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Account-based marketing platforms · October 2026 Edition

AdRoll ABM vs Apollo.io

Thirteen of fourteen models named AdRoll ABM first on the direct prompt; zero named Apollo.io. AdRoll ABM was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Apollo.io by twelve and AdRoll ABM carries 70 labels and Apollo.io 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AdRoll ABM

endorsed leader

By AdRoll, San Francisco, United States, founded 2007. Named in ten categories this edition.

Apollo.io

accepted challenger

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

First-choice share53%11%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels7017A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, AdRoll ABM reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AdRoll ABM vs HubSpot Marketing Hub · AdRoll ABM vs Demandbase · AdRoll ABM vs 6sense

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; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the account-based marketing platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AdRoll ABMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsApollo.io
Direct130
Paraphrase120
Comparative00
Budget-constrained163 against AdRoll ABM
Scale-constrained20
Negative203 against AdRoll ABM
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where AdRoll ABM and Apollo.io stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
AdRoll ABM Apollo.io first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AdRoll ABM on the left and Apollo.io on the right.

The direct prompt

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

AdRoll ABM first, Apollo.io not the choice

13 of 14 modelsApollo.io was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5AdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense
Gemini 3.5 FlashAdRoll ABM alternatives: Factors.ai, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Influ2
Perplexity SonarAdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, HubSpot Marketing Hub
Grok 4.20AdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Terminus
Mistral SmallAdRoll, AdRoll ABM
DeepSeek V4 FlashAdRoll ABM alternatives: Terminus, ZoomInfo Marketing
Llama 4 MaverickAdRoll ABM alternatives: Abmatic AI
Qwen 3.7 FlashAdRoll ABM alternatives: MarketBetter, Terminus
Kimi K2AdRoll ABM, Demandbase alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, ZoomInfo MarketingOS
GLM 4.7 FlashXAdRoll ABM alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Terminus
MiniMax M2.5AdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, HubSpot Marketing Hub, ZoomInfo Marketing
GPT-6 LunaAdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, HubSpot's built-in ABM tools
Muse Glimmer 30BAdRoll ABM, HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Propensity ABM, Userled

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 mini6sense alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, Influ2

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
AdRoll ABM leads by four points.
AdRoll ABM23%#2 of 13
Apollo.io19%#3 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
AdRoll ABM leads by forty-two points.
AdRoll ABM53%#1 of 7
Apollo.io11%#2 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
AdRoll ABM0%#7 of 8
Apollo.io0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about AdRoll ABM

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

“Avoid enterprise tools like Demandbase, 6sense, Terminus, or RollWorks” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Major limitation: Advertising-centric only... "Disorganized" platform, "misleading data," simple/limited reporting” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Not a red flag by itself, but make sure proposals and comparisons reflect the current name.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you're HubSpot-centric and want fast time-to-value: RollWorks is the sweet spot — very fast implementation, covers the core playbook, dramatically cheaper.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“RollWorks and AdRoll (formerly RollWorks) are consistently highlighted as top account-based marketing (ABM) platforms for mid-market B2B companies” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“RollWorks/AdRoll is the common default when the priority is quick-to-value account-based advertising, website personalization and account alerts” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Apollo.io

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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