Artisan vs Origami Agents (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Artisan and Origami Agents share a 1.6 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about value for money, where Artisan grades higher, or the free plan, where Origami Agents does.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Origami Agents
AI prospecting agent that finds leads and writes outreach for them
Which one is for you
Pick Artisan if
- Fits if you want an AI rep to work outbound email from your own domains
- Works for a small sales team that will buy through a quote
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price: Team, Scale and Enterprise are all quoted
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as no free plan or trial is shown
- Watch out: plans are sized to about 2,500 and 6,000 leads contacted a month
- Pricey if you want calls: the dialer is an add-on priced per seat
- Watch out: Ava sends in your reps' names, so mistakes land under their names
Pick Origami Agents if
- Fits if you sell to businesses and want leads and first emails drafted for you
- Works for small sales teams, since members are unlimited on every plan
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are a solo seller: Starter is $99 a month
- Tight if you want a free try: it needs a card and renews to Starter
- Watch out: verified emails cost $0.066 and verified phones $0.33 from the usage balance
- Watch out: extra senders cost $2 a month for email and $10 for LinkedIn
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAArtisanWeak | 1.6GPAOrigami AgentsWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices are published: Team, Scale and Enterprise are quoted by sales, so it sits in the middle by default. | DStarter is $99 a month, about four times the category's $25 middle, with $165 of usage included. Pro is $199 and Max $399. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan or trial is shown on the pricing page. | D7-day free trial of Starter with $66 of usage, but a card is required and it renews at the paid price unless cancelled. |
| Features | CAn AI BDR, lead database, guardrails and CRM sync, but calling needs a dialer add-on priced per seat. | CTargeting, buying signals, verified contacts, a sequencer and inboxes. Email and LinkedIn only, and each extra sender costs more. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Ava needs your sending domains, CRM and guardrails set before it sends. | CNo rating on record. You point it at your website and set up senders, then check what it finds. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with three named integrations. | CWeb service only, with LinkedIn as the one integration named. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | an AI sales rep that books meetings by email | finding leads and writing outreach |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Artisan and Origami Agents. How we grade
Where they differ
- Artisan also covers email campaigns.
- Origami Agents also covers sales pipeline, marketing automation and research.
At a glance
| Artisan | Origami Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $99 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of Starter with $66 of usage; a card is required and it renews at the Starter price unless canceled. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Artisan | Origami, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | origami.chat |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Artisan
- No prices are published: Team, Scale and Enterprise plans are quoted by sales and sized to volume.
- The listed plans are sized at about 2,500 and 6,000 leads contacted a month for Team and Scale.
- Ava sends in your reps' names from your own sending domains.
- The dialer is an add-on priced per seat.
Origami Agents
- Plans renew monthly with a usage balance; extra usage is bought through top-ups, for example $22 for $22 on Starter and $18 for $22 on Max.
- A verified email costs $0.066 and a verified phone $0.33 from the usage balance.
- Extra senders cost $2 a month per email sender and $10 a month per LinkedIn sender; done-for-you inboxes start at $4 a month each.
- A card is required to start the 7-day trial, and it converts to a paid Starter plan unless canceled.
Key features
Artisan
- Ava, the AI BDR
- Runs outbound campaigns on email and social, replies to prospects and books meetings; calls are queued for human reps.
- B2B lead database
- Plans include a database of 250M+ verified B2B contacts, plus enrichment and signal-triggered outreach.
- Guardrails on what Ava sends
- Approve before sending, lock tone and calls to action, set banned phrases and keep do-not-contact lists.
- CRM sync
- Salesforce and HubSpot sync both ways, with custom webhooks and Slack for the team.
- Dialer add-on
- An AI dialer is sold per seat; Ava emails and reps dial, with a brief before each call and a follow-up after.
Origami Agents
- Website-first targeting
- Enter a company website and Origami works out the likely customers, then looks for people with a reason to buy now.
- Buying signals
- Searches job changes, hiring, funding, events, competitors and website visitors, and can describe new markets in plain words.
- Verified contact data
- Emails and phones run through a waterfall of providers; the pricing page passes provider cost through with no markup and charges nothing when no match is found.
- Built-in sequencer
- Email and social cadences of up to 10 steps, with a shared inbox for replies and no per-seat or per-mailbox fee.
- Done-for-you inboxes
- Separate sending inboxes are set up so the main address stays out of cold outreach, billed per inbox each month.
- Usage-based results
- Usage is spent when Origami builds a lead, a verified contact or an enrichment; chatting with the agent, transforming your own data and exporting are free.
Plans
Artisan
Pricing could not be confirmed. See artisan.co.
Origami Agents
Starter$99
per month, billed monthly
$165 of usage included, 3 projects, unlimited team members, and 5 email plus 3 LinkedIn senders.
Pro$199
per month, billed monthly
$330 of usage included, 10 projects, the Origami 1.2 Max model, Content mode, and 20 email plus 3 LinkedIn senders.
Max$399
per month, billed monthly
$660 of usage included, unlimited projects, a dedicated Slack channel, and 50 email plus 10 LinkedIn senders.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited projects and members with SSO and SCIM, a custom SLA and a dedicated Slack channel; sold through the sales team.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Artisan or Origami Agents?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Artisan has no price we could confirm, and Origami Agents starts at $99 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Artisan or Origami Agents?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Artisan nor Origami Agents has a free plan. Origami Agents has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.