apollo alternative
One flat price, however many seats.
Apollo charges per person. A ten-person team on Professional pays about $790 a month. Clinqu is $249 flat, unlimited seats.
What we recommend
Switch if you sell to local businesses and your headcount moves.
Per-seat pricing punishes exactly the thing an agency does: adding a junior for a busy quarter. Flat pricing does not, and the lead data you get is an audit rather than a contact row.
Don't use Clinqu if: you sell to enterprise contacts by job title and live in sequences and a dialer all day. Apollo is genuinely better at that, and you should stay.
the difference that decides it
Two things actually differ.
Everything else is close enough not to matter. These two are not.
| Apollo Professional | Clinqu Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Ten-person team | $790/mo, per seat | $249/mo, flat |
| What a lead is | A stored contact record | An audit with evidence and an angle |
| Built for | Contacts, by title | Businesses, by public footprint |
moving across
Three steps to switch.
No migration project. You can run both for a month and compare on real leads.
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Search your actual market
Run one search for the businesses you sell to, in the areas you sell into.
a real list, not a demo -
Compare the rows, not the pitch
Put a Clinqu audit next to an Apollo record for the same business and see which one tells you what to say.
the difference is obvious or it is not -
Move the team over
Add everyone. The price does not change, so there is no seat maths to do first.
same bill, whole team
the seat maths
The gap widens as you grow.
At three people the difference is small enough to ignore. At ten it is roughly $541 a month, about $6,492 a year, for the same work. That is the whole argument, and it is arithmetic rather than opinion.
apollo alternative: questions
FAQs, answered plainly.
Is Clinqu really cheaper than Apollo for a growing team?
Yes, for teams. Apollo Professional costs $79 per seat per month, so a 10-person agency pays about $790/month. Clinqu Agency is $249/month flat with unlimited seats included: the same team pays $249, a difference of $541/month or roughly $6,492/year.
How can Clinqu offer unlimited seats?
Seats aren't our pricing lever. Plans are metered on transparent credits spent on searches, audits, and monitoring, and the cost is shown before you spend it. Adding teammates costs nothing extra.
Do I lose Apollo's dialer and email sequencing?
Apollo's outbound stack is broader, that's honest. Clinqu is built for finding and understanding the right leads, not blasting sequences. Most teams keep their existing sender or sequencer and export audit-qualified leads to it.
How is Clinqu's data different from Apollo's contact database?
Apollo is database-first: it matches criteria against a large warehouse of stored contacts. Clinqu is audit-first: it discovers businesses live from Google Maps and company websites, enriches each from public sources at audit time: a social profile included where the link is discoverable, never assumed: then produces an explained audit: score, evidence, suggested angle.
Can I migrate my accounts from Apollo to Clinqu?
Yes. Export accounts or lists as CSV and import them into Clinqu. Each account is re-audited live, so instead of stale contact records you get a current, explained assessment of which ones are still worth pursuing.
What does Clinqu cost to start?
Clinqu Starter is $39/month with the built-in CRM, Google Maps discovery, and audits included. Agency at $249/month adds flat unlimited-seat pricing. Clinqu is currently in beta, join the list for onboarding.
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