Shilo AI vs Chorus, Gong and Maverick: $49 a Seat vs $375 a Team

Agents who look up Shilo AI keep asking how it stacks up against Chorus, Gong and ExecVision. Those are the names that come up when you search "AI call coaching," so the comparison makes sense on the surface. It falls apart once you open the pricing pages. On November 12, 2026, we checked every tool on that list plus the two real-estate options most teams actually run into: Maverick and the AI that ships inside Follow Up Boss. Only Shilo and Maverick post a price, and only those two (plus Follow Up Boss itself) name a real estate CRM on the page. If your calls live in Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail, your shortlist is three tools, not five, and the right pick depends mostly on how many agents you're coaching.

What Are the Best Shilo AI Alternatives in 2026?

For a team on Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail, the real alternative is Maverick's Revenue Accelerator at $375 a month, which grades calls already recorded in your CRM. FUB's built-in AI writes call summaries free. Gong and Chorus post no price and name no real estate CRM, so they fit a brokerage's enterprise list, not a team lead's.

That answer surprises people who expect the big conversation-intelligence brands to be the default. They aren't wrong that Gong and Chorus are capable products. The problem is fit and visibility. A team lead with eight agents can't price either one without a sales call, and neither page says it reads recordings from the CRM your agents dial from every day. Shilo and Maverick were built around exactly that connection. You paste in an API key, the tool pulls recordings your CRM already stores, and grading starts without anyone changing how they call. When you're evaluating, that plumbing matters more than any feature list, because a coaching tool that can't see your calls is just a role-play app.

What We Compared and How

We read each vendor's own pricing or product page on November 12, 2026 and recorded four things: the posted price, who the product says it's built for, which CRMs it names, and whether it grades real recorded calls or only practice calls. We didn't run a live coaching trial and we didn't take sales calls, so where a vendor hides its price we say so rather than guess. Third-party directories were no help here. One popular AI-tools directory listed Shilo as "custom quote only," which hasn't been true since Shilo posted its $49 Solo plan, and described "Chorus" as a desktop chat app rather than ZoomInfo's call product. That's why every number below links to the vendor's page. If you're building a shortlist from a directory, check the vendor page before you trust the price.

Findings: Three Tools Price Like Real Estate Tools

Shilo is still the only option with a self-serve price per agent. Its pricing page lists Solo at $49 a month, billed every 3 months, with a 7-day free trial, no long-term contract and "unlimited usage" under a fair-use policy. Every call gets graded on a 5-star standard, and the plan includes on-demand role play and a weekly 1:1 coaching session. The Team plan adds manager controls, team-wide visibility, lead enrichment and a shared pool of coaching hours, but it's quote-only. On the CRM side, Shilo's Follow Up Boss integration page says every recording that lands in FUB is "pulled into Shilo automatically," and Shilo writes call notes, tags and booked appointments back to the timeline. Setup takes about five minutes. Sierra, CINC and GoHighLevel connections need owner or admin access, so check that before your trial clock starts.

Maverick is the closest head-to-head, and its pricing page is more open than most. It shows three tiers for teams under 10 agents. AI Sales Coach is $199 per user per month and runs practice calls with AI-simulated clients across 100+ phone scenarios; it's pitched at teams "not using FUB or BoldTrail." Revenue Accelerator is $375 a month, shown next to a crossed-out $575, and requires Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail. That tier adds what Maverick calls "AI grading of CRM recorded calls," agent rules and alerts, leaderboards, an appointment tracker and team funnel reporting. Rev. Accelerator Pro is $775 a month (crossed-out $875) and layers on ISA reporting, lead source reporting, sales manager reports and individual agent dashboards. Larger teams and solo agents have to book a demo for a quote.

Follow Up Boss's own AI is the option most teams forget they already have. FUB's pricing page says there's "no additional charge for AI features." Calling is a $39-per-user add-on on the $69 Grow plan ($33 on annual billing) and is included with call recording on Pro, which is $499 a month for 10 users. A December 2025 Follow Up Boss post on call coaching describes instant AI call summaries, coaching metrics on response time and objection handling, AI role play, and custom scoring for things like appointment setting. It doesn't say which plan unlocks each of those, so confirm in your account before you assume you have it. What you won't get is Shilo's weekly 1:1 or Maverick's leaderboards and agent alerts.

Gong, Chorus and ExecVision: Built for a Different Buyer

The enterprise names fail a team lead's test on price before features even come up. Gong's pricing page says "Licenses are priced per user" and adds "a platform fee based on the number of users supported," then sends you to a proposal form whose smallest team-size bucket is 1 to 50. No dollar figure appears anywhere. ZoomInfo's Chorus page describes "performance-driven sales teams," names Zoom as a connection, and offers a demo request in place of a price. Neither page mentions Follow Up Boss, BoldTrail, Lofty or any other real estate CRM. ExecVision's pricing URL returned a 404 when we checked, and we couldn't find a posted price for it either. You can make any of these work with enough integration effort. The question is whether you want to pay a platform fee and run a procurement process to coach eight agents.

Sisu sits in a different lane entirely. It's often compared with Shilo because both show up on a team lead's dashboard, but Sisu's pricing page lists goal setting, sales contests, transaction management, back-office reporting and a client portal. It doesn't mention call coaching or AI at all, and it posts no price. Sisu tracks whether agents did the activity. Shilo and Maverick grade how the conversation went. Plenty of teams run both, and our Shilo AI vs Sisu Sunburst comparison covers that pairing in detail.

Surprises: Where Maverick's Flat Price Beats Shilo Seats

Here's the math most comparisons skip. Shilo Solo is priced per agent, while Maverick's Revenue Accelerator is a single monthly price for teams under 10 agents. At 3 agents, Shilo seats cost $147 a month against Maverick's $375. At 7 agents, it's $343 versus $375, still a Shilo win. At 8 agents the lines cross: eight Solo seats cost $392, which is $17 more than Maverick. At 9 agents, Shilo runs $441, or $66 a month more. Over a year, eight Shilo seats come to $4,704 and Revenue Accelerator comes to $4,500. One caveat cuts the other way. Solo is the individual plan, and a real team would usually get a Shilo Team quote, which could land above or below the seat math. Treat these numbers as the ceiling to negotiate against.

The second surprise is how much the CRM decides for you. Maverick's two call-grading tiers simply don't work without Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail. Shilo covers those two plus Lofty, Sierra, CINC, Sure Send and GoHighLevel. If your team is on Lofty or Sierra, Maverick's Revenue Accelerator is off the table and the comparison collapses to Shilo versus whatever your CRM already includes. If you're weighing a CRM switch at the same time, our Follow Up Boss alternatives breakdown and the BoldTrail pricing guide show what each base platform costs before you add a coaching layer on top.

Our Verdict by Team Size and CRM

Pick based on two facts you already know: how many agents you're coaching and where their calls are recorded. A solo agent or a team of up to 7 on any CRM Shilo connects to should start with Shilo Solo seats, because the posted price is lower and the trial is self-serve. A team of 8 or 9 on Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail should price Maverick's Revenue Accelerator first, since it's cheaper on paper and adds leaderboards and agent alerts Shilo Solo doesn't have; then ask Shilo for a Team quote below $375 to make them compete. A FUB Pro team that mainly wants call notes written for it should try the built-in AI before buying anything. Gong and Chorus only make sense if your brokerage already runs one of them for other teams.

• 1 to 7 agents, any supported CRM: Shilo Solo, $49 per agent.
• 8 or 9 agents on Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail: Maverick Revenue Accelerator at $375, or a Shilo Team quote that beats it.
• Team on Lofty, Sierra or CINC: Shilo, since Maverick's grading tiers require FUB or BoldTrail.
• Need ISA and lead source reporting too: Maverick Rev. Accelerator Pro at $775.
• Calls not recorded anywhere: fix recording first. Neither tool can grade a call it never receives.

One more check before you sign anything: recording consent. Every tool on this list grades calls your CRM recorded, and several states require every party on the call to agree to that recording. Our guide to call recording consent rules for AI coaching tools covers which state statutes require it and how to set up the disclosure before your first graded call.

Coaching makes the calls you already get convert better. It doesn't put more homeowners on the phone. If your agents are sharp but short on seller conversations, the fix sits upstream of any of these tools. RobinFlow builds home-valuation funnels and seller-lead campaigns that drop homeowners straight into your CRM, so whichever coach you choose has calls to grade. Start your RobinFlow onboarding to see what a seller campaign would look like for your team.

Frequently Asked Questions About Shilo AI Alternatives

What is the cheapest alternative to Shilo AI?

For a team already on Follow Up Boss, the built-in AI is the cheapest because FUB says there's no extra charge for AI features. Among paid coaching tools with posted prices, Shilo Solo at $49 per agent is cheapest through 7 agents. Maverick's $375 team price is cheaper at 8 or 9.

Is Shilo AI better than Gong or Chorus for real estate?

For most teams, yes, on fit alone. Shilo names seven CRMs and agent platforms it connects to and posts a $49 price. Gong and Chorus post no price and name no real estate CRM on their pricing or product pages.

Does Maverick work without Follow Up Boss?

Only its AI Sales Coach tier, at $199 per user per month, which uses AI-simulated practice calls. The Revenue Accelerator tiers that grade your real recorded calls require Follow Up Boss or BoldTrail.

Does Follow Up Boss have AI call coaching built in?

Follow Up Boss describes AI call summaries, coaching metrics, AI role play and custom scoring, and its pricing page says AI carries no additional charge. It doesn't list which plan includes each feature, so check your account.

Is Sisu an alternative to Shilo?

Not directly. Sisu's pricing page covers goal setting, contests, transaction management and reporting, with no mention of call coaching. Sisu tracks activity, while Shilo grades the conversations themselves.