Who competes
Clay's main competitors in sales intelligence are Apollo.io, 11x, Amplemarket, Artisan and Outreach.
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Rebuilt
Build systems to grow revenue
- Headquarters
- New York City, New York, USA
- Founded
- 2017
- Sells to
- Enterprise GTM teams
- Startups
- Sales organizations
- +3 more
Pricing
4 tiers · from $0/mo · Usage-based
- Free500 actions/mo (6,000 actions/yr); 100 data credits/mo (1.2K data credits/yr); up to 200 rows per table$0/mo
- LaunchStarts at 15,000 actions/mo (180,000 actions/yr); 3K data credits/mo (30K data credits/yr)$167/mo
- GrowthStarts at 40,000 actions/mo (480,000 actions/yr); 6K data credits/mo (72K data credits/yr)$446/mo
- EnterpriseCustom actions; custom data credits (100,000+ Data Credits and 200,000+ Actions/mo per FAQ)Custom pricing
Usage-based pricing with Actions and Data Credits. Data Credits start at $0.05 each; Actions start at less than $0.01 each. Credit top-ups at 30% premium on Launch/Growth. FAQ lists Launch starting at…
Checked 17 Oct 2026 · clay.com ↗
Reviews
Average across 237 reviews we collected
20.7% raise a pricing concern
Collected 4 Oct 2026
Hiring
Mostly in United States, United Kingdom
As of 12 Oct 2026
Recent moves
The latest 5, each linked to where we found it
Clay CEO Kareem Amin Slated for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 AI Stage
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Clay Hosts Sculpt 2026 GTM Conference in San Francisco
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Clay Previews Inbound SDR Agent, Opens Pre-Beta Waitlist
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Clay Launches Global Agent and Opens Workflows Beta at Sculpt 2026
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Clay Announces Flagship SCULPT 2026 Festival in San Francisco
Eventlinkedin.com ↗
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Full analysis How Clay is moving (2 min read)
Clay is a go-to-market software company that has recently repositioned itself as an end-to-end GTM orchestration platform for technical sales teams. Its moves show a company building agents, workflows and integrations rather than a single point tool. The pace is the story: 58 tracked moves, 15 of them confirmed, in a short window.
Watching Clay matters now because it is simultaneously raising capital, shipping product weekly and expanding into new geographies. That combination reshapes how buyers think about sourcing, enrichment and orchestration in one stack. Anyone assessing the GTM tooling market should understand where Clay is heading next.
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Moves tracked (90d)
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First tracked
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Product velocity and orchestration: Clay has turned shipping into a habit. It ran a 'Summer of Ship' campaign with a 12-week launch cadence from late July. It launched a node-based Workflows orchestration layer with CLI and API support in mid August. It then opened Workflows beta at Sculpt 2026 in early October. The pattern signals a platform ambition: Clay wants to own the orchestration layer, not just the data layer.
Agents and AI-native distribution: Clay is pushing agents into the tools buyers already use. It released MCP integration embedding GTM data into Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot in late July. It launched 'Clay for Reps' and Account Research Agents in the same period. It previewed an Inbound SDR Agent and opened a pre-beta waitlist in early October. Claygent passed 5 billion executions, and Clay refreshed its brand identity around that milestone. This is a bet that distribution through AI assistants matters as much as the core app.
Capital, growth and go-to-market: Clay raised a $115M Series D at a $7.1B Valuation Led by Wellington in early September. It reports record Q2 growth with 70% sales target over-attainment. Its partnership function contributes 17% to sales-led ARR, and GTM partnerships doubled pipeline. It is hiring heavily, with over 50 active openings and a cluster targeting private equity and the partner ecosystem. The signal is a company scaling revenue motion and headcount together after a large raise.
Ecosystem, integrations and geography: Clay is widening its surface area through partners and connectors. It partnered with Marketbridge for enterprise GTM execution and with Intentsify for buyer intelligence in late September. It added 24 integrations targeting EMEA and APAC coverage. It shipped native integrations with Webflow and Nooks, and announced a Google BigQuery integration. It also targets the DACH market with German-speaking sales and partnership hiring. HubSpot implementing Clay for CRM enrichment shows enterprise pull. The pattern points to land-and-expand through the customer's existing stack.
What to watch: Track whether Workflows and the agent line convert into durable enterprise adoption beyond early beta. Watch the DACH and APAC expansion for evidence of international revenue traction. Also monitor how Clay prices orchestration and credits as usage scales, since adoption friction has been flagged.
All 58 tracked moves
- Clay Raises $115M Series D at $7.1B Valuation Led by Wellington
- Clay expands SCULPT 2026 conference lineup with Airbnb and Lucid speakers
- Clay Hosts 'Clay Cup' Quarterfinals to Showcase Advanced GTM Engineering Capability
- Clay adds Topic Intent signals in open beta to track competitor research
- Clay Launches Node-Based "Workflows" Orchestration Layer with CLI and API Support
- Clay currently promotes ads orchestration with 30x pipeline return claim
- Clay Releases "Clay Ads 2.0" with Multi-Platform Sync and High-Performance Benchmarks
- Clay ships Workflows node-based orchestration layer
- Clay Reports High Pipeline-to-Spend ROI for Internal Meta Campaigns
- Clay Ships node-based Workflows and AI SQL Generation for Snowflake
- Clay executes 'Summer of Ship' campaign with 12-week product launch cadence
- Clay launches 'Clay for Reps' integrating GTM data directly into Claude and ChatGPT
- Clay repositions as an end-to-end GTM orchestration platform for technical sales teams
- Clay Releases MCP Integration Embedding GTM Data into Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot
- Clay Launches Account Research Agents for Persistent CRM and Call Intelligence
- Clay CEO Kareem Amin Slated for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 AI Stage
- Clay Hiring Cluster Targets Private Equity and Partner Ecosystem
- Clay Rewrites Homepage Messaging Around Business-Aware Agents
- Clay Launches Global Agent and Opens Workflows Beta at Sculpt 2026
- Clay Hosts Sculpt 2026 GTM Conference in San Francisco
- Clay Previews Inbound SDR Agent, Opens Pre-Beta Waitlist
- Clay Ships Redesigned Home Page and Audiences Export Tools
- Clay Adds 24 Integrations Targeting EMEA and APAC Coverage
- Clay Partners With Marketbridge to Target Enterprise GTM Execution
- AI for Sales & Pipeline Management Guide 2026
- Clay Posts Broad Open-Role Slate Led by GTM and Engineering Leadership
- Clay Blog Markets Ad-to-Pipeline ROI and GTM Engineering Playbooks
- Clay Launches DuoWorkflows on the Heels of Its Series D
- Clay Ships Clay Sequencer 2.0
- Clay hires GTME & AI Teacher to expand "Clay University" education ecosystem
- Clay scales Google Ads presence to 125 active ads targeting US market
- Clay partners with Intentsify to integrate trillion-signal buyer intelligence
- Clay Launches Webflow Integration to Power AI-Driven Website Personalization
- Clay Ships Native Integrations with Webflow and Nooks to Bridge GTM Data and Execution
- Clay adds reusable Skills to Claygent Builder
- Clay Adds Branding for "Claygent" Following 5 Billion Run Usage Milestone
- Clay Reports Record Q2 Growth with 70% Sales Target Over-Attainment
- RevOps Community Discusses GTM Engineering Roles and Tool Fragmentation
- Clay Partnership Function Contributes 17% to Sales-Led ARR
- Clay Sales Team Performance Exceeds Q2 Revenue Targets
- Clay GTM Partnerships Doubled Pipeline and Now Drive 17% of Sales-Led ARR
- HubSpot Implements Clay for 60-Million-Contact CRM Enrichment
- Clay announces 'Workflows' launch for August 11 to scale end-to-end orchestration
- Clay releases major TAM sourcing upgrade to reduce credit consumption and search time
- Clay targets DACH market with dedicated German-speaking sales and partnership hiring
- Users document consistent displacement of Apollo.io for unified GTM orchestration workflows
- Clay adds Iron Horse as Studio Partner to scale signal-based audience targeting
- Clay Appoints Iron Horse as Official Studio Partner to Advance AI-Driven Audience Strategy
- Clay Launches Optimized TAM Search Reducing Data Credit Costs by Over 99% for High-Scale Queries
- Clay ships CLI and API to enable programmatic 'Vibe Coding' and external agent integration
- Users report steep learning curve and credit predictability as primary adoption barriers
- Clay Announces Upcoming Native Integration for Google BigQuery to Support Enterprise Data Stacks
- Claygent Surpasses 5 Billion Executions as Product Usage Scales 5x Within One Year
- Claygent brand identity refreshed with custom agent personas after 5 billion runs milestone
- Clay accelerates GTM hiring with over 50 active openings for engineering and sales
- Clay Announces August 11 Launch for New End-to-End Orchestration Workflows
- Clay Reportedly Achieves $100M ARR and $5B Valuation in Rapid Scaling Phase
- Clay Ships 30+ Managed Functions Standardizing Complex GTM Workflows
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Sources
- Clay pricing pageSupports: Clay's current pricing
- TechCrunch pageSupports: Clay CEO Kareem Amin Slated for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 AI Stage
- LinkedIn postSupports: Clay Hosts Sculpt 2026 GTM Conference in San Francisco
- LinkedIn postSupports: Clay Announces Flagship SCULPT 2026 Festival in San Francisco
- Clay pageSupports: Clay Ships Redesigned Home Page and Audiences Export Tools
- Demandgenreport pageSupports: Clay Partners With Marketbridge to Target Enterprise GTM Execution
- Clay pageSupports: Clay Adds 24 Integrations Targeting EMEA and APAC Coverage
