SherpaDesk
SherpaDesk scores 49/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.
SherpaDesk pricing
Single Agent
Free
foreverBase Camp
$45/mo
flatHigh Camp
$55/mo
flatContractors License
$10/user/mo
How SherpaDesk scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
0 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
0 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
49 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 agent on Single Agent plan (monthly)
$0/mo
5 agents on Base Camp plan (monthly)
$225/mo
10 technicians using Contractors License (monthly)
$100/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Unknown
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Unknown
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Unknown
Purchase orders supported
Unknown
MSA required
Unknown
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
14 days (no card)
Annual discount
10% off
Positioning & ecosystem
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from SherpaDesk?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How SherpaDesk could lift its score
Add at least one self-serve paid tier with a checkout link, so an agent can pay without a sales call.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Pricing — Start your 14-day free trial with SherpaDesk and explore all the powerful features designed to streamline your IT help desk, time tracking, invoicing, and asset management. |
| tier_count | 3 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 10 |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $10/ month Custom Email |
| annual_required | true |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | null |
| api_docs_auth_walled | null |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"message","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$10/ month Custom Email"} |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Help Desk
Not advertised
3
Yes
$10/mo
$10/ month Custom Email
0 / 1
Auth-walled
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Tier-based subscription
SherpaDesk pricing starts at $0/mo for the Single Agent plan; free trial available; paid plans up to $55/mo. Billed monthly or annually with a 10% discount.
Free trial Single Agent (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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