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Apollo alternatives: what to switch to, depending on why you're leaving
People look for an Apollo alternative for different reasons: credits running out, contact data that is thin in their country, phone numbers, or a team that finds filters slow. The right alternative depends on the reason.
Apollo alternatives
If you need more or better phone numbers, look at Cognism or Lusha. If you need a bigger enterprise dataset with intent, look at ZoomInfo. If you want to build your own enrichment across providers, look at Clay. If you only need emails for companies you chose, Hunter. If you sell services and want to describe your client and get matching companies with emails ready to approve, try Yolias.
What to look for
- Why you're leaving Apollo: price and credits, data quality in your market, phone coverage, or the way you build lists.
- What you'll keep from Apollo: many teams keep sequences in one tool and change only the data source.
- Per-user or per-usage pricing: matters most for teams of five or more.
- Your country: check coverage on a sample list before you commit.
The tools compared
An enterprise B2B data and intelligence platform for sales, marketing and RevOps: contact and company data, intent signals, AI agents in its GTM Workspace and many integrations.
Best for: Larger sales and marketing organisations that need broad data, intent and CRM integrations and buy through a sales process.
Strengths
- Says it covers 500M+ contacts and 100M+ companies
- Intent and account intelligence
- Native Salesforce, HubSpot and Dynamics 365 integrations and 120+ other tools (its claim)
Limits
- Doesn't publish prices: pricing depends on package, licences and credits and comes from its sales team
- Built for larger teams; there is no self-serve monthly plan on its pricing page
Pricing: Not published; quoted by sales
Checked October 27, 2026
A B2B contact data and enrichment tool with a browser extension, a workspace, an API and CRM integrations; contacts are revealed with credits.
Best for: Sellers who want emails and phone numbers for people they already found, inside the browser or the CRM.
Strengths
- Says it has 515M+ verified contacts and 29M+ companies
- Browser extension, API and MCP with one credit balance
- Says it is GDPR and CCPA compliant with SOC 2 Type II and ISO certifications
- A free plan
Limits
- A phone number costs 5 credits and an email 1 credit (its pricing page), so phone-heavy lists use credits fast
- Focused on contact data; finding which companies fit your offer is up to you
Pricing: Free $0/month · Starter $49.90/month · Professional $69.90/month · Premium $399.90/month (source, October 27, 2026)
Checked October 27, 2026
A B2B contact data provider known for phone-verified mobile numbers and European coverage, with intent signals, enrichment and CRM exports.
Best for: Teams that call decision makers, especially in Europe, and need compliance features.
Strengths
- Phone-verified mobile numbers
- Built for European markets, with Do-Not-Call coverage across Europe (its claim)
- Intent data (Bombora) on its Pro plan
- Says it complies with GDPR and CCPA
Limits
- Doesn't publish prices: quotes come from its sales team
- Plans on its pricing page start with 5 seats
- A data provider: writing and sending campaigns happens in other tools
Pricing: Not published; quoted by sales
Checked October 27, 2026
A data enrichment and go-to-market workflow tool: tables and a visual canvas that pull data from many vendors, AI research agents (Claygent), scoring and CRM sync.
Best for: Growth and RevOps teams that build their own enrichment and outbound workflows and want to combine many data providers.
Strengths
- Says it brings data from 200+ data and AI vendors under one contract
- Waterfall enrichment across providers
- AI research agents and scoring
- Unlimited seats on every plan, including the free one
Limits
- You design the workflow yourself: tables, columns and actions take time to learn
- Usage is counted in actions and data credits per month
- Sending email goes through Clay Sequencer or another sending tool
Pricing: Free $0/month · Launch from $167/month · Growth from $446/month · Enterprise custom (source, October 27, 2026)
Checked October 27, 2026
An email finding and verification tool: find the email addresses of a company or a person, verify them, find leads with Discover and send cold email sequences.
Best for: People who know which companies they want and need their email addresses, verified.
Strengths
- Domain search, email finder and verifier in one place
- A free plan with 50 credits a month
- Simple credit pricing and an API
Limits
- Built around email addresses; describing an ideal customer and ranking companies by fit is limited to its Discover filters
- Number of connected email accounts depends on the plan
Pricing: Free $0/month · Starter $49/month · Growth $149/month · Scale $299/month (source, October 27, 2026)
Checked October 27, 2026
By reason to switch
| If you're leaving because… | Look at | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Credits and per-user pricing | Yolias, Hunter | Yolias has unlimited users and never charges for emails; Hunter charges per email found |
| Phone numbers | Cognism, Lusha | Phone-verified mobiles (Cognism); 5 credits per phone (Lusha) |
| You need enterprise data and intent | ZoomInfo | Broad data, intent and integrations, priced by quote |
| You want to build your own enrichment | Clay | Waterfalls across many providers |
| Filters don't describe your client | Yolias | Describe the client in plain English or Arabic |
How to test an alternative in an afternoon
- Write down ten companies you'd love as clients.
- Ask each tool for companies like them in your market.
- Count how many results you would actually contact, and how many have a usable contact.
- Compare what that costs for your team for a month.
Facts about other products were checked against their own websites on October 27, 2026. Products change: check their pages before you decide.
Questions
What is the cheapest Apollo alternative?
- It depends on your volume and team size. Per-user tools get expensive as the team grows; Yolias has unlimited users on every plan and charges for prospects only, while Hunter charges per email found. Price your real monthly usage on each pricing page.
Is Yolias an Apollo alternative for agencies?
- Yes, for agencies that sell services and want matching companies explained and emailed from their own mailbox. Agencies that need large phone-number lists will want a contact data provider as well.
Try it on your own market.
Create an account, describe who you want to reach and review the list and the emails Yolias prepares before anything is sent.