Artisan vs Qualified
Two of twelve models named Artisan first on the direct prompt; one named Qualified. Artisan was named by twelve of the twelve models and Qualified by nine and Artisan carries 36 labels and Qualified 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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
ArtisanFirst choices, of twelve modelsQualified
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Artisan and Qualified were named in the same answer twenty times, of the 102 answers naming Artisan and the 30 naming Qualified. In those answers Qualified took the first choice one time and Artisan four.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | |
Artisan Qualified first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Artisan on the left and Qualified on the right.The direct prompt
Artisan first, Qualified not the choice
2 of 12 modelsQualified was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Qualified first, Artisan not the choice
1 of 12 modelsArtisan was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Artisan0%#7 of 8Qualified0%#– of 8What the models said about Artisan
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid fully autonomous AI SDRs with annual lock-in contracts, no trials, and documented quality problems (Artisan, 11x.ai especially)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Artisan - LinkedIn restricted their automated outreach in early 2026... G2 rating of 3.8/5 (lowest among reviewed platforms)” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Artisan was temporarily banned by LinkedIn in late 2025/early 2026 due to platform compliance and data-scraping violations.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“unless your team specifically wants an AI SDR that books meetings more autonomously, in which case Artisan is the better fit” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Artisan"s AI agent, Ava, is highly regarded for mid-market companies that want a fully autonomous out-of-the-box solution.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“or Artisan/Ava if you want more autonomous outbound prospecting with built-in contact data.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Qualified
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“enterprise options like 11x ($3,750+/mo) or Qualified ($40K+/yr)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“the safest "best overall" choice is usually Qualified” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Excellent for inbound conversion; 4.9/5 G2 rating from 1,547 reviews; strong support” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“Inbound website conversational SDR, commonly used to convert traffic into meetings.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
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.