Apollo vs Outplay

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Apollo is the stronger AI pick in Sales Engagement: it has a visibility score of 51 versus 0.7 for Outplay, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Apollo if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (51 vs 0.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (60% vs 0% positive)
You need GDPR or SOC 2 or CCPA or ISO/IEC 27001 or CASA Tier 2 or CPRA or EU-US DPF or PCI DSS coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (501–1,000 employees)

Choose Outplay if…

You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
transparent pricing

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Apollo	Outplay
Visibility score	51%	0.7%
Change vs last week	down−2.8%	up+0.7%
Rank in Sales Engagement	#4	#39
Share of voice	9.4%	0.1%
Mentions this run	59	1
Positive in AI answers	60%	0%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Apollo −2.799999999999997pp · Outplay +0.7pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Apollo leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

70.6%

AI Mode

39.1%

Perplexity

43.3%

ApolloOutplay

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Apollo ranked higher

0Outplay ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Apollo	Outplay
Which sales engagement platform has transparent pricing?	ChatGPT	#2	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Apollo	Outplay
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $39 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud platform	—
Integrations	200+	—
Compliance	GDPR, SOC 2, CCPA, ISO/IEC 27001, CASA Tier 2, CPRA, EU-US DPF, PCI DSS	SOC 2 Type II
Support	Email support at support@apollo.io, Dedicated support on Custom plans, Sales team for Custom plan discussions	Chat support, Dedicated success manager (Enterprise plan)
Founded	2015	2019
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	Wilmington, Delaware, US
Employees	501–1,000	51–200
Funding	Series D · $250M raised	Majority stake acquired by JungleWorks · $9M raised
Best for	Sales and go-to-market teams that run prospecting, outreach and dialing and want data, AI and execution in one system	Sales teams of all sizes, especially growing SMBs that want enterprise-level sales engagement at a lower price.