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AiSDR vs Artisan: Large-scale sequenced sends or low-volume high-quality conversations?
Both Artisan and AiSDR are among the Top 3 AI SDR platforms according to TechCrunch. But while Artisan works with higher-volume cadences within more strictly defined playbook rules, AiSDR runs meaningful and higher-quality conversations with each lead in your voice, for any goal, focusing on smaller outreach for greater impact.
SEE HOW AISDR COMPARES TO ARTISAN
Artisan is great.
But you’re better off with AiSDR if you want to…
But you’re better off with AiSDR if you want to…
Artisan provides a nice entry gate into the world of outreach, and it’s very good at covering basic outreach scenarios, such as booking sales meetings. The platform provides customizable playbooks that let you adjust the tone, messaging, and talking points to a predefined goal.
With AiSDR, you get a unique pro-level configuration of the AI assistant for each client. The AI will mimic your tone of voice, and it will have all the context it needs to have any conversation, including handling incoming questions and objections, and sending relevant follow-ups. AiSDR can also be geared to work towards any sales goal as it will adjust the communication to match buyer intent.
Get better message quality
Reach out to qualified prospects only
Enjoy 24/7 customer success
Put outreach on full autopilot
AISDR vs ARTISAN BREAKDOWN
Compare each AI SDR’s features to pick the tool that’s right for you
FEATURE
AiSDR
Artisan
Outbound outreach automation
Inbound outreach automation
Personalized email write-up
Personalization with LinkedIn profile and activity data
Personalization with custom CRM properties
Personalization with Twitter posts
Writing in brand voice
Captures the tone of each salesperson
LinkedIn messages
Text messages
Memes in emails
Personalized AI videos in emails
Multilingual outreach
Outreach best practices to use
Customizable cadences
Contextual AI-generated replies to incoming messages
Approving AI messages before sending
Automated processing of auto-replies and unsubscribe requests
Automatic email warmup
Mailbox health checks
Email bounce checks
Lead data enrichment
Prospecting with buyer intent signals
Search for hiring data
Search for tech stack used
Search for investment data
Search for recent news
Prospect with web search results
Prioritize intent signals
Suppression lists
Hubspot CRM integration
Salesforce CRM integration
Gmail integration
Outlook integration
Slack integration
Syncing with HubSpot lists
Updating contact records in HubSpot with outreach data
Automatically creating activity-triggered CRM tasks
Customizable prompts
Same-day white-glove onboarding
24/7 support for all clients
Here’s why you’ll instantly do 50% better.
When prospects are screening vendors, AiSDR comes up against Artisan pretty often. Yet our clients say they picked AiSDR because it allows them to…
Send precise messages with custom AI configration
While Artisan works with pre-set playbooks clients can adjust, AiSDR team configures persona prompts from the ground up for each user. This allows AiSDR to cover more context, adjust the writing style and tone, and cover more communication goals, all within the client’s guardrails.
Sync all data inside HubSpot
Artisan provides a basic level of integration with HubSpot, sending the leads back into the CRM. With AiSDR, you can use your active and static lists, create automated tasks for your sales reps, use HubSpot contact properties for personalization, and log all communications inside the contact record.
Use AI videos and memes in emails
Artisan only lets users send text-based emails and LinkedIn messages. With AiSDR, you can also add unique AI-generated gifs and video replicas of your team delivering a personalized pitch as ice-breakers.
Experiment with email frameworks
Where Artisan accumulates best practices in playbooks, AiSDR has collected well-performing frameworks and tactics from over 50 leaders in Sales. Clients that don’t have their own success tracks can easily test multiple approaches to find the ones their audience responds best to.
Have the AI reply to leads in <10 min
Artisan lets users send sequences of first-touch emails and follow-ups, flagging responses. Yet with all the context about your business, AiSDR can run the conversation end-to-end, giving relevant and meaningful answers to most prospects’ questions and addressing their concerns. All replies are sent within 10 minutes while prospects are still in the inbox expecting them.
Smaller volumes. Superior message quality. Better results.
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Why (and when) clients choose AiSDR over Artisan
Message quality
Artisan
With Artisan, clients provide the context about their business and solution in the chat format on their platform, and their answers are then added to a pre-set playbook. While this setup covers the main outreach areas and best practices, it lacks flexibility for users to fully configure the AI to automate their own best-performing workflows and experiment with new tactics.
AiSDR
AiSDR provides a pro-level configuration of AI personas to fully match a client’s outreach goals and strategies so that the AI speaks and sells exactly like them. AiSDR does all the configuration, and no manual legwork is needed from clients. Users can share as much context and information as they need to have the AI expertly handle all communication end-to-end.
Inbound + outbound tracks
Artisan
Their AI agent is geared towards cold outreach. With limited CRM integrations and no capability to plug into the client’s funnel and adjust outreach to buyer intent, the platform cannot fully support processing inbound leads.
AiSDR
With a deep HubSpot integration and the ability to process lists and personalize based on HubSpot properties, AiSDR can recognize the lead’s intent level and send the appropriate message that takes them to the next logical stage in the sales journey.
Use cases
Artisan
Artisan focuses on helping clients book meetings with prospects through classic outbound outreach. The platform has 3 refined playbooks that take prospects toward this goal.
AiSDR
On top of multiple outbound frameworks available for users to book meetings, AiSDR can cover multiple outreach scenarios. The AI can be configured to send webinar invites, book tradeshow meetings, promote free trials, convert users from free to paid subscriptions, and much more.
Auto-pilot
Artisan
Artisan’s AI platform is built with a human-in-the-loop idea in mind. Users can either approve every single message before it goes out or outsource the cadence to the AI. Yet any responses and post-communication activity still need to be handled by the user.
AiSDR
With a laser focus on the AI’s training and configuration, AiSDR can run on complete autopilot, taking care of everything from prospecting to outreach and addressing all incoming replies in 5-10 minutes. This way clients are sure in every word the AI is saying, and no messages slip through the cracks.
24/7 Customer Support for all clients
Artisan
Clients get an account audit and white-glove onboarding with the lowest plan, but a dedicated account manager comes with a higher tier. Their 24/7 availability with bi-weekly check-ins is only covered in the most expensive plan.
AiSDR
From day 1 and throughout the entire partnership, all clients get 24/7 support via Slack, emails, and calls with a dedicated customer success manager. AiSDR’s team joins forces with you to hack performance, generate ideas for outreach, and make any tweaks to personas and campaigns. Clients can have as many syncs with the team as they need to feel confident and grow fast.
Let’s talk math
Artisan price = $1,500+ per month
AiSDR price = $750 per month
Everything is included
With AiSDR, the price is defined by the number of emails sent. Seats, mailbox setup, personas, and leads are unlimited, including dedicated 24/7 support. Artisan charges per lead, email, and seat. Account audit, onboarding help, AE support, and domain setup are charged extra.
Pricing transparency
AiSDR wears its price on its sleeve. Users can see how email volumes affect the price on the website, and there are no hidden costs as everything else is covered in the basic subscription. Artisan gates their pricing until the demo and offers many services as add-ons.
Time-to-value
With white-glove onboarding, clients can launch their first AiSDR campaign in <1 day. With Artisan, it takes ~1 week and a bit of manual work.
Flexible contract
While Artisan locks users into a 12-month contract with a 3-month break clause, AiSDR provides a flexible month-on-month subscription. This way users can get a proof of concept during a paid pilot, and they’re free to cancel at any time.
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