Apollo.io vs. D&B Optimizer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apollo.io
Score 8.4 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
D&B Optimizer
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
D&B Optimizer is a sales intelligence software solution offered by Dun & Bradstreet, and presented by the vendor as a secure cloud-based platform that optimizes data, helps users profile best opportunities, and target the audiences they want to reach.N/A
Pricing
Apollo.ioD&B Optimizer
Editions & Modules
Basic
$59
per month per user
Professional
$99
per month per user
Organization
$1,188
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apollo.ioD&B Optimizer
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.
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Community Pulse
Apollo.ioD&B Optimizer
Features
Apollo.ioD&B Optimizer
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.3
148 Ratings
7% above category average
D&B Optimizer
5.7
2 Ratings
31% below category average
Advanced search8.4145 Ratings3.52 Ratings
Identification of new leads8.3147 Ratings5.12 Ratings
List quality8.0147 Ratings5.12 Ratings
List upload/download8.6137 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting8.0144 Ratings4.42 Ratings
Load time/data access8.4145 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.2
146 Ratings
5% above category average
D&B Optimizer
6.8
2 Ratings
14% below category average
Contact information8.3146 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Company information8.4146 Ratings6.22 Ratings
Industry information8.0144 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.9
144 Ratings
6% above category average
D&B Optimizer
6.9
2 Ratings
8% below category average
Lead qualification process7.7133 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations7.7132 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Salesforce integration8.782 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Company/business profiles8.0139 Ratings4.32 Ratings
Alerts and reminders7.6121 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene7.6138 Ratings8.82 Ratings
Automatic data refresh7.7133 Ratings6.22 Ratings
Tags7.7114 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.3137 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.7
130 Ratings
3% above category average
D&B Optimizer
7.3
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Sales email templates7.5129 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records7.8120 Ratings7.31 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apollo.ioD&B Optimizer
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(163 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(134 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apollo.ioD&B Optimizer
Likelihood to Recommend
Apollo.io
I've had an overall great experience with Apollo.io. It allows me to reach out to my ideal customer profile at scale while being able to customise my messaging and workflow. It's also extremely easy to keep track of which leads are warm, not interested and ones to nurture. I also find it extremely useful for lead sourcing - There's a lot of filters I can use to make my list as granular as possible.
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Dun & Bradstreet
NetProspex is particularly well suited to help your organization keep up an accurate database. It helps to use the NetProspex tools at least once a quarter to help maintain accuracy. It also helps to fill in any incomplete records that could slow down your business process, and it eliminates barriers during the sales funnel.
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Pros
Apollo.io
  • Sequencing automated email campaigns for outbound prospecting (BD Function).
  • Integrating with Sales Navigator to help me find emails/phone #' numbers/"add to sequence" while prospecting. It's easy and seamless to find & then load contacts into Cadences.
  • Integration with Salesforce is a huge plus. Allows me to not worry about logging anything, but the executive team can see my activity & what is going on (emails going out, responses I get, etc.).
  • The analytics on the outreach data is always helpful as well (open rates, click rates, etc.).
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Dun & Bradstreet
  • Update and correct data.
  • Integrate with your sales and marketing automation systems.
  • Help maintain updated records.
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Cons
Apollo.io
  • Credit usage is not always clear, we've done actions and then been surprised by the credit usage, so having more clarity on this BEFORE the credits are used up would be great.
  • LinkedIn steps are not ideal, there's no automation and does nothing to speed up or help with that step, this really is an email platform, not for social media.
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Dun & Bradstreet
  • Sometimes missing records
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Likelihood to Renew
Apollo.io
Generally quite a reliable tool with decent data quality/availability. Pricing works well for our team and our use case
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Dun & Bradstreet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Apollo.io
It is easy to use. The UI has enough options to learn, with advanced documentation and support. The customer service is quick to respond and assists with information in real time. The UI has different segments for each feature which makes it easy to use.
Settings are easy to change as per preferred requirements
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Dun & Bradstreet
No answers on this topic
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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Dun & Bradstreet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Apollo.io
Apollo.io has all features of prospecting, outreach automation including email sequences, campaign tracking, lead scoring, and analytics in one interface which enables sales persons to manage their entire sales funnel without having any other extra tool. Another benefit is for pricing related which has been understand from our management team.
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Dun & Bradstreet
We used Zoominfo before to help search for new leads, or leads similar to ones that were already in our database. We've found that Zoominfo may have had more records overall, but their data was not as accurate. We were also looking for a tool that could help evaluate our current leads on a more regular basis, something which Zoominfo could not provide.
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Return on Investment
Apollo.io
  • It provides more opportunities to gather more clients.
  • It gives more results and better results in targeting our sales.
  • It is a more effective way to provide information to a large number of potential clients about the events/ projects the company is offering.
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Dun & Bradstreet
  • We save time and money having sales people trying to complete and update records.
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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

D&B Optimizer Screenshots

Screenshot of Ensure your data is clean, complete and actionable before integrating into your CRM & Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) systems.Screenshot of Enrich and augment your data sets with specialized information to better target your customers and prospects.Screenshot of Connect clean and enriched data into your CRM or Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) systems for immediate activation.Screenshot of Once your target audiences are established, source new, high-quality companies and contacts for your online and offline activation.Screenshot of Search your CRM universe and the Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud before creating a new account record, preventing record duplication.Screenshot of Ensure corporate relationships and hierarchies are reflected in your account records, allowing you to drive a robust ABM strategy.