Automate Basics

Apollo.io vs Pipedrive

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

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Apollo.io

Free plan · from $49/seat/mo

Pipedrive

Free trial · from $14/seat/mo

What it isSales prospecting database with email sequences, dialer and deal trackingPipeline-based sales CRM for tracking leads and deals
Free plan900 credits per seat per year (granted monthly), 2 sequences, AI Assistant limited to 5 chats, record selection limit of 25No
Cheapest paid plan$49/seat/mo billed annually (Basic)Apollo.io pricing$14/seat/mo billed annually (Lite)Pipedrive pricing
What it coversMonthly: 2,500 credits per seat per month; annual: 30,000 credits per seat per year, granted upfront.Annual option is one payment of US$168 per seat per year.
Free trial14-day trial of Basic or Professional (trial includes 50 credits and 5 mobile credits)14-day free trial, no credit card required
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not stated500+ integrations
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Finding contact details for prospects at target companies
  • Running automated email outreach sequences for a small sales team
  • Enriching CRM records with company and contact data
  • Tracking a small team's deals from first contact to close
  • Automating follow-up emails and activity reminders
  • Forecasting revenue from the sales pipeline
Watch out for
  • Free plan: 900 credits per seat per year and 2 sequences
  • Organization requires at least 3 seats and annual billing
  • Record selection limit of 25 on Free and 1,000 on Basic
  • No free plan; a 14-day free trial is offered
  • Lite has no automations, sequences or two-way email sync
  • Leads and deals are capped per seat (Lite: 2,500 per seat, up to 300,000 per company)
Made byApollo.ioPipedrive Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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