Artisan alternatives: Ragworks AI SDR compared with Artisan
Ragworks AI SDR is an alternative to Artisan for teams that want a published price, a monthly plan and AI phone calls. Artisan leads on lead data, deliverability and a guided rollout.
Checked · By Kiran Sundaravarathan, CTO and Co-Founder, Ragworks · How we checked
Which one to choose
Choose Artisan if
- You want a guided rollout: CSM support in a shared Slack channel on every plan, a dedicated CSM on Scale
- You want lead data, intent signals, a dialer and managed email deliverability in one platform
- You need SOC 2 Type II, SSO / SAML and audit logs, or a CRM Artisan syncs and Ragworks does not
Choose Ragworks AI SDR if
- You want a published price: Lite from $99 a month on a 3-month commitment, $149 monthly, with a 7-day free trial
- You want LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and AI phone calls in one sequence, run by the AI
- You want a strategist that scores running campaigns, and experiments on whole playbooks
- You want to launch and A/B-test campaigns from Claude, ChatGPT or the Gemini app
Artisan and Ragworks AI SDR side by side
| Topic | Artisan | Ragworks AI SDR |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | Runs itselfNeeds a personNot offered | |
| Runs itself, from your mailboxes6 | Runs itself | |
| Its pages say “email and social”. Its help center lists email and phone as the two main channels, gives a sequence email, manual-task and call steps, and says LinkedIn is enabled per workspace26710 | Runs itself | |
| Not listed367 | Runs itself | |
| Not listed367 | Runs itself | |
| Phone calls | Its pages say Ava does not place calls. Your reps dial from a built-in dialer; seats and numbers are paid add-ons39 | AI voice agent places the calls |
| Topic | Artisan | Ragworks AI SDR |
|---|---|---|
| AI and sequence | ||
| Approval | Turn approval on and every message waits for you; off, Ava sends on her own. Autopilot replies can book a meeting8 | Preview three leads' messages, then approve the campaign |
| Strategy and testing | Tests many message variables at once and promotes the winners3Describes no campaign score, ranked edits or holdback test | Strategist scores a running campaign 0 to 100 and ranks the editsExperiments test two or three playbooks against a holdbackSimulate previews one lead; nothing is sent |
| Setup and contract | ||
| Email setup | Warm-up, rotation and throttling are managed. One primary mailbox sends at most 100 emails a day, 50 or fewer advised36 | A hard-bounced address pauses. You bring a warmed-up inbox and set SPF, DKIM and DMARC |
| Integrations | Two CRMs, among them HubSpot, with two-way sync; custom webhooks; Slack1 | HubSpot and GoHighLevel. Sync contacts and deals or opportunities |
| AI assistants | A Claude connector (an MCP server with 30 tools, an early feature) searches prospects, builds lists and drafts campaigns; its help center says Claude cannot launch one11 | Claude, ChatGPT and the Gemini app can find leads, build sequences and launch and A/B-test campaigns; the assistant asks before it launches one or messages a lead |
| Contract and trial | The term is set in your order form and renews on its own unless you give 30 days' notice; purchases are non-refundable5. Its pricing page describes a demo and no trial; its AiSDR comparison says “free trial”14 | Monthly with no commitment, or a 3-month or yearly term. 7 days free on Lite, for an organization that has never subscribed |
What each costs
| Plan | Annual or 3-month | Monthly | Includes | Per prospect or lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artisan, Ava | ||||
| Artisan Team | Quoted by sales1 | Not stated | About 2,500 leads contacted a month | Not published |
| Artisan Scale | Quoted by sales | Not stated | About 6,000 leads contacted a month | Not published |
| Artisan Enterprise | Quoted by sales | Not stated | Custom volume | Not published |
| Ragworks AI SDR | ||||
| Ragworks Lite | $99 | $149 | About 160 leads, 2 connected accounts | $0.62 to $0.93 |
| Ragworks Starter | $249 | $349 | About 540 leads, 3 connected accounts | $0.46 to $0.65 |
| Ragworks Explorer | $749 | $999 | About 2,700 leads, 15 connected accounts | $0.28 to $0.37 |
| Ragworks Scale | $1,499 | $1,999 | About 5,400 leads, 30 connected accounts | $0.28 to $0.37 |
| Ragworks Pro | $2,999 | $3,999 | About 10,800 leads, 60 connected accounts | $0.28 to $0.37 |
Artisan sizes every plan to lead volume, mailboxes and dialer seats and publishes no price, so there is no cost per lead to show1. Ragworks counts leads at about 5 credits, scoring and research included; each connected account uses 100 credits a month. Different units, so a rough guide. Current plans.
Frequently asked questions
Ragworks AI SDR suits teams that want a published price, a monthly plan and AI that runs LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and phone calls. Artisan suits teams that want lead data, managed email deliverability and a guided rollout.
Artisan publishes no price. Its pricing page lists Team, for about 2,500 leads contacted a month, Scale, for about 6,000, and Enterprise, for custom volume, each quoted by sales and sized to lead volume, mailboxes and dialer seats. Dialer seats and phone numbers are paid add-ons.
We cannot say, because Artisan publishes no price. Ragworks Lite is $99 a month on a 3-month commitment and $149 monthly, for about 160 leads, with scoring and research.
Its pricing page describes a demo and no trial. Its AiSDR comparison page says free trial and cancel anytime, and its terms say purchases are non-refundable. We could not confirm what a trial includes. Ragworks Lite has a 7-day free trial for an organization that has never subscribed.
Its pages say Ava does not place calls herself. Your reps dial from a built-in dialer, and dialer seats and phone numbers are paid add-ons. Ragworks runs AI phone calls in the same sequence as its other channels.
Its pages say Ava works across email and social. Its help center lists email and phone as the two main channels, gives a sequence email, manual-task and call steps, and says LinkedIn is enabled per workspace. Ragworks AI SDR runs LinkedIn itself.
Artisan has a connector for Claude, an MCP server with 30 tools that its help center calls an early feature. It searches prospects, builds lists and drafts campaigns, and Claude cannot launch one. Ragworks works with Claude, ChatGPT and the Gemini app and can launch and A/B-test campaigns, after asking you.
Ragworks syncs with HubSpot and GoHighLevel; Artisan syncs two CRMs, among them HubSpot, in both directions.
How we checkedArtisan's own pages, 11 sources, read 12 November 2026
- Written by
- Ragworks, so from our side. Read “Choose Artisan if” before you decide.
- Read
- Artisan's own pages, 12 November 2026: its product and comparison pages, the terms of use and all 28 pages of its help center. We compare Ava, its AI BDR; its site also lists Artie, for other roles. A fact we could not read again is not here.
- Not run
- We report what Artisan's pages say, not how the product performs. Not listed and describes no mean we found no mention. We did not compare reviews or repeat its customer results.
- Prices
- Artisan's pricing page publishes no price and says to talk to sales, so we print none. Its AiSDR comparison page shows a “from” price and a free trial that the pricing page does not: we used the pricing page.
| # | Page | Label | Checked | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.artisan.co/ | vendor page | Plans and lead volumes, no price, what each plan adds, FAQ | |
| 2 | www.artisan.co/ | vendor page | What Ava does, the “email and social” wording | |
| 3 | www.artisan.co/ | vendor page | Channels, calls, deliverability, message testing | |
| 4 | www.artisan.co/ | vendor page | Its free-trial and cancel-anytime wording | |
| 5 | www.artisan.co/ | vendor page | Term, renewal and refunds | |
| 6 | support.artisan.co/ | vendor page | The two channels, send limit, dialer seats | |
| 7 | support.artisan.co/ | vendor page | The steps a sequence can have | |
| 8 | support.artisan.co/ | vendor page | Approval before sending, autopilot replies | |
| 9 | support.artisan.co/ | vendor page | The dialer, paid seats and numbers | |
| 10 | support.artisan.co/ | vendor page | Where LinkedIn is named | |
| 11 | support.artisan.co/ | vendor page | The Claude connector: what it does and an early-feature note |
