Apollo.io vs. CloudTalk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apollo.io
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Apollo is a sales platform that helps revenue teams find and engage leads, automate outreach, manage deals, and enrich data.
$59
per month per user
CloudTalk
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
CloudTalk is cloud-based call center software for sales and support teams of all sizes, looking to improve customer experiences through more personalized, data-driven customer interactions. The vendor aims to help teams communicate clearly and efficiently. With CloudTalk users can get local, mobile or toll-free numbers from more than 140+ countries across the world. The vendor says they offer integration with important tools (such a CRM, Helpdesk, or…
$27
per month per user
Pricing
Apollo.ioCloudTalk
Editions & Modules
Basic
$59
per month per user
Professional
$99
per month per user
Organization
$1,188
per year per user
CloudTalk Lite
$27
per month per user
CloudTalk Essential
$39
per month per user
CloudTalk Expert
$69
per month per user
CloudTalk Custom
Custom Pricing
per user or company/month (invoiced annually)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apollo.ioCloudTalk
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual billing on the Basic and Professional plans.A discount is offered for annual billing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Apollo.ioCloudTalk
Considered Both Products
Apollo.io
Chose Apollo.io
On LinkedIn - It is not as personalised/granular. You can only look for prospects with industries which tend to be quite vague. Apollo.io allows Keywords which makes the search I want a lot more accurate. It also doesn't have email or call integration. I like to have everything …
CloudTalk
Chose CloudTalk
Though it was not my decision from switching from Circleloop, when we had originally used CircleLoop it gave some issues with internal transfer and taking calls which heavily affected us. With CloudTalk we can now successfully make outbound calls without any problems.
Features
Apollo.ioCloudTalk
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.1
188 Ratings
4% above category average
CloudTalk
-
Ratings
Advanced search8.4183 Ratings00 Ratings
Identification of new leads8.2184 Ratings00 Ratings
List quality7.8186 Ratings00 Ratings
List upload/download8.4175 Ratings00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting8.0182 Ratings00 Ratings
Load time/data access8.1184 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.2
186 Ratings
5% above category average
CloudTalk
-
Ratings
Contact information8.3186 Ratings00 Ratings
Company information8.4186 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry information8.0184 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.8
184 Ratings
5% above category average
CloudTalk
-
Ratings
Lead qualification process7.8168 Ratings00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations7.5168 Ratings00 Ratings
Salesforce integration8.1106 Ratings00 Ratings
Company/business profiles8.1175 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders7.7157 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene7.5175 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic data refresh7.5166 Ratings00 Ratings
Tags7.8141 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.2170 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.7
161 Ratings
3% above category average
CloudTalk
-
Ratings
Sales email templates7.5160 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records7.9147 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
CloudTalk
9.8
44 Ratings
15% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings10.044 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.839 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings10.040 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.838 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.630 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings9.629 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.125 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings10.029 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings10.035 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
CloudTalk
10.0
41 Ratings
18% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings10.035 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings10.037 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings10.033 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings10.034 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings10.026 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
User Ratings
Apollo.ioCloudTalk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(209 ratings)
10.0
(44 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(5 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(180 ratings)
7.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(6 ratings)
3.6
(11 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apollo.ioCloudTalk
Likelihood to Recommend
Apollo.io
If a company is looking to do higher volume email and phone outreach, Apollo.io is a good tool. I would recommend first verifying if this type of outreach works with your offering. If it does, this tool will be very helpful for you.
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CloudTalk.io
Cloudtalk is by far the best value-for-price software out there for call center solutions. Packed with features, very accessible, kind and accessible customer support, and cheap, especially when compared with their competitors for the same range of features. Easy entry-level software, especially if you're a startup that doesn't want to make big initial commitments but needs a solution that scales with the business.
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Pros
Apollo.io
  • Firstly, finding the details of the potential customers that is there name, designation email and phone number since these are the most important cases most of the times I can get this data in Apollo.io
  • I can pull the bulk data of the targeted organization, or I can pull the emails based on the location and job titles
  • Apart from the email capture, the thing which helpful is that the email sequence can find emails and send emails in Apollo.io itself and also the report and the dashboard are so clean
  • Friendly UI and UX Apollo.io was the first tool which I used. Since then I'm still using Apollo.io for easy understanding
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CloudTalk.io
  • It's extremely simple to install and integrate
  • Their smart dialer option reduces time spent typing in number and helps make more calls
  • It makes life super easy to keep track of calls being made and how long calls are but also to listen back on calls made
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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.
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CloudTalk.io
  • A lot of features are still missing, some of which are pretty basic like being able to select multiple filters instead of one.
  • Desktop app has had some instability issue.
  • IVR needs to be self-recorded which can lead to a lower quality.
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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.
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CloudTalk.io
It is working and affordable
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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.
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CloudTalk.io
CloudTalk is super easy to use and has a great quality. It helps to communicate with the clients easily and we can feel that the sound quality is high, while speaking to the client and while listening to the recordings. This is for our department essential in our day to day work.
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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.
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CloudTalk.io
They are skilled, experienced, and anytime I need something and contact the support time, I get the right person who understands my needs and reacts to them accordingly. So far I was only pleasantly surprised by the level of support these guys provide and coming from a customer service oriented background myself, I can only say keep it up guys, you are doing a fantastic job!
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Alternatives Considered
Apollo.io
In terms of Apollo.io, the easiest part is its integration and versatility in handling data. LinkedIn NAVIGATOR, on the other hand, is also a decent tool, but it’s significantly more expensive than Apollo.io and Lusha, especially when considering a decent set of data. However, it’s somewhat incomplete when compared to Apollo.io.
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CloudTalk.io
It was a gamble if I'm being honest, plus this is a very nuanced and intricate topic. We didn't necessarily substitute one for the other, it was a much needed state of affairs where we needed the call monitoring and agent tracking pros of CloudTalk more so than ever before.
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Return on Investment
Apollo.io
  • Helped to book 30 meetings in 30 days.
  • It's very easy to learn.
  • We sign our new clients based on the list of accounts in the industry that Apollo.io provides. This gives us a clear picture to identify which industry to target.
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CloudTalk.io
  • For a similar price it is not necessary to manage so many cell phone accounts
  • Unlike basic telephony. It is possible to have more control of the interactions with our clients.
  • For administrators it allows better control of commercial actions or the corresponding area for communication issues
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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

CloudTalk Screenshots

Screenshot of CloudTalk for Freshdesk - All customer-related data from both systems can be automatically synchronized and always up-to-date. No matter whether one is working in Freshdesk or CloudTalk, the software can provide comprehensive customer data.Screenshot of CloudTalk for Intercom - By integrating Intercom with CloudTalk, essential customer contact details become visible, as well as history of calls and conversations. No matter whether one is working in Intercom or CloudTalk, comprehensive customer data will be presented in both systems. In addition, data synchronization is automatic and regular, so information is always up-to-date.Screenshot of Complete customer interaction history is always within reach. CloudTalk will automatically display previous calls, orders, chats or notes, so agents don’t have to look them up in multiple systems.Screenshot of CloudTalk apps allows agents to make and receive phone calls from anywhere.Screenshot of CloudTalk for Help ScoutScreenshot of Agents can see all caller information in one place. During the phone call, they can look at the client’s history of interactions, orders, chat or notes.