Artisan Review: An AI Representative With a Name and a Face
Artisan AI fits sales teams that want its agent Ava to book meetingsIn this Artisan review, output quality draws 4 negative mentions, the most of any theme, and feature range draws 3.
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Artisan in three sentences
Artisan AI sells Ava, an AI BDR agent that finds leads, sends outreach and books meetings from a database of 250M+ contacts. Scores rest on 9 tagged reviews, with a global score of 7.8. Output quality is the most raised drawback, with 4 negative mentions.
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What it costs
Six plans. Every figure read on the vendor's pricing page between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026.
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- Credits per month
- 10K
- Leads contacted per month
- ~500
- Credits per month
- 25K
- Leads contacted per month
- ~1,250
- Credits per month
- Not published
- Leads contacted per month
- ~2,500
- Credits per month
- Not published
- Leads contacted per month
- ~6,000
- Credits per month
- Not published
- Leads contacted per month
- Not published
Prices read on the vendor's page: Intern $280 a month and Employee $660 a month, billed monthly.
Scores recalculated on 9 tagged reviews; global score 7.8.
What you get, what you don't
Six things Artisan does. None of the six is missing on the vendor's pages; the weak spots are in what reviewers say, below.
- HubSpotNative
- SalesforceNative
- SlackNative
- ClaudeNative
- ZapierVia Zapier or API
- Data hostedUnited States
- GDPR data processing agreementAvailable
- SOC 2 reportSOC 2 Type II
- Single sign-onAvailable
- ChannelsEmail and contact form
- HoursNot published
- PhoneNot published
- Read as negative0 of 3 tagged reviews
The data behind the score
Our five scores against the average of the tools we score.
Should you buy it?
Name your dealbreaker. No profile is scored on its own yet: too few tagged reviews per profile, so the page shows the overall score.
Buy it if You want Ava to find leads, send outreach and book meetings, with an approval step for replies. Skip it if You need the agent itself to place calls: Ava queues leads and your reps dial.
Output quality draws the most complaints Output quality draws 4 negative mentions, the most of any theme, and no favourable one. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Feature range splits the reviewers Feature range draws 3 negative and 4 favourable mentions; only one CRM can be connected at a time, read on Sep 29, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
The learning curve draws repeated complaints Learning curve draws 2 negative mentions and no favourable one. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Price level draws repeated complaints Price level draws 2 negative mentions and no favourable one; Intern is $280 a month, billed monthly, read on Oct 4, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Questions to ask the vendor
- What do the 10K credits on Intern cover once campaigns start?Most campaigns start at about 20 credits per prospect, read on Sep 29, 2026.
- Can every message be approved before it sends, not only replies?Approval mode is listed for replies; output quality draws 4 negative mentions.
- Is there a workaround for custom Salesforce objects and campaigns?Neither is supported, and feature range draws 3 negative mentions.
- What do the Team and Scale plans cost?Both are sold on a quote, and price level draws 2 negative mentions.
If Artisan isn't it
Three tools we score in this category. Each card names where the tool is weaker. Output quality, Feature range, Learning curve and Price level have no card: we hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better. Click a card, or a name below, to put it next to Artisan.
- Phone agent that answers inbound calls and books meetings, built in
- Output quality draws 5 negative mentions
- Mailbox setup and ongoing domain warm-up, built in
- Learning curve draws 9 negative mentions
- Sends from your own Gmail or Outlook, not a vendor-rented domain
- Output quality draws 7 negative mentions
Artisan vs 11xthe three alternatives
 Artisan |
11x |
AiSDR |
Regie.ai |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.8* | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
| Price and plan | ||||
| Entry price | $280 /mo | From $2,417 /mo billed annually | $250 /mo | $49 /mo |
| Free plan | Free plan | No free plan stated | No free plan stated | Free plan |
| Free trial | Free trial (length not stated) | No free trial | No free trial stated | No free trial stated |
| Four dimensions, same grid | ||||
| Ease of setup | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| Feature depth | 7.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| Value for money | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| Support quality | 8.1 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 6.7 |
| Fit | ||||
| CRM sync | HubSpot, Salesforce | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho | HubSpot, Salesforce | HubSpot, Salesforce, Monday |
| Support channels | Email and contact form | Email (billing) | In-app chat and email | Not published |
| Main strength | Autonomous AI BDR agent | AI SDR for outbound prospecting | Customer support and automation | Research and follow-up agents |
11x scores 8.3 on 46 tagged reviews. Its sequences run across email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp and social, read on Sep 29, 2026.
AiSDR scores 8.1 on 13 tagged reviews. Its replies go out in 5-10 min or in co-pilot mode, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Regie.ai scores 7.9 on 11 tagged reviews. Its power dialer uses local numbers, with a DNC check before each call, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Billed monthly: Artisan's Intern $280 a month, AiSDR's Solo $250, Regie.ai's Pro $49; 11x's Growth (Alice) from $3,750 a month, billed annually. Read between Sep 29 and Oct 19, 2026.
Same five-dimension grid for every tool; the fifth dimension changes with the category and stays out of this table. Prices and integrations read on each vendor's public pages between Sep 29 and Oct 19, 2026. * Under 10 tagged reviews: the score is weighted toward the site average; with none, it is the site average. Some of these prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendors' pages before you buy.
What the reviews say, in depth
The Free plan cannot run campaigns
Free is $0 a month with 300 credits a month, and the vendor lists that it cannot run campaigns. Intern is $280 a month, billed monthly, or $250 a month, billed annually, with 10K credits a month; annual credits are billed upfront. Read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026.
Employee is $660 a month, billed monthly, or $600 a month, billed annually, with 25K credits a month and priority support. Team, Scale and Enterprise are sold on a quote. Read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026.
Credits and leads contacted both cap each plan
Intern lists 10K credits and ~500 leads contacted a month; Employee lists 25K credits and ~1,250 leads. Team lists ~2,500 leads contacted a month and Scale ~6,000. The vendor states most campaigns start at about 20 credits per prospect. Read on Sep 29, 2026.
On annual plans, unused credits at the end of the term do not roll over; on monthly plans they carry over until the end of the following billing period, per the vendor's FAQ read on Sep 29, 2026.
Ava can send replies alone or wait for approval
The vendor lists two modes for replies: Ava drafts each one and waits for a click, or sends it herself. Intern lists autonomous campaigns and replies, and Ava books meetings. Read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026.
Ava does not call prospects: she queues leads in the built-in dialer with talking points and your reps dial, read on Sep 29, 2026. Output quality draws 4 negative mentions.
Artisan syncs with one CRM at a time
Artisan lists native HubSpot and Salesforce syncs, and only one CRM can be connected at a time. Custom Salesforce objects and Salesforce campaigns are not supported, and one Slack workspace connects per account. Read on Sep 29, 2026.
Zapier and Make connect through Zapier or the API, per the vendor's page of the same date. Feature range draws 4 favourable mentions and 3 negative ones.
New accounts get a 10K-credit free trial
The vendor states each new account starts with a 10K-credit free trial and that no credit card is required, read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026. A Free plan with 300 credits a month is also listed.
Purchases are non-refundable and non-cancellable unless the Order Form says otherwise, and the term renews automatically, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Before you commit
Free is $0 a month with 300 credits a month. Intern is $280 a month, billed monthly, with 10K credits a month; Employee is $660 a month, billed monthly, with 25K credits. Annual billing is cheaper on both. Read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026.
Intern lists autonomous campaigns and replies, and the vendor lists that Ava books meetings, read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026. Approval mode is listed for replies: Ava drafts each one and waits for a click, or sends it. Output quality draws 4 negative mentions.
This page does not measure warm-up or domain setup. Intern lists deliverability monitoring, read on Sep 29, 2026. The closest theme in the tagged reviews is output quality, with 4 negative mentions.
This page states no reply time. Support is reached by email and a contact form, read on Oct 7, 2026, and Employee lists priority support, read on Sep 29, 2026. Customer support draws 7 favourable mentions and no negative one.
The vendor lists 250M+ contacts enriched from 22+ sources, read on Oct 4, 2026. Intent signals are built in and cover funding, hiring, job changes and site visits, and website visitor de-anonymization is listed too, read on Sep 29, 2026.
The vendor describes Ava as finding leads, sending messages and booking meetings on behalf of your reps, read on Sep 29, 2026. She does not call: she queues warm prospects for your reps to dial. This page does not measure whether a team can drop a BDR.
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