Sistava vs Apollo.io

AI Sales Agents

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.

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
	✓	✓