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Remontoire vs Clay

Clay gives you the building blocks: 150+ data providers, an AI research agent and workflows you design yourself. Remontoire is one finished workflow: describe your ideal customer, get researched prospects and first emails, and send them yourself.

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The short answer

If someone on your team enjoys building data workflows, and you want full control over every source, field and step, Clay offers far more flexibility than Remontoire.

If you'd rather not build anything, and want researched prospects and first emails in your voice from a one-line description, that's Remontoire.

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Credit where it's due

What Clay is built for

Clay describes itself as infrastructure to get any data, run agentic workflows and launch go-to-market plays, and says GTM engineers build on it.

  • Data from 150+ providers

    One platform to find and enrich data, such as emails, phone numbers and company data, from 150+ providers, with multi-provider waterfalls on every plan.

    Source: www.clay.com

  • An AI research agent

    Claygent researches the web for custom data points, like niche company attributes, buying triggers or org changes, and returns them as structured data.

    Source: www.clay.com

  • Signals

    Track job changes, promotions, new hires, company news and website visits, and turn any enrichment or AI query into a signal.

    Source: www.clay.com

  • Sending, built in or connected

    Send with Clay Sequencer, including inboxes and domains bought in Clay, or push leads to tools like Instantly, lemlist, Smartlead, Outreach or Salesloft.

    Source: www.clay.com

Side by side

How Clay and Remontoire compare

The same rows on every comparison, so you can see where each tool puts the work.

Where prospects come fromClayWhatever you build: 150+ data providers, signals and Claygent's web research. source RemontoireA web search for companies that match your description. About 20 researched prospects wait on your board, topped up as you work through them.
Research per prospectClayAs deep as you design it: Claygent can research any custom data point, and waterfalls fill in contact details. source RemontoireWhy the company fits, a dated reason to get in touch now, its size and location, and the best person to contact.
Who writes the emailClayYou design the copy and any AI personalisation as steps in your workflow.RemontoireRemontoire drafts each first email from the research, in your voice once you add a few emails you've written.
Who reviews itClayDepends on how you set up your workflow and sending.RemontoireYou, every email. Nothing is ever sent automatically.
Sending addressClayClay Sequencer, with inboxes and domains you can buy in Clay, or the sending tool you connect. source RemontoireYour own business address, from Outlook, Gmail or Apple Mail, or with one click from your connected Outlook.
Sending volumeClaySet by your inboxes and sending tool. Clay Sequencer handles warm-up and send timing. source RemontoireAs many as you send by hand. New prospects: 150 a month on Solo, 500 on Team.
Follow-upsClaySet up in Clay Sequencer or in the sending tool you connect. source RemontoireLabels after 3 and 7 days without a reply, and a drafted follow-up you send when it makes sense.
RepliesClayHandled by Clay Sequencer or your connected sending tool.RemontoireYou answer in your own inbox, then drag the reply in to keep the conversation in one place.Remontoire doesn't read your inbox.
Opt-outsClayHandled by Clay Sequencer or your connected sending tool.RemontoireEvery email carries your postal address and an unsubscribe link. Once someone unsubscribes, nobody on your team can send to them from Remontoire.
TeamClayUnlimited seats on every plan. source RemontoireOne shared board for up to 5 people on Team (€90 a month), with assignments and filters.
Price: one founder, ~150 new prospects a monthClayFree plan with 100 data credits and 500 actions a month. Launch from $185 a month on monthly billing, with 2,500 data credits and 15,000 actions. source RemontoireSolo, €20 a month excl. VAT: 150 prospects with research, a contact and a drafted email. Nothing else to buy.

Prices compare one founder contacting about 150 new companies a month from their own inbox. Remontoire's price is in euros excluding VAT; other prices are in the vendor's own currency, as shown on their site.

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Honestly

When Clay might suit you better

Clay trades simplicity for control. It may be the closer fit if your team works like this.

  • You have someone who likes building

    Clay rewards time spent designing tables, waterfalls and prompts. If that's a job someone on your team enjoys, you can build exactly the workflow you want.

  • You need data nobody else has

    Claygent can research custom data points for each account. Remontoire's research is the same for everyone: fit, a reason to get in touch now, and a contact.

  • Outbound is one of many workflows

    If you also want to enrich inbound leads, score accounts or feed a CRM, Clay can do all of it in one place. Remontoire only does outbound email.

  • Your team is bigger than five

    Clay includes unlimited seats on every plan. Remontoire's Team plan is for up to 5 people.

Questions

Is Remontoire a simpler Clay?
In a way: Remontoire runs one fixed workflow (search, check fit, find a contact, draft an email) for every prospect, with nothing to build or maintain. The trade-off is that you can't change the steps or add your own data sources.
Can I export prospects from Remontoire into Clay or a CRM?
No. Prospects, conversations and notes live on Remontoire's own pipeline board.
Where does Remontoire's data come from?
Exa, a web search engine built for AI, finds matching companies and their contacts, and Google's Gemini writes the briefs and drafts. Remontoire checks that each contact's email domain accepts mail.
Does Remontoire send emails for me?
No. You read every draft, then send it from your own email app, or with one click from your connected Outlook mailbox. Nothing is ever sent automatically, including follow-ups.

Try it on your own customers

50 researched prospects free, each with a first email drafted. No card needed, and you send every email yourself.

Start free with 50 prospects

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Sources

Claims about Clay come from Clay's own pages, checked on 13 November 2026. Products and prices change; if something here is out of date, email dave@remontoire.ai and we'll fix it.

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