# Alternatives to AiSDR

> Source: https://theagentsindex.com/aisdr/alternatives/ (re-verified)
> Updated: 19 October 2026

## At a glance

| Name | Best for | Starts at | Better than AiSDR at | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [AiSDR](https://theagentsindex.com/aisdr.md) | B2B sales and founder-led teams building outbound without SDR headcount | From $1.50/person contacted | — | 19 October 2026 |
| [Clay](https://theagentsindex.com/clay.md) | GTM and RevOps teams, ideally with a GTM engineer, who want best-in-class enrichment, AI research, and now orchestrated multi-step workflows to power outbound at scale. | Free, then $185/month | Agent permissions, Model choice | 14 October 2026 |
| [Apollo](https://theagentsindex.com/apollo-io.md) | B2B sales and SDR teams running outbound prospecting on bought-in contact data | Free, then $65/seat/month | Agent permissions, Model choice | 19 October 2026 |
| [Artisan](https://theagentsindex.com/artisan.md) | Funded B2B sales and RevOps teams that want to scale outbound volume with a genuinely autonomous AI BDR and are willing to run a sales-led evaluation to get pricing. | Free, then $280/month | Runs autonomously, Agent permissions | 10 September 2026 |
| [Warmly](https://theagentsindex.com/warmly.md) | RevOps/GTM teams with meaningful inbound website traffic who want one connected system for identifying, engaging and routing visitors, plus coordinated outbound account orchestration, rather than two separate tools. | Free, then $99/month | Runs autonomously, Free tier | 3 September 2026 |
| [Copy.ai](https://theagentsindex.com/copy-ai.md) | sales and marketing teams automating outreach, research and content at scale | From $29/month | Model choice, Seat model | 19 October 2026 |

## What to watch for

- **Clay**: Costs scale non-linearly with row count and AI usage; budget the Actions and Data Credits sliders carefully and remember failed lookups still consume credits.
- **Artisan**: No self-serve pricing shown on the live site. Every tier requires a sales conversation to get a quote.
- **Warmly**: No permanent free tier or self-serve monthly plan today — evaluating the product means committing to at least a quarterly contract.

Best match first.

## Shortlist

### 1. Clay

GTM data platform with AI research agents, enrichment waterfalls and outbound workflow automation.

**Where it improves on AiSDR:**
- [Agent permissions: yes — Every task and schedule carries an explicit permission level, so a buyer chooses between approval gates on live runs and deletions, or letting the agent act on everything unattended.](https://university.clay.com/docs/global-agent)
- [Model choice: yes — The buyer picks the model per AI action from a published catalogue spanning several providers, and can substitute their own provider account entirely by supplying an API key.](https://university.clay.com/docs/ai-in-clay)
- [Open source: partial — The agent plugin and CLI install from Clay's public GitHub repository; the platform itself is closed hosted software.](https://www.clay.com/agent-plugin)

**Trade-offs against AiSDR:**
- None found.

[View Clay](https://theagentsindex.com/clay)

### 2. Apollo

AI go-to-market platform with B2B contact data, agents and outreach execution.

**Where it improves on AiSDR:**
- [Agent permissions: yes — Governance is an advertised layer: every action is reviewable, autonomy levels widen only as the buyer allows, and usage controls keep credit consumption and guardrails with the customer rather than the agent.](https://www.apollo.io/product/intelligence)
- [Model choice: partial — Apollo normally picks the model, but its plan comparison table carries a 'Use your own LLM API key' row, so some tiers let a buyer substitute their own provider; the table did not show which columns include it.](https://www.apollo.io/pricing)
- [Open source: partial — Only the optional MCP client plugin and its workflow skills are MIT-licensed; the platform and MCP server stay closed and hosted.](https://github.com/apolloio/apollo-mcp-plugin)

**Trade-offs against AiSDR:**
- None found.

[View Apollo](https://theagentsindex.com/apollo-io)

### 3. Artisan

Autonomous AI BDR that sources B2B leads, sends personalized outbound, handles replies and books meetings.

**Where it improves on AiSDR:**
- [Runs autonomously: yes — Ava runs prospecting, sending, replies and booking without a human in the loop by default, and approvals are an optional setting you can switch on per campaign rather than a stage you graduate out of.](https://www.artisan.co/ai-sales-agent)
- [Agent permissions: yes — Guardrails are explicit and per campaign: approve before sending, locked tone and CTAs, banned phrases, escalation rules and DNC lists, with full autonomy as the default setting.](https://www.artisan.co/pricing)
- [Free tier: yes — A standing $0 plan with 300 credits a month and no credit card, but it is a lookup and enrichment tier: campaigns, deliverability tooling and integrations all need a paid plan.](https://www.artisan.co/pricing)

**Trade-offs against AiSDR:**
- [Claude: partial — Artisan ships an official Claude connector on all plans, so Claude can drive your Artisan account from a chat. That is Claude acting as a client, not disclosure that Claude powers Ava. The vendor names no model behind Ava, and the connector is flagged as early.](https://support.artisan.co/claude-connector)

[View Artisan](https://theagentsindex.com/artisan)

### 4. Argorant

Verified B2B contact data, email verification and outbound campaigns, drivable by your own AI agent over MCP.

**Where it improves on AiSDR:**
- [Done-for-you service: yes — Argorant Managed is a done-for-you engagement where their team buys domains, warms inboxes, writes and runs campaigns and works replies; it is quoted on a call rather than priced publicly.](https://argorant.com/pricing)
- [Agent permissions: yes — Access is scoped per capability, with free read scopes separated from credit-spending ones, tool allowlists the owner controls, and destructive tools flagged so the client prompts before sending email.](https://docs.argorant.com/docs/agents/security)
- [Model choice: yes — The buyer picks the model by picking the client: Argorant is the tool layer behind one MCP endpoint and takes whatever agent you already pay for.](https://argorant.com/features)

**Trade-offs against AiSDR:**
- [Single sign-on: no — Sign-in is email and password or Google only; no SAML, OIDC enterprise connection or SCIM provisioning appears on the pricing page, in the docs or in the help centre's account and security section.](https://help.argorant.com/help/getting-started/create-your-account)
- [Certifications: partial — GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA are addressed with a standard DPA, SCCs and documented safeguards, but no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification is claimed anywhere on the site, docs or help centre.](https://argorant.com/dpa)

[View Argorant](https://theagentsindex.com/argorant)

### 5. Warmly

Identifies anonymous website visitors and runs AI inbound and outbound GTM agents on one shared context graph.

**Where it improves on AiSDR:**
- [Runs autonomously: yes — The GTM Brain layer decides and executes without waiting for a human to act on a dashboard.](https://www.warmly.ai/how-it-works)
- [Free tier: yes — Self-serve free account with 250 credits a month, no card and no sales call.](https://www.warmly.ai/p/try-for-free)
- [Seat model: partial — Seats are named one-per-person for licence-based services, but no per-seat price, floor or ceiling is published; plans are priced by credits.](https://www.warmly.ai/p/terms-of-service)

**Trade-offs against AiSDR:**
- [Claude: no — The AI FAQ names OpenAI as the provider of all Warmly AI.](https://help.warmly.ai/articles/6933942349-ai-in-warmly-faq)
- [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR-ready; ISO 27001 is listed as in progress on the enterprise security table.](https://www.warmly.ai/p/solutions/revops)

[View Warmly](https://theagentsindex.com/warmly)

### 6. Copy.ai

GTM AI platform with workflows, actions and constrained agents for sales and marketing teams.

**Where it improves on AiSDR:**
- [Model choice: partial — You pick the model per workflow step and switching is a single click, but Content Agent Studio gives no model control, so the choice depends on which surface you build in.](https://support.fullcast.com/copy-ai/docs/getting-started-with-content-agent-studio.md)
- [Seat model: yes — Each plan bundles a fixed seat ceiling rather than priced per-user add-ons: five seats on the cheapest paid plan, rising to 75, 150 and 200 on the enterprise tiers.](https://www.copy.ai/prices)
- [Opt out of training: yes — The vendor commits product-wide that customer data never trains models, and says it works with major LLMs under zero-retention terms so inputs are not used for training.](https://www.copy.ai/enterprise)

**Trade-offs against AiSDR:**
- [Free tier: no — The vendor states the free plan was sunset and new users must buy a plan; the pricing page shows no $0 tier and no trial offer.](https://support.fullcast.com/copy-ai/docs/additional-pricing-questions.md)
- [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 certification and GDPR compliance are claimed, backed by EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certification, but no ISO 27001 claim appears and the Trust Center report library is access-gated.](https://www.copy.ai/enterprise)

[View Copy.ai](https://theagentsindex.com/copy-ai)