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Octave

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Octave describes itself as a "generative GTM platform": an always-on context layer that learns market dynamics, buyer behavior, and product strategy, then turns that GTM strategy into agents, workflows, and content that stay consistent across a team's tech stack.

Vendor's own claim
activation/delivery

Core capabilities

Vendor's own claim
  • Motion Builder for net-new, expansion, and competitive plays
  • Messaging Studio for buyer-journey-specific messaging
  • Managed Agents for research, qualification, and sequencing
  • ICP Agent that derives autonomous insights from calls, emails, and deals
  • GTM Explorer for performance visualization across motions
  • Context Graph: a real-time intelligence layer other agents/workflows can query
  • REST API (v2) for custom implementations
  • MCP server exposing Octave's library and agents to AI assistants/editors
  • Claude Code / Claude Desktop / Cursor integrations documented for MCP setup

API & agent surface

From official docs
Authentication
API key passed in a header ("Api key: YOUR_API_KEY"); no OAuth required per the quickstart
Base URL
https://api.octavehq.com/api/v2/ (OpenAPI spec server: https://app.octavehq.com)
Rate limits
1,000 requests per minute noted for API key endpoints; comprehensive rate-limit documentation not found beyond that
Notable endpoints
  • List/validate API keys
  • List, create, update, delete Library entities (personas, offerings, competitors)
  • Create/get/list/update/delete Motions and Motion Playbooks
  • Async agent run + get async agent run status (async execution with callbacks)
  • List agents / run agent
MCP tools exposed
verify_connectionask_octavesearch_knowledge_baselist_entitiesget_entitycreate_entityupdate_entitydelete_entityrevise_entityget_revisionlist_revisionslink_entities_to_offeringadd_value_propslist_value_propsupdate_value_propscreate_tag_groupadd_tag_to_grouplist_tag_groupsassign_segment_tagget_tag_group_performancelist_writing_stylescreate_motionget_motionlist_motionsupdate_motiondelete_motioncreate_motion_playbookget_motion_playbooklist_motion_playbooksupdate_motion_playbookdelete_motion_playbooklist_motion_icpsfind_motion_icpfind_skilllist_skillsget_skillget_skill_filecreate_skillupdate_skilldelete_skillassets_listasset_get_by_idasset_updateasset_deleteasset_stats_getasset_visitors_listcreate_resourceget_resourcelist_resourcesdelete_resourcesearch_resourcescheck_resource_driftlink_entities_to_resourcegenerate_emailgenerate_contentgenerate_call_prep
Machine-readable spec
OpenAPI spec retrieved

Pricing

From official docs
PlanPriceIncludedNotable
BaseNot published100 generation credits/month
Not specified
2 active workspaces, 1 active offering per workspace, 12 active elements per workspace
Octave UltraNot published (sales discussion or free trial)10,000 generation credits/month
Unlimited users
2 active workspaces, 2 active offerings per workspace, 36 active elements per workspace

Checked 2026-07-31 against their pricing page. Vendors change pricing without notice.

What is Octave

Vendor's own claim

Octave centers on a workspace "Library" of personas, motions, offerings, and competitors that acts as a shared source of truth for GTM strategy.

Ideal customer profile

Vendor's own claim

GTM teams (marketing, growth/demand gen, GTM engineering, RevOps, sales, product marketing) that want a shared, machine-readable strategy layer driving both AI agents and human-facing content, rather than strategy living in slide decks.

Who should look elsewhere

Our read

Pricing is not published for either tier (Base or "Octave Ultra"), and the Base plan caps out at 100 generation credits/month, 2 workspaces, 1 active offering per workspace, and 2 active playbooks - thin allowances for a team running more than a single GTM motion. Teams that want a plug-and-play enrichment or sequencing tool rather than a strategy/context layer to build on top of will find the Library/Motion/Playbook model is real configuration overhead before any agent runs.

Octave alternatives

Our read

Tools that let a revenue team compose several data providers into one workflow, run it conditionally across a list of accounts or people, and push the result into a CRM or sequencer. The unit of work is a table or a pipeline, not a single lookup.

Category: GTM data orchestration. Membership is decided by 4 stated tests, not by category tags — see them and the full comparison.

Octave FAQ

Does Octave have an MCP server?

Yes. Octave documents MCP setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other editors, exposing 50+ named tools spanning Library entities, Motions/Playbooks, Skills, Assets, research/enrichment, content generation, and CRM/pipeline analytics.

From official docs
How much does Octave cost?

Octave does not publish plan prices. The pricing page lists a "Base" tier (100 generation credits/month, 2 workspaces, community support) and an "Octave Ultra" tier (10,000 generation credits/month, unlimited users, dedicated CSM), both gated behind a free-trial or sales conversation.

From official docs
What is the "Context Graph"?

Octave's marketing describes the Context Graph as a real-time intelligence layer that other agents and workflows can query, built from the workspace's Library of personas, offerings, motions, and competitors.

Vendor's own claim
Does Octave require OAuth to use the API?

No. The documented quickstart uses a single workspace API key passed as a request header - no OAuth flow is described.

From official docs
Can Octave run asynchronously for long-running agent tasks?

Yes, the docs describe async agent execution with callbacks, plus a dedicated endpoint to poll async agent run status.

From official docs

Verify before you buy

  • Published prices for the Base and Octave Ultra plans (pricing page requires a trial signup or sales conversation to see numbers)
  • A GitHub org - none linked from the vendor's own site
  • Comprehensive API rate-limit documentation beyond the single 1,000 req/min figure noted for API key endpoints

Extensions for Octave

These are official skills or plugins that add agent-facing workflows to Octave. Check the linked vendor page for current access, setup and plan requirements.

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