Michael D.
MD
Michael D.
Sales Manager
Manufacturing
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Octave Aligned Our GTM Messaging with a Single Source of Truth"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

Before Octave, our GTM messaging was scattered. ICP definitions lived in one doc, positioning in another, and sales reps were winging it with their own versions of our value prop. The result was inconsistency across every customer conversation.

Octave solved three specific problems for us: (1) it gave us a single source of truth for our ICP and positioning, (2) it translated that strategy directly into sales messaging our reps could actually use, and (3) it cut our messaging development process in half. We went from weeks of back-and-forth between marketing and sales to a streamlined workflow that got the whole team aligned fast.

It's the missing link between GTM strategy and execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

Nothing, as of lately. It's an easy to use platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jessica R.
JR
Jessica R.
Managing Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Octave is a game changer"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

Octave has been a game changer for how we approach outbound and GTM strategy. It's helped us to develop highly personalised, signal-driven engagement at scale.

What stands out most is how it structures and operationalises ICP definition and research, making it much easier to qualify then align messaging, targeting and sequencing around real customer signals, rather than assumptions.

It's also flexible from a GTM engineering perspective, as we're able to plug it into our existing stack.

Zach and the team are very hands on and supportive - regularly taking the time with the team to train us up and keep us updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

The team are constantly innovating and improving, so nothing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ronald B.
RB
Ronald B.
Freelance HubSpot Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Streamlined Marketing with Responsive Support"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

I like most the responsiveness of their team and how knowledgeable they are. I'm able to jump on a call with their executive team and talk through client use cases, their product road map, and I get a really strong understanding of where they're moving forward in the next few months. The MCP server integration is absolutely critical, and the ease of connecting to Octave and training the system through any AI model out there really makes using the tool scalable and easy to do on a day to day. The initial setup of Octave is very easy, with a straightforward and simple onboarding experience, and demoing it live to companies is what draws my clients into adopting Octave as a part of their tech stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

We are now in a world where context is key around businesses, around the conversations you're having, and around the conversations your sales and customer success teams are having with clients. A big piece of that is visually understanding and being able to see how this has been trained over time and how it's evolved over a long period of time. This is the one area that I think Octave is growing towards, but just currently isn't as clean within Octave or any other tool out there for that matter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Holden Lewis of Octave

Thank you for your feedback, Ronald. We're happy to hear your clients are getting value out of Octave. As far as visualization capabilities, we know there's always more to do and appreciate your patience as we expand what's possible on our platform.

Kellen C.
KC
Kellen C.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Revolutionary Messaging and Segmentation Platform"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

I use Octave as a messaging and segmentation platform to host intelligence on my market and offers. It lets me have a single place to store things, update them, and then have others access that knowledge like an API. I like that it's built from salespeople who understand outbound and aligns to the modern world of aligning product marketing with sales and sales development. Zach, their Founder, has a deep understanding of GTM and they've done well to make a cockpit for product marketers and positioning pros. The initial setup was extremely easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

It takes a second to get clear on where Octave lives vs other tools like Clay, but woould barely call it a "dislike" so much as something to get used to Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Holden Lewis of Octave

Thank you for your feedback! That "API for your GTM intelligence" framing is exactly right. We're happy to hear the setup was fast and that PMM-to-rep alignment is clicking.

On where Octave sits compared to Clay, we totally understand what you mean. To help others in the future, we recently added new graphics on our site that show where we sit in the GTM stack.

Thanks for your continued partnership; let us know if there is anything we can help with.

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Abhishek I.
AI
Abhishek I.
Director, Marketing and Growth
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Octave Turned Me Into An AI Believer For GTM"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

Octave turned me into an AI believer by providing vital context harnesses to AI agents about our product, messaging, use cases, and reference customers. Slop has been replaced by valuable, personalized GTM assets and sales enablement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

Nothing to dislike. I hope they expand into more uses cases (e.g. becoming a content repository that can be referenced through LLMs). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Darren L.
DL
Darren L.
Head of GTM Systems | Revenue Operations
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Octave Helps Us Define ICPs and Personas with Rich, Contextualized Data"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

If your business needs various classifications, signals, and data to define your ICP and personas, Octave allows you to transcend fields and contextualize your entire database. This has allowed us to be more strategic across the GTM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

Not much. Lack of determinism maybe but that is GenAI as a whole. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Holden Lewis of Octave

Thank you for the feedback, Darren! It's great to see customers not only understand our vision but so deftly put it into practice. Let us know if we can be of any assistance.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerful GTM context platform that keeps AI and sales teams aligned"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

What stands out most is how flexible the platform is. Rather than simply generating content, Octave helps structure the context behind your business so that every workflow starts from the same foundation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

It takes some time to understand how to model your products, personas, and messaging to get the most value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Octave is building the future of GTM, and the future is context"
5/5
What do you like best about Octave?

Octave internalizes our ICP, positioning, and competitive landscape, and that intelligence stays consistent whether you’re running one agent or dozens. It also doesn’t degrade when you push volume through it, which really matters when you’re scoring a full TAM or generating personalized messaging at scale.

The integrations are clean as well. Outputs pipe directly into Clay and the rest of our outbound stack, so the work the agents do actually gets used instead of sitting in another tab that nobody checks.

The ROI is pretty clear: it would’ve taken us several months to map out our TAM, but we were able to do it in days with Octave.

What I’ve appreciated most is that the team doesn’t just hand you a login and wish you luck. They help you think through how to structure your context and agents in a way that matches your real GTM motion. And the Slack community they're building is a nice add. That kind of embedded support makes a big difference in how quickly you get to value.

I’m a big fan of what Octave is building, and I’d recommend it to any GTM leader who has a broad TAM with lots of facets to uncover at scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

There's a lot to like, I don't have many dislikes. They really ship solutions fast and are constantly innovating. I actually had them ship bug fixes at 8pm while going back and forth via Slack recently. As with any rapid-growth startup, there will be kinks and clunkiness, but Octave does a great job at minimizing the bumps in the road. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Holden Lewis of Octave

Thank you so much for the feedback! We ship new features almost daily, but it's partnership with customers like you that points that velocity in the right direction.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Octave is our answer to personas and personalization in the AI era"
4/5
What do you like best about Octave?

Octave is really great at pulling in disparate sources and giving me ongoing insights into our personas and ICP. They are incredible at acting on feedback, fast and treat us as partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave?

The ability to tweak the tone could be improved, but they have already been response to this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Holden Lewis of Octave

First of all, thanks for being our first review! How exciting.

We appreciate your feedback — and your partnership. We've passed your note regarding tone adjustments to our customer success team. Thanks for using Octave.

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