Apollo vs. Pipeliner CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apollo
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Apollo is an all-in-one sales intelligence platform with tools to help users prospect, engage, and drive more revenue. Sellers and marketers 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 leverage Apollo’s Engagement Suite to scale outbound activity and sequences effectively. Finally, Apollo's Intelligence Engine supports the user's go…
$0
per month
Pipeliner CRM
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Pipeliner CRM is a sales enablement tool focusing on pipeline management, sales processes, and analytics designed to empower sales professionals. Pipeliner CRM provides an easy to follow, visual sales process, profiles, and charts, all of which aim to help users take the right actions with their buyers and even helps identify key contacts within an organization. Pipeliner CRM Cloud is the latest addition to a product line that already includes Pipeliner CRM Hybrid,…
$35
Per User per Month
Pricing
ApolloPipeliner CRM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Business STARTER - Basic sales management, tracking and collaboration
$35.00
Per User per Month
Essentials - Basic sales management, tracking and collaboration
$35.00
Per user, per month
BUSINESS - Full CRM functionality, customization and unique productivity features
$65.00
Per User per Month
Professional - Full CRM functionality, customization and unique productivity features
$65.00
Per user, per month
ENTERPRISE - Full enterprise CRM functionality with advanced reporting, advanced customization, integrations and services
$85.00
Per User per month
ENTERPRISE - Full enterprise CRM functionality with advanced reporting, advanced customization, integrations and services
$85.00
Per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ApolloPipeliner CRM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$49 per month per userNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
ApolloPipeliner CRM
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
9.1
10 Ratings
16% above category average
Pipeliner CRM
-
Ratings
Advanced search9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Identification of new leads8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
List quality9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
List upload/download9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
Load time/data access8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
9.0
10 Ratings
14% above category average
Pipeliner CRM
-
Ratings
Contact information8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Company information8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry information9.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
8.6
10 Ratings
12% above category average
Pipeliner CRM
-
Ratings
Lead qualification process8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Salesforce integration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Company/business profiles8.710 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic data refresh8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Tags8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.710 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
9.7
6 Ratings
21% above category average
Pipeliner CRM
-
Ratings
Sales email templates9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.9
18 Ratings
12% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.318 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.816 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.317 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
9.3
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Case management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.5
19 Ratings
8% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.819 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.9
19 Ratings
14% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.619 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.5
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.619 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings7.919 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.4
19 Ratings
7% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.419 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.217 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.4
18 Ratings
0% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.2
17 Ratings
10% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.4
17 Ratings
13% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings7.817 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Apollo
-
Ratings
Pipeliner CRM
8.4
17 Ratings
10% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
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User Ratings
ApolloPipeliner CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(29 ratings)
9.0
(20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(9 ratings)
8.8
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
ApolloPipeliner CRM
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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Pipelinersales
Pipeliner CRM is very flexible, easy to work with, data capturing is at [its] best, its integration to other major software’s and it aids in the monitoring of the core work process. One distinctive feature is it is very easy to learn without extensive training. This really helps in the [execution] of the task in our organization.
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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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Pipelinersales
  • Clear and easy visualisation of Sales Process
  • Great capability in reporting both in-app with 'filter' and reporting module built-in is easy to use
  • Reporting into pivot table is also easy and very useful
  • Mobile app has always been very good and easy to use since 2015
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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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Pipelinersales
  • The product development team at Pipeliner CRM always seems to be a step or two ahead of what I'm experiencing. Therefore they've already addressed improvements I could have suggested. They are really in touch with their users and overall user experience.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
Pipelinersales
Currently the company is using the Pipeliner CRM because we believe it is a tool that puts the customer as the main focus of business processes in order to understand and anticipate their needs, and then serve them in the best way.
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Usability
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
Pipelinersales
I gave that rating level because it reflects both my satisfaction and expectations about PipelinerCRM.Plus, the adoption rate of this software. I mean the usability rate is very low. It just takes, for learning, a couple of hours less than three days roughly. Return on time investment is low also.
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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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Pipelinersales
The support from Pipeliner CRM is superb; they have instant customer support and they are on time. They also give enough knowledge of sales and other material for the knowledge. They also have AI in the support by talking with customer support directly from the web or app and so on.
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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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Pipelinersales
The most important reason for selecting pipeliner CRM:-exceptional user engagement through its sales-friendly interface. With its uniform navigation and visual approach, users can learn the system quickly. Users can easily customize what they see to make the system their own. Best user interface & fast to learn.
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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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Pipelinersales
  • As a VisualCRM tool, our clients sales teams seem to accelerate their deal closes.
  • The visual tools allow those "no good deals" to be spotted and resource usage limited.
  • A great tool to manage those "pipelines" within the company. A pipe is really a series of actions that constitute a planned result.
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ScreenShots

Apollo 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.

Pipeliner CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Pipeliner CRM — It’s All About Sales! We are a sales enablement tool. We focus on pipeline management, sales process & analytics.Screenshot of EASY TO USE WITH CURRENT EMAIL SYSTEM, MS Outlook, gmailScreenshot of INSTANTLY, DYNAMICALLY, VISUALLY: review your pipeline, forecast sales, manage revenue risk, collaborate with your sales teamScreenshot of OPTIMIZE HOW YOUR SALESPEOPLE SELL, uniform and predictable, right target buyer(s), focusing on the right leadsScreenshot of ACCESS TO REAL-TIME DATA: analyse win/loss rates, review sales person/team/territory performance, set key sales metrics & goals, leading & lagging indicatorsScreenshot of EASY-TO-USE, EASY-TO-LEARN VISUAL SALES TOOL: intelligently cuts through the noise, focuses on high value activities, everything in one place (no need for multiple tools)