Needed a pair of slim, clean sneakers for the office and to wear casually, and I haven't been able to find a decent sale price on CP Achilles lately so I opted for the Artisan Lab Essential Sneaker which I had been eyeing for a while. Visually, they're pretty much identical but there are a few details which aren't the same--most noticeably the gold lettering on the side. Additionally, the toe is ever so slightly more bulbous, the back heel design is different, and the inside of the heel is all leather unlike the CPs, which creates squeaking and slight heel slippage. The laces are also way too long which bothered me, so I ordered replacements from Etsy. Leather quality is also different than CPs. I've owned at least five pairs of CPs in the last decade and you can tell from the way it creases. Not as soft. Overall, a solid pair of white sneakers, but despite the price, CPs are still my favorites if found on sale.