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Learn more about how our clients are switching from Clay to Airscale

Why Airscale?

Airscale was built for one reason: helping growth, GTM, and sales teams source, enrich, clean, and export high-quality data without breaking the bank or wasting hours figuring out complex tools, all within a single, intuitive platform that scales with your data needs.

Don’t get us wrong, Clay is awesome. But for some people, it can be overwhelming or too expensive.

Take a look at how we compare:

Why Airscale?

Airscale was built for one reason: helping growth, GTM, and sales teams source, enrich, clean, and export high-quality data without breaking the bank or wasting hours figuring out complex tools — all within a single, intuitive platform that scales with your data needs.

Don’t get us wrong - Clay is awesome. But for some people, it can be overwhelming or too expensive.

Take a look at how we compare:

Pricing

Pricing (plans, cost, credits…)

Growth plan: $446/month (see prices)

Credits per month: 6 000
Cost per credit: $446 / 6 000 = $0.0743/credit
Credits per $100: $100 / $0.0743 = ~1 345 credits

Plans & Cost per data point

Launch plan: $468/month
(limited to 15,000 actions per month)

See prices

Credits per month: 10 000
Cost per credit:
$468 / 10 000 = $0.0468/credit
Credits per $100:
$100 / $0.0468 = ~2 137 credits

Growth plan: $446/month (see prices)

Credits per month: 6 000
Cost per credit: $446 / 6 000 = $0.0743/credit
Credits per $100: $100 / $0.0743 =
~1 345 credits

Pro plan : $99/month

(unlimited actions per month)
See prices

Credits per month: 12 000
Cost per credit:
$99/12 000 = $0,00825/credit
Credits per $100:
$100/$0,00825 = ~12  121 credits

Pro plan : $99/month (see prices)

(unlimited actions per month)

Credits per month: 12 000
Cost per credit:
$99/12 000 = $0,00825/credit
Credits per $100:
$100/$0,00825 = ~12  121 credits

2-5 credits per email*

2-30 credits per phone number*
*depending on the provider choices
Average total cost : 0,73 cents

2 credits per email (deliverability verification included)
40 credits per phone number
Total cost : 0,35 cents (down to 0.16 with volume)

Credit-based system where each enrichment consumes credits, action limits vary by plan, and some features are only available on paid tiers

Credit-based but predictable, credits roll over (and never expire), unlimited actions and users, no commitment
Free list building & scraping, free exports, enrichment available via API on all plans

Enriching emails & mobiles

2-5 credits per email*
2-30 credits per phone number*
*depending on the provider choices
Average total cost : 0,73 cents

2-5 credits per email*
2-30 credits per phone number*
*depending on the provider choices
Average total cost : 0,73 cents

2 credits per email (deliverability verification included)
40 credits per phone number

Total cost : 0,35 cents (down to 0.16 with volume)

2 credits per email (deliverability verification included)
40 credits per phone number

Total cost : 0,35 cents

(down to 0.16 with volume)

Pricing model

Credit-based system where each enrichment consumes credits, action limits vary by plan, and some features are only available on paid tiers

Credit-based but predictable, credits roll over (and never expire), unlimited actions and users, no commitment
Free list building & scraping, free exports, enrichment available via API on all plans

Data quality

Data quality (providers, coverage, AI…)

Providers

100 + data providers marketplace

50 + data providers integrated

100 + data providers marketplace

50 + data providers integrated

Access to many enrichment sources via provider integrations

450+ enriched data points (firmographics, hiring signals, tech stack, etc.)

5 LLMs available and higher credit usage

(+ action credits)

Average cost (in credits): 3,5

Average cost (in $): 0,16 cents

Access to the same amount of LLMs at significantly lower credit costs (+unlimited actions)

Average cost (in credits): 0,57
Average cost (in $): 0,047 cents *
*(based on the Pro plan)

Lead sourcing relies on retrieving company and contact data from external databases, APIs, and integrated tools.

Built-in lead sourcing with multiple integrated data sources

to find companies and people through advanced filters

Coverage & enrichment

Access to many enrichment sources via provider integrations

450+ enriched data points (firmographics, hiring signals, tech stack, etc.)

AI

5 LLMs available and higher credit usage (+ action credits)

Average cost (in credits): 3,5

Average cost (in $): 0,16 cents

5 LLMs available and higher credit usage (+ action credits)

Average cost (in credits): 3,5

Average cost (in $): 0,16 cents

Access to the same amount of LLMs at significantly lower credit costs (+unlimited actions)

Average cost (in credits): 0,57
Average cost (in $): 0,047 cents *
*(based on the Pro plan)

Access to the same amount of LLMs at significantly lower credit costs (+unlimited actions)

Average cost (in credits): 0,57
Average cost (in $): 0,047 cents *
*(based on the Pro plan)

Lead sourcing

Lead sourcing relies on retrieving company and contact data from external databases, APIs, and integrated tools.

Built-in lead sourcing with multiple integrated data sources

…

to find companies and people through advanced filters

Built-in lead sourcing with multiple integrated data sources

…

to find companies and people through advanced filters

Compatibility with other tools

Extensive integrations and HTTP API (limited and only available on higher plans) for building custom workflows

Native integrations with CRMs and outbound tools

along with webhooks, CSV import/export, and support for connecting LLMs via API keys

CRM export available only on higher-tier plans

Free

Powerful but complex to set up, often requiring a Clay expert or agency to build and manage workflows

Integrations

Extensive integrations and HTTP API (limited and only available on higher plans) for building custom workflows

Native integrations with CRMs and outbound tools

…

along with webhooks, CSV import/export, and support for connecting LLMs via API keys

Native integrations with CRMs and outbound tools

…

along with webhooks, CSV import/export, and support for connecting LLMs via API keys

Export

CRM export available only on higher-tier plans

Free

Ease of use / support

Easy to use with quick onboarding + free documentation & guides, with fast support

Polished, premium design

Simple, straight to the point

Responsive chat/email; slower response on lower-tier plans

Custom support via mail, chat, call + slack channel if needed

Ease of use

Powerful but complex to set up, often requiring a Clay expert or agency to build and manage workflows

Easy to use with quick onboarding + free documentation & guides, with fast support

Marketing / UI UX design

Polished, premium design

Simple, straight to the point

Support

Responsive chat/email; slower response on lower-tier plans

Custom support via mail, chat, call + slack channel if needed

If you want to keep Clay, you can still make it 6x cheaper

If you want to keep Clay,
you can still make it 6x cheaper

If you want to keep Clay, you can still make it 6x cheaper

Use Airscale with Clay by connecting your Airscale API key, available in all paid plans

Use Airscale with Clay by connecting your

Airscale API key, available in all paid plans

This lets you enrich prospect data directly within Clay at up to 6× lower cost, covering emails, mobiles, LinkedIn profiles, company information etc. Enrichment runs automatically without manual exports and integrates smoothly with your existing Clay workflows.

How it works:

Connect Airscale to Clay using the HTTP API module and your Airscale API key. See our API Overview page and below for more info & tutorials:

1) Create an account / sign up on Airscale here
2) Generate your API key
3) Go to Clay and create an HTTP API request
4) Run the HTTP request

Other tips for smarter enrichments in Clay

Other tips for smarter
enrichments in Clay

LinkedIn data: use Apify scrapers to get person & company info—cheaper than Clay’s native enrichments

Emails & mobiles: Run them through Airscale’s API for coverage comparable to Clay at a fraction of the cost.

LinkedIn data: Use Apify scrapers to get person & company info—cheaper than Clay’s native enrichments.

Emails & mobiles: run them through Airscale’s API for coverage comparable to Clay at a fraction of the cost

Emails & mobiles: Run them through Airscale’s API for coverage comparable to Clay at a fraction of the cost.

Avoid duplicate spending: save enriched data to Supabase or another external database, you’ll never

pay twice for the same leads

Avoid duplicate spending: save enriched data to Supabase or another external database, you’ll never pay twice for the same leads

Company intel: Serper’s API costs ~$0.001/search vs. Claygent at 1,5 credits on average ($0.0702)* per lookup. Set up an HTTP action with your LLM key to replace expensive Clay workflows

*(based on the Launch plan)

Company intel: Serper’s API costs ~$0.001/search vs. Claygent at 1,5 credits on average ($0.0702)* per lookup

Set up an HTTP action with your LLM key to replace expensive Clay workflows

*(based on the Launch plan)

Company intel: Serper’s API costs ~$0.001/search vs. Claygent at 1,5 credits on average ($0.0702)* per lookup.

Set up an HTTP action with your LLM key to replace expensive Clay workflows *(based on the Launch plan)

Automate everything: combine with your CRM or workflow tools (N8N, Zapier) and skip manual exports

Build and enrich targeted leads lists with the best data

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