Apollo vs SalesQL

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.

SalesQL is a B2B prospecting platform providing professional contact data, including verified emails, phone numbers, and company information. Its database covers 200M+ professionals and supports filters for job title, company, industry, and location. AI search can generate matching leads from a natural-language prospect description. A Chrome extension finds contact details on LinkedIn profiles and search results, including LinkedIn.com, Sales Navigator, Recruiter, Recruiter Lite, and RPS. Campaigns provide email sequences with variables, AI assistance, and automatic follow-ups sent from the user’s inbox. CSV enrichment matches uploaded names, companies, or URL lists and is available on paid plans. Listed integrations include HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Salesloft, Outreach, Gmail, and Mailchimp, with Zapier connections for listed tools. One credit unlocks available verified email, phone, and company data, and SalesQL says it charges only when results are found. The Free plan is free with 50 credits monthly and one seat. Paid plans start at $39 a month. REST API and MCP are listed for Professional and Premium.