Apollo vs Boomerang

Apollo is a data intelligence and sales engagement platform for go-to-market teams. It describes a prospecting database with more than 240 million contacts and 30 million accounts, alongside email sequencing, automated outreach, dialing, call recording and pipeline tools. Apollo’s agents can research accounts, prioritize leads, write outreach, follow up and book meetings. The platform lists more than 200 integrations, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, SalesLoft, Marketo, Sendgrid, LinkedIn and major email providers. Its free Chrome extension provides contact and account insights, email finding and dialing, and can add prospects to lists or sequences. The Free plan is free and includes 900 credits per seat per year, granted monthly, two sequences, API access and one intent topic. Basic costs $49 a month billed annually, with 30,000 credits per seat per year granted upfront, email sequencing and core integrations. Trial credits and features are subject to limits; unused credits expire at the end of each billing cycle.

Boomerang helps users control email timing, follow-ups, and meeting scheduling. It can schedule message delivery, snooze messages, and remind users to follow up. Inbox Pause holds incoming messages until the user is ready and can be scheduled to activate automatically. Magic Live Calendar supports bookable schedules, suggested meeting times, free/busy sharing, and team scheduling. Team scheduling integrates with Zoom and Google Meet and supports multiple calendars. Respondable uses artificial intelligence to offer real-time guidance on email effectiveness and tone. Boomerang for Gmail is available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera, with Android and iOS apps also listed. The Basic plan costs nothing and includes 10 message credits per month. Paid plans start at $4.98 a month billed annually, and a 30-day trial is listed. Boomerang says it stores message headers, not message bodies, to identify messages for sending or returning. Its Gmail product uses Google OAuth 2.0 and says it does not access passwords. Technical email support is available.