Sales Intelligence alternatives
Clay alternatives
The most-used sales intelligence tools compared with Clay — pricing, strengths, and who each one is best for.
The 8 best alternatives to Clay
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Apollo.ioFreemiumAll-in-one sales platform — 275M contact database, email sequences, dialer, and AI-powered deal insights.
- Massive contact database
- All-in-one (data + outreach)
11xEnterpriseAI digital workers for go-to-market — Alice runs outbound across email, phone, LinkedIn, and SMS; Julian answers and qualifies inbound calls.
- Covers research, personalisation, and multichannel execution in one system
- Handles both outbound (Alice) and inbound qualification (Julian)
ArtisanEnterpriseAn AI BDR — "Ava" — that sources leads from a 250M+ contact database, runs multichannel sequences, and books meetings autonomously.
- Owns data, sequencing, and deliverability in one stack
- 250M+ verified B2B contacts included rather than bolted on
GongEnterpriseRevenue intelligence platform — records every sales call, analyzes deals with AI, and predicts pipeline risk.
- Best-in-class call analysis
- AI deal risk scoring
Instantly.aiPaidCold email platform with unlimited sending accounts, built-in warmup, and AI personalization.
- Unlimited email accounts
- Built-in warmup
LavenderFreemiumAI email coach that scores and improves your sales emails in real-time as you write them.
- Real-time email scoring
- Works in Gmail/Outlook
LemlistPaidCold email with AI personalization, video embedding, and LinkedIn automation in one platform.
- Creative personalization at scale
- LinkedIn + email combined
OutreachEnterpriseSales engagement platform with AI-powered sequencing, deal insights, and pipeline management.
- Mature sequencing engine
- AI call assistant
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