Artisan
Hire Ava, an autonomous AI BDR that finds and enriches leads, runs personalized outbound, handles replies, and books meetings.
From 600
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Bottom line
Autonomous AI BDR (Ava): find, enrich, outbound, replies, meetings. Listed around $600/mo; the vendor does not publish a price grid.
Stands out for: Ava as an AI employee for outbound (HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack named), sold like headcount, not like Instantly.
Watch out for: Pricing is not published. Confirm the current credit pack on a demo before you budget.
Overview
Artisan sells Ava, an autonomous AI BDR that finds and enriches leads, runs personalized outbound, handles replies, and books meetings. HubSpot, Salesforce, and Slack are named on the pricing page. It is outreach plus contact data, not an ATS.
Pricing starts around $600/mo; the vendor does not publish a pricing grid. Credit-based plans scale with lead volume, mailboxes, and dialer seats. No free trial is advertised. Confirm Intern vs Employee vs enterprise on a call.
Who it's for
Best for
- GTM teams replacing an SDR with an agent
- HubSpot or Salesforce shops
- Companies that will buy credits plus a mailbox stack
- Buyers comparing AiSDR and Ava
Not ideal for
- People who need a $29 sequencer
- Teams that refuse autonomous outbound
- Buyers who need a published price today
Key features
Ava AI BDR. Autonomous outbound agent that finds leads, enriches contacts, sends personalized email and LinkedIn outreach, handles replies, and books meetings.
Contact database. Large verified B2B contact set with firmographics and direct dials.
Outbound stack in one. Enrichment, deliverability, sequencing, dialer, and intent signals consolidated.
Human-in-the-loop. Approvals, tone and CTA locks, and escalation rules before send.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Ava autonomous AI BDR: research, outbound, replies, meetings | Quoted / credit plans |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
Credit-based plans scale with lead volume, mailboxes, and dialer seats. Third-party reporting places an Employee plan near $600/mo billed annually; higher volume and Enterprise tiers are sales-quoted. Confirm current packaging on artisan.co/pricing.
Checked 8 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Artisan expensive?
Artisan starts at 600. We list 196 lead generation tools in total. 49 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $49 a month.
- 30 quote-based
- 49 free tier
- 151 public price
Worked out automatically from every lead generation listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Full-cycle AI BDR rather than a sequencer with a writer
- HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack named
- Sold as headcount replacement, which is the honest frame
Cons
- No published pricing grid
- Credits and mailboxes will stack on top of $600
- Not a cheap Instantly alternative
Integrations
Salesforce HubSpot Slack
How Artisan compares
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| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | – | 600 | – | – | |
| | – | 250 | – | – | Compare |
| | – | 600 | ✓ | – | Compare |
| | – | $48/mo | – | – | Compare |
| | ✓ | $167/mo | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
250
Public $250 Solo AI SDR if you want a grid instead of Artisan opacity.
600 MCP
AI sales platform from $600/mo with a free trial if you want data plus sequences, not only an agent.
$48/mo
Cheaper AI email plus LinkedIn if you do not need a full Ava.
$167/mo Free tier MCP API
Human-in-the-loop enrichment and send if autonomous BDR is a step too far.