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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
  • Claude Plugin (LFGTM): GTM skills and agents for Claude Code and Cowork, layered on the MCP tools

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_listasset_share_createasset_shares_listasset_share_revokeasset_share_add_recipientsasset_share_remove_recipientsasset_share_add_domainsasset_share_remove_domainsasset_versions_listasset_version_restoreasset_version_deleteasset_access_requests_listasset_access_request_grantasset_access_request_dismissasset_generate_access_tokenasset_refresh_access_tokencreate_resourceget_resourcelist_resourcesdelete_resourcesearch_resourcescheck_resource_driftlink_entities_to_resourcefind_personfind_companyfind_similar_peoplefind_similar_companiesenrich_personenrich_companyqualify_personqualify_companyresolve_email_from_profileresolve_profile_from_emailfind_external_contextdeep_web_researchscrape_websiteget_external_brand_assetsget_external_brand_logogenerate_emailgenerate_contentgenerate_call_preplist_agentsget_agentcreate_agentupdate_agentdelete_agentrun_email_agentrun_content_agentrun_call_prep_agentrun_enrich_person_agentrun_enrich_company_agentrun_qualify_person_agentrun_qualify_company_agentfind_crm_recordsfind_crm_activitiesgenerate_crm_contextget_crm_entity_schemalist_pipeline_overviewget_pipeline_metricslist_deal_healthget_deal_deep_divelist_eventsget_event_detaillist_findingssearch_call_transcriptsget_entity_evidencecreate_suggestionget_suggestionlist_suggestionsupdate_suggestionaccept_suggestionreject_suggestionlist_gtm_reportsget_latest_gtm_reportget_report_runget_workspace_companyupdate_workspace_companygenerate_workspace_company
Machine-readable spec
OpenAPI spec retrieved

Official skills & repos

From official docs

Published by the vendor themselves — not community forks.

  • lfgtm11 stars

    Official Octave GTM plugin for Claude Code (auto-mirrored to Codex and Cursor), adding skills and agents on top of the Octave MCP tools.

Pricing

From official docs
PlanPriceIncludedNotable
Octave UltraStarting at $1,500/month, billed annuallyNot stated on the visible Ultra card; usage is metered in generation credits on top of the platform fee, with bulk credit packs sold as an add-on. An unrendered comparison table in the page markup lists 10,000 generation credits/month in an unlabelled column.
Unlimited users
Deal insights (winning plays, VoC, etc.), Unlimited Managed Agents, Integrations (SFDC, Hubspot, Gong, Clay, etc.)
BaseNot published. The comparison table that documents this plan is present in the pricing page markup but is not rendered on the live page as of 2026-09-24 (its column carries no plan header; the name "Base" comes from an equally unrendered FAQ), and no Base card is shown to a visitor.100 generation credits/month
Not specified
2 active workspaces (2 created in total), 1 active offering per workspace, 12 active elements per workspace

Checked 2026-09-24 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

Octave publishes one price and it is an enterprise one: Octave Ultra starts at $1,500/month billed annually, so the entry commitment is $18,000 a year before metered generation credits. A free trial is offered, but the pricing page shows no self-serve tier a small team could buy - the Base tier survives only in unrendered markup. Teams that want a plug-and-play enrichment or sequencing tool rather than a strategy and context layer to build on top of will also find the Library, Motion and 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 123 documented tools spanning Library entities, Motions/Playbooks, Skills, Assets, research/enrichment, agents, content generation, and CRM/pipeline analytics. A Claude Code plugin (LFGTM) adds skills and agents on top.

From official docs
How much does Octave cost?

Octave publishes one starting price: Octave Ultra starts at $1,500/month, billed annually, on a "Platform + Usage" model - a flat annual platform subscription plus metered generation credits, with discounted commit and bulk credit packs. The Ultra card lists unlimited users, unlimited managed agents, SSO + RBAC, and a dedicated CSM with private Slack. A lower "Base" tier (100 generation credits/month, community support) exists only in unrendered page markup, with no price shown to visitors.

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
Does Octave have a status page or GitHub org?

A GitHub org, yes; a status page, not that we could find.

Our read

Verify before you buy

  • A published price for the Base tier - the tier comparison table is present in the pricing page markup but is not rendered on the live page, so no Base price is shown to a visitor
  • A formal free-trial length in days - the pricing page describes a guided trial ("Live in a week. Proven in two.") with a 2-week walk-away point, but states no fixed duration
  • The generation credits included with Octave Ultra - the visible Ultra card does not state a credit allowance; the only figure (10,000/month) sits in an unrendered, unlabelled comparison-table column
  • Comprehensive API rate-limit documentation beyond the single 1,000 req/min figure noted for API key endpoints

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