Comparison

Clay vs Qualified (Piper AI)

On the evidence we track, Clay leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Clay63
Qualified (Piper AI)43
Score
vioscaleAI score
Clay63 / 100medium · 54%
Qualified (Piper AI)43 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✗
Model
Qualified (Piper AI)quote
Price level
Clayhigh
Qualified (Piper AI)unknown
Starting price
Clay$60
Qualified (Piper AI)–
Transparent
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✗
Integrations
Count
Clay50
Qualified (Piper AI)21
Security
Disclosure policy
Clay–
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Gdpr
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Soc2
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Qualified (Piper AI)6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai sdr sales agents. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Claycloud_managed_saas
Qualified (Piper AI)Feature of broader sales platform
Autonomous inbox reply handling and objection rebuttals
Clay-
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Web scraping and linkedin profile ingestion
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✗
Meeting booking via native calendar integration
Clay-
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Two way CRM sync to prevent duplicate outreach
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Multi channel sequencing email and linkedin dm
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Playbook based guardrails for brand tone
Clay-
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Waterfall data enrichment for email finding
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Human in the loop draft approval mode
Clay-
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Deliverability and spam reputation warmup
Clay-
Qualified (Piper AI)✗
SOC2 type ii
Clay-
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
GDPR and CCPA prospect data compliance
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Pricing model
Clayflat_subscription
Qualified (Piper AI)-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Clay

Leader

Combines enriched data from multiple vendors with workflow automation, enabling teams to build and launch prospecting, lead enrichment, and customer engagement campaigns. Integrates with CRM systems, data warehouses, and marketing tools for orchestrated campaign execution.

Independently observed

Qualified (Piper AI)

An autonomous AI sales development representative that engages website visitors, sends targeted email sequences, and books meetings to convert inbound prospects into qualified opportunities without expanding SDR headcount.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Clay

Leader
from $60/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $60–$185/month, plus custom Enterprise pricing. Usage-based Data Credits ($0.05+ each) and Actions included per tier.

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited seats and tables
    • Multi-provider waterfalls
    • Claygent enrichment
    • Clay Sequencer for email
    • 200 rows per table
  • StarterFrom $185/month
    • Phone number enrichment
    • Job change and signal tracking
    • Email campaign integrations
    • 50,000 rows per table
  • Growth$60/mo
    • CRM auto-sync and enrichment
    • HTTP API integrations
    • Webhook automation
    • Web intent signal tracking
    • Audience pushes to ads platforms
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited Audiences across sources
    • Unlimited row bulk enrichment
    • Clay API access
    • Data warehouse syncs
    • SSO and RBAC permissions management
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Qualified (Piper AI)

Quote-based
  • PremierContact sales
    • 1 SDR agent profile
    • Multi-modal agent (text, voice, video)
    • Agentic website conversations
    • Agentic email conversations
    • Meeting booking
    • +9 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Premier
    • Agent handoff
    • MCP and API access
    • Salesforce sandbox
  • UltimateContact sales
    • Everything in Enterprise
    • Multiple agent profiles
    • High volume contact databases
    • Dedicated IP address
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Clay✓
Qualified (Piper AI)✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • Salesforce
  • LinkedIn

Clay

Leader
59 total - 57 not shared
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Databricks
  • Postgres
  • Fivetran
  • Marketo
  • Pardot
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Slides
  • Google Docs
  • Notion
  • YouTube
  • Semrush
  • Similarweb
  • Reddit
  • Gong
  • Loom
  • Bitly
  • LeadIQ
  • Better Contact
  • ContactOut
  • Wiza
  • Minerva
  • +33 more
Independently observed

Qualified (Piper AI)

6 total - 4 not shared
  • Oracle Eloqua
  • Salesforce AppExchange
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Slack
Independently observed
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