Apollo.io
Find business contact info and reach out to new customers.
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What it does
Apollo.io gives you contact info for people at businesses. You can send emails to them from the same tool. Sales teams use it to find new customers.
Who it is good for
Good for businesses that sell to other businesses.
Pro tip
Find property managers and builders to pitch your commercial work.
What is Apollo.io?
Apollo.io is a sales tool for finding and contacting people at other businesses. It has a database of about 240 million contacts and 30 million companies. You can find a contact's email or phone number and send emails from Apollo. It is built for selling to businesses, not homeowners. Apollo has a free plan, and paid plans cost more.
What does Apollo.io do?
- Contact database: It lists about 240 million contacts at 30 million companies.
- Email sequences: A sequence is a set of emails that go out in order. All plans include them.
- Chrome extension: It shows verified emails and phone numbers while you browse.
- Dialer: It has a parallel dialer for making many sales calls.
- CRM links: It connects to Salesforce, HubSpot and more than 200 other tools.
How much does Apollo.io cost?
Apollo.io does not show prices on its site. Check apollo.io or ask them for a quote. It does have a free plan, and no credit card is needed to sign up. The free plan sends email sequences from Gmail only. Paid plans are Basic and Professional, billed monthly or yearly with a yearly discount.
How can a contractor use Apollo.io?
- A commercial HVAC company can find facility managers at office parks in its area. Then it can email them about yearly service contracts.
- A commercial cleaning company can build a list of property managers in its city. It can send them a short email series about office cleaning.
- An electrical contractor that bids on new builds can look up builders and general contractors before calling them. The Chrome extension shows their contact info while browsing.
Apollo.io pros and cons
Pros
- The free plan lets you test it before you pay, with no credit card.
- It has a large database of business contacts, about 240 million people.
- It connects to common CRMs like Salesforce and HubSpot. A CRM is a place to keep track of customers.
Cons
- It is built for selling to businesses, so it does not help you reach homeowners.
- Paid prices are not shown on the pricing page.
- Credits for emails and phone numbers reset each billing cycle, so heavy use can run short.
Who should skip Apollo.io?
Skip Apollo.io if most of your work comes from homeowners. Its data is about people at businesses, not households. Residential contractors will get more from reviews, local search and referrals.
Apollo.io alternatives
If Apollo.io is not the right fit, these tools also give you contact data for people at businesses. Most work best for commercial sales.
- ZoomInfo: pick it if you want a large business data tool for a bigger sales team.
- Lusha: pick it if you mainly want quick contact lookups.
- RocketReach: pick it if you want to look up emails and phone numbers one at a time.
- FullEnrich: pick it if you need work emails and cell numbers for a list you already have.
See every option in Data & Leads.
Questions about Apollo.io
Does Apollo.io have a free plan?
Yes. Apollo.io has a free plan, and you can sign up with no credit card. Email sequences on the free plan work with Gmail only.
How much does Apollo.io cost?
Apollo.io does not show paid plan prices on its pricing page. Ask them for a quote, or start on the free plan to test it.
Does Apollo.io work with HubSpot?
Yes. Apollo.io connects to HubSpot and Salesforce, plus more than 200 other tools.
Is Apollo.io good for residential contractors?
Not really. It is built to find people at businesses, not homeowners. It fits commercial contractors that sell to companies.
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