Artisan (Ava) Pricing in 2026
Independent Verdict
Artisan Ava is a fully autonomous AI BDR in the same product category as 11x Alice, but on pricing the two now diverge sharply. Artisan publishes self-serve credit-based tiers on artisan.co/pricing: Free (300 credits/mo), Intern ($280/mo, 12,000 credits), Employee ($660/mo, 30,000 credits), and a custom Enterprise tier for higher volume. That makes Artisan far more transparent and accessible than contact-sales-only 11x. The main product differentiation from 11x: Artisan provides its own B2B data enrichment (450M+ contacts database) as part of the product, whereas 11x often pairs with external data tools like Clay.
Pricing Tiers
| Plan | Price | Unit | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | /mo | 300 credits/mo. No card required. |
| Intern | $280 | /mo | 12,000 credits/mo. 10% discount on annual. |
| Employee | $660 | /mo | 30,000 credits/mo. 10% discount on annual. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credit volume. Contact sales. |
Source: https://www.artisan.co/pricing | September 2026
What Changed in 2026
Artisan has continued to expand its autonomous AI BDR positioning through 2026, marketing Ava as running campaigns across email, LinkedIn, and Twitter/X outbound, and emphasising its proprietary B2B database (450M+ contacts). On pricing, Artisan now publishes self-serve credit-based tiers at artisan.co/pricing -- Free (300 credits/mo), Intern ($280/mo), Employee ($660/mo) and custom Enterprise -- where earlier it showed only a demo request. Only higher-volume Enterprise still routes to a sales conversation. Verified September 2026 against the published tiers.
Key Features
- ✓Ava AI BDR
- ✓Multi-channel autonomous
- ✓450M+ contact B2B data
- ✓Credit-based self-serve
Integration Depth
Who It Is For
- +Teams wanting a fully autonomous AI BDR with built-in B2B data (450M+ contacts) and no separate Clay subscription.
- +SMB and mid-market teams that want to start self-serve -- Free to trial, then Intern ($280/mo) or Employee ($660/mo) without a sales call.
- +Teams that want Ava to run multi-channel outbound across email + LinkedIn + Twitter/X autonomously.
- +Higher-volume orgs that will scale into the custom Enterprise tier once they outgrow the Employee credit allowance.
Who It Is Not For
- -Teams needing deep Salesforce AppExchange native integration (Artisan is API-based, not AppExchange).
- -Buyers who want per-seat or per-researched-contact pricing rather than a monthly credit allowance.
- -Very high-volume outbound teams whose usage exceeds the 30,000-credit Employee tier -- they need an Enterprise quote.
- -Teams that want a human-in-the-loop review step before every send -- Ava is built to run autonomously.