Apollo.io vs. Data Axle Genie

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apollo.io
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Apollo is a sales intelligence platform with tools to help users engage with prospects. Sellers and marketers can use Apollo to discover more customers in market, connect with contacts, and establish a modern go-to-market strategy. Apollo's B2B Database includes over 220M contacts and 30M companies. Teams can leverage Apollo’s Engagement Suite to scale outbound activity and sequences effectively. Finally, Apollo's Intelligence Engine supports the user's go-to-market processes…
$59
per month
Data Axle Genie
Score 5.7 out of 10
N/A
Data Axle Genie (formerly Salesgenie) is a sales intelligence software solution offered by Infogroup.
$99
per month
Pricing
Apollo.ioData Axle Genie
Editions & Modules
Basic
$59
per month per user
Professional
$99
per month per user
Organization
$1,188
per year per user
Professional - Consumers
$99
per month
Professional - Businesses
$149.00
per month
360 Marketing - Consumers
$149
per month
360 Marketing - Businesses
$199.00
per month
Professional - Businesses & Consumers
$199
per month
Team - Consumers
$249
per month
360 Marketing - Businesses & Consumers
$249
per month
Team - Businesses
$299.00
per month
Team - Businesses & Consumers
$349
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apollo.ioData Axle Genie
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual billing on the Basic and Professional plans.Discounts available for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Features
Apollo.ioData Axle Genie
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.1
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Data Axle Genie
6.2
6 Ratings
20% below category average
Advanced search8.411 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Identification of new leads7.211 Ratings8.06 Ratings
List quality8.111 Ratings9.06 Ratings
List upload/download8.910 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting8.211 Ratings5.06 Ratings
Load time/data access7.611 Ratings2.06 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
6.5
11 Ratings
15% below category average
Data Axle Genie
7.0
6 Ratings
7% below category average
Contact information6.311 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Company information6.411 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Industry information7.010 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.4
11 Ratings
13% above category average
Data Axle Genie
4.7
6 Ratings
44% below category average
Lead qualification process8.58 Ratings4.06 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations8.69 Ratings3.06 Ratings
Salesforce integration9.05 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Company/business profiles8.510 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Alerts and reminders8.88 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Data hygiene8.910 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Automatic data refresh9.49 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Tags5.14 Ratings1.06 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.910 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.7
7 Ratings
14% above category average
Data Axle Genie
1.0
4 Ratings
153% below category average
Sales email templates7.57 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Append emails to records9.96 Ratings1.04 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apollo.ioData Axle Genie
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(30 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apollo.ioData Axle Genie
Likelihood to Recommend
Apollo.io
Best suited for contact discovery on LinkedIn or for that matter any website, but it works best on LinkedIn. It saves tons of work, you can simply select the complete list of people you want to contact and put them directly into an email sequence. It is a little difficult to find contact info on other websites.
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Data Axle
If you are looking to enrich your existing database, Data Axel Genie isn't the easiest tool to use. I do like how the contacts are verified, however, you have to pay PER contact if you are enriching, and if you merged existing infrastructures, it's not as easy to clean out your database. And it is very costly for this company.
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Pros
Apollo.io
  • Allows users to easily add new prospects to database without much manual effort at all
  • Allows you to make cold calls from different area codes that are relevant to where your prospect is located
  • Allows A/B testing for emails so you can figure out which ones are gaining the most traction
  • You can also find prospects based off of title, company, technologies, etc
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Data Axle
  • I liked the organization of the database it was easy to maneuver.
  • Search was fairly easy to maintain.
  • If you want to create a list of leads this will work. However, it is primarily for consumer leads not B2B.
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Cons
Apollo.io
  • Their customer service is just terrible. You get an assigned account manager but 9/10 times they wouldn't know what you wanted and/or how the product works or how to fix it. Vast majority of the time it was a canned response that made you question if they read the message, or if they read it and did not understand a word.
  • The software was relatively buggy and lacked features that were promised upon signup. They seem to have some large corporate clients and if you aren't one none of your bug submissions, feature requests, or concerns will be addressed.
  • Their growing quickly so they seem to be very understaffed which I believe caused many of the issues above.
  • The data, while good, can quickly run out if you're looking for specific types of leads. If you're looking for something generic like Managers at companies between 10-5000 people, you can pull leads all day every day. However if you're looking for a specific industry, specific title, and specific location - don't count on having an endless supply of leads (or even really enough to use month after month).
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Data Axle
  • We have a very specific industry and sometimes drilling down to these leads can be challenging. But with customer service, they have solved this for us.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
Data Axle
It was good when we had it but there definitely more softwares out there that provide more information, more current contact info and are much more user friendly
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Usability
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
Data Axle
Easy to use and great customer service.
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Support Rating
Apollo.io
I received excellent support at any time I opened up a ticket. But I would add to it that the tool was very self-explanatory, so there wasn't much need for support. With Outreach, we have a closer relationship with our CSM because of the intricacy in things like SFDC task mapping.
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Data Axle
Spot on and always available.
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Alternatives Considered
Apollo.io
I have also looked into and tried Hunter.io and Lusha, and to be honest, I shouldn't compare them with Apollo. I have found Apollo to be so easy to integrate and use with all of my prospecting that I haven't really even tried out the other two. I bet I could find some useful things by using Hunter.io or Lusha as well, but there is honestly no need since I can do everything I want and more with Apollo. I would just be wasting time trying to figure out another platform when I can be focused on growing my own business with Apollo.
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Data Axle
Salesgenie seemed more intuitive and knowledgeable account manager that handled my account. He quickly assisted my company needs and made recommendations based on the information I provided him
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Return on Investment
Apollo.io
  • Generated a lot of expectations that were not real when we needed them
  • The ROI was positive but we decided to stop using the tool
  • We loved how easy to use it was and how easy it was to interact with the Support team
  • There is room for improvement in the video tutorials - they were from old versions of the software that would not be useful for the version at hand
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Data Axle
  • Positive, I was able to generate about three more proposals a week
  • Positive nice organization to establish a call list
  • Nice structure, great way to target hot or cold leads. Great way to get your feet wet
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ScreenShots

Apollo.io Screenshots

Screenshot of Find every prospect. Uncover high-intent contacts in your market.Screenshot of Connect with every contact. Orchestrate multi-step sequences at scale.Screenshot of Optimize your sales strategy. Unlock efficiencies and opportunities across your entire workflow.Screenshot of Apollo B2B Lead Database - Access data on more than 250M people and companies.Screenshot of Apollo Engagement Suite - Automate personalized messages across your entire pipeline.Screenshot of Apollo Intelligence Engine - Improve your revenue strategy across your workflow and boost efficiencies.