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Clay fills in and assembles company and contact data. Clean decides which companies have a reason to buy, why now, and who to contact. They do different jobs, so they sit side by side.
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Clay and Clean are not competitors in this setup; they do different jobs. Clay is the data and workflow engine: it finds, fills in, and assembles account and contact data from many sources in tables you build. Clean finds companies with a reason to buy from dated public records, ranks them against your ICP, names who to contact and shows who can introduce you. The two don't connect directly; each does its own part.
Clay is your data and workflow layer: it finds accounts and contacts, fills in their company and contact data from many sources, and assembles them into the tables you design. Clean does the research you would otherwise build: it watches records of what companies do, works out which ones have a reason to buy, ranks them against your ICP and names the people to contact.
No. Clean doesn't integrate with Clay, and it doesn't need Clay's data to work. Clean connects to LinkedIn, Gmail, HubSpot, Granola, Attio and Instantly. If your team runs Clay, keep using it for the data jobs you built it for, and use Clean for the ranked list of companies worth working.
Because they do different jobs. Clay is strong at sourcing and filling in data at the column level, for any process you can design. Clean adds what Clay leaves to you: which companies have a reason to buy right now, the records behind that reason, and who in your team's network can introduce you.
Clay keeps the data workflows your ops engineer owns. Clean hands the sales team a ranked list of companies with a reason to buy, with the people to contact and the records behind each one. Your team reaches out from its own tools; Clean never sends anything.
Division of labor: Clay and Clean
| Clay | Clean | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Contact data lookups and assembly | Finding and ranking companies with a reason to buy |
| Inputs | Many data sources and providers you wire up | Dated public records, Clean's own datasets and licensed company data |
| Account selection | Filters and waterfalls you design | Ranked against your ICP, with the records behind each company |
| Who can introduce you | Not its focus | Shown from your team's LinkedIn connections |
| Where results go | Your Clay tables | Clean, and HubSpot or Attio if you connect them |
| Best at | Filling a table with clean data | Deciding which companies to work, and why now |
Not necessarily. Clay and Clean do different jobs. Clay is a flexible data and workflow tool that sources and assembles records from many providers into tables you build. Clean finds companies with a reason to buy, ranks them against your ICP and names who to contact. If Clay does data jobs you rely on, keep it.
No. Clean has no Clay integration. It finds companies from dated public records, its own datasets and licensed company data, and it connects to LinkedIn, Gmail, HubSpot, Granola, Attio and Instantly.
No. Clean is not a data lookup tool or a contact database. It decides which companies are worth working and why now, from dated records of what they do, and shows the records behind every prospect. The people and their verified work emails and phone numbers come from licensed data providers.
No. Clean works on its own: it watches the records, ranks the companies against your ICP, names who to contact with verified email and phone, and shows who can introduce you.
Teams that already use Clay for contact data and want a ranked list of the right buyers without building it. Clay keeps doing what it does well, sourcing and structuring records. Clean adds which companies to work, the reason, and the people to contact.
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