Alternatives
Ken is our productBest 11x Alternatives (2026)
Ken (our product) is the top 11x alternative for AI-built campaigns on a published monthly plan. Next: AiSDR for teams trying an AI SDR without a contract, then Artisan for startups that want an email-first AI BDR.
Ken is our product. We list it first, and every fact about other tools comes from their public pages on the date shown.
Should You Switch From 11x to Ken?
In short Ken's view: switch if you want AI that builds email and LinkedIn campaigns from a chat, on a published monthly plan; stay on 11x if you want one AI SDR to run email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS and WhatsApp from the same sequence and can sign an annual contract.
Ken or 11x?
Ken's view: Ken runs email and LinkedIn steps in one sequence, you approve each campaign before the first send, and it starts with a free plan of 1,000 credits once, then Platform $200 a month, with a database of 250M people and 24M companies. Ken has no dialer or phone calls, so 11x covers more channels if calling matters to you.
Pick Ken if
- you want Ken to build the campaign from a chat and draft answers to replies for you to review
- you want a published monthly price: Platform is $200/month for unlimited seats and workspaces, with 200,000 sends and 5,000 credits a month
- you want leads from 250M people and 24M companies in the same product
Pick 11x if
- you want one AI SDR to run email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS and WhatsApp from the same sequence and can sign an annual contract
- you want mailboxes, warmup and contact data bundled into one per-prospect price instead of separate bills
- you also want an inbound voice or chat agent from the same vendor
Top Alternatives at a Glance
In short Ken plus 7 tools that can replace 11x, ranked. Ken is first because it is ours.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken(ours) | Teams that want AI-built campaigns on a published monthly plan | Free, then Platform $200/month, or $160/month billed annually | Yes - 1,000 credits once, no card |
| Key differenceKen builds the campaign from a chat and drafts reply answers, on a $200/month plan with unlimited seats | |||
| AiSDR | Teams trying an AI SDR without a contract | Usage-based: $1.50 per person contacted, charged daily (Pay as you go) | No |
| Key differenceAmi runs email and LinkedIn in one sequence and answers replies within minutes, billed at $1.50 per person contacted with no subscription or sales call | |||
| Artisan | Startups that want an email-first AI BDR | From $280 a month, or $250 billed annually (Intern) | Yes - Free plan: 300 credits a month; trial: 10,000 credits for 30 days, no card |
| Key differenceAva finds leads in a 250M+ contact database, writes and sends email sequences and handles replies, on self-serve plans from $250 a month billed annually | |||
| Amplemarket | Teams that want AI drafts and a dialer | From $600 a month, billed annually (Startup) | No - 7-day trial on Startup, requested with a company email; Growth and Elite start with a demo |
| Key differencePairs a 200M+ business profile database with email, LinkedIn and phone sequences, and its Duo assistants draft outreach and replies for reps to send | |||
| Reply.io | Teams pairing an AI SDR with multichannel sequences | From $59 per seat a month, or $49 billed annually (Email Volume) | No - 14-day free trial |
| Key differenceJason AI SDR finds prospects, writes messages and handles replies from $500 a month on annual billing, next to email, LinkedIn, call and SMS sequences | |||
| lemlist | Teams that write their own multichannel campaigns | From $69 a month, or $55 billed annually (Email) | No - 14-day free trial of Multichannel features, 200 free credits |
| Key differenceRuns email, LinkedIn, SMS and call steps in one campaign on Multichannel, with a lead database and warmup listed on every plan | |||
| Relevance AI | Ops teams that build their own sales agents | From $29 a month, or $19 billed annually (Pro) | No |
| Key differenceLets you build sales agents across 2,000+ apps that send LinkedIn messages and email, with approval per tool, from $19 a month billed annually | |||
| Salesforge | Small teams that want email and LinkedIn sequences | From $48 a month, or $40 billed annually (Pro) | No - 14-day free trial, 50 contacts and 100 emails |
| Key differenceSends AI cold email with LinkedIn steps in the same sequences, with unlimited mailboxes and Warmforge warmup on both plans, from $48 a month | |||
Starting price is the lowest published paid plan or credit pack on each vendor's pricing page, checked Oct 17, 2026. Ken's prices come from Ken's pricing page.
Why Do Teams Look for 11x Alternatives?
In short Growth is sold on annual contracts only, and you cannot try it before a sales demo.
- Growth is sold on annual contracts only. No monthly billing: annual is the default, and Growth starts at $3,750 a month billed annually.
- You cannot try it before a sales demo. No published self-serve trial; the entry point is a demo where sales scopes volume and tier.
- Growth caps at 5 end users and 2,000 new prospects a month; multi-language outreach starts on Pro, which is custom-priced.
- Julian, the inbound voice and chat agent, is priced separately: voice from $5,333 a month and chat from $2,417 a month, billed annually.
1. Ken
In short Ken builds the campaign from a chat and drafts reply answers, on a $200/month plan with unlimited seats.
Campaigns finds and qualifies leads, writes personalized email and LinkedIn sequences, and sends them from your outbound inboxes.
Best for: teams that want AI-built campaigns on a published monthly plan.
Strengths:
- Ken builds a campaign from a chat.
- A typical campaign build is about 150 credits ($3).
- Ken drafts replies in your voice for you to review and edit.
- One campaign can mix email and LinkedIn steps.
- Platform is $200/month for unlimited seats and workspaces, with 200,000 sends and 5,000 credits a month.
Limits:
- On Free, every send costs credits: 25 credits per 1,000.
- LinkedIn steps need a connected LinkedIn account at 1,500 credits ($30) a month.
- Phone calls: No (no dialer or calling agent).
Price: Free plan: 1,000 credits once, no card. Platform: $200/month, $180/month billed quarterly or $160/month billed annually, with 200,000 sends and 5,000 credits a month and unlimited seats and workspaces. 1 credit = $0.02. Campaigns: included on every plan; about 1.45 credits ($0.03) per finished lead. Checked Oct 17, 2026.
2. AiSDR
In short Ami runs email and LinkedIn in one sequence and answers replies within minutes, billed at $1.50 per person contacted with no subscription or sales call.
AiSDR is an AI SDR platform whose agent, Ami, builds and runs email and LinkedIn campaigns and handles replies, sold pay as you go per person contacted or on sales-led team plans.
Best for: teams trying an AI SDR without a contract.
Strengths:
- No subscription needed: pay as you go at $1.50 per person contacted, charged daily, with research, lists and AI writing included.
- Email and LinkedIn run in one sequence, with LinkedIn connection requests, DMs, InMail and post likes.
- Lead search over 2B+ profiles from LinkedIn and other sources, with waterfall enrichment across 20 data providers and job-change, hiring and funding signals.
- AI replies answer leads within 5-10 minutes and send a booking link once the lead shows interest, from a unified inbox for email and LinkedIn.
- Call steps can join the same sequence through the Aircall integration, with AI call scripts and follow-ups.
Limits:
- CRM sync covers HubSpot and Salesforce only; the help center says there is no Zapier integration or external API.
- LinkedIn InMail steps need your own Sales Navigator account.
- Campaign replies land in the AiSDR dashboard and inbox, not in your regular Gmail or Outlook inbox.
- Salesforce, a DPA and a dedicated GTM engineer need a team plan, sold through sales on quarterly or annual contracts.
Starting price: Usage-based: $1.50 per person contacted, charged daily (Pay as you go). No free plan or trial listed. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on AiSDR's pricing page.
3. Artisan
In short Ava finds leads in a 250M+ contact database, writes and sends email sequences and handles replies, on self-serve plans from $250 a month billed annually.
Artisan sells Ava, an AI BDR that finds leads in its B2B database, writes and sends email sequences and handles replies, with self-serve credit plans for startups and sales-led plans for larger teams.
Best for: startups that want an email-first AI BDR.
Strengths:
- Published self-serve prices: Intern starts at $280 a month for 10,000 credits (about 500 leads contacted), or $250 a month billed annually.
- Trial of 10,000 credits for 30 days with every feature and no card, then a Free plan with 300 credits a month for lead search and enrichment.
- Lead search across 250M+ verified B2B contacts in 200+ countries, plus imports from HubSpot, Salesforce or CSV.
- Approval is a campaign setting: Require approval before sending holds every message, and Autopilot replies can qualify a lead on up to 5 conditions before booking a meeting.
- Built-in power dialer with parallel dialing, voicemail drop and AI talking points, run as call steps in the same sequence as email.
Limits:
- No documented LinkedIn step: the site mentions social outreach, but the help center lists 3 sequence step types, email, manual task and human call.
- Ava does not place calls; call steps queue leads for your reps on the power dialer at $75 a seat a month ($67 billed annually).
- Mailboxes and phone numbers are billed separately in dollars, and their prices are not published.
- On the self-serve table, Salesforce sync, SSO and audit logs need Enterprise, and cross-sell campaigns and webhooks need Employee.
Starting price: From $280 a month, or $250 billed annually (Intern). Free plan: 300 credits a month; trial: 10,000 credits for 30 days, no card. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Artisan's pricing page.
4. Amplemarket
In short Pairs a 200M+ business profile database with email, LinkedIn and phone sequences, and its Duo assistants draft outreach and replies for reps to send.
Amplemarket is an AI sales platform for B2B sales teams that combines a database of 200M+ business profiles, multichannel sequences across email, LinkedIn and phone, and Duo AI assistants that draft outreach and replies.
Best for: teams that want AI drafts and a dialer.
Strengths:
- One sequence can mix email, phone calls and 7 LinkedIn step types, including follows, post likes and voice and video messages, with conditional branches by available contact data.
- Built-in B2B database of 200M+ business profiles with 70M+ updates a week; Startup includes 13,500 email credits and 600 phone credits per user a year.
- The outbound dialer is on every plan, and parallel dialing runs up to 5 lines at once as a step inside sequences.
- Duo Copilot scans for buying signals every 24 hours and drafts a multichannel sequence per lead for the rep to send or dismiss.
- Native two-way Salesforce and HubSpot sync with activity logging, plus email warmup and domain health monitoring for connected mailboxes.
Limits:
- No monthly billing: Startup is $600 a month on an annual term, and Growth and Elite are custom-quoted.
- Startup includes 2 users; extra users cost more at a price the page does not publish.
- Duo Voice starts on Growth, Duo Inbox is an add-on on Growth and included on Elite, and SSO needs Elite.
- Duo Inbox drafts every reply for a rep to send; the product page says nothing is sent automatically.
Starting price: From $600 a month, billed annually (Startup). 7-day trial on Startup, requested with a company email; Growth and Elite start with a demo. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Amplemarket's pricing page.
5. Reply.io
In short Jason AI SDR finds prospects, writes messages and handles replies from $500 a month on annual billing, next to email, LinkedIn, call and SMS sequences.
Sales engagement platform for sales teams and agencies that runs email, LinkedIn, call and SMS sequences, with an AI SDR product called Jason.
Best for: teams pairing an AI SDR with multichannel sequences.
Strengths:
- Multichannel puts email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS and semi-automated WhatsApp steps in one sequence for $99 per user a month ($89 on annual billing).
- Email Volume allows unlimited mailboxes, with warmup on each, and unlimited emails to active contacts.
- From 10,000 active contacts a month, Email Volume covers unlimited users at one price, $179 a month ($159 on annual billing).
- Native CRM sync with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Copper and Close covers contacts, accounts, calls, tasks and activities.
- Jason AI SDR finds prospects, writes messages and handles replies, from $500 a month on annual billing.
Limits:
- Below 10,000 active contacts a month, Email Volume is priced per user, from $59 a user a month.
- On Email Volume, LinkedIn costs $69 a month per account and calls and SMS cost $29 a month per user.
- Multichannel includes 5 mailboxes on monthly billing (10 on annual), and each extra mailbox is $29 a month.
- Live data is metered: plans include 50 credits a month, and more starts at $39 a month for 200 credits.
Starting price: From $59 per seat a month, or $49 billed annually (Email Volume). 14-day free trial. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Reply.io's pricing page.
6. lemlist
In short Runs email, LinkedIn, SMS and call steps in one campaign on Multichannel, with a lead database and warmup listed on every plan.
lemlist is a cold outreach platform with a built-in lead database, warmup and email, LinkedIn, SMS and call steps, used by sales and growth teams.
Best for: teams that write their own multichannel campaigns.
Strengths:
- The Email plan has unlimited users, email senders and contacts for one volume-based price, starting at $69 a month.
- A lead database, an email and phone finder, warmup and a Deliverability Hub are listed on every plan.
- The Multichannel plan adds LinkedIn automation, SMS steps and a built-in call dialer to the same campaigns.
- HubSpot and Salesforce are listed as 2-way syncs, with Pipedrive, Attio and Close also on the integrations page.
Limits:
- LinkedIn steps, SMS and the unified inbox are on the Multichannel plan only, at $109 a user a month on monthly billing, and each SMS also costs 6 credits plus a $15-a-month phone number.
- The pricing page lists no included credits on Email or Multichannel. The lead data add-on is $20 a month for 2,000 credits.
- The Email plan caps sending at 50,000 emails a month at the entry tier. 1,000,000 emails a month is $659.
- Multichannel allows 5 senders per user, so inbox count grows with seats.
Starting price: From $69 a month, or $55 billed annually (Email). 14-day free trial of Multichannel features, 200 free credits. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on lemlist's pricing page.
7. Relevance AI
In short Lets you build sales agents across 2,000+ apps that send LinkedIn messages and email, with approval per tool, from $19 a month billed annually.
Relevance AI is a platform where sales, support and operations teams build AI agents and multi-agent workforces; its ready-made AI BDR agent for outbound prospecting is sold through sales.
Best for: ops teams that build their own sales agents.
Strengths:
- Pro costs $19 a month billed annually ($29 monthly) and includes 2,500 Actions, $20 of Vendor Credits a month and unlimited agents and workforces.
- Each tool connection can run automatically, require approval, or let the agent decide, with a max auto runs cap as a guardrail.
- Phone Agents make outbound AI calls from Relevance-provided or Twilio numbers, with voicemail detection, recording and call summaries, on Team and up.
- The LinkedIn integration sends invitations, starts chats and sends messages, and LinkedIn replies can trigger an agent.
- 2,000+ app integrations, including HubSpot, Salesforce, Gmail and Outlook; Vendor Credits pass model costs through with no markup.
Limits:
- The AI BDR agent is sold through sales only, and the docs label the BDR Bosh template enterprise only.
- The Free plan is retired, so every organization needs a paid plan; calling and meeting agents start on Team at $234 a month billed annually.
- Plan Actions reset at each renewal and failed tool runs still count; extra Actions cost $80 per 1,000.
- Lead search runs through a LinkedIn profile search tool step, whose docs explain its high credit cost, or through third-party data integrations.
Starting price: From $29 a month, or $19 billed annually (Pro). No free plan or trial listed. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Relevance AI's pricing page.
8. Salesforge
In short Sends AI cold email with LinkedIn steps in the same sequences, with unlimited mailboxes and Warmforge warmup on both plans, from $48 a month.
Salesforge is an AI cold email and LinkedIn sequencing tool from the Forge product family, used by outbound teams and agencies.
Best for: small teams that want email and LinkedIn sequences.
Strengths:
- Both plans include unlimited mailboxes, unlimited workspaces and Warmforge warmup, starting at $48 a month.
- LinkedIn steps run in the same sequences, with 1 LinkedIn sender on Pro and unlimited on Growth.
- Primebox gives one inbox for replies, with sentiment analysis, smart mailbox rotation and dynamic IPs on both plans.
- Growth has unlimited users, A/B testing, an API, MCP and CLI, and CRM integrations.
Limits:
- Pro is capped at 1 user, 1,000 active contacts and 5,000 emails a month, and has no A/B testing, API or integrations.
- Validation, personalization and social actions each draw on a monthly credit allowance, 300 each on Pro, and only Growth can buy more in the app.
- Lead data is a separate product: Leadsforge starts at $49 a month for 2,000 credits.
- Mailboxes and domains are separate products: Mailforge starts at $3 a mailbox a month with a 10-slot minimum.
Starting price: From $48 a month, or $40 billed annually (Pro). 14-day free trial, 50 contacts and 100 emails. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Salesforge's pricing page.
How Did We Pick and Rank These Tools?
In short Ken is first because it is ours. The others can replace 11x, ranked in Ken's view on the criteria below, with facts from each vendor's public pages on the dates shown.
- Who approves each message before it sends, and whether you can change that per step.
- Cost per contacted lead at your volume, with mailboxes, domains and data counted.
- Channels in one sequence: email, LinkedIn and phone.
- Where the contact data comes from and what a valid email costs.
- Contract terms: public price, monthly billing and minimum commitment.
- CRM sync and where replies land.
- Facts come from each vendor's public pages on the dates shown in Sources.
- We did not test these tools hands-on, and we do not copy third-party ratings.
FAQ
What is the best 11x alternative?
Ken (our product) is the top 11x alternative for AI-built campaigns on a published monthly plan. Next: AiSDR for teams trying an AI SDR without a contract, then Artisan for startups that want an email-first AI BDR.
What is the best free 11x alternative?
Ken's Free plan gives 1,000 credits once, no card. Of the others, Artisan has a Free plan with 300 credits a month for lead search and enrichment but no campaigns, plus a 30-day trial with 10,000 credits. Reply.io, lemlist and Salesforge offer 14-day trials and Amplemarket a 7-day trial, while AiSDR has no trial but lets you build a campaign without a card and pay from launch.
Is there a cheaper alternative to 11x?
11x Growth is $3,750 a month billed annually, with no monthly option. AiSDR charges $1.50 per person contacted with no subscription, Artisan Intern is $280 a month or $250 billed annually, and Reply.io's Jason AI SDR starts at $500 a month on annual billing. For comparison, Ken's Platform plan is $200/month ($160/month billed annually) for unlimited seats. Campaigns: included on every plan; about 1.45 credits ($0.03) per finished lead.
Which 11x alternatives include LinkedIn steps?
AiSDR, Amplemarket and Salesforge run LinkedIn steps in the same sequence as email, and Reply.io and lemlist do on their Multichannel plans. Artisan's help center lists only email, manual task and call steps.
Which 11x alternatives can make phone calls?
Relevance AI's Phone Agents make outbound AI calls on Team and up. Amplemarket includes a dialer for reps on every plan, Artisan sells a power dialer at $75 a seat a month, and AiSDR adds call steps through Aircall.
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Run Your First Campaign in Ken
Campaigns finds and qualifies leads, writes personalized email and LinkedIn sequences, and sends them from your outbound inboxes.
- Find leads in Ken Search or upload your own list.
- Describe the campaign in a chat and Ken builds it, or write the email and LinkedIn steps yourself.
- Connect your own inboxes and launch.
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- Cost
- Included on every plan; about 1.45 credits ($0.03) per finished lead
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