Clarm vs Drift

Drift sells playbooks. Clarm runs them.

Drift is a conversational marketing platform built for enterprise sales teams. Clarm is an AI Revenue Desk that captures and qualifies inbound autonomously — no playbook configuration, no SDR headcount.

Works from day one
No playbook setup needed
Developer-native channels
Fraction of the cost

Feature comparison

Feature
Clarm
Drift
AI-first (no human fallback needed)Drift relies on SDR routing
Setup timeClarm: hours. Drift: weeks of playbook config
Discord integration
GitHub integration
Slack routing
Web chat
Email sequences
Buyer intent scoring
Revenue signal webhooks
SOC 2 compliant
On-prem / air-gapped
Content engine / SEO
No seat-based pricingDrift is enterprise pricing only
Works for solo foundersDrift requires sales team

Why teams switch to Clarm

Zero configuration

Drift requires weeks of playbook design, routing rules, and SDR training. Clarm learns from your docs and starts working in hours — no playbooks to configure.

Built for technical products

Drift was built for B2B SaaS marketing teams. Clarm was built for developer tools, infrastructure products, and open-source companies — where the buyer is often the user.

No SDR dependency

Drift's value depends on SDRs responding to routed leads. Clarm handles the entire conversation autonomously — qualifying, answering, and triggering actions without human intervention.

10x cheaper

Drift pricing starts in the thousands per month and requires annual contracts. Clarm does custom pricing for every team — no bloated contracts.

The bottom line

Drift is powerful if you have a sales team to run the playbooks. Clarm is for teams that want the revenue intelligence without the sales infrastructure. If you're building a developer product and want to capture inbound from Discord, GitHub, and docs — not just web chat — Clarm is the better fit.