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VelonixxAI vs Apollo
Last updated: October 22, 2026
Apollo is one of the biggest B2B contact databases, with email sequences built in. VelonixxAI is smaller and does something different: it searches live for local businesses and decision makers, and only charges for leads you can contact.
The short answer
- Choose Apollo if you sell to mid-size and large companies, need instant results from a huge database, phone numbers, and sending built in.
- Choose VelonixxAI if you sell to small local businesses (dentists, contractors, restaurants, clinics) or to agency owners, want fresh data searched today, and want to start at $9 / ₹799 instead of $49–65 per user.
Price
| Apollo Basic | VelonixxAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $49 per user/month billed yearly, ~$65 monthly | $9 (Starter) · $42 (Growth) · ₹799 / ₹3,499 in India |
| What you get | 2,500 credits/month on monthly billing (30,000/year on yearly), 1 credit per email, phones cost more | 500 / 3,000 / 8,000 credits a month |
| Local business lead | Thin coverage of small local businesses | 1 credit (Google Maps, Instagram, Facebook) |
| LinkedIn decision maker with work email | ~1 credit if it's in their database | 3 credits (2 if no work email found) |
| Pay only for contactable leads | No: credits are spent when you reveal | Yes: only leads with an email or phone |
Apollo prices from third-party reviews dated Sep–Oct 2026 (Apollo's own pricing page shows prices in the app). Check apollo.io before relying on them.
Feature by feature
| Apollo | VelonixxAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Database size | very large, pre-built | live search: what Google shows today |
| Speed | instant | ~1 min for 10 Maps leads, ~7 min for 50 LinkedIn decision makers |
| Small local businesses | limited | strong: Google Maps, Instagram, Facebook, with website emails |
| Owner of a local business | limited for small local businesses | Find decision makers (owner/founder + work email) |
| Lead score and summary | — | AI score and a summary from the lead's own website |
| Email checks | yes | free checks on every email; a mailbox check on the work emails we find; "catch-all" shown as Risky |
| Phone numbers | yes | from Google Maps / websites (not for LinkedIn people) |
| Email sequences | built in | not yet: export CSV to your sender |
| Prices in ₹ | no | yes |
Honest notes
- If your customers are in Apollo's database, Apollo will usually be faster and cheaper per email.
- VelonixxAI wins where Apollo is thin: small local businesses, and fresh owner contacts for them.
- We don't send emails for you (yet). You export a CSV to your sender (Instantly, Smartlead, Lemlist…).
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