Artisan review

Artisan's Ava is one of the most complete autonomous AI BDRs we compared: she finds leads from 250M+ verified B2B contacts, runs email and social campaigns, handles replies and books meetings, and sends in your reps' names from your own domains. Controls are good, with approve-before-send, locked tone and calls to action, banned phrases and writing coaching. Salesforce and HubSpot sync both ways, custom webhooks bring in your own data and an AI dialer can be added per seat, with a brief before each call and a follow-up after. Every plan includes CSM support in a shared Slack channel and onboarding; Scale adds a dedicated CSM and Enterprise a forward-deployed strategist. Artisan is SOC 2 Type II certified. The reason it ranks ninth is value transparency: there are no public prices, the Team plan is sized at about 2,500 leads contacted a month and Scale at about 6,000, and you need a sales call to learn the cost.

Who it is for

Companies that want a managed AI BDR rollout with CSM support

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending); plans scoped on a sales call.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Ava runs autonomous email and social campaigns with reply handling and meeting booking
• 250M+ verified B2B contacts on every plan
• Two-way Salesforce and HubSpot sync, custom webhooks and Slack
• Approve-before-send, locked tone and CTAs and banned phrases
• AI dialer add-on per seat with call briefs and follow-ups

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Ava sends in your reps' names from your own domains
• Strength: CSM support and onboarding in a shared Slack channel on every plan
• Strength: SOC 2 Type II certified with SSO and SAML
• Weakness: No published prices; every plan goes through sales
• Weakness: Plans are sized by lead volume, starting around 2,500 leads contacted a month
• Weakness: The dialer is an extra per-seat add-on

Key facts

• Team plan volume: About 2,500 leads contacted a month
• Scale plan volume: About 6,000 leads contacted a month
• Security: SOC 2 Type II, SSO and SAML, audit logs

Where it ranks

Artisan is No. 8 in our Best AI SDR Tools verdict.