Locus product guide · Updated November 10, 2026

Apollo.io alternatives: data, email and outreach tools

The best Apollo.io alternative depends on which half of Apollo you use. For contact data with an API, look at Prospeo ($37 a user a month billed yearly) and Lusha ($37.45 a month billed yearly). For email finding plus outreach, Hunter starts at $34 a month and Snov.io at $29.25. For phone numbers from LinkedIn, Kaspr starts at $49 a user a month. An AI agent can also call Apollo itself per request through Locus Pro, from one prepaid credit balance with no seat. Prices checked November 10, 2026.

Which Apollo alternatives replace which part of Apollo?

Apollo bundles a contact database, enrichment, email sequences and a dialer behind per-user plans: Basic, Professional and Organization. Most alternatives replace one part well. Prices come from each vendor’s pricing page. Prices checked November 10, 2026.

Which Apollo alternatives replace which part of Apollo?
Tool	Replaces in Apollo	Entry paid price	Free tier	Best at
Prospeo	Search, enrichment and the API	Starter: $37 a user a month billed yearly, $49 monthly, 2,000 credits a month	100 credits a month	Low cost per verified email, with the public API on every paid plan
Lusha	Contact reveals and enrichment	Starter: $37.45 a month billed yearly	40 credits a month	Quick reveals in the browser. API from Pro at $52.45 a month billed yearly.
Hunter	Email finding, verification and cold email	Starter: $34 a month billed yearly, $49 monthly, 2,000 credits a month	50 credits a month	Email by name and domain. A search that finds nothing is free.
Snov.io	Email finding, verification and sequences	Starter: $29.25 a month billed yearly, $39 monthly, 1,000 credits	Trial plan: 50 credits and 100 recipients each month	An all-in-one outbound suite with unlimited team seats
Kaspr	Phone and email reveals from LinkedIn	Starter: from $49 a user a month	15 B2B email, 5 phone and 5 direct email credits a month	Phone numbers while browsing LinkedIn and Sales Navigator
ZoomInfo GTM AI	Enrichment and research over API and MCP	Top-ups from $20, no seats	1,000 data and 1,000 AI credits once	ZoomInfo’s records without a yearly contract

What in Apollo’s pricing pushes people to look elsewhere?

Four terms on Apollo’s own pricing page drive most switches.

Every seat on an account must be on the same plan. You cannot put one rep on Professional and the rest on Basic.
Credits are granted at the start of each cycle and expire at its end. Add-on credits also expire and renew automatically until you remove them.
Apollo says API access for advanced or custom integrations is on Custom plans.
Standard plans are for internal use only. Using Apollo data in products for your customers, or reselling it, needs a separate agreement.

Which alternative fits if I only need contact data?

Prospeo and Lusha both sell data without a full outreach suite. Prospeo charges 1 credit for a verified business email and 10 for a direct mobile number. Searching and previewing are free, and an export that finds no email costs nothing. Credits reset on renewal and do not roll over.

Lusha charges 1 credit for an email and 5 for a phone number. Monthly plans roll unused credits over up to twice the monthly amount. Yearly plans grant all credits up front and reset them at the end of the year.

Which alternative fits if I also send the emails?

Hunter and Snov.io pair data with sending. Hunter counts 1 credit per email found and 0.5 per verification, and charges nothing when it finds no email. Its Starter plan connects 3 email accounts.

Snov.io counts 1 credit per prospect or verification and bills sequences by recipient. A recipient is counted once per billing period, and follow-ups to that person are free. Its FAQ puts a credit at 3.9 cents on Starter and about 0.9 cents on Pro M.

Can an agent use Apollo per call instead of buying a seat?

Yes. Through Locus Pro, an agent calls Apollo’s endpoints from one prepaid balance. There is no Apollo account and no seat. Searching the catalog and reading prices are free, so the agent sees each price before it calls. The table lists these endpoints as they appeared in the Locus catalog on November 10, 2026.

Apollo people enrichment is priced by the request and costs more when phone numbers are requested. Set a max_credits ceiling on the call to cap it.

Can an agent use Apollo per call instead of buying a seat?
Locus endpoint	What it returns	How it is priced
Apollo people search	People that match your search filters	Fixed price per call
Apollo people enrichment	A person’s profile, with phone numbers on request	Priced by request, higher with phone numbers
Apollo organization search	Companies that match your search filters	Fixed price per search
Apollo organization job postings	Open job postings for a company	Fixed price per call
Hunter email finder	A work email from a name and a domain	Priced by request
Prospeo person enrichment	Contact data for one person	Priced by request

When is an Apollo seat the better choice?

A seat fits a rep who works in Apollo every day, runs sequences and uses the dialer. Those tools come with the seat, and per-call access does not replace them.

Per-call access fits an agent that runs a few hundred searches and lookups a month and nothing else. There is no seat to keep and no monthly credit allowance that expires at the end of a cycle. At high, steady volume, lookups can cost less per call with your own Apollo account and API key.

How do I choose an Apollo alternative?

Decide what you keep from Apollo, then pick the narrowest tool that covers it.

Reps live in Apollo for data, sequences and calls: stay on Apollo.
You need data and an API for your own code: Prospeo.
You need emails and a simple sender: Hunter or Snov.io.
You need mobile numbers from LinkedIn: Kaspr or Lusha.
An agent needs Apollo, Hunter and Prospeo on one bill with no seats: Locus Pro.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free Apollo alternative?

Prospeo gives 100 credits a month and Hunter gives 50, both free. Snov.io has a Trial plan that renews every 30 days with 50 credits. Apollo also keeps a free plan with no time limit.

Which Apollo alternative has the cheapest API access?

Prospeo includes its public API from the Starter plan at $37 a user a month billed yearly. Hunter’s API draws on the same credits as its web app. Through Locus Pro, an agent pays per call with no plan at all.

Can I build a product on Apollo data?

Not on a standard plan. Apollo’s pricing page says its plans are for internal business use, and powering external products or reselling the data needs a separate agreement with custom pricing.

Implementation references

Use these first-party references for current request contracts and account requirements. Tool availability, prices, and negotiated terms can change.

Sources

Third-party details were checked on November 10, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features often, so confirm on their site before you decide.