b2n.ai vs Apollo.io
Apollo.io is a self-serve sales platform: a 240M-contact database, sequencing, a dialer and AI assistants that your reps use themselves. b2n.ai sets up AI sales agents inside your team that research accounts, write each message and book meetings, and runs them with you.
Side by side
| Question | Apollo.io | b2n.ai |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Self-serve sales platform and contact database | AI sales agents set up and run inside your team |
| Who runs it | Your reps, with AI as co-pilot or autopilot | The agents, with b2n.ai checking |
| Data | 240M contacts, 30M companies | Finds and scores accounts against your target profile, and verifies emails |
| Channels | Email and phone. LinkedIn steps are manual tasks | Email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp, plus a call script and brief for every call your reps make |
| Integrations | 200+ integrations, works from your CRM | Connects to the systems your sales team uses or needs, such as your CRM and calendar. We set it up for you |
| Research | AI research with real-time web data | Every account researched: why now, who decides, what to lead with, with a source for every fact |
| Certifications | SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001 and more | SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification in progress. We answer security questionnaires |
Why b2n.ai
Why teams choose b2n.ai
Run for you, not handed over
We set the agents up around how you sell, connect them to your CRM and other systems, and run them with your team. Nobody on your side has to become an AI SDR operator.
One measure, one owner
We agree one measure before we start, report it every week, and a named person at b2n.ai answers for it.
Every account researched
Why now, who decides and what to lead with, with a source for every fact, before anyone is contacted.
Messages that don't read like AI
Each message is written from that account's situation, in your sender's voice, and checked for accuracy, tone and deliverability.
Replies in week 1, meetings from week 2
Counted from your first send. Volume depends on the size of your market.
Any language, every market
Email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp in any written language, with a separate setup and outreach rules for each market.
Which fits
When each one is the better choice
Apollo.io is the better fit when
- You want a database and sequencing tool your reps run themselves, with a free plan to start.
b2n.ai is the better fit when
- You want accounts researched and messages written for each account's situation, run for you with your team.
- You want one person on the other side who answers for an agreed result.
- You sell across markets and languages, from the Gulf to Europe.
Questions
Questions we get asked.
- Is b2n.ai an Apollo alternative?
- For outbound, yes, but it works differently: Apollo is a platform your reps run; b2n.ai sets up AI agents and runs them with your team.
- Does b2n.ai sell contact data?
- No. b2n.ai's agents search B2B data sources and the public web for your campaigns.
Facts about Apollo.io come from Apollo.io’s own website, read on : apollo.io, Apollo AI, Apollo help centre: LinkedIn tasks, Apollo trust centre. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us at contact@b2n.ai.
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30 minutes. You tell us what you sell and who you sell to. Bring one account you want to win, and we'll show you what the agents would do with it. If we're not a fit, we'll say so.