THE COMPARISON / A CLOSER LOOK

11x vs Artisan

Compare the listed plans, useful capabilities, and practical tradeoffs.

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11x

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Sales & Marketing AI

11x is an AI Growth Company that ships digital workers — Alice for outbound sales and Julian for inbound qualification — that automate the SDR job end-to-end…

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Starting Price

~$5,000/month

Artisan

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AI sales development

AI BDR called Ava that finds leads, enriches records and books meetings.

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Feature Comparison

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Feature11xArtisan
CategorySales & Marketing AIAI sales development
Pricing Plans1 listed plan3 listed plans
Starting Price~$5,000/monthContact for pricing
Key Features
  • • AI SDR (Alice) for autonomous prospecting and outreach
  • • AI Phone Agent (Julian) for intelligent voice conversations
  • • Multi-channel outreach (email, LinkedIn, phone)
  • • AI Sales Agent (Ava)
  • • 300M+ B2B Contact Database
  • • Multi-Channel Outreach (Email + LinkedIn)

The editorial take

Choose Artisan AI if you prefer a more established contact database (300M+ built-in) and a lower price point compared to 11x's reportedly $5K+/month entry. Choose 11x AI if you prioritize their specific AI capabilities or have received strong referrals from your network. Both are autonomous AI SDR agents targeting similar mid-market to enterprise segments, so evaluate based on demo performance with your specific ICP.

11x - Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓Replaces a full SDR workflow, not just one step — the buyer gets pipeline, not tooling
  • ✓$70M+ raised from a16z and Benchmark; strong enterprise references
  • ✓Two purpose-built workers (Alice + Julian) covers both outbound and inbound
  • ✓Deliverability is treated as a first-class problem, not an afterthought

Cons

  • ✗No public pricing — enterprise sales-led only; contracts reported in six figures
  • ✗Annual commitment with limited flexibility to pause
  • ✗Output quality is only as good as the ICP + third-party data feeding it
  • ✗Not a fit for complex enterprise motion or heavily regulated outbound (health, finance)
  • ✗You still need human closers — Alice books meetings, she doesn't close them

Artisan - Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓Combines prospect data, enrichment, outreach, reply handling, and CRM sync
  • ✓Published lead-volume guidance helps teams size a plan
  • ✓Can reduce repetitive list research and first-draft work

Cons

  • ✗No public dollar pricing without a sales conversation
  • ✗Automated outbound can damage deliverability or brand reputation without controls
  • ✗Mature sales teams may lose specialized controls when replacing point tools

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🔒 Security & Compliance Comparison

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Security Feature11xArtisan
SOC2✅ Yes❌ No
GDPR✅ Yes❌ No
HIPAA—❌ No
SSO✅ Yes❌ No
Self-Hosted❌ No❌ No
On-Prem❌ No❌ No
RBAC✅ Yes✅ Yes
Audit Log✅ Yes—
Open Source❌ No❌ No
API Key Auth—✅ Yes
Encryption at Rest✅ Yes—
Encryption in Transit✅ Yes—
Data Residency——
Data RetentionConfigurable data retention policies available for enterprise customersunknown
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