AiSDR
Artisan
The lowest-risk way to learn whether an autonomous AI SDR works in your market: pay per person prospected, billed daily, with research and writing included
The best fit for a careful enterprise rollout: approval gates at every stage and escalation rules, with a dialer and visitor identification built in
- $1.50 per person
- No sales call
- Multichannel incl. LinkedIn
- HubSpot two-way sync
- Approval gates
- Escalation rules
- Built-in dialer
- Salesforce on team plans only
- Fewer approval controls
- Custom pricing
- Credits to model
Key Takeaways
- 11x — The most autonomous and widest-reaching: 400M+ contacts, six channels, Alice from $3,750 a month billed annually. A 2025 TechCrunch report on customer claims makes references essential.
- Artisan — Ava 2.0 (May 2026) runs outbound end to end with approval gates at every stage and escalation rules. Custom, credit-based pricing.
- AiSDR — $1.50 per person prospected since October 15, 2026, billed daily, no sales call. HubSpot sync on every plan; Salesforce on team plans.
- Bottom line — AiSDR to test the idea cheaply, Artisan to roll out autonomy in controlled steps, 11x when you want maximum reach on an annual budget.
Why compare 11x, Artisan and AiSDR?
They are the three best-known AI SDRs sold as an autonomous team member: each brings its own contact data and sending setup and runs outbound from research to booked meeting. They differ most in how you buy them and how much control you keep while the agent learns your market. Facts verified against vendor pages and reporting through October 31, 2026; scores match the Best AI SDR Tools guide.
How do the features compare?
Feature matrix
| Feature | 11x | Artisan | AiSDR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | |||
| What it runs | Prospecting, research, multichannel outreach, booking (Alice); inbound chat and voice (Julian) | Research through booked meetings | Lists, research, writing, sending, reply classification |
| Approval controls | Not prominently documented | Approval gates at every stage; escalation rules | Pause anytime; reply classification; managed service option |
| Channels | Email, LinkedIn, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, chat | Email, built-in dialer, rep tasks, visitor ID | Email, LinkedIn requests, DMs, InMails, voice notes |
| Data and integration | |||
| Contact data | 400M+ contacts, 21+ providers | 250M+ B2B, 130M local businesses, 22+ sources | 2B+ profiles, 20-provider waterfall |
| CRM | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, two-way | Salesforce, HubSpot | HubSpot two-way; Salesforce on team plans |
| Sending infrastructure | Managed mailboxes, warming, rotation | Not detailed in the Ava 2.0 launch | Lookalike domains, warmup; mailbox $33 |
| Buying (Oct 2026) | |||
| Published prices | Alice from $3,750/mo, billed annually (vendor page) | Custom, credit-based | $1.50 per person prospected |
| Commitment | Annual | Quoted per team | Pay as you go, billed daily; team plans quarterly |
| WTF score (/20) | 14 | 14 | 16 |
11x
11x's June 2026 comparison page describes Alice as an outbound AI SDR across email, LinkedIn, phone, SMS, WhatsApp and chat with a 400M+ contact database, and Julian as an inbound chat and voice agent. It lists Alice from $3,750 a month and Julian from $2,417 (chat) or $5,333 (voice) a month, billed annually. Case-study figures on the page are self-reported. 11x review.
11x
- Most channels and the largest stated contact database of the three
- Inbound agent (Julian) from the same vendor
- Two-way sync with Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive
- Annual billing and demo-gated buying make a pilot expensive
- 2025 TechCrunch report on customer claims; verify references
Artisan
Ava 2.0, launched on May 26, 2026, was rebuilt for enterprise revenue teams. It runs outbound end to end, with approval gates at every stage and escalation rules; Artisan suggests starting with approvals on. It brings 250M+ B2B contacts and enrichment across 22+ sources, and moved to credit-based, custom pricing. Artisan review.
Artisan
- Approval gates at every stage, so autonomy can be widened step by step
- Built-in dialer and website visitor identification
- Large deployments cited, up to 1,000+ reps
- No published prices
- Credit consumption needs modelling before a rollout
AiSDR
AiSDR replaced its Solo, Explore and Scale tiers on October 15, 2026 with $1.50 per person prospected, billed daily. Team plans for 1,000+ contacts a month are quoted with up to 40% lower per-contact prices and add Salesforce, visitor tracking and compliance reviews. AiSDR review.
AiSDR
- Cheapest way to test: $1.50 per person, billed daily, no sales call
- Research, lists and writing included in the per-person price
- Managed service available per campaign ($149) or monthly ($2,500)
- Salesforce integration and compliance reviews only on team plans
- Fewer documented approval controls than Artisan
Related questions
- Which AI SDR tools are worth a pilot in 2026?
- What are the consent and deliverability risks of AI SDRs? (partner site CTAIO)
- Should you start with an inbound AI SDR instead?
- What does HubSpot's Prospecting Agent cost?
- Which CRM should your AI SDR write to?
Frequently asked questions
Is 11x better than Artisan?
11x reaches more channels (email, LinkedIn, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, chat) and also sells an inbound agent. Artisan's Ava 2.0 is easier to roll out carefully because it has approval gates at every stage and escalation rules. If control during rollout matters more than channel count, Artisan fits better; if you want maximum reach and can commit to an annual contract, 11x.
Which AI SDR is cheapest to try?
AiSDR. Since October 15, 2026 it charges $1.50 per person prospected, billed daily, with no sales call required. 11x lists Alice from $3,750 a month billed annually, and Artisan prices through custom quotes.
What happened with 11x's customer claims?
TechCrunch reported on March 24, 2025 that 11x listed ZoomInfo and Airtable as customers when both said they were not, and raised questions about how it counted revenue on contracts with three-month break clauses. 11x said it reports contracted ARR and cited 79% retention. Its founder stepped down as CEO in May 2025.
Do these AI SDRs work with Salesforce?
11x and Artisan integrate with Salesforce and HubSpot; 11x also supports Pipedrive. AiSDR includes two-way HubSpot sync on every plan and adds Salesforce on team plans. Salesforce's own outbound agent, Hunter, was in pilot in September 2026.
Final verdict
- Choose AiSDR to find out cheaply whether an AI SDR books meetings in your market, especially on HubSpot.
- Choose Artisan to roll an autonomous BDR out to a real team with approvals on until you trust it.
- Choose 11x for the most channels and an inbound agent from one vendor, after calling references.
Sources
- 11x, Outreach vs 11x (Jun 17, 2026); UsagePricing, 11x customer claims controversy (summarizing TechCrunch, Mar 24, 2025).
- Artisan, Ava 2.0 (May 26, 2026); TechCrunch, Artisan raises $25M (Apr 9, 2025).
- AiSDR, Pricing; UsagePricing, AiSDR pay-per-prospect replaces tiers (Oct 15, 2026).
- Salesforce, Agentforce job-ready agents (Sep 2026).
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