Side-by-side comparison · Sales & Customer Support
Lightfield vs Retell AI vs Yoodli
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Founders and small B2B sales teams who hate updating a CRM and want one that keeps itself current from their email and meetings.
Pick it if: Service businesses and agencies that want an AI receptionist or phone agent without hiring developers.
Pick it if: Professionals, founders and sales teams who want to practise pitches, presentations and hard conversations out loud.
Overview
| Attribute | Lightfield | Retell AI | Yoodli |
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| In one line | A CRM that fills itself in from your emails, calls and meetings, and drafts follow-ups. | AI phone agents that answer calls, book appointments and make outbound calls. | AI speaking coach: role-play pitches and hard conversations and get feedback on delivery. |
| Pricing model | Paid | Paid | Freemium |
| Starting price | $89/user/mo | About $0.07–$0.31/min | $8/mo |
| Free plan | No | No | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Lightfield | Retell AI | Yoodli |
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| Overall rating | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Lightfield | Retell AI | Yoodli |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | No | No | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | – | – |
| Desktop app | – | – | – |
| Browser extension | No | – | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | – |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | – | – |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | – | No |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | – |
| Learns your brand or style | No | – | – |
| Works in many languages | No | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 6/ 17 | 7/ 17 | 6/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Lightfield | Retell AI | Yoodli |
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| Plans | StarterOur pick $89/user/mo A founder or small team getting started. | Pay as you goOur pick About $0.07–$0.31/min Most small businesses and agencies. | Starter Free Trying it once or twice. |
Pro $999/mo billed yearly Small customer-facing teams. | Enterprise Custom High call volumes and compliance needs. | ProOur pick $8/mo billed yearly Individuals practising most weeks. | |
Growth $1,999/mo billed yearly Companies scaling outbound sales. | Advanced $20/mo billed yearly Heavy individual users who want privacy. | ||
Enterprise Custom Larger companies with security and data needs. | Business Custom per seat, billed yearly Sales and training teams. | ||
Enterprise Custom Very large organisations. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Try Starter free for 14 days and connect your real inbox and calendar, because the self-filling records are the whole point. Only move to Pro once you need sequences and more than 3 people. Extra capture seats cost $200 a month each, billed yearly. | Start on pay as you go with the free credits, build one agent for your most common call and test it on your own phone. Talk to sales only once you run thousands of minutes a month. | Individuals should take Pro on the yearly plan; it is cheap and ten sessions a week is plenty. Teams wanting their own sales scenarios need Business. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Lightfield, Retell AI or Yoodli?
They tie on our overall rating (Lightfield 3.7/5, Retell AI 4.1/5 and Yoodli 4.1/5). Lightfield is best for founders doing their own sales who never update the CRM and getting meeting notes and follow-ups written for you. Retell AI is best for AI receptionist for a small business and booking appointments by phone. Yoodli is best for rehearsing a pitch or presentation and cutting filler words and rambling.
Which is cheaper, Lightfield, Retell AI or Yoodli?
Lightfield: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $89/user/mo. Retell AI: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at About $0.07–$0.31/min. Yoodli: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $8/mo.
Which is easier to use, Lightfield, Retell AI or Yoodli?
Yoodli rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Professionals, founders and sales teams who want to practise pitches, presentations and hard conversations out loud.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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