Apollo is great at outreach. But when the data isn't there, no sequence saves you. Here's a transparent take on how the two platforms compare
Airscaleis good for...SDRs and salespeople who care about coverage, data quality, and maximizing hit rates
Companies with existing engagement tools (Outreach, Salesloft, Lemlist…) who need better data flowing in
GTM/RevOps engineers building enrichment pipelines feeding CRMs or data warehouses
Ops teams optimizing cost per enriched lead by routing across providers
Developers who want API-first access and credit-based billing without seat minimums
Apollois good for...SDR/AE teams wanting a single tool to prospect, sequence, and dial
Early-stage startups building their first outbound motion in one place
Buyers who prioritize convenience over hit rate
Sales leaders wanting built-in reporting on sequences, calls, and pipeline
independent providers
List building, real-time scraping & waterfall cascadeproprietary database
Internal waterfall only, static dataset, no external fallbackEmail 78%
Phone 93%
Email 98%
Phone 78%
Email 68%
Phone 25%
Email 65%
Phone 65%
Apollo email accuracy sourced from apollo.io. Coverage and phone accuracy based on independent verification tests. Airscale figures based on internal data.
AirscaleCustom plan$447/mo
$0.008 / email · $0.15 / phone
ApolloOrganization$447/mo
$149/user/mo × 3 users (min required)
Adjust how many emails and phones you need per month.
| Airscale | Apollo | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per email | $0.008 | $0.0248 |
| Price per phone | $0.15 | $0.199 |
| Total / month | $115.00 | $223.50 |
* Same budget comparison at $447 /month — Apollo Organization (min 3 users, monthly billing) at $0.02483/credit vs Airscale Custom at $0.008/email · $0.15/phone. Airscale Custom starts from $255/mo; Apollo Organization requires a minimum of $447/mo. Sourced from apollo.io/pricing and airscale.io/pricing, April 2026.
Airscale pulls data from multiple sources at the moment of the request. Apollo provides data from a static proprietary database.
| Airscale | Apollo | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 500M+ | 240M |
| Companies | 95M+ | 32.4M |
Airscale uses multiple providers to enrich different data points with higher accuracy and freshness. Apollo relies only on its own ecosystem.
Airscale sourcesAirscale verifies the deliverability of each email (including catch-all) with Bounceban before returning it.
AirscaleProspeojohn@appairscale.io
Bounceban · Deliverability checkRisky / catch-all
ClearOutjohn@appairscale.io
Bounceban · Deliverability check✓ Deliverable
Users report 20-30% bounce rates on cold email campaigns, based on G2 reviews.
Airscale32+ enrichmentsApollo9 enrichments* This lists pure enrichment actions only. Apollo also includes list building filters and search capabilities within its platform.
| Airscale | Apollo | |
|---|---|---|
| Data sourcing | ||
Waterfall enrichment?Airscale: 50+ independent external providers in cascade. Apollo: Internal waterfall within Apollo's own ecosystem. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Proprietary database | ✓ | ✓ |
Real-time scraping?Apollo: Static database: data is not fetched in real time. | ✓ | × |
50+ independent data providers?Apollo: Single proprietary source. | ✓ | × |
| Enrich contact data | ||
Find & verify professional emails?Apollo: Only a subset of Apollo's database has verified emails. Unverified contacts may cause high bounce rates. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Catch-all detection | ✓ | × |
| Find personal emails | ✓ | × |
| Find phone numbers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reverse email | ✓ | × |
| Reverse phone | ✓ | × |
| Enrich person data | ||
| Person profile data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find LinkedIn profile URL | ✓ | ✓ |
| People posts scraper | ✓ | × |
| Enrich company data | ||
| Company profile data | ✓ | ✓ |
Company technographics?Apollo: Basic tech stack only. | ✓ | ~ |
Company funding data?Apollo: Limited, not real-time. | ✓ | ~ |
Company news & signals?Airscale: Available as a list building filter, not a standalone enrichment. Apollo: Available as a list building filter, not a standalone enrichment. | ~ | ~ |
Job posting signals?Apollo: Available as a list building filter, not a standalone enrichment. | ✓ | ~ |
| Find decision makers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Company website scraper | ✓ | × |
| Fetch ads (Meta, Google & LinkedIn) | ✓ | × |
| AI | ||
| Use AI (custom prompts) | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI research (web browsing) | ✓ | × |
| Bring your own key | ✓ | × |
| Integrations | ||
| HubSpot | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lemlist | ✓ | × |
| Instantly | ✓ | × |
| Smartlead | ✓ | × |
Zapier / Make / n8n / Clay?Airscale: Available via webhook + API: connect to any automation tool. Apollo: Zapier only, limited actions. | ✓ | ~ |
Webhooks?Apollo: Professional+ only. | ✓ | ~ |
| Plans & pricing | ||
| Free trial | ✓ | ✓ |
Credits never expire?Airscale: Credits roll over indefinitely. Apollo: Unused credits expire at the end of each billing cycle and don't roll over into the next cycle. | ✓ | × |
Unlimited users (no seat pricing)?Apollo: Per user per month: costs scale with team size. | ✓ | × |
| Entry price | $49/mo | $59/mo |
Credits at entry plan?Apollo: Per user per month, granted upfront. | 4,000/mo | 2,500/mo |
| Cost per credit (entry) | $0.01225 | $0.0236 |
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