mimirdesk

Best platforms to start an AI agency in 2026

12 options, grouped by the job you need done

Updated 9 October 2026 · details from each product's own website, pricing page and help docs, checked 9 October 2026 · written by the mimirdesk team — we make one of the products below

Short answer: there is no single best platform — it depends on which part of the agency you need help with. To run many clients on one CRM and marketing platform: GoHighLevel or Vendasta. To build and resell chat and voice agents under your brand: Stammer AI or Pickaxe, or Voiceflow and Botpress for more advanced builds. To find and pitch local businesses: Prospea, LocalReach or Ciela AI. To go from zero clients to delivery in one workspace — research, approved outreach, a preview site with the assistant on it, then proposals and invoices: mimirdesk, our product.

How we compared them

We looked at the jobs a new AI agency needs covered — finding businesses, outreach, a demo for the prospect, the assistant you deliver, phone AI and client accounts — and checked each product's own website, pricing page and help docs. "Not listed" means we could not find it there; it may still exist. We don't quote other products' prices because they change often; each entry links to the official pricing page.

At a glance

Checked 9 October 2026 on each product's own site. "Partial" means part of the job, for example an audit of one prospect rather than a search by business type and city.
PlatformBest forFind businessesOutreachDemo for a prospectWebsite assistantPhone AIClient logins
mimirdeskStarting from zeroYesYes, each email approvedYes, preview site with the assistantYesApproved outbound calls; inbound first versionNo
GoHighLevelRunning an agency on one CRMYesYesPartialYesInbound and outboundYes
VendastaReselling services with a client portalPartialPartialNot listedYesInboundYes
Stammer AIReselling chat and voice agentsNot listedNot listedNot listedYesInbound; outbound listedYes
PickaxeSelling agents through branded portalsNot listedNot listedNot listedYesNot listedYes
VoiceflowAdvanced chat and voice agentsNot listedNot listedNot listedYesInbound and outboundWorkspaces
BotpressSupport agents, free to startNot listedNot listedNot listedYesEnterprise planNot listed
ChatbaseSupport agents trained on contentNot listedNot listedNot listedYesInboundAgency dashboard (Experts Program)
Relevance AIB2B research and outbound agentsYes, B2BYes, B2BNot listedNot listedCalling agents on higher plansNot listed
ProspeaPitching website redesignsYesYesYes, redesign previewNot listedNot listedNot listed
LocalReachFinding and pitching local businessesYesDraftsPartial, site-build promptNot listedNot listedNot listed
Ciela AIDemoing AI agents to prospectsNot listedNot offeredYes, voice and chat demosDemo onlyDemo onlyNot listed

The platforms

1. mimirdesk — our product

Best for: starting an AI services business from zero, with no clients yet.

A workspace for one person: Scout researches local businesses by type and city, Outreach drafts a personal first email and follow-ups that you approve and send from your own mailbox, and Builder makes a one-page preview site with the AI assistant already answering from the prospect's own information. After the yes: website assistants, optional AI calling (approved outbound calls, and a first version of inbound phone reception), and drafts of proposals, kickoff documents, monthly reports and invoices.

Pricing: Starter $99, Growth $299 and Pro $999 per month, with the same features and about $30, $120 or $400 of AI usage included each month. 7-day Starter trial, card required. Worth knowing: no client logins; new, with no customer reviews yet; support is the founder on email. Side-by-side comparison.

2. GoHighLevel

Best for: running an agency's clients on one CRM and marketing platform.

"The AI-powered business operating system": CRM, funnels and websites, email and SMS campaigns, calendars, a phone system, Conversation AI and Voice AI, client sub-accounts and SaaS mode. Its Prospecting Tool finds local businesses and builds marketing audit reports with contact details; a paid Premium tier adds AI-recommended leads by niche and area.

Pricing model: monthly or annual agency plans, with phone, SMS, email and AI usage billed on top or AI through per-location plans — their pricing. 14-day trial, card required. Worth knowing: the broadest option here, with more to set up and learn; 24/7 support and more than 15,000 Trustpilot reviews. mimirdesk vs GoHighLevel.

3. Vendasta

Best for: reselling AI and marketing services to local businesses through a white-label client portal.

"Meet the AI Workforce for local businesses": an AI Receptionist for phone, SMS and chat, Snapshot Report audits of a prospect, email campaigns, a white-label client portal from the Professional plan, a wholesale marketplace and paid fulfilment services.

Pricing model: a platform subscription set against a monthly minimum spend on wholesale products, with contracts on higher tiers — their pricing. 14-day trial, no card. Worth knowing: searching for businesses by type and city and outbound AI calls are not listed.

4. Stammer AI

Best for: building and reselling chat and voice agents under your brand.

"Build and Deploy AI Agents": chat agents for websites, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and SMS, inbound voice agents, calendar booking, client sub-accounts with their own wallets, branded dashboards and Stripe-based client billing on its white-label plans.

Pricing model: monthly plans — Standard by included usage, Pro (white label) by number of agents — with a prepaid usage wallet: their pricing. Trials of 7 days on Standard and 14 on Pro, card required. Worth knowing: prospect research and outreach are not listed; support runs on weekday office hours and tickets. mimirdesk vs Stammer AI.

5. Pickaxe

Best for: selling AI agents through your own branded portal.

"Build agents for anything, sell them to anyone": an agent builder with branded portals that handle logins, Stripe subscriptions and usage tracking, website embeds plus email, Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram and Discord, and white label with a custom domain on paid plans.

Pricing model: monthly or annual plans with included usage credits, plus a revenue share on portal sales — their pricing. Free account with a small monthly allowance. Worth knowing: voice, prospecting and outreach are not listed.

6. Voiceflow

Best for: building advanced chat and voice agents for clients.

"AI agents customers love. ROI you can prove.": a builder with playbooks, workflows, environments and evaluations, a chat widget, inbound and outbound calls and many integrations. Its agency offer includes multi-client workspaces and white-labeling and client handoff tools.

Pricing model: a plan fee plus credit-based usage; plan prices are shown in the app — their pricing. The agency trial needs no card. Worth knowing: more time configuring agents; no prospecting or outreach.

7. Botpress

Best for: customer support agents, with a free plan to start.

"The AI-native customer support platform.": webchat (white-label on paid plans), WhatsApp and Slack, its own helpdesk and support-tool integrations; the voice channel is on Enterprise.

Pricing model: priced by included conversations with no per-seat fees; free plan, no card — their pricing. Worth knowing: built for support teams; client sub-accounts are not listed.

8. Chatbase

Best for: quickly building support agents trained on a business's own content.

"Conversational agents for customer experience": a website widget and help page, email, WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and Instagram, inbound voice and a helpdesk. Agencies can apply to its Experts Program for an agency dashboard and referral commission.

Pricing model: monthly plans with message credits and a free plan; full white label on Enterprise — their pricing. 7-day trial on paid plans. Worth knowing: its outbound campaigns are WhatsApp messages to your own contacts, not prospect outreach.

9. Relevance AI

Best for: B2B research and outbound agents.

"Specialist AI Agents for Every Task": research and enrichment agents, an outbound prospecting agent and a proposal builder, calling agents on higher plans and a large integration library.

Pricing model: self-serve plans priced on actions and model credits, enterprise through sales — their pricing. Worth knowing: aimed at B2B sales teams; website assistants and preview sites are not listed.

10. Prospea

Best for: pitching website redesigns to local businesses.

"Cold outreach, hyper-personalized for every local business.": Google Maps discovery by city and category, enrichment with decision-maker contacts, a performance score, an AI redesign preview of the prospect's own site, and per-lead email, DM and call scripts sent from your own inbox with follow-ups.

Pricing model: monthly plans sized by leads processed, with a free plan — their site. Worth knowing: there is no AI assistant to deliver after the sale, and voice is not listed.

11. LocalReach

Best for: finding local businesses, including ones without a website, and pitching them.

"Find local businesses. Pitch them with AI.": Google Maps search by category and city, a filter for businesses without a website, an AI cold email and call script per lead, and a website-build prompt you open in an AI site builder.

Pricing model: the same features on every plan with different volume limits, and a free plan — their pricing. Worth knowing: built-in sending and hosted previews are not listed; a very new product.

12. Ciela AI

Best for: demoing AI agents to a prospect before you sell.

"Hyperpersonalized AI demos of your prospect's business.": a live demo hub built from the prospect's website — a voice agent, website chat or missed-call text-back — with engagement tracking and your branding.

Pricing model: a monthly allowance of demos with an AI balance; the first demo is free — their pricing. Worth knowing: it does not send outreach and does not run client agents after the sale, so you need another tool to deliver.

How to choose

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Questions

What is the best platform to start an AI agency?

It depends on the job you need done. To run many clients on one CRM and marketing platform, GoHighLevel or Vendasta. To build and resell chat and voice agents under your brand, Stammer AI or Pickaxe, or Voiceflow and Botpress for more advanced builds. To find and pitch local businesses, Prospea, LocalReach or Ciela AI. To go from zero clients to delivery in one workspace, mimirdesk, which is our product.

Which platform finds clients for an AI agency?

None of them finds clients for you. Tools that help you research and pitch local businesses include GoHighLevel's Prospecting Tool, Prospea, LocalReach and mimirdesk's Scout, and Ciela AI builds demos for prospects you choose. You still hold the sales conversations.

Which AI agency platforms give clients their own login?

GoHighLevel (client sub-accounts and SaaS mode), Vendasta (a white-label client portal from its Professional plan), Stammer AI (client sub-accounts, branded on Pro and Enterprise) and Pickaxe (branded portals with logins and billing). mimirdesk does not give clients logins; you invoice them yourself.

Can I start an AI agency without paying upfront?

Several products let you start free: Botpress, Chatbase, Prospea, LocalReach and Pickaxe have free plans or free accounts, Ciela AI's first demo is free, and Voiceflow's agency trial needs no card. GoHighLevel's and Stammer AI's trials require a card, and so does mimirdesk's 7-day Starter trial.

Which platform is best for selling AI phone answering to local businesses?

For answering calls, GoHighLevel's Voice AI, Vendasta's AI Receptionist and Stammer AI's voice agents are more mature, and Ciela AI can demo a voice agent for a prospect. mimirdesk's phone reception is a first version: it answers a client's number, says it is an AI and takes messages, without calendar booking or call transfers yet.

Sources

Checked 9 October 2026. Products and prices change; if something here is out of date, email igor@mimirdesk.com and we will correct it. All product names are trademarks of their owners; mimirdesk is not affiliated with them.

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