Airscale vs Clay

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Airscale vs Clay

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


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.

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:

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AirscaleAirscale
Pricing
Plans & Cost per data point
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  • Launch plan: $468/month (limited to 15 000 actions per month)
  • Credits per month: 10 000
  • Cost per credit: $468 / 10 000 = $0.0468/credit
  • Credits per $100: $100 / $0.0468 = ~2 137 credits
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  • Pro plan: $99/month (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
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 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
Providers

100+ data providers marketplace

50+ data providers integrated

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

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.

Compatibility with other tools
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.

Export

CRM export available only on higher-tier plans.

Free

Ease of use / support
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.

Make Clay 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 on all paid plans.

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

1

Create an account on Airscale

Sign up for free at airscale.io. No credit card required to get started.

Sign up here →
2

Generate your API key

Go to Settings → API key and click Generate API key. This key authenticates all your API calls to Airscale.

3

Go to Clay and create an HTTP API request

In your Clay table, add an HTTP API enrichment. Paste your Airscale endpoint and configure the request body with your lead fields.

See API docs →
4

Run the HTTP request

Trigger the enrichment and watch Airscale fill in emails, phones, and company data directly inside your Clay table.

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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.

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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)

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

An easier way to enrich leads, without the cost

50+ enrichments, unlimited actions, no credit card required. Get the same data quality as Clay at up to 6x lower cost, from $49/mo.

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Last updated on 3/17/2026