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Data enrichment · September 2026 Edition

Apollo.io vs Amplemarket

Ten of twelve models named Apollo.io first on the direct prompt; one named Amplemarket. Apollo.io was named by twelve of the twelve models and Amplemarket by ten and Apollo.io carries 64 labels and Amplemarket 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Apollo.io

endorsed leader

San Francisco, United States, founded 2015. Named in twenty categories this edition.

Amplemarket

accepted challenger

United States. Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share70%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels6421A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Apollo.io reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cognism was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Apollo.io vs Clay · Clay vs Amplemarket

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data enrichment page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Apollo.ioFirst choices, of twelve modelsAmplemarket
Direct1011 against Amplemarket
Paraphrase1011 against Amplemarket
Comparative34
Budget-constrained110
Scale-constrained111 against Apollo.io
Negative0211 against Apollo.io
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Apollo.io and Amplemarket stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Claude Haiku 4.5Amplemarket, Apollo.io, Cognism

Apollo.io first, Amplemarket an alternative

9 of 12 modelsAmplemarket was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniApollo.io alternatives: Clearbit/HubSpot-native enrichment, Cognism
Gemini 3.5 FlashApollo.io, Clay alternatives: Cognism, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence
Perplexity SonarApollo.io alternatives: Clay, Cognism, UpLead, ZoomInfo
Grok 4.1 FastApollo.io alternatives: Clay, Cleanlist, UpLead
Mistral SmallApollo.io alternatives: Cleanlist, UpLead
Qwen 3.7 FlashApollo.io alternatives: Cognism, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, UpLead
Kimi K2Apollo.io alternatives: Cleanlist, Cognism, UpLead
GLM 4.7 FlashXApollo.io alternatives: Clay, Cognism, Lusha, UpLead
MiniMax M2.5Apollo.io, Cleanlist alternatives: Amplemarket, Cognism, ZoomInfo

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
DeepSeek V4 FlashCleanlist alternatives: Apollo.io, Clay, Snov.io, UpLead

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Apollo.io leads by seventy-four points.
Apollo.io76%#1 of 10
Amplemarket2%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Apollo.io leads by sixty-three points.
Apollo.io70%#1 of 10
Amplemarket7%#3 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Amplemarket leads at enterprise.
Amplemarket12%#3 of 9
Apollo.io7%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Apollo.io

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Tools with Significant Data Quality Issues ... Bounce rates of 20-35% reported by multiple users, even for emails labeled "verified"” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Be cautious with these B2B data enrichment tools... Apollo.io: Frequently criticized for 15-30% email bounce rates” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Apollo.io is widely recommended for budget-conscious teams.... Apollo provides more functionality at a lower price point than almost any competitor” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Amplemarket

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.

“Pros: Top scores (29/30 data). Cons: Higher cost.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · soft negative
“High entry (~$7K/year min, annual only)” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Amplemarket is the best overall tool, offering high-accuracy enrichment with AI, engagement, deliverability, and intent signals in one platform.” Llama 4 Maverick · comparative prompt · first choice
“For mid-market companies, Apollo.io, Amplemarket, or Cognism offer a good balance of features and price depending on geography.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“some recommended tools include: Amplemarket: Offers curated multi-source enrichment, high accuracy, and engagement data.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.