# Apollo.io vs Qualified: which do AI models recommend for AI SDR, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, AI SDR agents. One of twelve models named Apollo.io first on the direct prompt; one named Qualified. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/sales/ai-sdr-agents/apollo-io-vs-qualified/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo.io | 20% | #1 of 11 | 4% | 23 | 11 of 12 |
| Qualified | 2% | #8 of 11 | 10% | 10 | 9 of 12 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Grok 4.1 Fast: apollo.io first (first choices: Apollo.io) (alternatives: Amplemarket, Reply.io)
- GPT-5.4 mini: qualified first (first choices: Qualified) (alternatives: Reply.io)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: RocketSDR) (alternatives: Apollo.io)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Artisan) (alternatives: Clay, Regie.ai, Reply.io)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Amplemarket Duo) (alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan Ava)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Amplemarket Duo Copilot) (alternatives: AiSDR, Artisan, Salesforge)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Amplemarket) (alternatives: 11x, AiSDR, Artisan, Reply.io)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Amplemarket) (alternatives: AiSDR, Reply.io)
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Amplemarket, Reply.io) (alternatives: AiSDR)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Artisan) (alternatives: 11x, AiSDR, Regie.ai, Salesforge)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: Amplemarket, SalesTools.io) (alternatives: Agent Frank, AiSDR, Reply.io)

## What the models said about Qualified

- "enterprise options like 11x ($3,750+/mo) or Qualified ($40K+/yr)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt, soft negative)
- "the safest "best overall" choice is usually Qualified" (GPT-5.4 mini, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Excellent for inbound conversion; 4.9/5 G2 rating from 1,547 reviews; strong support" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt, alternative)
- "Inbound website conversational SDR, commonly used to convert traffic into meetings." (Perplexity Sonar, comparative prompt, alternative)

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. 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.