“Bottom line: I'd start with Apollo Professional rather than paying for Apollo plus Outreach or Salesloft.”
+ all-in-one prospecting and sales engagement
“Apollo is designed to be an all-in-one prospecting and sales engagement platform.”
+ automated email sequences
“Automated email sequences | ✅ Yes | Multi-step email campaigns and automated follow-ups”
+ built-in dialer
“Built-in dialer | ✅ Yes, paid plans | Call prospects directly from Apollo”
+ multichannel sequences
“Multichannel sequences | ✅ Yes | Combine emails, calls and LinkedIn tasks”
+ CRM integrations
“CRM integrations | ✅ Yes | Connect Salesforce, HubSpot and others”
− limited free plan sequences and no dialer
“Free | $0 | Limited sequences (2), no dialer”
− advanced dialer costs extra
“The Advanced Dialer is an additional $119/month per team (annual billing).”
− phone usage credits
“Phone usage also involves credits.”
− less suited for sophisticated sales engagement automation
“You might still want a separate platform if you need particularly sophisticated sales engagement automation, advanced sequencing logic or specialized calling capabilities.”
“CRM integrations | ✅ Yes | Connect Salesforce, HubSpot and others”
“CRM integrations | ✅ Yes | Connect Salesforce, HubSpot and others”
“You generally don't need a separate outreach platform like Outreach or Salesloft.”
“You generally don't need a separate outreach platform like Outreach or Salesloft.”