Apollo.io vs. SAP Sales Cloud

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
SAP Sales Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SAP Sales Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Sales) is a cloud sales application with sales automation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, and collaboration capabilities.N/A
Pricing
Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
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.ioSAP Sales Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
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.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
Features
Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.1
193 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Advanced search8.4188 Ratings00 Ratings
Identification of new leads8.2188 Ratings00 Ratings
List quality7.8191 Ratings00 Ratings
List upload/download8.4179 Ratings00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting8.0186 Ratings00 Ratings
Load time/data access8.2189 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
8.2
191 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Contact information8.2191 Ratings00 Ratings
Company information8.4191 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry information8.0189 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.8
188 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Lead qualification process7.8172 Ratings00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations7.5172 Ratings00 Ratings
Salesforce integration8.1110 Ratings00 Ratings
Company/business profiles8.1179 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders7.7161 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene7.5179 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic data refresh7.5169 Ratings00 Ratings
Tags7.8144 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.3174 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.7
166 Ratings
4% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Sales email templates7.5165 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records7.9151 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.5
154 Ratings
8% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.3146 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.7148 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings9.0144 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.2138 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.0135 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings8.7135 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.9139 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.5133 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.9
132 Ratings
14% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings9.1116 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
133 Ratings
5% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.1132 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.1113 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.3
145 Ratings
7% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.4137 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.3115 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.2133 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.4
143 Ratings
9% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.9134 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.1138 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
140 Ratings
6% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings7.9140 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.9133 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.6116 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.1125 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
9.2
143 Ratings
9% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.3137 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.1137 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
9.0
100 Ratings
18% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.7100 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings9.496 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.5
119 Ratings
12% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.3115 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.795 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.3
124 Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.3124 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(214 ratings)
8.5
(165 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(6 ratings)
8.1
(15 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(185 ratings)
7.0
(10 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(6 ratings)
5.9
(13 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
7.6
(4 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(125 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Apollo.io
Ideally, you can organize your list of potential clients based on various criteria, such as business unit, economic sector, location (by country or city), company size, etc. I have tested this with companies in my country and confirmed that the results are genuine, provided the contacts are verified. El mejor escenario es que puedes organizar la lista de clientes potenciales basado en muchos ítems como: unidad de negocio, sector económico, ubicación (por país o ciudad), tamaños de las empresas, etc. Lo he probado con empresas de mi país y he certificado que los resultados son reales si son contactos verificados. This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
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SAP
SAP Sales Cloud is highly suited for manufacturing and distribution enterprises and especially for people and companies who are already into SAP architecture. It is also great for industries which are consumer-packaged goods oriented, and it is highly structured for B2B sales which has predictive pipelines. I would say it is less suited for hyper growth or newer startups, especially people who are not familiar with the SAP ERP. It is multi-dimensional and has complex matrix structures, so it is a bit difficult to learn, and it might be daunting for new people.
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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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SAP
  • I love its ability to automate the entire sales process for us.
  • Another thing I love is how it combines data from different touchpoints to provide a 360-degree view of the customer.
  • What I like best about SAP Sales Cloud is the real-time analytics it provides for my organization.
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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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SAP
  • One area of concern is the many data silos that are present within SAP sales cloud
  • While creating filters for accessing sales lead reports, the accuracy is missing sometimes.
  • The product is quite vast and a lot more learning material and knowledge base documents are required.
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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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SAP
SAP sales enables organizations to manage their sales activities, such as inquiries, quotations, orders, deliveries, billing, and payments. Also integrates with other SAP modules, such as finance, logistics, and marketing, to provide a comprehensive solution for managing the entire sales cycle. thats makes SAP a good choice
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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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SAP
In short, SAP CRM is a complete service that will help improve marketing strategy and productivity. It covers various topics, from big data analytics to resource management and housing sales data. SAP CRM has a long list of features and can do them all.
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Reliability and Availability
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
SAP
Product was mostly available. A couple accessibility issues did exist when sending API calls, and there was either no response, or a delayed response.
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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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SAP
SAP's customer service is quick and efficient, with a response time of fewer than some minutes. In either case, you'll get instant help from the vendor or online forums. In addition, the vendor provides excellent global support for this tool. Like Salesforce, SugarCRM, etc., it's probably fine as a standalone CRM option.
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Online Training
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
SAP
Training was mostly completed over a couple conference calls, and reading the API documentation. Our developers were able to implement quickly after reading the documentation.
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Implementation Rating
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
SAP
I would rate the implementation a 7. While the process overall was successful, there were challenges related to data migration, integration with other systems, and initial user adoption. However, the support from SAP during the implementation phase was helpful, and we were able to resolve the major issues as the process progressed.
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Alternatives Considered
Apollo.io
We found the contact data from Apollo.io was more reliable than Instantly.ai. We used Instantly.ai for about 6 months before stopping our use of it. Growbots doesn't give you as much volume for the same price at Apollo.io. However, we did close sales with Growbots, and we did not with Apollo.io. It could have just been our unique experience, but that's what happened.
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SAP
These other products are not fully focused on sales. Of course you can create a workflow for your employees but they have too much info that youll probably won't end Up using. Also their AI assistance is not that accurate when you need some advice or personalized Insights. That's why we swapped to another software that was focused on the sales funnel.
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Scalability
Apollo.io
No answers on this topic
SAP
1. It much needed to the end-user like sales person and marketing team to read the real time analysis for better decision making and deal closing. 2. Cost calculation and tracking becomes easier on go. 3. HR department, sales and marketing teams are getting insights for further improvement of the process of sales and conversion rate. 4. Easier to know customer behavior and taste.
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Return on Investment
Apollo.io
  • Apollo.io has helped me find a good set of new target audience for the business that I am in, essentially helping me build a prospective line and grow my lead database by 25 to 30% where I lack a certain skill
  • The Apollo.io quality of the data that it has is significantly better through other competitors like Lusha and others
  • In terms of the revenue increase, there have been certain instances where I have found a new acquirer that essentially I would not have found in a general scenario and that has help me generate from the new identified lead
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SAP
  • Integration with additional sales tools, such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, greatly improves the speed and efficiency of our entire process.
  • Standard templates facilitate easy and efficient lead interaction.
  • The time is reduced and representative job productivity increases when SAP Sales Cloud is used.
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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

SAP Sales Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of the SAP Sales Cloud dashboard, where users can can automate critical selling processes and give sellers AI-based recommendations. The dashboard features:
Cloud deployment
A unified view of customers
An optimised mobile selling experience
AI-driven insights, recommendations, and analytics
Embedded generative AI highlights and summarization