies prospects, books meetings and updates records.[26][25]
   • Close publishes a REST API with an OpenAPI spec and an MCP server with three scopes, from read-only to destructive writes, which makes AI assistant permissions explicit.[27][28]
   • Close's security page states SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR and CCPA compliance.[29]

   Keep Day.ai when

   • Keep Day AI when you would rather budget a listed price per agent than track calling and SMS usage, AI credits and paid add-ons, which Close bills alongside seats.[2][26]

   Limitations to account for

   • Close's Solo and Essentials plans do not include Workflows; automated workflows and using Chloe in Workflows start on Growth.[26]
   • Calling and SMS usage is passed through at cost, with most outbound calls around $0.02 per minute and phone numbers from about $1 per month.[26]
   • Close labels its OpenAPI spec experimental and says it does not cover every request and response schema.[27]

   Close compared with Day.ai

   Criterion	Day.ai	Close	What it means
   Price structure	Day AI lists Turbo, Professional and Executive at $24, $60 and $200 per agent per month billed annually, or $30, $75 and $250 billed monthly, with volume discounts on the annual table from 21 agents.[2]	Close bills seats, calling and SMS usage passed through at cost, and AI credits used by Chloe and other AI features, and lists paid add-ons such as Call Assistant ($50 per month per organization plus $0.02 per minute) and additional organizations ($50 per org per month). Growth is $109 per user per month, or $99 billed annually.[26]	Close total cost moves with call volume, AI credit use and add-ons; Day AI lists one price per agent tier, lower on annual billing.[26][2]
   Which plan unlocks automation	Day AI's Free plan includes no automated skill slots; a Turbo agent, at $24 per month billed annually or $30 monthly, includes 2.[2]	Close leaves Workflows out of Solo and Essentials; Growth adds automated workflows and Chloe in Workflows.[26]	Both reserve automation for paid tiers: Close from the Growth plan, Day AI from the first paid agent.[26][2]
   MCP permissions	Day AI's MCP access inherits the tools of the user's Agent tier and the data access of their workspace role; numeric rate limits were not established by the checked official material.[3]	Close's MCP server accepts OAuth 2.0 dynamic client registration or an API key with a Close-Scope header set to read, safe write or destructive write.[28]	Close lets you choose an assistant's write level per connection; Day AI sets it through the agent tier and workspace role.[28][3]
   API reference	Day AI's tool and schema reference is SCHEMA.md in the day-ai-sdk repository; an OpenAPI specification was not established by the checked official material.[6][5]	Close documents a REST API authenticated with an API key over HTTP Basic Auth or with OAuth 2.0, and publishes an OpenAPI spec it calls experimental.[27]	Teams that generate clients from a spec have a starting point with Close, with gaps to expect; Day AI integrations follow its SDK and tool reference.[27][6]
   Commitment and trial	Day AI's pricing FAQ says there are no long-term contracts and plans can be cancelled from account settings.[2]	Close offers a 14-day free trial without a credit card that includes $5 of calling and enrichment credits.[26]	Close is easier to test with real calls before paying; Day AI offers a Free plan and monthly billing as lower-commitment starting points.[26][2]

5. 

   Pipedrive compared with Day.ai

   Verdict: Choose Pipedrive over Day AI when a visual deal pipeline is the centre of the job and every rep should manage it from the entry plan, with an official MCP server on every plan. Keep Day AI when you want agents to take on CRM upkeep and prospecting as named roles.[30][33][2]

   Choose Pipedrive when

   • Every rep needs direct pipeline management from day one, starting on the Lite plan.[30]
   • Security review requires ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 evidence.[32]
   • Pipedrive publishes per-seat prices for four plans and a 14-day free trial with full access and no credit card.[30]
   • Pipedrive offers its MCP server to all customers on every plan and describes an OAuth connection that needs no coding.[33]
   • The API reference documents v1 and v2 REST APIs, OpenAPI 3 files and two official client libraries, for Node.js and PHP.[31]

   Keep Day.ai when

   • Keep Day AI when you want named agents with jobs and skills to do CRM upkeep and prospecting from a shared context graph built from email, calendar, meetings and Slack.[1]

   Limitations to account for

   • Pipedrive's MCP usage is subject to token limits based on the plan, with extra tokens available to buy.[33]
   • Pipedrive's Claude setup guide names the connector Pipedrive MCP BETA.[34]
   • Add-ons such as LeadBooster, Projects, Campaigns, Web Visitors and Smart Docs cost extra, and listed prices exclude VAT.[30]

   Pipedrive compared with Day.ai

   Criterion	Day.ai	Pipedrive	What it means
   Price as you scale	Day AI's annual price table applies volume discounts automatically from 21 agents: Professional drops from $60 to $54 per agent per month at 21 to 50 agents and to $30 at 301 or more. Its monthly Professional price is $75.[2]	For a US visitor, Pipedrive lists Lite at US$14, Growth at US$39, Premium at US$59 and Ultimate at US$79 per seat per month billed annually, or US$24, US$49, US$79 and US$99 billed monthly, excluding VAT, with paid add-ons on top; Pipedrive's monthly and annual prices both vary by region.[30]	Both grow with count, Pipedrive per rep and Day AI per agent; Day AI's per-agent rate falls from 21 agents on annual billing. How many agents a team would need is not settled by the pricing pages, so price both against your own headcount.[30][2]
   Pipeline features by plan	Day AI lists pipeline and opportunity management and pipeline analytics on Professional and Executive, not on Free or Turbo.[2]	Pipedrive's Lite plan lists lead, calendar and pipeline management, and Growth adds automations and nurturing sequences.[30]	Pipeline work starts at the entry tier on Pipedrive. On Day AI it needs a Professional agent ($60 per month billed annually, $75 monthly), and whether colleagues without their own agent can work the pipeline was not established by the checked official material.[30][2]
   MCP setup	Day AI documents MCP setup for Claude on web, mobile and desktop, for Cursor and for Claude Code.[3]	Pipedrive makes its MCP server available to all customers on every plan, subject to plan-based token limits, and its Claude guide labels the connector beta.[33][34]	Both connect common AI assistants; check Pipedrive's token allowance for your plan and the agent tier Day AI requires for the tools you need.[33][3]
   Security certifications	Day AI's Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type II within its security program, alongside encryption of data at rest and in transit; other certifications were not established by the checked official material.[4]	Pipedrive's trust center lists SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701, GDPR and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.[32]	Pipedrive publishes the longer certification list; if you need ISO/IEC 27001, confirm Day AI's position directly.[32][4]
   Integration surface	Day AI's SDK README lists write tools by tier: opportunity writes and CSV imports from Professional, and batch create and update tools on Executive.[5]	Pipedrive validates API requests against an API token, documents OAuth 2.0 in its reference, publishes OpenAPI 3 files for v1 and v2, and offers official Node.js and PHP client libraries.[31]	Pipedrive integrations go through REST with published spec files; Day AI integrations go through tier-gated tools, so check the tier before building.[31][5]

6. 

   HubSpot CRM compared with Day.ai

   Verdict: Choose HubSpot CRM over Day AI when you want a free CRM that can grow into marketing, sales, service and other hubs on the same data. Keep Day AI when you want AI agents to be the product you buy, rather than moving to paid Sales Hub tiers that add per-seat prices, onboarding fees on Professional and Enterprise, and HubSpot Credits for AI agents.[36][35][37][2]

   Choose HubSpot CRM when

   • A small team wants a free CRM for up to two users with no credit card.[36]
   • Marketing, sales and service need to share one CRM record over time.[35]
   • HubSpot's free CRM tools cost $0 per month for up to 2 users, and the product page describes the free CRM as having no expiration date.[36][35]
   • Custom objects are listed on Smart CRM Enterprise, starting at $75 per seat per month, for teams that outgrow the standard objects.[38]
   • HubSpot's trust center lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA among its badges.[40]

   Keep Day.ai when

   • Keep Day AI when you want AI agents priced by role rather than by action: HubSpot's paid tiers bill agent work through HubSpot Credits, and Sales Hub Professional and Enterprise add one-time onboarding fees.[2][37]

   Limitations to account for

   • Sales Hub Professional starts at $90 per seat per month paid annually, or $100 paid monthly with an annual commitment, plus a required one-time onboarding fee of $1,500; Sales Hub Enterprise requires $3,500.[37]
   • HubSpot's free CRM is limited to up to two users and 1,000 contacts, according to its CRM product page.[35]
   • MCP tool availability varies by HubSpot subscription, and accounts with free tools cannot create custom pipelines through it.[39]

   HubSpot CRM compared with Day.ai

   Criterion	Day.ai	HubSpot CRM	What it means
   Free tier	Day AI's Free plan is $0 per month; the pricing page presents it as a way to add teammates to capture their meetings, emails and interactions, and says Free users can search, view and share.[2]	HubSpot's free CRM tools are $0 per month for up to 2 users with no credit card required.[36]	Both let a team start free; HubSpot's free tier is a working CRM for two users, while Day AI's is a capture and search layer until a Professional agent is added.[2][36]
   How AI work is charged	Day AI prices agents by role tier, with example agents such as Sales Assistant and Meeting Notetaker on Turbo and Account Executive and CRM Data Entry Specialist on Professional.[2]	HubSpot bills AI agents through HubSpot Credits at $9 per 1,000 credits paid annually beyond each tier's included credits; the Prospecting Agent uses 100 credits per recommended outreach for one lead.[37]	HubSpot AI spend scales with agent actions on top of seats and any onboarding; Day AI's scales with how many agent roles you deploy.[37][2]
   MCP tools by subscription	Day AI's SDK README lists 10 MCP tools on Free, 10 more on Turbo, 19 more on Professional and 3 more on Executive, although its MCP page says a paid Agent tier is needed, so confirm with Day AI.[5][3]	HubSpot's remote MCP server requires OAuth with PKCE, and its docs say tool availability varies by subscription, user permissions and account configuration.[39]	On both, what an assistant can do depends on what you pay for, so map the tools you need to a tier before buying.[5][39]
   Product scope	Day AI's founder describes the product as a context graph and an agent control plane, not a better CRM and not a CRM with AI bolted on.[7]	HubSpot's CRM pricing page lists free Marketing, Sales, Service, Content, Data and Revenue tools.[36]	HubSpot is a platform bet across departments; Day AI is a bet on agents working from shared context in go-to-market teams.[36][7]