Clay vs Tome
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Clay if you want programmable gtm data platform with ai research agents (claygent) (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Tome if you want discontinued ai presentation tool that pivoted to sales decks before winding down (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Clay | Tome | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Programmable GTM data platform with AI research agents (Claygent) | Discontinued AI presentation tool that pivoted to sales decks before winding down |
| Type | platform | agent |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free tier; paid Launch from ~$185/mo (after March 2026 pricing change) | freemium |
| Best for | smb, mid-market, enterprise, developers | smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas, api | saas |
| Modalities | text, browser, api | text, image |
| Models | model-agnostic, gpt, claude | model-agnostic, gpt |
| Protocols | rest-api, function-calling | rest-api |
| Integrations | HubSpot, Salesforce, Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Slack, Gmail | Salesforce |
| Capabilities | 5 documented | 3 documented |
Clay
- +Composable enrichment: waterfalls across 150+ providers in one workflow beat any single-vendor dataset on match rate
- +Claygent plus Navigator can extract bespoke data (and interact with pages) that fixed providers miss
- +Free tier and broad integrations make it accessible, with API and webhooks for programmatic use
- -Steep learning curve; getting value requires building and tuning workflows, not just turning it on
- -Credit-based costs (split into Data Credits and Actions after the March 2026 pricing change) can be hard to predict at scale
Tome
- +Fast prompt-to-deck generation made it a notably quick way to draft presentations at its peak
- +After the pivot it consolidated account research and deck personalization for sellers into one tool
- -Discontinued: the slides product was sunset on April 30, 2025 and tome.app no longer serves the product
- -Output was generation-assistance, not autonomous selling; humans configured inputs and approved every deck
Which should you choose?
Clay is programmable gtm data platform with ai research agents (claygent), best for smb, mid-market, enterprise, developers. Tome is discontinued ai presentation tool that pivoted to sales decks before winding down, best for smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.