AI SDR agents · October 2026 Edition
Artisan Ava vs AiSDR
Seven of fourteen models named Artisan Ava first on the direct prompt; two named AiSDR. Both were named by all fourteen models and Artisan Ava carries 53 labels and AiSDR 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
By AiSDR Inc., San Francisco, United States, founded 2023. Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share24%18%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate26%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5342A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Artisan Ava reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Apollo.io vs Artisan Ava · Apollo.io vs AiSDR · Artisan Ava vs Regie.ai
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI SDR agents page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Artisan AvaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAiSDR
Direct721 against AiSDR
Paraphrase421 against Artisan Ava
Comparative321 against AiSDR
Budget-constrained053 against Artisan Ava
Scale-constrained21
Negative1010 against Artisan Ava · 1 against AiSDR
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Artisan Ava and AiSDR were named in the same answer seventy-eight times, of the 132 answers naming Artisan Ava and the 112 naming AiSDR. In those answers AiSDR took the first choice twenty-two times and Artisan Ava seventeen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Artisan Ava and AiSDR stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Artisan Ava AiSDR first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Artisan Ava on the left and AiSDR on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Artisan Ava and AiSDR stood in it.
Both were the first choice
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Grok 4.1 FastAiSDR, Artisan Ava alternatives: Apollo.io, Conversica, Reply.io Jason
MiniMax M2.5AiSDR, Artisan Ava alternatives: Coldreach, Reply.io Jason, ZoomInfo Copilot
Artisan Ava first, AiSDR an alternative
5 of 14 modelsAiSDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Artisan Ava alternatives: Jeeva, Persana AI, RocketSDR, Salesloft Rhythm
Mistral SmallArtisan Ava, Regie.ai alternatives: Conversica
DeepSeek V4 FlashArtisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR, Clay
GPT-6 LunaArtisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR
Muse Glimmer 30BArtisan Ava alternatives: 11x Alice, Apollo.io
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashAmplemarket Duo alternatives: 11x, Artisan Ava, Clay, HubSpot Prospecting Agent, Piper, Topo.io
Perplexity SonarApollo.io alternatives: AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo, Regie.ai
Kimi K2Apollo.io alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan Ava, Regie.ai, ZoomInfo Copilot
GLM 4.7 FlashXLaxis AI SDR alternatives: 11x Alice, AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo, Reply.io Jason
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniApollo.io, Qualified Piper alternatives: Salesforce Agentforce SDR
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashSalesforge Agent Frank alternatives: Apollo.io, Clay, ZoomInfo Copilot
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
AiSDR leads by seventeen points.
AiSDR23%#2 of 9Artisan Ava6%#3 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Artisan Ava leads at mid-market.
Artisan Ava24%#2 of 12AiSDR18%#3 of 12Enterprise
Artisan Ava leads by sixteen points.
Artisan Ava22%#1 of 11AiSDR6%#5 of 11What the models said about Artisan Ava
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Artisan faced platform-level enforcement including a LinkedIn ban ... Artisan reviews and third-party reports document concerns around zero quality leads despite high outreach volume” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“## Specific Platforms to Avoid Artisan (Ava) — Has significant output quality concerns, with a G2 rating of 3.8/5 (lowest among reviewed platforms)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Good for testing and experimentation, but avoid for production campaigns. The quality and governance issues are significant.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Artisan is the strongest fit in the results because it is described as an end-to-end outbound automation platform whose AI BDR handles prospecting, outreach, replies” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Highly regarded for end-to-end autonomy (sourcing, personalization, sending, reply handling) with good balance of automation and control.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd put Artisan's Ava on the shortlist first if you want a more complete outbound agent connected to your CRM” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about AiSDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“they appear more specialized and less universally established than Apollo or Qualified” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · soft negative
“Not necessarily bad, but has specific limitations... it struggles with *cold outreach*” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Good for lead nurturing, weaker for cold outreach” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“If you specifically need an autonomous AI SDR agent, AiSDR Solo at $250/mo is the current entry price point” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“AiSDR - Leads in many benchmarks for signals, personalization, reply handling, and reasoning.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with AiSDR or Artisan for pure AI SDR autonomy in mid-market B2B outbound.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.