AI ARK
List buildCheap B2B database and enrich hop for list build, lookalike, and verified email export.
The verdict
Treat AI Ark as a source layer and a cheap enrich hop, not as a managed 20-plus provider waterfall. The free tier gives you 100 credits a month. Paid starts at $49 for 5,000 credits. Annual saves about 20%. Found email lands around a cent.
Mobile costs 5 credits when found, around five cents. Use it to pull volume and clear easy finds first. Then hand the empties to FullEnrich. FullEnrich stays number one when mobile is the product.
What operators say
“The lead source layer is upstream of Clay. AI Ark handles top-of-funnel prospecting because its lookalike company discovery surfaces accounts that match the profile of a client's best-converting customers...”
“Step 1: Base data from Apollo or AI Ark... AI Ark (100x cheaper than Apollo with monthly data refresh). This gives you name, title, company, and a first-pass email for 50 to 60% of your list.”
Best for
Agencies and GTM teams that need a cheap bulk list source, lookalike discovery, verified email export, and a first-pass before they spend on a managed cascade.
Not for
Skip this if EU mobile coverage is the product you are buying. Skip if you need a managed 20-plus provider waterfall in a single call.
Pricing truth
Free: 100 credits per month. Paid entry: $49 per month for 5,000 credits with unlimited filter results. Annual toggle saves about 20%. Person plus email is typically 1.0 credit when found. Mobile is 5 credits if found and 0 if none. Re-verify email is about 0.1. At $49 for 5k, email-class planning math is about $0.01 per found credit. Mobile-class planning math is about $0.05. Planning math, not an SLA.
When we use it
- Pull a cheap bulk list with lookalike or semantic search before you filter hard.
- Run a first-pass email find so a managed waterfall (try several providers in order until one finds a match) only sees the empties.
- Use it as an enrich hop when you want verified export without wiring a full cascade.
- Do a volume TAM pull first, then deepen filters on the survivors.
How to wire it
- Search or lookalike into a list, then export verified emails only.
- Push the CSV into your orchestration table or straight into your sequencer (tool that sends email steps over days).
- Use custom enrich columns where they help. CRM connectors are still on the roadmap.
- Gate mobile reveals (pay to unlock or see the number). Coverage here lags managed waterfalls on EU and hard US mobiles.
- Hand hard empties to FullEnrich. Keep FullEnrich number one when mobile is the job.
Margin notes
- The free 100 credits per month never auto-convert into a paid plan, so burn them on real ICP tests.
- Paid starts at $49 per 5,000 credits. Model cost per found, not per row submitted.
- Annual saves about 20%.
- Mobile costs 5 credits when found and zero on a miss.
- ColdIQ: AI Ark wins price and speed. Weak EU coverage versus FullEnrich.
FAQ
Is AI Ark a waterfall aggregator?▾
No. AI Ark is a database, lookalike, and list-build source with a cheap enrich hop. It is not a managed 20-plus provider waterfall in one call.
AI Ark vs FullEnrich. When use which?▾
Use AI Ark to pull volume and clear easy finds. Use FullEnrich to resolve the empties. FullEnrich stays number one when mobile coverage is the product.
Is the free 100 credits enough to validate?▾
Yes for a real ICP smoke test. Free credits do not auto-convert into paid. Burn them on people you would actually email.
What does mobile cost in credits?▾
Mobile is 5 credits when found and 0 on a miss. At $49 for 5,000 credits that is about $0.05 planning math per found mobile.
Can I replace Apollo with AI Ark?▾
Often as a cheaper list-build peer for volume pulls. Keep Apollo if your team already lives in that workflow. Many stacks run both. Neither replaces a managed cascade closer.
Next step
If you need cheap list-build and lookalike source, open AI Ark. Clear easy finds first. When empties and hard mobiles remain, resolve on FullEnrich. FullEnrich stays number one for mobile. Try AI Ark