Apollo vs Outplay

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.

Outplay is a sales engagement and automation platform for account research, prospecting, and coaching. It supports prospect outreach and follow-ups through email, phone, social, SMS, WhatsApp, video, and website chat. Sequences can use action-based triggers to move prospects through steps automatically, while reports show performance for sequences, salespeople, and teams, including leaderboards. Its Chrome extension can capture prospect details from Gmail responses or LinkedIn profiles and add them to Outplay. Listed native integrations include Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Gong, Office 365, Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack, Zapier, and Calendly. Every pricing plan includes chat support. Free Forever is free and includes one user, two mailboxes, and 2,000 active prospects per month. A 7-day trial of the full Growth plan requires no credit card; afterward, the account transitions to Free Forever. Starter costs $39 a month, billed annually; Growth costs $89 a month, billed annually; and Enterprise costs $139 a month, billed annually. The listed platforms are web and extension.