AI SDR agents · November 2026 Edition
Apollo.io vs Artisan Ava
Four of fourteen models named Apollo.io first on the direct prompt; five named Artisan Ava. Apollo.io was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Artisan Ava by fourteen and Apollo.io carries 30 labels and Artisan Ava 48, so the shares are not directly comparable.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2015. Named in twenty-two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share19%17%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%35%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3048A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Apollo.io reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AiSDR was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. AiSDR vs Apollo.io · AiSDR vs Artisan Ava · Apollo.io vs 11x
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
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Apollo.ioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsArtisan Ava
Direct45
Paraphrase331 against Artisan Ava
Comparative031 against Artisan Ava
Budget-constrained205 against Artisan Ava
Scale-constrained00
Negative0010 against Artisan Ava
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Apollo.io and Artisan Ava stood in it.
| 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 | | | | |
Apollo.io Artisan Ava first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Apollo.io on the left and Artisan Ava on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Apollo.io and Artisan Ava stood in it.
Both were the first choice
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.DeepSeek V4 FlashApollo.io, Artisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR
MiniMax M2.5Apollo.io, Artisan Ava alternatives: Amplemarket Duo
Apollo.io first, Artisan Ava an alternative
2 of 14 modelsArtisan Ava was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Llama 4 MaverickApollo.io alternatives: AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo, Artisan Ava
Kimi K2AiSDR, Apollo.io alternatives: Artisan Ava
Artisan Ava first, Apollo.io an alternative
3 of 14 modelsApollo.io was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Artisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR, Apollo.io, RocketSDR
Gemini 3.5 FlashArtisan Ava alternatives: 11x, Qualified Piper, Regie.ai
Muse Glimmer 30BArtisan Ava alternatives: 11x.ai — Alice, AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo
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.Perplexity Sonar11x alternatives: Agent Frank, AiSDR, Artisan Ava, Regie.ai
Grok 4.2011x alternatives: AiSDR, Apollo.io, Artisan Ava, Breakout, Intercom
Mistral SmallAmplemarket Duo alternatives: Apollo.io, Artisan Ava
Qwen 3.7 FlashAiSDR alternatives: Amplemarket Duo, Apollo.io, Artisan Ava
GLM 4.7 FlashXAiSDR alternatives: Amplemarket Duo, Artisan Ava
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniUnify alternatives: AiSDR, Alta, Qualified Piper, Warmly
GPT-6 LunaAiSDR alternatives: HubSpot Prospecting Agent, Unify
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Apollo.io leads by sixteen points.
Apollo.io20%#2 of 10Artisan Ava4%#4 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Apollo.io leads by two points.
Apollo.io19%#2 of 11Artisan Ava17%#3 of 11Enterprise
The order flips: Artisan Ava leads at enterprise.
Artisan Ava23%#2 of 10Apollo.io0%#10 of 10What the models said about Apollo.io
No label in this category carried a quote.
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
Also compared
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.