Alternatives · Sales & SDR agents · Prices checked October 21, 2026 to October 23, 2026
Clay alternatives (2026): 13 compared by price
Clay starts at Free; paid from $167/mo (checked October 21, 2026). Here are 13 alternatives for the same job, each with its pricing as the vendor publishes it, the source and the date we checked it: 9 publish prices, 4 quote only, 4 have a free plan. Ordered by our data, never by payment.
Quick answer
- Clay starts at: Free; paid from $167/mo (checked October 21, 2026, full listing).
- First in our order: AiSDR ($1.50 per person), HubSpot Breeze agents (Free; Starter from $7/seat/mo), tl;dv (Free; Pro $18/seat/mo (yearly)).
- Lowest listed monthly plan: HubSpot Breeze agents at $7/mo (6 of 13 list a lower monthly plan than Clay).
- Free plan: HubSpot Breeze agents, tl;dv, Apollo.io, Regie.ai.
- No public price: 11x, Artisan, Outreach, Qualified.
- Open source: 7 projects in the Hub for the same job.
Clay pricing, for reference
- Free: $0
- Launch: $167/mo
Clay's pricing has several usage sliders; see the page for your volume.
Source: vendor pricing page, checked October 21, 2026. Clay: full listing.
All 13 Clay alternatives, in our order
Sales & SDR agents →-
Sales
AiSDR
An AI SDR for email and LinkedIn outreach, billed per person contacted.
Pay per use · 1 use case$1.50 per person
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MarketingFree tier
HubSpot Breeze agents
HubSpot's AI agents and assistant inside its CRM for content, prospecting, customer support and data enrichment.
Per seatFree; Starter from $7/seat/mo
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MeetingsFree tier
tl;dv
An AI meeting recorder and notetaker with sales-call insights and CRM sync.
Per seatFree; Pro $18/seat/mo (yearly)
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Meetings
Avoma
An AI meeting assistant and revenue intelligence tool for sales and customer success teams.
Per seat$19/recorder seat/mo (yearly)
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Marketing
Copy.ai
A go-to-market AI platform: chat for writing plus workflows that automate prospecting, content and sales collateral at volume.
Subscription$29/mo
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SalesFree tier
Apollo.io
A sales database and engagement platform with AI agents for prospecting, outreach and deal management.
Per seatFree; Basic $49/seat/mo (yearly)
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SalesFree tier
Regie.ai (RegieGO)
Prospecting agents that find contacts and write outreach, sending from your own Gmail or Outlook.
SubscriptionFree; Pro $49/mo
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Sales
Amplemarket
An AI sales platform with Duo, an AI copilot that finds leads and drafts multichannel outreach.
Subscription$600/mo (annual)
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Scheduling
Chili Piper
Website conversion platform whose AI agents qualify inbound leads, route them and book sales meetings around the form fill.
Subscription$1,250/mo
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Sales
11x (Alice)
An AI SDR that finds prospects, writes and sends multi-channel outreach, and books meetings; also offers an AI phone agent.
Quote only · 2 use casesContact sales
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Sales
Artisan (Ava)
Ava, an AI BDR with a built-in B2B lead database, email and social campaigns, and a dialer for your reps.
Quote onlyContact sales
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Sales
Outreach
A sales execution platform with AI agents for prospecting, deal management and forecasting.
Quote onlyContact sales
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Sales
Qualified (Piper)
Piper, an inbound AI SDR that talks to website visitors, emails inbound leads and books meetings.
Quote onlyContact sales
How we ordered this list: whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan. Only full listings (verified starting price with its source) in the same job category are included. We haven't tested these hands-on. How we rank.
Pricing compared
| Alternative | Starts at | Model | Free plan | Lowest monthly plan vs Clay ($167/mo) | Checked | Source |
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 AiSDR | $1.50 per person | Pay per use | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 HubSpot Breeze agents | Free; Starter from $7/seat/mo | Per seat | Yes | $7/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 tl;dv | Free; Pro $18/seat/mo (yearly) | Per seat | Yes | $18/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Avoma | $19/recorder seat/mo (yearly) | Per seat | No | $19/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Copy.ai | $29/mo | Subscription | No | $29/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Apollo.io | Free; Basic $49/seat/mo (yearly) | Per seat | Yes | $49/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Regie.ai | Free; Pro $49/mo | Subscription | Yes | $49/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Amplemarket | $600/mo (annual) | Subscription | No | $600/mo (higher) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| Chili Piper | $1,250/mo | Subscription | No | $1,250/mo (higher) | October 23, 2026 | Source |
 11x | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Artisan | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Outreach | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Qualified | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
Prices are copied from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown. "not published" or "Contact sales" means the vendor doesn't publish a price; we don't guess. Monthly plans are compared as listed (per seat where the vendor prices per seat); usage-priced plans have no monthly figure. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.
Open-source Clay alternatives from the Hub
Free, open-source agents, skills, MCP servers and recipes for the same job, from the AITeamGuide Hub. You run them yourself.
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Agent
Twenty CRM
An open-source CRM designed as an alternative to Salesforce, with AI features and an API agents can use.
Sales★ 60k
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Skill
Knowledge Work Plugins
Anthropic's plugins (skills plus connectors) for sales, customer support, marketing, legal, finance, productivity and more.
Sales · Customer support★ 32k
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MCP server
Apify MCP server
Lets an assistant run Apify's ready-made scrapers to pull data from social media, search engines, maps and online stores.
Marketing · Research★ 13k
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MCP server
Exa MCP
Exa's official MCP server for AI web search and page crawling.
Research · Sales★ 5.2k
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Agent
OpenOutreach
An open-source agent for B2B lead generation: describe your product and it finds people who fit, explains why, and emails them from your own mailbox.
Sales · Marketing★ 3.4k
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PlaybookBy AITeamGuide
Reply to new web leads in five minutes
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FAQ
What are the best Clay alternatives in 2026?
We list 13 alternatives to Clay for the same job (find leads and book sales meetings), each with pricing checked on the vendor's own site. Ordered by our data (whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan), the first three are AiSDR ($1.50 per person), HubSpot Breeze agents (Free; Starter from $7/seat/mo) and tl;dv (Free; Pro $18/seat/mo (yearly)). We haven't tested them hands-on, and no vendor can pay to change this order.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Clay?
Clay's lowest listed monthly plan is $167/mo (checked October 21, 2026). 6 alternatives list a lower monthly plan: HubSpot Breeze agents ($7/mo), tl;dv ($18/mo), Avoma ($19/mo), Copy.ai ($29/mo) and Apollo.io ($49/mo) and others in the table. Plans are compared as the vendors list them (per seat where they price per seat), so check what each plan includes.
Is there a free alternative to Clay?
HubSpot Breeze agents, tl;dv, Apollo.io and Regie.ai have a free plan or free tier, according to their public pricing pages (checked October 21, 2026 to October 23, 2026).
Is there an open-source alternative to Clay?
The AITeamGuide Hub lists 7 open-source projects for the same job that you run yourself, for example Twenty CRM, Knowledge Work Plugins and Apify MCP server. They need setup and hosting, unlike Clay.
Can a vendor pay to rank higher here?
No. The order comes from our data only. Paid placements are always labelled "Sponsored" or "Featured", sit outside the list and never change the order.
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