Sales

Apollo AI

AI prospecting and sequencing

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreemiumRising
The FalcoScan Intel PanelApollo AI · Sales
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Elevated
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Apollo AI does

Apollo is an AI sales and go-to-market platform that the page describes as spanning Data, Intelligence, and Execution layers. It is built for RevOps, sales leaders, reps, marketers, and developers, at small businesses and mid-market and enterprise organizations. The page lists Apollo Data Access with 240M+ contacts and 30M+ companies, Workspace, Apollo Anywhere, and Builder Studio. Named features include Apollo MCP, Waterfall Enrichment, Deliverability, a Chrome extension, an AI Assistant, a Parallel Dialer, and an AI Context Center with agent memory. The page cites 200+ integrations and says Apollo Anywhere works from a CRM, ChatGPT, Claude, Gmail, and the browser. The page does not state pricing; it links to a pricing page and offers free sign-up with no credit card.

How Apollo AI compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Apollo AI does. Among the 3 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Shaku AI at $49 a month and the median is $99. 1 of the 5 offers an API, as Apollo AI does. Apollo AI offers a web app and a browser extension. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and none offers a browser extension. Apollo AI was founded in 2015; the alternatives were founded between 2006 and 2024, 1 of them earlier. Apollo AI is based in San Francisco, United States; 2 of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too, and the others in Australia.

Market position · Sales

How Apollo AI compares in Sales

Apollo AI has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 286 live Sales tools on FalcoScan. Across Sales, the average opportunity score is 64.4 and the average saturation score 45. FalcoScan rates Apollo AI's own market position as contested. 73 of the 286 operating Sales tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 7 shutdowns in the category.

Apollo AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Apollo AIFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, ExtensionRising
AmiModerateContestedPaid$250/moNoNoWebStable
PancakeFounded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid$99/moYesNoWebStable
Shaku AIModerateContestedFreemium$49/moYesNoWebStable
Smartwriter AI SalesFounded 2019 · Sydney, AustraliaModerateCrowdedPaid—NoNoWebRising
HubSpot Sales HubFounded 2006 · Boston, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, MobileRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Sales.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Apollo AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Data ExtractionText Generation
Industry Verticals
SoftwareMarketing
Tagged

Apollo AI shows up when builders search for these

prospectingcontactssequencing
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Questions

Apollo AI: common questions

Is Apollo AI free?

Apollo AI has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Apollo AI?

The closest alternatives to Apollo AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Ami, Pancake, Shaku AI, Smartwriter AI Sales, and HubSpot Sales Hub.

Is Apollo AI still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Apollo AI as operating at apollo.io.

Where is Apollo AI based?

Apollo AI is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Apollo AI have an API?

Yes. Apollo AI offers an API.

Who is Apollo AI for?

Apollo AI is built for sales teams and marketers.

How do I sign in to Apollo AI?

Sign in on Apollo AI's own website, apollo.io. FalcoScan reviews Apollo AI but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Apollo AI directly.

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