Key takeaways
- Artisan's Ava works as an AI SDR, from finding leads to sending outreach.
- Regie.ai pairs research, drafting and agents with a parallel dialler and a HubSpot or Salesforce connection.
- The real choice is how much sending you hand to software.
- Pebbles Ai drafts outreach, and how much it does before asking depends on the execution mode.
Artisan vs Regie.ai: two views of an AI SDR
Artisan presents its AI as the SDR, while Regie.ai offers AI prospecting help, agents and a dialler beside an existing CRM. Artisan's Ava finds and enriches leads from a database the vendor describes as 250M+ verified contacts, then writes and sends outreach, on credit-based plans.
Regie.ai describes itself as an AI prospecting platform. It offers research, enrichment, drafting and agents, a parallel dialler that dials several lines at once and a HubSpot or Salesforce connection, one CRM per workspace, with a free plan beside Pro, Team and Enterprise.
When Artisan makes sense
Artisan makes sense when a team wants outbound to run with little human time, and is comfortable letting an AI send on its behalf. A founder with no SDR may see that as the point.
The questions to ask are about control: what Ava sends, how you review it and how you stop it.
When Regie.ai makes sense
Regie.ai makes sense when you already run HubSpot or Salesforce and want AI prospecting help and dialling beside it. The parallel dialler suits teams that call, and the free plan lets you try it before choosing a paid tier.
Where Pebbles Ai fits beside AI SDRs
Pebbles Ai fits teams that want AI to prepare outreach without sending it. The assistants research accounts, find leads at named companies and write up to seven email and LinkedIn touches, saving emails as drafts in Gmail or Outlook so a person sends them.
Control comes from execution modes. In Manual, where the web app starts, actions wait for your approval; in Auto, external writes run without asking. Sending a campaign template to a CRM segment asks for approval in every mode. There is no dialler and no automated sending.
What to ask before you hand outreach to AI
Ask who is accountable for each message that leaves your domain, and how the tool supports that.
- Can a person review every message before it sends?
- What data does the AI write from: your knowledge or generic prompts?
- Does the tool call as well as email?
- Which CRM must the agents read and write?
Artisan, Regie.ai and Pebbles Ai side by side
How each product uses AI in outbound, in its own terms.
| Artisan | Regie.ai | Pebbles Ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Role of the AI | Ava, an AI SDR | Prospecting help and agents, with a parallel dialler | Assistants for research, leads and drafting |
| Finding leads | Finds and enriches leads; vendor-stated 250M+ verified contacts | See their site | Leads at one to ten named companies from its own GDPR compliant database |
| Sending | Writes and sends outreach | See their site | Drafts only; you send from Gmail or Outlook |
| Calling | See their site | Parallel dialler | None |
| CRM | See their site | HubSpot or Salesforce, one CRM per workspace | Built-in CRM (Beta); Attio and Pipedrive through MCP |
| How plans are sold | Credit-based | Free, Pro, Team and Enterprise | Seat-based plans; see the pricing page |
Checked 2 November 2026 on each vendor's public pages. The two named products' cells state only what their own sites say; where a site says nothing on a point, the cell reads See their site.
The products compared
Artisan
AI SDR for outbound email
An AI SDR product whose agent, Ava, finds and enriches B2B leads from a contact database Artisan sizes at 250M+ and writes and sends personalised outreach, priced by credits.
Best for: Teams that want an AI agent to prospect and send outbound email on their behalf.
Pricing model: Credit-based, scoped to lead volume, mailboxes and dialler seats. Source: Artisan pricing
Regie.ai
AI sales prospecting agents
An AI prospecting platform for research, enrichment, drafting and agents, with a parallel dialler and a HubSpot or Salesforce connection, plus a free plan.
Best for: Sales teams that want AI prospecting help and parallel dialling beside the HubSpot or Salesforce CRM they already use.
Pricing model: Free, Pro, Team (2-seat minimum) and Enterprise. Source: Regie.ai pricing
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Where Pebbles Ai fits
Common questions
Does Artisan send emails on its own?
Artisan describes Ava as writing and sending outreach. Check its site for how review and approval work.
Does Pebbles Ai send outreach the way Ava does?
No. Pebbles Ai's assistants research, find leads and draft outreach, but they do not send email sequences; a person sends from their own mailbox.
Can Regie.ai and Pebbles Ai share a CRM?
Regie.ai lists HubSpot and Salesforce, one CRM per workspace, and neither is in the Pebbles Ai MCP catalogue. Pebbles Ai works with Attio and Pipedrive through MCP, each write an approval action under the execution mode.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
