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Octave vs Valley

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Octave

Quote Free trial

Octave is a GTM context platform that stores your ICP, personas, positioning and proof points and feeds them to AI agents that write and qualify outreach. It suits staffing firms and agencies running Clay or AI-driven outbound that want every message to match one agreed pitch. Pricing is a flat annual platform fee plus usage credits with no published price, and the site offers a free trial.

Where Octave fits

  • Agencies selling several services to distinct buyer personas
  • Teams running Clay tables that need consistent messaging
  • GTM engineers wiring AI assistants through MCP
  • Sales leaders who want call insights fed back into messaging

Valley

$199/seat/mo 7 day free trial

AI outbound from $199 per seat a month ($149 billed quarterly) that finds buyers from LinkedIn signals, researches each one and writes LinkedIn and email outreach in your voice, with approval before sending. API and MCP on every plan, 7-day trial with a card. Best for founders, sales teams and agencies running signal-led LinkedIn outbound.

Where Valley fits

  • Founders and sales teams doing signal-led outbound
  • Agencies that want research-backed LinkedIn messages
  • Recruiters targeting companies that are hiring

At a glance

DetailOctaveValley
Starting priceQuote$199/seat/mo
Free tier–No–No
Free trialYes7 day free trial
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underOutreach, Lead generationLinkedIn, Lead generation, Outreach

Where they pull apart

Octave

Stands out: Octave is built as a context layer, not a sender, so the same personas and messaging reach Clay, your sequencer and Claude through MCP, where a tool like Valley keeps its context inside its own app. Its Intelligence Engine reads calls, emails and deal outcomes and suggests updates to that context, which most AI writing tools do not attempt.

Watch out: No prices are published, so you have to talk to sales to learn what the platform fee is. The Base tier caps you at 100 credits a month and a single active offering, which is tight for an agency selling several services.

Not the right fit for

  • Solo recruiters who just need a better first line
  • Buyers who want a published monthly price
  • Teams without a CRM or call recorder to learn from

Valley

Stands out: Valley starts from who is already showing interest, such as profile viewers, post engagers and people engaging with competitors, then explains why each prospect fits and what it found about them before writing a word. Its API, 19 webhook events and MCP server are included on every plan.

Watch out: At $199 per seat on monthly billing it costs several times more than plain LinkedIn automation, credits for discovery and enrichment come on top, and email sending is an add-on on Starter. The trial needs a card.

Not the right fit for

  • Solo users on a tight budget
  • Teams that only need basic invite automation
  • Buyers who want a trial without a card

Pros and cons

Octave

  • Own MCP server, API and CLI
  • No per-seat pricing
  • Learns from calls, emails and deal outcomes
  • No published prices
  • Base tier limited to 100 credits a month
  • More setup than a simple AI writer

Valley

  • Starts from real buying signals
  • Writes in each sender's voice
  • API and MCP on every plan
  • $199 per seat on monthly billing
  • Credits on top of seat price
  • Email is an add-on on Starter

What each one costs

Octave

Quote

Octave charges a flat annual platform subscription plus metered usage credits, and does not charge per seat. The pricing page does not publish dollar amounts. The Base tier includes 100 generation credits a month, 2 active workspaces, 1 active offering and 2 active playbooks, with community support, and is not time limited. The middle tier includes 10,000 credits a month, more active offerings, elements and playbooks, and email and chat support. Octave Ultra has custom credits and adds unlimited users and managed agents, SSO, SCIM and RBAC, and a dedicated CSM with a private Slack channel. The site offers a free trial, and Octave says that within 2 weeks of onboarding you can walk away with no questions asked. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Valley

$199/seat/mo

Prices are per seat, and one seat is one LinkedIn account. Starter is $199 a month billed monthly or $149 a month billed quarterly, and covers LinkedIn only; email sending is a paid add-on. Plus is $299 a month ($249 billed quarterly) and adds 1,000 emails a month, waterfall email enrichment and a customer success manager. Growth is $499 a month with $300 of extra credits each month, and Scale is custom for 5 or more seats. Prospect discovery, email finding and upgraded message writing use credits. The 7-day trial for new subscribers needs a payment method. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 21 Oct 2026

Common questions

Can you try Octave or Valley for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Octave offers a free trial. Valley offers a 7 day free trial.
Does Octave or Valley have an MCP server?
Octave and Valley ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?