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Clay
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A GTM data and automation platform that enriches records from 200+ providers and runs AI agent workflows for outbound sales.
1.5M visits/mo2.0K saves
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Smartlead
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A cold-email platform for sales teams offering unlimited mailboxes, automated warm-up, lead verification, and deliverability infrastructure.
1.1M visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
No public pricing
Basic: Free
Pro Teams: $12/member/mo (yearly)
Pro Personal: $18/member/mo (yearly)
No public pricing
Free trial available
Base: $39/month (2,000 contacts, 6,000 sends, 2,000 verified emails)
Pro: $94/month (30,000 contacts, 90,000 sends, 30,000 verified emails)
Smart: $174/month (150,000 sends, 50,000 verified emails)
Free trial available
Core features
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- ✦AI Agents
- ✦Conversation Builder
- ✦Campaign Manager
- ✦Omnichannel Messaging
- ✦Integrations
- ✦AI Meeting Note Taker
- ✦Screen Recorder
- ✦Automated Summaries and Action Items
- ✦Rich Commenting on Recordings
- ✦Integration with Meeting Platforms
- ✦Async Video Communication
- ✦Data enrichment waterfall (200+ providers)
- ✦AI research agents (Claygents)
- ✦Buying signals and intent tracking
- ✦Native outbound sequencer
- ✦CRM enrichment and ad audience sync
- ✦API/CLI and integrations (Salesforce, MCP)
- ✦Unlimited mailbox connections with automatic warm-up
- ✦Dedicated sending infrastructure to protect sender reputation
- ✦Built-in email verification and 3x-verified lead sourcing
- ✦Unified inbox to manage replies across the whole pipeline
- ✦Deliverability monitoring with real-time bounce and spam tracking
- ✦APIs and automation for scaling outbound campaigns
Use cases
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- →Automate customer acquisition and support with AI-powered chatbots.
- →Manage and scale click-to-chat ads.
- →Personalize conversations with unified customer profiles.
- →Send and receive multi-channel rich media & texts across countries.
- →Drive business growth by engaging contextually and enabling self-serve.
- →Automatically record and transcribe meetings.
- →Share feedback asynchronously on designs and websites.
- →Resolve ad-hoc questions without lengthy calls.
- →Check-in on projects without disrupting the team.
- →Collaborate with clients and vendors without complex setups.
- →Building and enriching prospect lists
- →Automating outbound campaigns
- →Keeping CRM data clean
- →Lead scoring and TAM sourcing
- →Running large-scale cold email campaigns across many mailboxes
- →Building and verifying outbound prospect lists
- →Protecting domain reputation while sending high volumes of email
- →Consolidating replies from multiple sequences into one inbox
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