Clay alternatives
If you are here because a subscription is hard to justify for research you could run yourself, OpenClay is the free, open-source option. A 1,000-row job starts at about $0.08 paid straight to the model provider, with no platform fee at any volume.
Clay alternative
The full side-by-side: cost, features, and what each tool is best at.
Claygent alternative
For anyone whose Clay usage is really just Claygent.
Clay pricing compared
The arithmetic on a real workload, subscription versus pay-per-use.
Which page do you want?
Clay alternative is the full comparison: what each tool covers, where they overlap, and what a real workload costs on each. Start here if you are still deciding.
Claygent alternative is for the common case where the only Clay feature you genuinely use is the AI research agent. That is the exact thing OpenClay replaces, one-for-one.
Clay pricing compared works the arithmetic if your question is really whether the subscription pays for itself at your volume.
No account, no card, no platform fee.
Bring your own API key and pay the model provider directly.
Try it on a Clay export