Comparison, checked 19 October 2026
Sellinger vs Artisan (2026): which one fits your outbound team
The short answer
Artisan's Ava writes, answers and books from a 250M+ contact database, and email is the one channel its pages name outright. Sellinger sends on LinkedIn, email, WhatsApp, Instagram and live chat, and keeps a CRM inside the product. If email is your main channel and you want a free plan to start, Artisan fits; if your buyers also sit on LinkedIn or WhatsApp, Sellinger fits.
Artisan is an AI SDR platform whose agent, Ava, finds leads, writes outreach, handles replies and queues calls for your reps. Sellinger is an AI SDR: its agent researches each prospect, then writes, replies and books meetings on LinkedIn, email, WhatsApp and other channels.
Prices and features checked on 19 October 2026. Updated 19 October 2026. Published by Sellinger AI and reviewed by Viktorio Shopov, co-founder of Sellinger. Report an error.
Artisan and Sellinger side by side
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| What we compared | Artisan | Sellinger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Monthly billing: Free $0 (300 credits a month); Intern $280 (10K credits, about 500 leads contacted); Employee $660 (25K credits, about 1,250 leads contacted). Team and Scale show no price. Mailboxes and phone numbers are billed separately. artisan.co/pricingchecked 19 October 2026 | Live Chat from $19, Email from $39, WhatsApp and Instagram from $29, LinkedIn $198 per agent a month, bundles $249 to $1,199 a month. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Free trial | 30 day trial with 10K credits (about $300 in value), all features, no card, one grant per company. After it, the account drops to the Free plan, which has 300 credits a month and no campaigns. artisan.co/pricingchecked 19 October 2026 | 30 days free on messaging modules and bundles, no card. Enrichment starts with a $10 credit. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Channels | Email is listed. LinkedIn is not named on the pages we checked: marketing says email and social, and the sequence builder lists Email, Manual task and Human call steps. WhatsApp, Instagram, SMS and live chat are not listed. artisan.co/ai-outreachchecked 19 October 2026 | LinkedIn, email, WhatsApp, Instagram and live chat. WhatsApp runs through your connected account at a small daily volume. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| AI and replies | Ava reads replies, handles objections, answers questions and books meetings on the team calendar. It is autonomous by default, and approval before sending can be required per campaign. Each autonomous reply costs 2 credits. artisan.co/ai-sales-agentchecked 19 October 2026 | The agent writes the first message and every follow up, answers replies and books the meeting. You can require approval before anything sends. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| LinkedIn safety model | No LinkedIn automation is listed on the pages we checked, so we found no cloud, proxy, warm up or daily limit information for LinkedIn. support.artisan.co/create-a-sequence.mdchecked 19 October 2026Not verified | Your own account connects through a hosted login and Sellinger stores no LinkedIn password. Default limits are 20 invitations a day and 150 a week, with a quiet window at night. No tool can guarantee against restrictions. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Built in CRM | No built in CRM or pipeline is listed on the pages we checked. Artisan links to your CRM instead: HubSpot from Intern, Salesforce on Enterprise in the Startups table, and on every Team and Scale plan. artisan.co/pricingchecked 19 October 2026Not verified | Contacts, deals and every conversation in one place, with a two way HubSpot sync. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Contact database | Yes: 250M+ verified B2B contacts across 200+ countries, plus local business profiles from Google Maps. The Free plan includes lead lookup and enrichment. artisan.co/ai-sales-agentchecked 19 October 2026 | A database of 700M+ contacts with verified emails and phone numbers, pay per lookup from $0.01. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Intent signals | Yes: job changes, funding rounds, hiring patterns, website visitor identification, Bombora intent and any webhook as a trigger. Signals start on Intern; identifying a website visitor costs 4 credits. artisan.co/intent-datachecked 19 October 2026 | 26 ready made signal templates in 8 categories on LinkedIn, included with every bundle. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
Who should choose which
Choose Artisan if
- email is your main channel and you want the contact database, intent signals and the reply agent in one tool, with 250M+ contacts to search.
- you want a permanent free plan, or 10K credits to test every feature for 30 days, before you pay anything.
- your CRM is Salesforce, which Artisan lists and Sellinger shows as coming soon.
- your reps will call, and you want Ava to queue the calls with talking points and history in a built in dialer.
Choose Sellinger if
- you need the agent to send on LinkedIn, WhatsApp or Instagram, which the pages we checked do not list as Artisan channels.
- you want contacts, deals and every thread in one CRM that comes with the product, plus a database of 700M+ contacts.
- you would rather pay a set price per channel, such as Email Starter at $39 a month or a LinkedIn agent at $198, than spend credits per prospect.
- you serve clients and want a portal on your own domain with a workspace for each one. White label is not listed on the Artisan pages we checked.
What it costs on monthly billing
Artisan sells monthly credits. It says an end to end campaign costs about 20 credits per person contacted, so its plan sizes are stated as approximate leads contacted. Sellinger sells each channel by the month, and we do not restate its volumes here. Treat the table as list prices, not as the same amount of outreach.
The annual view, which saves 10%, is left out so that billing terms are not mixed.
| What you buy | Artisan, billed monthly | Sellinger |
|---|---|---|
| Starting free | Free plan: $0, 300 credits a month, no campaigns | 30 days free on messaging modules and bundles, no card |
| Email plans | Intern $280, Employee $660; Team and Scale not priced online | Starter $39, Growth $149, Scale $449, Pro $1,099, Max $2,199 |
| Not listed on the pages we checked | $198 per agent for 1 to 2 agents, $168 from 10 agents |
Who writes, replies and calls
Artisan's Ava handles the first message and the replies on email, and the vendor names social without saying which network. Ava does not call prospects. It queues leads in the built in dialer for your reps, with talking points and history, and the dialer seat is an add on.
Sellinger's agent writes the first message and each follow up, answers replies and books the meeting on your calendar. Both can wait for approval before a message goes out. Sellinger's agent passes the conversation to a person when it lacks an answer, such as a price.
Credits, extras and contract terms
Read these terms before you compare prices. Sellinger's own contract terms are not compared on this page; check its pricing and legal pages.
- On monthly plans, unused credits carry over until the end of the following billing period. On annual plans the full allocation arrives upfront and unused credits do not roll over.
- New enrollments pause when credits run out, while sequences already running continue.
- Mailboxes, phone numbers and dialer seats cost extra.
- Artisan's terms say purchases are non refundable and non cancellable for convenience, except as stated in the Order Form. Terms renew unless you give 30 days written notice, and fees may change with 45 days notice.
Switching between Artisan and Sellinger
You can try Sellinger while Artisan keeps running, if each tool writes from its own mailbox.
- Connect a mailbox in Sellinger that Artisan does not use.
- Upload a CSV of leads, or pick people from Sellinger's contact database.
- Tell Sellinger your offer and audience, and set the first campaign to approval mode so you read each message.
- After a few weeks, compare replies and meetings per mailbox before you move more volume.
- Ava's sequences, signals and conversation history do not move across. We have not checked what Artisan exports.
- Time any move around your renewal date and the 30 day notice in Artisan's terms.
Questions about Artisan and Sellinger
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Method and changelog
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Changelog
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