Compare Cordiul and Apollo
Both give you a B2B lead database, buying signals, AI research and writing, sequences, and CRM sync; on Cordiul the database, signals, and AI come with Growth and Scale. Apollo prices per seat and meters calling in credits; Cordiul prices per team, with a native parallel dialer and its own minutes allowance on every plan.
At a glance
- parallel dialer
- Every plan3 to 5 native lines included. Apollo sells parallel dialing as a $119/mo add-on.
- for talk time
- No creditsApollo's US Dialer costs 2 credits per minute; international varies by region.
- caller ID rotation
- Every planCalls in a dial session rotate across your workspace's numbers.
- in one sequence
- 5 channelsCalls, email, LinkedIn, SMS, and WhatsApp on Growth and Scale. Apollo runs email, calls, and manual LinkedIn tasks.
- minutes allowance
- SeparateCalling minutes are their own plan allowance, not drawn from the email credits used for data.
Side by side
| Feature | CordiulFrom $450 / mo, 2 users | ApolloFrom $49 / seat / mo, annual |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and terms | ||
| Entry price | $450 / mo, 2 users included (Starter) | $0 Free; $49 / seat / mo (Basic, annual) |
| Full range | Starter published; Growth and Scale custom | $49, $79, $119 per seat / mo annual; Custom via sales |
| Monthly billing | Included | Basic $65, Professional $99; Organization is annual only |
| Seat minimum | 2 users included on Starter | 3 seats on Organization |
| Free plan | Not included | Free tier with 900 credits per seat per year |
| Usage billed as credits | Email credits for sends, reveals, verification, and enrichment; calling minutes are a separate allowance | Email 1, phone number 8, enrichment 1 to 8, AI research 1 per run |
| Dialer | ||
| Parallel dialing | Native on every plan: 3, 4, or 5 lines per user by plan | Advanced Dialer add-on, $119 / team / mo annual |
| Click-to-call dialer | Included | US Dialer on Basic and up, credits apply |
| Calling minutes | In the plan; unlimited on Scale, fair use | 2 credits per minute on the US Dialer |
| Local presence and international dialing | Not published | Advanced Dialer add-on |
| Voicemail drop | Included on every plan | Power Dialer, in the Advanced Dialer add-on |
| Call recording | Included | Included; AI insights capped at 4,000 min (Professional) and 8,000 min (Organization) |
| Caller ID rotation across your numbers | Included on every plan | Not published |
| Data and intelligence | ||
| Built-in B2B contact database | People search on Growth and Scale, metered in email credits | Included on every plan, metered in credits |
| Credits included | 27,000 / 140,000 / 400,000 email credits per team per year | 900 Free; 30,000 / 48,000 / 72,000 per seat per year |
| Buying-intent signals | Growth and Scale | 1 topic Free, 6 on Basic and Professional, 12 on Organization |
| Records you can select at once | No published cap | 25 Free, 1,000 Basic, 2,500 Professional, 10,000 Organization |
| Prospect by signal | Scale | Buying intent topics and intent filters |
| AI research and writing | Sanad, on Growth and Scale, metered in AI credits | AI Research at 1 credit per run; AI writing capped at 5,000 to 1,000,000 words per month |
| Sequences and channels | ||
| Email sequences | Included | 2 on Free, unlimited on paid plans |
| Call tasks in sequences | Included | Included |
| LinkedIn steps | Growth and Scale | Manual LinkedIn tasks you complete yourself |
| SMS and WhatsApp steps | Growth and Scale | Not a sequence step type |
| Mailboxes | 1 on Starter, more on Growth and Scale | 1 per user on Free and Basic; unlimited Google and Microsoft on Professional and up |
| Daily send limit | No published cap | 250 emails on Free and Basic; unlimited on Professional and up |
| Deliverability | ||
| Email verification | Included | Email Deliverability Suite |
| Inbox warm-up | Growth and Scale | Basic and up |
| Open and click tracking | Growth and Scale | Included |
| CRM and integrations | ||
| HubSpot sync | Included | CRM integrations on Basic and up |
| Salesforce sync | Growth and Scale | CRM integrations on Basic and up |
| API access | Not published | API data enrichment on Basic and up; full API access on Custom plans |
| Support | Email support on every plan, priority on Growth, shared Slack on Scale | Expert help on Custom plans |
Apollo details are taken from apollo.io/pricing and knowledge.apollo.io as of July 2026 and may change. Apollo lists both annual and monthly prices; annual figures are shown unless noted. “Not published” means the item is not listed on Apollo's public pricing page. Apollo and Apollo.io are trademarks of their owner; Cordiul is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apollo.
Where the two differ
- Parallel dialing is included, not an add-on
- Every Cordiul plan ships our own parallel dialer with 3 to 5 lines, call recording, and voicemail drop. Apollo includes a US click-to-call dialer on paid plans, but parallel dialing, power dialing, local presence, and international calling sit behind the Advanced Dialer add-on at $119 per team per month billed annually, or $149 billed monthly, on top of your seats.
- Talk time is not a credit
- Apollo's US Dialer consumes 2 credits per minute, and international calling varies by region, so the same credit balance that buys phone numbers at 8 credits each and emails at 1 credit each also drains while your reps are on the phone. Cordiul does not meter calling that way: minutes are their own plan allowance, separate from the email credits used for data, and Scale is unlimited under fair use.
- Calls rotate across your numbers
- On every plan, Cordiul spreads a dial session's calls across your workspace's phone numbers, so no single number carries all the volume. Apollo publishes local presence as part of its Advanced Dialer add-on but does not publish number rotation.
- Five channels in one sequence
- Cordiul sequences run calls, email, LinkedIn, SMS, and WhatsApp from Growth up. Apollo sequences are built from automatic and manual emails, phone calls, LinkedIn tasks, and action items, and Apollo's own docs note that LinkedIn tasks have to be completed by hand. SMS and WhatsApp are not Apollo sequence step types.
When Apollo is the better fit
Honest answer: Apollo is cheaper per seat and you can start for free. Paid plans run $49 to $119 per seat per month on annual billing, you buy with a credit card instead of a sales call, and every plan bundles a large contact database with 30,000 to 72,000 credits per seat per year, meeting scheduling, deal management, call recording with AI insights, a mobile app, and SSO on Organization. If your bottleneck is data volume at the lowest possible per-seat price, Apollo's bundle is hard to beat. If your bottleneck is connect rate, and you want native parallel dialing, caller ID rotation, and five outbound channels without spending data credits while your reps talk, Cordiul was built for exactly that.
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