Artisan vs Qualified Piper (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Qualified Piper grades higher than Artisan: 1.8 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Qualified Piper grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Qualified Piper
AI SDR agent for website chat, email and meeting booking
Paid
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 Qualified Piper if
- Fits if your sales team runs on Salesforce and wants inbound leads handled
- Works for sites with enough traffic to fit the Premier plan, 250K sessions a month
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you use a CRM other than Salesforce, as the pages describe only that one
- Not for you if you want a price list, because all three plans are Contact us
- Tight if you need MCP or API access, which starts at Enterprise
- Watch out: plans are capped by web sessions and email contacts, and multiple agent profiles are Ultimate only
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAArtisanWeak | 1.8GPAQualified PiperWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices are published: Team, Scale and Enterprise are quoted by sales, so it sits in the middle by default. | CNo price is published; all three plans say Contact us, so we can't place it against the $25 category middle. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan or trial is shown on the pricing page. | FNo free plan and no trial on record, and access starts with a demo request. |
| Features | CAn AI BDR, lead database, guardrails and CRM sync, but calling needs a dialer add-on priced per seat. | CChat, email follow-up and meeting booking are covered, but MCP and API access and agent handoff start at Enterprise, and the pages stress Salesforce above other CRMs. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Ava needs your sending domains, CRM and guardrails set before it sends. | CNo rating on record. It needs Salesforce data connected, and plans are sized by traffic and contacts. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with three named integrations. | BWeb product with Salesforce and Slack links. No desktop or phone app, and the integrations named are few. |
| Best for | an AI sales rep that books meetings by email | an AI sales rep on your website |
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 Qualified Piper. How we grade
Where they differ
- Artisan also covers email campaigns.
- Qualified Piper also covers booking links, sales pipeline and chatbots.
In commonWebAI agents
At a glance
| Artisan | Qualified Piper | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Artisan | Qualified |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| 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.
Qualified Piper
- No prices are published. The pricing page lists three plans, Premier, Enterprise and Ultimate, each with Contact us.
- Plans are sized by traffic and contacts: Premier covers 250K monthly web sessions and 2.5K monthly active email contacts, Enterprise 2M and 10K, Ultimate 5M and 25K.
- MCP and API access and agent handoff start at Enterprise; multiple agent profiles and a dedicated IP address are Ultimate only.
- Pages emphasize Salesforce CRM; other CRMs are not described here.
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.
Qualified Piper
- Piper Conversations
- Meets website visitors in real time by text, voice or video, in multiple languages.
- Piper Email
- Engages inbound leads in the inbox and works top-of-funnel leads over time.
- Piper Meetings
- Schedules sales meetings, with routing of conversations, emails and meetings to the right rep.
- Salesforce data
- Uses Salesforce CRM data to understand buyers, with account segmentation and waterfall enrichment included on every plan.
- AI SDR Agent Studio
- Included on all plans for configuring the agent, alongside reporting and analytics.
Plans
Artisan
Pricing could not be confirmed. See artisan.co.
Qualified Piper
Pricing could not be confirmed. See qualified.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Artisan or Qualified Piper?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Artisan has no price we could confirm, and Qualified Piper has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Artisan or Qualified Piper?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Artisan nor Qualified Piper has a free plan.
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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.