Apollo vs Clay

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.

Clay turns a business’s Google listing, photos, reviews, and hours into a live website. A business can preview and edit the generated site before claiming it, without signing up, giving an email address, or paying. Users can change words, images, colors, and sections directly on the live site, including from a phone. Clay says it rereads the Google listing nightly to refresh ratings and reviews and update SEO information. It can create pages for services and towns, add a sitemap and structured data, and run a weekly audit to find and repair problems. Sites can include bookings and a shop with product options and a basket; Clay says it takes no cut of sales. Hosting is included. Businesses without a Google listing can start with a blank site. The free plan provides an editable site on a name.clay.site address. Pro costs €29/mo and adds a custom domain, bookings, menu, shop, SEO, weekly audit, visitor numbers, and an email list. Clay says users own their site content, domain, and email list, but does not promise a Google search ranking position.