Free
$0
Free
75 credits per seat a month.
API included
Plan details
People search over the API returned 403 on a Free account on 25 Oct 2026.
Comparison
Apollo vs Prospeo: which B2B data API fits your list builds?
Both sell B2B contact data by credits, priced per user. Apollo adds a CRM and email sequences, and its people search costs 0 credits on paid plans. Prospeo is data only: search costs 1 credit per page of 25, a verified email 1 credit, and add-on credits start at $10 per 1,000. Entry plans: Apollo Basic $65, Prospeo Starter $49, per user billed monthly.
Pick Apollo if
- You want data, a CRM and email sequences in one app
- You pull large people lists: search costs 0 credits on a paid plan, up to 50,000 records per query
Pick Prospeo if
- You only want data by API, without paying for CRM or sequencing features
- You enrich in bulk: 50 records per call against Apollo's 10
Apollo
Sourcing, Enrichment
Prospeo
Sourcing, Enrichment
At a glance
Apollo
- From
- $65/seat/momonthly, $49 annual
- Free plan
- Yes$0, 75 credits/seat/mo
- Cost per unit
- 1 credit, 8 more for a mobile
- MCP server
- Official
Prospeo
- From
- $49/user/momonthly, $37/mo yearly
- Free plan
- Yes$0, 100 credits/mo, no API
- Cost per unit
- 1 credit/email, 10 for mobile, free on miss
- MCP server
- Official
Where they differ
16 points side by side. Open a value for the full detail.
| What | Apollo | Prospeo |
|---|---|---|
| Sales platform with CRM and sequencesA sales platform: a database of over 240 million contacts and 30 million companies, plus a CRM and email sequences in the same app and API. | B2B data API with search and enrichmentA B2B data API: search 200M+ contacts and 30M+ companies with 30+ filters, then enrich people and companies for verified email and mobile. | |
| $65/seat/mo monthly, $49 annualBasic: $65 per seat a month billed monthly, or $49 billed annually. Verified 2026-10-25. | $49/user/mo monthly, $37/mo yearlyStarter: $49 per user a month billed monthly, or $37 a month billed yearly ($441 a year). Verified 2026-10-25. | |
| Credits per seat, no rolloverPer seat, with credits per seat. Credits reset each billing cycle and do not roll over, including add-on credits. | Credits per user, no rolloverPer user, with credits per user. Credits do not roll over. Add-on credits start at 1,000 for $10. Yearly plans grant all credits upfront. | |
| 1 credit, 8 more for a mobile1 credit for email and person data, 8 more if a mobile comes back, so up to 9. No charge when nothing is found. | 1 credit/email, 10 for mobile, free on miss1 credit per verified email found, 10 credits for a mobile with the email included. No charge on no match, and re-enriching the same record within 90 days is free. | |
| 0 credits on paid plans, 50,000/queryPeople search costs 0 credits on paid plans and returns ids and titles, not emails. Up to 100 per page and 50,000 records per query. Organization search costs 1 credit per page. | 1 credit per page of 251 credit per page of 25 people or companies, charged only when the page has results. The same page within 30 days is free. Up to 25,000 results per search (1,000 pages). | |
| $0, 75 credits/seat/mo$0 with 75 credits per seat a month. On a Free account on 25 Oct 2026, people search over the API returned 403 and organization enrichment worked. | $0, 100 credits/mo, no API$0 with 100 credits a month and no time limit. The plan table shows the MCP server on Free and no Public API access. | |
| Every plan; people search needs paidListed on every plan card. People search over the API needs a paid plan. Record create, update and list calls cost 0 credits. | Starter and upStarter and up. Pro gets the highest rate limits and unlocks Pro-only search filters such as website traffic and key executives. | |
| x-api-key header or OAuth 2.0x-api-key header. A key is scoped to chosen endpoints or set as a master key. Partner apps use OAuth 2.0. | X-KEY headerX-KEY header. Keys are made in the dashboard, and you can hold several. | |
| Enrichment 1,000/min, search 200/minPer team. Paid plans: enrichment 1,000 a minute with no hourly or daily cap; search 200 a minute, 6,000 an hour, 50,000 a day. | Enrich 300/min on StarterPer second, minute and day, in separate enrich and search buckets. Enrich: Starter 5/300/2,000, Growth 5/300/5,000, Pro 30/1,800/500,000. Search: Starter 1/30/1,000, Growth 2/60/4,000, Pro 5/180/250,000. | |
| 10 per bulk call, webhook URLBulk enrichment takes up to 10 records per call. Phone and waterfall results arrive at a webhook URL you pass, or by polling. | 50 per bulk call, no webhooksBulk enrichment takes up to 50 people or companies per call, synchronously. No webhooks. | |
YesOfficial server at https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp over Streamable HTTP and OAuth. Covers search, enrichment, CRM records and sequences. | YesOfficial hosted server at https://mcp.prospeo.io with OAuth 2.0 or an API key, or run locally with npx. Eight tools covering search, suggestions, enrichment and account info. | |
| Email, mobile, firmographics, job postings, newsWork email with status, mobile on request, employment history; company firmographics, funding, technologies, job postings and news. No refresh cadence is published. | Verified email, mobile, firmographics, job postingsPerson profile, job history, verified email with MX provider, mobile; company firmographics, funding, technologies and job postings. Its data page says high-intent leads refresh weekly and the rest about every 30 days. | |
| Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, SalesLoft, MarketoSalesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, SalesLoft, Marketo, Sendgrid, LinkedIn and the major email providers. | CRMs, sequencers, Clay, Zapier, n8n, MakeCRMs (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive and others), sequencers (Smartlead, Instantly, lemlist and others), Clay, Zapier, n8n, Make and a Google Sheets add-on. | |
| ISO 27001 and SOC 2Certified under ISO 27001 and SOC 2, per its privacy policy. | GDPR alignment, no SOC 2 listedStates GDPR alignment on its trust center. No SOC 2 report is listed there. | |
| No resale, no LinkedIn automationsNo resale, no use of any API with LinkedIn automations, and AI training on contact data only for your own internal models. | No resale or competing databaseNo resale or disclosure of output data to third parties, and no use of it to build a competing database or model. | |
| Data, CRM and sequences in one appTeams that want data, a CRM and sequences in one app, and free people search on a paid seat. | API list builds with many filtersList builds by API: many filters, bulk enrichment of 50 at a time, and paying only for verified emails found. |
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Pricing, plan by plan
US dollars as each vendor's page showed them on 25 Oct 2026. One panel per tool; switch each between monthly and annual billing (an annual price is the monthly rate when you pay for the year up front).
Apollo
4 plans · API reviewBasic
$65/mo
billed monthly
$49/mo
billed annually
Per seat. 2,500 credits per seat a month on monthly billing, 30,000 per seat a year on annual.
API included
Professional
$99/mo
billed monthly
$79/mo
billed annually
Per seat. 4,000 credits per seat a month on monthly billing, 48,000 per seat a year on annual.
API included
Organization
$119/mo
annual billing only
$119/mo
billed annually
Per seat, minimum 3 seats, annual billing only.
API included
Plan details
72,000 credits per seat a year.
Prospeo
4 plans · API reviewFree
$0
Free
100 credits a month, no time limit, MCP server, no Public API.
No API
Starter
$49/mo
billed monthly
$37/mo
billed annually
Per user. 2,000 credits a month, or 24,000 a year upfront ($441 a year). Enrich 5/300/2,000 and search 1/30/1,000 requests per second/minute/day.
API included
Growth
$99/mo
billed monthly
$74/mo
billed annually
Per user. 5,000 credits a month, or 60,000 a year upfront ($888 a year). Enrich 5/300/5,000 and search 2/60/4,000.
API included
Pro
$249/mo
billed monthly
$187/mo
billed annually
Per user. 15,000 credits a month, or 180,000 a year upfront ($2,241 a year). Enrich 30/1,800/500,000 and search 5/180/250,000.
API included
Which one to pick
Choose Apollo if
- You want data, a CRM and email sequences in one app.
- You pull large people lists: search costs 0 credits on a paid plan, up to 50,000 records per query.
- You need mobiles often: Apollo charges up to 9 credits for email and mobile together.
- You want waterfall enrichment that tries other vendors for email and phone inside the same credits (Basic and up).
Choose Prospeo if
- You only want data by API, without paying for CRM or sequencing features.
- You enrich in bulk: 50 records per call against Apollo's 10.
- You want to pay only for verified emails found, with free re-enrichment for 90 days.
- You need filters such as funding, hiring, technologies or website traffic in one search call.
- You want cheap top-ups: add-on credits start at $10 per 1,000.
If neither fits: If you already have names and company domains and only need emails, an email finder alone may be enough. Compare cost per found email and verify before you send.
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Questions people ask
Is Apollo software free?
Apollo has a $0 Free plan with 75 credits per seat a month. On a Free account on 25 Oct 2026 the people search API returned 403 and said it needs a paid plan. Prospeo's Free plan gives 100 credits a month but no Public API.
Which costs less per verified work email, Apollo or Prospeo?
Both charge 1 credit per email found and nothing on a miss. The credit price differs: Apollo Basic billed monthly is $65 for 2,500 credits (2.6 cents each), Prospeo Starter billed monthly is $49 for 2,000 credits (2.45 cents each), and Prospeo add-on credits start at $10 per 1,000.
Does searching cost credits?
Apollo people search costs 0 credits on paid plans but returns no emails, so you enrich the people you keep. Prospeo charges 1 credit per page of 25 results, only when the page has results, and repeats of the same page within 30 days are free.
Do unused credits roll over?
No, on both. Apollo credits reset each billing cycle, including add-on credits. Prospeo credits expire at renewal; yearly plans get all credits upfront.
Do Apollo and Prospeo have MCP servers?
Yes. Apollo's is at https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp with OAuth. Prospeo's is at https://mcp.prospeo.io with OAuth or an API key, and it is listed on the Free plan.
Related
Read from apollo.io/pricing, prospeo.io/pricing and each tool's API docs. Verified 25 Oct 2026.
