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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apollo.io

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AApollo is a sales platform that helps revenue teams find and engage leads, automate outreach, manage deals, and enrich data.

    $59

    per month per user

    Calendly

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACalendly helps organizations globally automate the meeting lifecycle by removing the scheduling back and forth, with the goal of enabling companies to close deals, hire candidates faster, and build relationships.

    $12

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Apollo.ioCalendly
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $59
    per month per user
    Professional
    $99
    per month per user
    Organization
    $1,188
    per year per user
    Standard
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Teams
    $16
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Enterprise
    Starts at $15k
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apollo.ioCalendly
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual billing on the Basic and Professional plans.Monthly billing also available.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Apollo.ioCalendly
    Considered Both Products
    Apollo.io
    Chose Apollo.io
    not nearly as many companies or people on Lusha
    Incentivized
    Chose Apollo.io
    Apollo.io was the best cost-adjusted option given their start up program offering which cut the cost in half. The main competitor consideration was B2B Rocket AI (not listed in the above options)
    Incentivized
    Chose Apollo.io
    We had already been using the basic Apollo plan for data enrichment, and agreed to do the professional trial plan for our team. Outreach was too expensive for our current needs, and Salesloft did not have a trial period we could embark on. It was also more expensive than Apollo.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apollo.io
    The pricing was better with Apollo.io and the feature set checked all the boxes for us. Gong didn't do everything we needed and then Chorus by ZoomInfo was about 10x the price, so it checked all the boxes for us and was also the best value compared to what we were using before …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apollo.io
    I have mainly utilised ZoomInfo for data sourcing in the past, and I found that Apollo.io was much easier to pick up and use, whilst ZoomInfo took a bit of a learning curve to understand how to set filters and best data within your ICP, I was able to pick up Apollo.io within 5 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apollo.io
    After reviewing it the data Apollo.io provides is more accurate than almost all other tools, versus zoominfo who is the main competitor the data might be a little bit better on zoominfo however the automation tools makes it the best choice for a startup like us, we needed a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apollo.io
    Apollo has more competitive pricing and fewer features but is more straightforward and a better fit for our needs.
    Incentivized
    Calendly
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    197 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    188 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    206 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    63 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    163 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    168 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    Apollo.ioCalendly
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Apollo.io and Calendly
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    8.2
    197 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Calendly
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search8.4192 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads8.2192 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality7.8195 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download8.4183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting8.0190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access8.2193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Apollo.io and Calendly
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    8.2
    195 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Calendly
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information8.3195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information8.4195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information8.0193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Apollo.io and Calendly
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    7.8
    192 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Calendly
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process7.9176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.6176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration8.1114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles8.1183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders7.7165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene7.5183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh7.5173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags7.8148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation8.3178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Apollo.io and Calendly
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    7.8
    170 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Calendly
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates7.6169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records8.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Apollo.ioCalendly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (218 ratings)
    9.5
    (90 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (189 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.7
    (32 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Apollo.ioCalendly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apollo.io
    Based on my experience using Apollo.io, it is well-suited for organizations like startups that are actively looking to generate new leads to market their products, and for direct marketing using the Apollo.io mail system and filtering leads by locality, sector, or designation.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Calendly
    It's well suited for music students' lessons. It's well suited for online coaching, primarily through places like Zoom and more. It helps simplify things for your clients, lets you program your schedule, and allows it all to go automatically! If you are working with a senior population, it may be a little tricky for them to sign up and then really hard for them to cancel lessons. There isn't a way to go to the site and cancel. You have to pull up the confirmed email and cancel from there, but people can lose emails.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Apollo.io
    • contacts with verified emails
    • companies according to their economic sector
    • companies based on their size and revenue
    • companies based on their location
    • contactos con correos verificados
    • empresas de acuerdo a su sector económico
    • empresas de acuerdo a su tamaño y facturación
    • empresas de acuerdo a su ubicación
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    • Sync with multiple calendar types so my schedule is always current.
    • Integration with Zoom to schedule meetings, send invites, and populate my Zoom app accordingly.
    • Automatic email communication to all parties with all relevant details in a clear format.
    • Allowing team members to do the same in a way that I'm also notified of what meetings are taking place saves a lot of time in terms of coordinating to find out what other people are doing.
    • Well-designed interface that simplifies everything down to its clearest expression. Language instruction and interaction are wonderfully simple and clear.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Apollo.io
    • Apollo.io's sync to Salesforce is incredibly finnicky and created a large number of duplicates.
    • Apollo.io's workflow functionality is rigid and doesn't play nicely with middleware like Zapier.
    • Apollo.io is focused on helping you spin up many different emails and phone numbers in a spammy manner instead of focusing on domain reputation.
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    • After a meeting is booked, having the ability to change the location without canceling the entire booking.
    • Being able to offer 2 different locked in locations for certain time periods of the day within the same event. So you're not having to create 2 events for the same thing, only different locations.
    • Giving users permission to create their own routing forms. We run an independent business model where our users like to have control over their subscriptions.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apollo.io
    at this moment Apollo.io seems to be the perfect tool that has mastered all aspects of outbound marketing and CRM to handle and manage sales cycle.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Calendly
    For all reasons like workflows, UI, and the way Calendly keeps all of us engaged through the Collective forum. It's indeed undeniable that no other product covers all business needs like Calendly does. On the other side, this has also reduced the workload by enabling us to focus more on other tasks for the day
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Apollo.io
    I gave it a 7 because it doesn't help you out if you're an organization that's call-heavy, because a lot of times the numbers aren't the best. It's not accurate. If you're somebody who's email and outbound and your goal is to find that, then that's cool. It works well for it. Some of the features, the AI tools, and some additional features they have are just too complex. Sometimes it's easy to use, but at the same time, there are tools that are not efficient, and it's like, "Where is this coming from?"Especially if you're looking for your niche, whatever industry you're in, and the target word, sometimes it can't find it. You can see what people are searching for, and it just doesn't add up. If you're trying to get very, very detailed, it's not the best. Sometimes it's going to depend on your industry, of course.
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    Calendly is extremely easy to use for selecting times and days for meetings. From my end, it's very easy to indicate the days and times that I am available for meetings. I have used other scheduling products, but Calendly has the smoothest way of operating. I highly recommend it for scheduling meetings
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    Support Rating
    Apollo.io
    The team wants to solve probelms, but we are finding that they don't know how to solve the more technical issues quickly. I suspect that they don't have a mature process for escalations, and they don't have a usable knowledge base article repository. They seems to push emails around to let us know that people are working on the issues to find solutions, but this takes weeks and oftentimes still leaves us without a resolution.
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    There is a lot of support for Calendly. Whenever I have had issues navigating through it, especially as a new user, I found multiple support on the web addressing my questions or concerns. There is a lot of in app informative notes accessible to users to navigate through Calendly when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apollo.io
    We found the contact data from Apollo.io was more reliable than Instantly.ai. We used Instantly.ai for about 6 months before stopping our use of it. Growbots doesn't give you as much volume for the same price at Apollo.io. However, we did close sales with Growbots, and we did not with Apollo.io. It could have just been our unique experience, but that's what happened.
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    When I started using it, there were not many competitors in this space. I've seen some like Mixmax that seem to work well for solopreneurs or where free version might be better than Calendly's free version. I use the paid version of Calendly and it's just kept serving us well so why change?
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Apollo.io
    • Apollo.io has helped me find a good set of new target audience for the business that I am in, essentially helping me build a prospective line and grow my lead database by 25 to 30% where I lack a certain skill
    • The Apollo.io quality of the data that it has is significantly better through other competitors like Lusha and others
    • In terms of the revenue increase, there have been certain instances where I have found a new acquirer that essentially I would not have found in a general scenario and that has help me generate from the new identified lead
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    • Positive: When people want to meet, I can simply send my Calendly link and it takes less than 5 seconds to do.
    • Positive: It integrates well with Zoom, which means that by default all my appointments include Zoom information for a remote call.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Apollo.io Screenshots

    Screenshot of people, appearing in ApolloScreenshot of Apollo's data enrichment dashboardScreenshot of a view of unified customer dataScreenshot of Apollo's AI-assisted meetings

    Calendly Screenshots

    Screenshot of how to share a scheduling linkScreenshot of automated workflowsScreenshot of browser extensionsScreenshot of routing formsScreenshot of round robin & collective eventsScreenshot of admin management