# Sistava vs Apollo.io

*AI Sales Agents*

Sistava vs Apollo.io

Apollo.io is a sales-specific data and outreach platform built around a massive 275M+ B2B contact database, email sequences, and a parallel dialer. It excels at prospecting and cold outreach but is limited to sales workflows. Sistava provides a full AI workforce platform where sales is one of many functions, with autonomous employees that handle end-to-end work using team hierarchy, memory, and durable execution.

> **Bottom line:** Apollo is a sales-only platform. Sistava hires AI employees across sales, marketing, support, ops, and custom roles from one workspace.

## Profile

- **Pricing:** Free, then $49/user/mo (Basic), $79/user/mo (Pro), $119/user/mo (Org). Per-seat with credit limits.
- **Founded:** 2015, San Francisco
- **Funding:** $251M raised at $1.6B valuation (Series D, Bain Capital). ~$150M ARR.
- **Focus:** B2B sales intelligence and engagement platform with 275M+ contact database

## Why Sistava

- Apollo is a sales-only platform. Sistava hires AI employees across sales, marketing, support, ops, and custom roles from one workspace.
- Apollo requires humans to set up sequences, templates, and dialing lists. Sistava employees plan and execute work on their own with sprint cycles, task boards, and leader delegation.
- Apollo offers a contact database you query. Sistava employees retain context across calls, emails, and CRM updates, learning your business, customers, and preferences over time.
- Apollo integrates with CRMs and a handful of sales tools. Sistava connects to thousands of apps and MCP servers, with browser and desktop automation for anything without an API.
- Apollo charges per user with expiring credits and overage fees. Sistava offers flat-rate plans ($49-$399/mo) with no per-seat pricing and no lock-in.

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Apollo.io | Sistava |
|---|---|---|
|  | Sequence-based | Autonomous |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | 275M+ built-in | Via integrations |
|  | Parallel dialer | Via integrations |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | Static contact data | Layered (short-term, long-term, graph) |
|  | CRM + Zapier | Thousands of native |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | Basic task queues | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | Per user + credit limits | Flat rate, no per-seat |
|  | ✓ | ✓ |