AiSDR vs Artisan Ava
Four of fourteen models named AiSDR first on the direct prompt; five named Artisan Ava. Both were named by all fourteen models and AiSDR carries 44 labels and Artisan Ava 48, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By AiSDR Inc., San Francisco, United States, founded 2023. Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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
AiSDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsArtisan Ava
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, AiSDR and Artisan Ava were named in the same answer ninety times, of the 123 answers naming AiSDR and the 143 naming Artisan Ava. In those answers Artisan Ava took the first choice eighteen times and AiSDR thirty-six.
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 4.20 | | | | |||
| 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 | | | | |
AiSDR Artisan Ava first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AiSDR on the left and Artisan Ava on the right.The direct prompt
AiSDR first, Artisan Ava an alternative
4 of 14 modelsArtisan Ava was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Artisan Ava first, AiSDR an alternative
5 of 14 modelsAiSDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.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
AiSDR38%#1 of 10Artisan Ava4%#4 of 10AiSDR34%#1 of 11Artisan Ava17%#3 of 11Artisan Ava23%#2 of 10AiSDR4%#7 of 10What the models said about AiSDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“"Set and forget" risk: While some praise this, it can lead to lack of oversight and quality degradation” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“AiSDR — decent support but needs heavy human monitoring.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best AI SDR (Sales Development Representative) agent is typically AiSDR (starting at ~$250/month for the Solo plan)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“For the lowest entry point, AiSDR is often recommended as the best starting choice for small teams or founders” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want to try an AI SDR without risk, start with AiSDR ($1.50 per person contacted, no contract)” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What 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.
“Be cautious about quality and value. A review describes it as having the lowest reported G2 score among the compared platforms” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Artisan: Marketed autonomous SDR replacement but saw significant customer cohorts revert to human SDRs using AI as a tool.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Vendors repeatedly cited for poor outcomes ... "Artisan reviewers mention generic, recognizably AI emails ..."” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“the data strongly points to Apollo.io and Artisan (Ava) as the top picks for mid-market B2B companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Artisan Ava if you want bundled contacts + AI SDR at predictable pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Recommendation for a typical mid-sized B2B company: start with Artisan Ava.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.