Apollo.io vs Outreach
Five of fourteen models named Apollo.io first on the direct prompt; two named Outreach. Both were named by all fourteen models and Apollo.io carries 66 labels and Outreach 62, so the shares are not directly comparable.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2015. Named in twenty-six categories this edition.
Named in fourteen categories this edition.
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 sales engagement platforms page.
By framing
Apollo.ioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOutreach
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Apollo.io and Outreach were named in the same answer 156 times, of the 1056 answers naming Apollo.io and the 314 naming Outreach. In those answers Outreach took the first choice thirty-three times and Apollo.io forty-five.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | | |
Apollo.io Outreach first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Apollo.io on the left and Outreach on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Apollo.io first, Outreach an alternative
4 of 14 modelsOutreach was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Outreach first, Apollo.io not the choice
1 of 14 modelsApollo.io was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.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
Apollo.io51%#1 of 11Outreach0%#11 of 11Apollo.io35%#1 of 11Outreach9%#4 of 11Outreach57%#1 of 8Apollo.io0%#8 of 8What the models said about Apollo.io
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Credit system is deceptive ... they profit when your data is wrong because you burn more credits.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
What the models said about Outreach
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“This applies to Outreach, SalesLoft, and any tool that encourages high-volume, automated outreach — those platforms are now risking your domain reputation” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“High-Caution Platforms (Frequent Red Flags): Outreach.io ... account termination complaints ... Best for enterprise but buggy for smaller teams.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“you want to avoid premium enterprise platforms like Outreach or Salesloft, which require custom quotes, charge steep per-seat fees” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Outreach | 150+ reps, complex workflows | $200–250/user/mo | Deepest customization, governance, enterprise features” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Deepest task‑driven sequencing and workflow controls... Enterprise SDR/orgs, RevOps teams needing deep forecasting” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“### 1. Outreach (now Outreach.ai) - Best for: Enterprise sales teams ... Deepest enterprise feature set” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
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.