Artisan vs Clay

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Clay is the stronger AI pick in Sales Engagement: it has a visibility score of 2.9 versus 2.5 for Artisan, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Artisan if…

No clear advantage in the published data.

Choose Clay if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (2.9 vs 2.5)
You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (33% vs 0% positive)
You need ISO 27001 or CCPA coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Artisan	Clay
Visibility score	2.5%	2.9%
Change vs last week	up+0.1%	down−1.5%
Rank in Sales Engagement	#28	#25
Share of voice	0.8%	1.2%
Mentions this run	6	9
Positive in AI answers	0%	33%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Artisan 0pp · Clay −1.5000000000000004pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Clay leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.1%

2.8%

AI Mode

Perplexity

6.5%

5.9%

ArtisanClay

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

2Artisan ranked higher

0Clay ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Artisan	Clay
Best sales engagement platform for enterprise	Perplexity	#7	#8
Best sales engagement platform with AI features	ChatGPT	#7	#11

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Artisan	Clay
Pricing model	Usage-based	Usage-based
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $167 / mo
Free plan	No	Yes
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, GDPR	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA
Support	CSM support and onboarding in a shared Slack channel, Dedicated CSM on the Scale plan, Forward-deployed strategist on the Enterprise plan	Priority support queue on Growth plan, Dedicated Slack channel on Enterprise plan, Dedicated growth strategist on Enterprise plan
Founded	2023	2017
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	New York City, NY, United States
Employees	51–200	1,001–5,000
Funding	Pre-seed · $36M raised	Series B Expansion
Best for	Sales teams that want more pipeline per rep, from startups that want to build pipeline without hiring a BDR to mid-market companies that want more output without adding headcount.	GTM engineers and revenue teams that build their own prospecting, enrichment and outbound workflows.