An honest Apollo alternative
Apollo is a sales platform built around a large B2B contact database, with sequences, a dialer and CRM sync on top. Terlido has no contact database: it is built for sending cold email from warmed mailboxes, for agencies running campaigns across client workspaces. Here is an honest look at both.
Pricing, as of October 2026
Every seat on an Apollo account is on the same plan. Emails, phone numbers, email warmup and mailboxes spend credits, which are pooled across the team and do not roll over. Apollo shows its prices live on its pricing page; the figures below are the monthly prices listed in that page's plan data.
Apollo
| Free$0 | No time limit. Email campaigns from Gmail accounts only |
|---|---|
| Basic$49/month | Email sequencing and core integrations |
| Professional$99/month | Higher credit limits, AI features, call recording, advanced CRM integrations |
| CustomCustom | Custom volumes, SSO, advanced security, dedicated support |
Terlido
| Free$0, forever | 1 mailbox and 50 leads per workspace, warmup on one mailbox forever. Campaigns need the trial or a paid plan. |
|---|---|
| Email Pro$39/seat/month | 5 mailboxes, 5,000 leads and 10 active campaigns per workspace. No API or MCP access. |
| Multichannel$79/seat/month | 15 mailboxes and unlimited leads per workspace, WhatsApp, LinkedIn task and call steps, MCP and REST API. |
| Agency$149/seat/month | Unlimited mailboxes and leads, client sub-workspaces, cross-client reporting. |
Where Apollo is stronger
- A built-in database of 240M contacts and 30M companies, with emails and phone numbers paid in credits. Terlido has no contact database of its own: you import your lists and enrich them through provider integrations.
- A parallel dialer and call recording. Terlido has no auto-dialer: every call has you on the line.
- CRM integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot and more. Terlido syncs both ways with HubSpot only.
- A free plan with no time limit that includes the database and email campaigns from Gmail.
Where Terlido is stronger
- Built for sending cold email safely. Warmup and campaign email share one enforced daily send budget per mailbox, and a mailbox that starts landing in spam stops sending campaigns on its own while it keeps warming up.
- Client sub-workspaces and cross-client reporting on the Agency plan, so each client's mailboxes, leads and campaigns stay apart.
- WhatsApp steps and LinkedIn tasks in the same sequence as email on the Multichannel plan.
- An MCP server for AI agents where your approval is bound to one version of a campaign. If the copy, senders, schedule or audience change after you approve, the launch fails.
Who Terlido is for
For: Outbound agencies that run cold email campaigns for clients: a workspace per client, a few warmed mailboxes per client, and a person who reads the replies.
Not a fit:
- Bought or scraped lists sent at volume.
- 10,000 emails a day from a domain registered last week.
- Teams looking for SMS or an auto-dialer. Terlido has neither.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Apollo if: You need a contact database, a dialer and CRM sync in one place, and email is one part of a wider sales process.
Pick Terlido if: You run an outbound agency, bring your own lists, and want each client in its own workspace with warmup and send limits that protect their domains.
Terlido is new and has no customer logos or reply-rate numbers to show you. The fastest way to judge it is to connect a spare mailbox on the Free plan and watch warmup and the domain checks.
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Apollo details were checked in October 2026. Prices and plans change, so check their site before you buy.