Day AI vs Lightfield (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Lightfield grades higher than Day AI: 2.2 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Lightfield grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Day AI
AI-agent CRM that fills itself from email, calendar and calls
Lightfield
AI-native CRM that updates itself from email, calls and meetings
Which one is for you
Pick Day AI if
- Fits if you want contacts and notes filled from email and calendar without typing
- Works for small teams where one person pays for the agent
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to start free, because a workspace needs a paid agent
- Tight if you want pipeline: it starts at Professional, $60 an agent
- Watch out: prices are billed annually and paid upfront, with no monthly prices on the page
- Watch out: Super is annual only and sold through sales
Pick Lightfield if
- Fits if you're a founder doing sales and your CRM is always three weeks out of date
- Works for teams of up to 3 who want call recording, transcripts and the CRM in one product
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you just want contacts and a pipeline, at $89 a user against about $24 for a typical CRM
- Tight if you're on Starter, which stops at 3 users and 50,000 records, with no workflows, sequences or dashboards
- Skip it if a fourth person needs in, because the step up is Pro at $999 a month per workspace, billed yearly
- Watch out: workflows, sequences and enrichment draw on a yearly credit allowance, with overage billed unless you set a cap
- Not for you if you want a phone or desktop app, as Lightfield lists only a web app
How we grade them
| 1.6GPADay AIWeak | 2.2GPALightfieldFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DTurbo is $24 an agent a month billed yearly, near the $25 middle of CRM tools, but pipeline management starts at Professional at $60, and Super is $800. | DStarter is $89 a user a month, where the dearest tenth of CRMs here begins at $65 and the middle is $24. For that you still get no workflows, automations, sequences or dashboards: those begin on Pro, at $999 a month per workspace billed annually, with 5 capture seats. |
| Free plan and trial | FA free user can ingest Gmail and Calendar, but a workspace can't be created on it: it needs one paid Professional or Executive agent. | CNo free plan, just a 14-day trial of Starter, and the listing doesn't say whether it asks for a card. After that it's $89 a user, billed monthly, which is a steep place for a trial to land you. |
| Features | CCustomer memory, meeting capture, campaigns and pipeline. The listing's gap: Free and Turbo have no pipeline management. | BIt updates contacts, accounts and deals from email and meetings, records and transcribes calls on Zoom, Meet and Teams, answers questions with links to the moment in the call, and scores target accounts. Custom objects and the API are on every plan; the automation isn't. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Connecting inboxes, calendars and calls is part of the setup. | CNo rating on record, and the start is a setup job: connect Gmail or Outlook, the calendar, Slack and the meeting recorder before anything useful happens. Once it's running it does match emails and meetings to the right deal itself, so there's little typing in. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Gong, Snowflake and Claude connections. | BA web app, with no desktop or phone apps on its site. It connects to Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Granola and Gong, and there's a documented API with an MCP quickstart. |
| Best for | an AI CRM that fills itself from email | startups that never want to update a CRM by hand |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Day AI and Lightfield. How we grade
Price against what you get
Day AI starts at $24 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Lightfield starts at $89 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
Lightfield scores higher, and starts $65 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other CRM tools on the chart, 17 score higher than Day AI for less, and 8 score higher than Lightfield for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Lightfield also covers transcription.
At a glance
| Day AI | Lightfield | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $24 per agent / month, billed annually and paid upfront | $89 per user / month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Free user: Gmail and Calendar ingestion, meeting recording clips, search, sharing and creating contacts. A workspace needs at least one paid Professional or Executive agent. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of the Starter plan |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Day AI, Inc. | Magical Tome, Inc. (Lightfield) |
| Price read from | day.ai | lightfield.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Day AI
- A workspace cannot be created on the free plan; it needs at least one Professional or Executive agent.
- Prices reflect annual billing paid upfront; the page lists no monthly-billed prices, and its page description cites $75 a month for Professional.
- Super is annual only and sold through sales.
- The Free and Turbo plans have no pipeline management; that starts at Professional.
Lightfield
- Starter is capped at 3 users and has no workflows, automations, sequences, dashboards or viewer seats.
- The step up is steep: Pro costs $999 a month per workspace, billed annually, and includes 5 capture seats; extra ones are $200 a month.
- Workflows, automations, sequences and advanced enrichment draw on an annual credit allowance, with overage billed unless a cap is set.
- The vendor describes it as a web app; its site lists no desktop or mobile apps.
Key features
Day AI
- Customer memory
- A context graph built from permissioned ingestion of a team's email, calendar, meetings and Slack, so records fill in without manual logging.
- Agents priced per agent
- Each agent is a flat monthly rate for the work it can take on, with no per-seat fees and no usage-based charges, according to the pricing page.
- Pipeline management
- From Professional, agents manage pipeline and opportunities, build customer lists, generate reports and run on schedules.
- Campaigns and prospecting
- Executive builds campaigns from lists or customer memory. Super adds agentic web prospecting for net-new accounts that resemble existing customers.
- Meeting capture
- Meeting recording clips and notes, plus Gmail and Calendar ingestion, are available to every user including those on the free plan.
- Volume discounts
- Per-agent prices fall automatically with agent count: 10% off at 21 to 50 agents, 20% off at 51 to 100, and more beyond.
Lightfield
- Automatic data capture
- Connects Gmail or Outlook and their calendars, matches each email and meeting to the right contact, account and deal, and keeps fields such as deal stage current without manual entry.
- Meeting recorder
- A built-in recorder joins external calls on Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, produces searchable transcripts and summaries, tracks commitments as tasks and drafts follow-up emails.
- Agent chat
- Ask about deals in plain English and get answers with citations linking to the exact moment in a call. Viewer seats on Pro and above can use chat to query records.
- Workflows, automations and sequences
- Event-driven automations and multi-channel sequences are described in plain language. They start on Pro and consume workspace credits; Growth adds inbox warming.
- Pipeline generation
- Target accounts are scored on fit and timing using hiring, funding and tech stack signals, with verified contacts and warm intro paths from the team's LinkedIn connections.
- Custom objects and API
- Custom objects, relationships and pipeline configuration are on every plan. A documented API with keys and scopes, plus an MCP quickstart, opens CRM data to developers and agents.
Plans
Day AI
Free$0
Teammates in a workspace that has a Professional agent or higher. They can search, view and share records, and their meetings and emails are captured.
Turbo$24
per agent / month, billed annually, paid upfront
Everything in Free, plus task management, email drafts, web search and 2 automated skill slots.
Professional$60
per agent / month, billed annually, paid upfront
Everything in Turbo, plus campaign sequences, pipeline and opportunity management, analytics, custom properties and 5 skill slots.
Executive$200
per agent / month, billed annually, paid upfront
Everything in Professional, plus campaigns built from lists or customer memory, contact identification and 10 skill slots.
Super$800
per agent / month, billed annually, annual plans only
Everything in Executive, plus web prospecting for net-new accounts, a forward-deployed account executive and 20 custom smart properties. Sold through sales.
Lightfield
Starter$89
per user / month, billed monthly
Up to 3 seats and 50,000 records, with automatic record updates, meeting recording and transcription, and email, calendar and Slack sync.
Pro$999
per workspace / month, billed annually
5 capture seats, unlimited viewer seats, 450,000 workspace credits a year, workflows and automations, multi-channel sequences, dashboards and 250,000 records.
Growth$1,999
per workspace / month, billed annually
10 capture seats, 900,000 workspace credits a year, inbox warming, LinkedIn sync (beta), advanced enrichment and 750,000 records.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds role-based access control, SSO, calculated and conditional fields, sandbox environments and custom integrations. Billed annually.
Ways to pay less
Day AI
- Other savings
Volume discounts per agent
The pricing page lists automatic discounts of 10% to 35% as the number of agents grows past 20.
Lightfield
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Day AI or Lightfield?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Day AI is cheaper to start with: $24 a month for each person, against $89 a month for each person for Lightfield. Day AI starts at $24 per agent / month, billed annually and paid upfront, and Lightfield starts at $89 per user / month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Day AI or Lightfield?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Day AI has a free plan. Lightfield does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.