# Apollo.io vs HubSpot Breeze Intelligence: which do AI models recommend for enrichment, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Data enrichment. Eleven of fourteen models named Apollo.io first on the direct prompt; one named HubSpot Breeze Intelligence. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/gtm-data/data-enrichment/apollo-io-vs-hubspot-breeze-intelligence/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo.io | 73% | #1 of 12 | 14% | 72 | 14 of 14 |
| HubSpot Breeze Intelligence | 4% | #4 of 12 | 19% | 52 | 14 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- MiniMax M2.5: both first (first choices: Apollo.io, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence) (alternatives: ZoomInfo)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Cleanlist, Cognism, ZoomInfo)
- GPT-5.4 mini: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Lusha, ZoomInfo)
- Perplexity Sonar: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Cognism, UpLead)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Cognism, UpLead)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Cleanlist, Cognism, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, Lusha)
- Llama 4 Maverick: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, UpLead)
- Kimi K2: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Clay, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Clay, Cognism, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence)
- GPT-6 Luna: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Clay, Cognism, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Cognism, HubSpot Sales Hub)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Clay) (alternatives: Apollo.io, Cognism, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, ZoomInfo)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: ZoomInfo) (alternatives: Clay, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, UpLead)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: UpLead) (alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence)

## What the models said about Apollo.io

- "data accuracy and billing are the top pain points at scale" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt, hard negative)

## What the models said about HubSpot Breeze Intelligence

- "Users report a loss of functionality and flexibility, making it less reliable for those who previously relied on Clearbit's standalone features." (Mistral Small, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "Reduced functionality: Some features are no longer available or are locked behind HubSpot's ecosystem." (Mistral Small, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "HubSpot says Breeze does not provide contact email addresses or phone numbers—so it isn’t a replacement for a contact-finding database" (GPT-6 Luna, comparative prompt, soft negative)
- "If I had to pick one default recommendation for a mid-sized B2B company, it would be Clearbit/Breeze Intelligence" (GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.