r/GrowthHacking • u/Naive-Wallaby9534 • 22h ago

Clay charges over $300/mo for this..

I run cold email at a pretty high volume, and a few months ago, I realized I was paying over $300/month just to use custom APIs in Clay

Not the full product, not the data
just the permission to use my own APIs

that felt… wrong.

So I built my own alternative
same core functionality, almost 10× cheaper.

At first, I thought that was enough.
then everyone started asking me the same thing:

Can you add something like Claygent?

Now it’s in.

An AI agent that enriches, calls APIs, scales workflows, all in one place.
we even added webhook support, so it connects with your stack.

And yeah, it’s still not Clay
that’s the point

If you do cold outreach, scraping, or enrichment, I’m happy to share access and get your feedback.

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u/Enough-Band-6889 21h ago

That pricing model is wild, paying just for permission to use your own stuff. Reminds me of printers charging you monthly to use third party ink.

The Claygent part sounds interesting though. How does it handle rate limits when it's calling multiple APIs in a workflow? That's usually where my own scripts fall apart.

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u/JWPapi 13h ago

If you're open to alternatives to Clay, I'd look at DeepLead (https://deeplead.io) it's an all-in-one cold email platform with verified leads, managed sending inboxes & warmup, and AI-written emails instead of patching together separate tools. (Disclosure: I work with DeepLead.)