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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apollo.io

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AApollo is a $1.6B AI-powered sales platform that helps revenue teams find and engage leads, automate outreach, manage deals, and enrich data. Boasting B2B database of more than 210 million contacts and 35 million companies, Apollo’s end-to-end platform helps businesses of all sizes unlock their full market potential with precision and ease. With users among 500,000+ companies, including Autodesk, Cyera, and DocuSign, Apollo offers a go-to-market platform to…

    $59

    per month per user

    SAP Sales Cloud

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASAP 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
    No answers on this topic
    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.—
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    Community Pulse
    Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
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    Apollo.io
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Would buy again
    87 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    95 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    7.9
    17 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads7.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download8.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting7.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access8.317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    7.8
    17 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SAP Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information7.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information8.217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information7.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    7.7
    17 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process7.814 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh7.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates6.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.3
    120 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.6118 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.2105 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.3112 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings8.3109 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.5111 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.6110 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.1
    103 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.998 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings8.692 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    7.5
    107 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings7.3106 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.694 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.2
    115 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.1111 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.6105 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.4
    114 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.3107 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.4107 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.5110 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    7.7
    111 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.3107 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.794 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.899 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.6
    114 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.8109 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.3108 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    7.2
    83 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings7.383 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings7.281 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    7.7
    97 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.093 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings7.480 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Apollo.io and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Apollo.io
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    7.5
    99 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.599 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    UpLead
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Sell
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Daylite
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (36 ratings)
    8.5
    (131 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    6.7
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (91 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Apollo.ioSAP Sales Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apollo.io
    The automatic email feature is extremely helpful for quickly contacting more potential clients. It is user-friendly and easy to access all buttons, which helps you navigate the task efficiently. It could greatly help to acquire more clients for a project to be successful. I cannot see anything less appropriate for me to achieve the goal I am aiming for.
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    SAP
    1. Better understanding of customer choice and sales insights. 2. High chance that we can convert the lead into sales as SAP analyzes the customer's need and behavior. 3. As it analyzes the data behind the scenes, a better price deal closing is possible, as it gives that level of insight.
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    Pros
    Apollo.io
    • Sequencing automated email campaigns for outbound prospecting (BD Function).
    • Integrating with Sales Navigator to help me find emails/phone #' numbers/"add to sequence" while prospecting. It's easy and seamless to find & then load contacts into Cadences.
    • Integration with Salesforce is a huge plus. Allows me to not worry about logging anything, but the executive team can see my activity & what is going on (emails going out, responses I get, etc.).
    • The analytics on the outreach data is always helpful as well (open rates, click rates, etc.).
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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
    • Some of time it happens that right stakeholders' mobile seems not available in which improvement can help more accurate data.
    • Notifications when someone opens the marketing email and showing the interest.
    • Mobile application that will help us during the travelling. It will get very easy to log calls and find the contacts on the way.
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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
    Generally quite a reliable tool with decent data quality/availability. Pricing works well for our team and our use case
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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
    Apollo.io has an amazing amount of features. It's great being able to complete so many tasks in one space but it's also overwhelming. It took me a few days to work through all of the options when searching for a company or person. After a few days it started to provide companies for me which was confusing before I understood what was happening. At first, I was also confused about what a "sequence" was so maybe some of the jargon can be confusing. I think with time I will become more comfortable once I understand all of the options offered.
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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
    Make.com, Dripify and Hubspot all seem to have similar systems. However, they don't have any of the data. So, you wind up spending more money and time connecting them all to your system. Zoom Info has great data, but they didn't have automation. Apollo.io allows you to combined all of these other ones into on system which is fantastic.
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    SAP
    Sap sales cloud has boosted the supply chain network . Sap Sales cloud has seamlessly unified the backend business processes into more transparent effective ones.The customer satisfaction have also increased with better customer collaboration and relationship.The vendor management process has also been significantly impacted and all for good. Customers are really happy with it
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    Scalability
    Apollo.io
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We can effectively manage sales and achieve scalable segmentation and targeting with SAP Sales Cloud, all with little training required. The program is incredibly user-friendly and enables additional ERP system integration. The automated authorization system, which has made permissions management easier and can be implemented in the cloud by several cloud service tenants—each of whom is a cloud service provider—was something I really appreciated. For users who don't want to click on three links to launch each relevant CRM program, this is quite helpful.
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    Return on Investment
    Apollo.io
    • I've only just started using Apollo, but with the 24 emails I've sent out using Apollo, I've already received one response, which is a much better ratio than before.
    • I was also able to add several companies that were not already in my Salesforce account, which appeared in Apollo.io.
    • Apollo.io helped me find genuine companies that we could assist through the prospecting filters, which was very helpful.
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    SAP
    • Positive Impact: SAP Sales Cloud can lead to increased sales efficiency by automating manual tasks, streamlining workflows, and providing real-time access to customer data. This can result in sales teams spending more time on revenue-generating activities.
    • Negative Impact: The initial costs associated with implementing SAP Sales Cloud, including licensing, customization, and training, can be significant. If not managed properly, this may impact the short-term financials and the expected payback period.
    • Negative Impact: The comprehensive features of SAP Sales Cloud might result in a steeper learning curve for users. If not addressed through adequate training and change management, this complexity can temporarily impact productivity.
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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.

    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
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