Apollo.io vs. Recruit CRM

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
Recruit CRM
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Recruit CRM is an ATS+ CRM solution tailored for recruitment and executive search businesses, boasting users among recruitment firms in over 100 countries worldwide. The platform centralizes candidate, client, email, and job posting management. Its AI-powered features include resume parsing, targeted candidate matching, and built-in GPT capabilities. Its features also include automated workflows that eliminate repetitive tasks, no-code integrations with popular third…
$100
per month per user
Pricing
Apollo.ioRecruit CRM
Editions & Modules
Basic
$59
per month per user
Professional
$99
per month per user
Organization
$1,188
per year per user
Pro
$100
per month per user
Business
$125
per month per user
Business
$150
per month per user
Enterprise
$165
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apollo.ioRecruit CRM
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.Up to 20% discount for annual pricing on Pro and Business plans.
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Features
Apollo.ioRecruit CRM
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.8
17 Ratings
1% above category average
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Advanced search7.417 Ratings00 Ratings
Identification of new leads7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
List quality7.617 Ratings00 Ratings
List upload/download8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
Load time/data access8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.4
17 Ratings
4% below category average
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Contact information7.317 Ratings00 Ratings
Company information7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry information7.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.7
17 Ratings
4% above category average
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Lead qualification process7.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations7.614 Ratings00 Ratings
Salesforce integration8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Company/business profiles7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene7.315 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic data refresh7.415 Ratings00 Ratings
Tags7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
6.8
12 Ratings
8% below category average
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Sales email templates6.612 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records7.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
Recruit CRM
8.7
14 Ratings
8% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
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Apollo.ioRecruit CRM
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User Ratings
Apollo.ioRecruit CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(36 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(6 ratings)
9.1
(12 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
9.5
(12 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apollo.ioRecruit CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
Apollo.io
For startups or companies who needs to get big amounts of data but at the same time have some insights about their prospects and leads is the best tool, it provides easy to use tools and interface that makes it simple to any user withut any level of experience, also great with data analysis for small companies.
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Recruit CRM
Another way to describe your CRM experience is to show your skills and abilities in using CRM software and tools. For example, you can mention the specific CRM platforms or systems that you have used or are familiar with, such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or Microsoft Dynamics.Highlight both technical and transferable skills. Showcase your ability to collaborate with and contribute to a team in addition to your capabilities in CRM applications. This way, the interviewer can see how your skills are assets to their organization. Highlight any special certifications in CRM software you haveTalent Shortage.Attracting the Right Candidates.Targeting Passive Candidates.Engaging with Qualified Candidates.Reducing Time-to-hire.Building a Strong Employer Brand.Creating an Efficient Recruiting Process.Eliminating Bias in Hiring.
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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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Recruit CRM
  • Easy parsing Resume
  • Adding contacts, Companies, candidates with ease from Linkedin
  • setting tasks and calendar invites
  • Advanced boolean search of candidates
  • reports on Activities
  • Fully Customize system
  • Email triggers
  • contact stages
  • Hiring pipeline
  • Deals pipeline
  • Phone calling & Recording Settings
  • Deal Pipeline
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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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Recruit CRM
  • They are adding a lot of features all the time which can be annoying
  • They are usually catching up with features that other programs have rather than being more innovative
  • Other than this, I do not really have any complaints about this software
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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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Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Usability
Apollo.io
Apollo.io is very helpful for any sales team. It is a great way to create a large database of mostly accurate contacts. This has been very helpful for my sales team as we are constantly reaching out to prospects via phone and email and looking to be as strategic as possible which Apollo.io helps us with.
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Recruit CRM
There is always room for improvement and I believe RCRM is a great system that is adapting to what it's users want and need. The system suits our needs and is a huge improvement from our previous system. I can't say enough good things about the customer service. They have great follow up and always get back to me within the same day. If there is ever an unknown, there is a timeline given for follow up and a promise to get it resolved. They always come through. It's important to have a team behind your software that listens and adapts.
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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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Recruit CRM
Again, the customer service team is awesome. They always respond in the same day and have resolved any issue I have ever had. They have made improvements to the system on a weekly basis, always improving for their users. There is a forum where you can leave your feature suggestions and vote on ones left by other users. The reps will jump on a call or screen share with you if you need to be walked through anything. They go above and beyond.
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Alternatives Considered
Apollo.io
Apollo is inexpensive of all the above tools. Data accuracy of other tools like lintel and infotelligent is much much better but they are expensive also. One needs to be careful while using data from Apollo because email bounces can damage your domain reputation. I suggest you use a different SMTP server while sending mail.
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Recruit CRM
We evaluated about 3-5 different vendors. The low barrier to entry made it an easy target to test out. Forcing an upfront annual fee was not in our interest without extensively testing the product. We also had a very basic requirement - an easy way to intake a large number of candidates and move them through a recruitment process. We didn't need anything else special at the time and recruit CRM was the most straightforward application that would provide us with a solution.
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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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Recruit CRM
  • Huge Impact on ROI (This is going from having no ATS to having an ATS)
  • Allowed us to focus more work on our user experiences rather than building our own tool to manage recruitment operations
  • Has allowed us to maintain a relatively low cost in our tooling
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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.

Recruit CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboardScreenshot of Candidate List PageScreenshot of AI Workflow automationsScreenshot of the AI candidate matching featureScreenshot of the AI assist toolScreenshot of AI Candidate Summary