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AI SDR agents · November 2026 Edition

Artisan Ava vs Amplemarket Duo

Five of fourteen models named Artisan Ava first on the direct prompt; one named Amplemarket Duo. Artisan Ava was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Amplemarket Duo by ten and Artisan Ava carries 48 labels and Amplemarket Duo 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Artisan Ava

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Amplemarket Duo

accepted challenger

By Amplemarket, United States. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share17%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate35%15%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4813A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Artisan Ava 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 Artisan Ava · AiSDR vs Amplemarket Duo · Apollo.io vs Artisan Ava

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.
Artisan AvaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmplemarket Duo
Direct51
Paraphrase301 against Artisan Ava
Comparative301 against Artisan Ava · 1 against Amplemarket Duo
Budget-constrained005 against Artisan Ava · 1 against Amplemarket Duo
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.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Artisan Ava and Amplemarket Duo were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 143 answers naming Artisan Ava and the 33 naming Amplemarket Duo. In those answers Amplemarket Duo took the first choice one time and Artisan Ava eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Artisan Ava and Amplemarket Duo stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Artisan Ava Amplemarket Duo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Artisan Ava on the left and Amplemarket Duo on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Artisan Ava and Amplemarket Duo stood in it.

Artisan Ava first, Amplemarket Duo an alternative

5 of 14 modelsAmplemarket Duo 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
DeepSeek V4 FlashApollo.io, Artisan Ava alternatives: AiSDR
MiniMax M2.5Apollo.io, Artisan Ava alternatives: Amplemarket Duo
Muse Glimmer 30BArtisan Ava alternatives: 11x.ai — Alice, AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo

Amplemarket Duo first, Artisan Ava an alternative

1 of 14 modelsArtisan Ava was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallAmplemarket Duo alternatives: Apollo.io, Artisan Ava

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 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
Llama 4 MaverickApollo.io alternatives: AiSDR, Amplemarket Duo, Artisan Ava
Qwen 3.7 FlashAiSDR alternatives: Amplemarket Duo, Apollo.io, Artisan Ava
Kimi K2AiSDR, Apollo.io alternatives: 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
Artisan Ava leads by four points.
Artisan Ava4%#4 of 10
Amplemarket Duo0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Artisan Ava leads by fifteen points.
Artisan Ava17%#3 of 11
Amplemarket Duo2%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Artisan Ava leads by twenty-one points.
Artisan Ava23%#2 of 10
Amplemarket Duo2%#8 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Amplemarket Duo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Tools to Avoid on a Budget ... Amplemarket — $600/month, annual commitment” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“many are less autonomous than Artisan/11x and more focused on sequences, workflows, and assisted outreach” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Amplemarket Duo Copilot is the top recommendation due to its comprehensive features, high automation score, and strong user ratings” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“noted for its AI outbound and deliverability features, making it a good choice for companies that need to scale their outbound sales efforts” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Amplemarket offers an AI-assisted sales engagement workflow that keeps humans involved in message review and approval” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
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.