Rodok
Abderrazzak AbouyaalaPick Apollo if you prospect at volume and need a large contact database with emails and phone numbers, a dialer and a free plan to start. Pick Rodok if you'd rather contact fewer people at the right moment: LinkedIn posts, job changes and hiring you describe in a sentence, with sequences, replies and a CRM in one place.
At a glance
| Rodok | Apollo | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Small and mid-size B2B teams doing signal-led outreach, especially on LinkedIn | Sales teams that prospect at volume from a B2B database |
| What it tracks | Any LinkedIn signal you describe in a sentence: posts, job changes, hiring, a watchlist of companies and people | Buying signals such as intent, job changes and website visits, on top of a 240M-contact database (apollo.io) |
| Outreach | Email sequences from your Gmail or Outlook, LinkedIn steps as tasks, AI-written lines, a replies inbox | Email sequences with deliverability tools, a parallel dialer, AI agents (apollo.io) |
| CRM | Built in: companies, people, deals, tasks, reports, forecasting | Works alongside your CRM, with 200+ integrations (apollo.io) |
| Setup effort | Write a sentence, check the first results, turn the tracker on | Sign up, connect a mailbox and CRM, build searches and sequences |
| Starting price | Pro $79/month for 3 seats | Free plan; Basic $49 per user/month billed annually (pricing, Apollo's plan summary), checked on November 1, 2026 |
Where Apollo is stronger
Apollo's core is data. It advertises access to 240M contacts and 30M companies (apollo.io). If your plan is to build a list of every operations manager at mid-size logistics companies in the US and email them, Apollo gives you the list, the emails and the sequences in one tool. Rodok works the other way round: it builds the list from filters and signals you can rerun, rather than from a giant fixed database.
Other places Apollo is ahead:
- A free plan. Apollo's free plan has no time limit (pricing). Rodok has no free trial.
- Calling. Apollo includes a parallel dialer (apollo.io). Rodok has no phone dialer.
- Website visits and intent topics. Apollo lists website visits and intent among its buying signals (apollo.io). Rodok does not identify website visitors or use third-party intent data.
- Deliverability tooling. Domain warm-up and inbox rotation are built in (apollo.io).
- Integrations. 200+ integrations, including the major CRMs (apollo.io). Rodok connects to Gmail and Outlook and uses its own CRM.
For high-volume outbound to a well-defined list, Apollo is hard to beat on value.
Where Rodok is stronger
Timing instead of volume. A database tells you who fits your profile. A signal tells you who to contact this week: the Head of Growth who posted about rebuilding her team, the VP of Sales who started at Northgate 12 days ago, the company that opened 4 sales roles in Austin. Rodok's trackers are built around those moments, and each one comes judged for fit, marked hot or warm, with a short note on why it matters. Our guide to buying signals covers why timing beats list size.
Describe the signal in a sentence. Rodok trackers aren't a fixed list of intent topics. You write "fintech founders in the UK posting about compliance hiring" and the tracker finds matching LinkedIn posts. Job changes work the same way: people who started a role in the last 90 days, filtered by title, function, seniority, company size, market and industry, or new changes only, day by day.
LinkedIn as a first-class channel. Sequences mix email steps sent from your own Gmail or Outlook with LinkedIn steps as tasks for the rep, so the LinkedIn touch stays personal and in your hands. See our social selling guide for how that works in practice.
A real CRM included. Rodok has companies, people, deals, tasks, notes and files, mail on every record, calendar sync and booking links, reports and forecasting, team chat on records and roles and permissions. With Apollo, most teams still run a separate CRM.
A replies inbox that sorts itself. Replies are sorted by AI (interested, not now, referral, out of office, unsubscribe) with one-click actions, so the follow-up doesn't depend on someone reading every thread.
Credits for signals and AI, not just exports. Rodok Pro includes 4,000 credits a month for signals, leads and AI.
Pricing compared
Prices checked on November 1, 2026. Apollo's pricing page lists Free, Basic, Professional and Custom plans; the per-seat figures below come from Apollo's own plan summary on its site, dated May 13, 2026, so confirm them on the pricing page before you buy.
| Rodok | Apollo | |
|---|---|---|
| Free option | None: you pay from day one | Free plan, no time limit |
| Entry paid plan | Starter $29/month for 3 seats (CRM with mail); Pro $79/month for 3 seats (signals and outreach) | Basic $49 per user/month, billed annually |
| Mid tier | +$19 a seat on Pro | Professional $79 per user/month, billed annually |
| Top tier | One Pro plan | Organization $119 per user/month, 3-user minimum (the pricing page now shows a Custom tier instead) |
| Billing | Monthly, or yearly at the price of 10 months | Annual, with monthly billing on Basic and Professional at a higher rate |
For 3 sellers, Apollo Basic is 3 × $49, so $147 a month billed annually; Rodok Pro is $79 a month for the same 3 seats. For 10 sellers, Apollo Basic is $490 a month; Rodok Pro is $79 plus 7 seats at $19, so $212 a month.
The fair caveat: Apollo's price includes a large database of emails and phone numbers. Rodok's includes signal trackers, sequences, a replies inbox and a CRM. Compare what you'd actually use.
Which one to choose
- Choose Apollo if your outbound is high-volume email and calling to lists built from firmographic filters.
- Choose Apollo if you need phone numbers, a dialer or a free plan to start.
- Choose Apollo if you already run a CRM and want a prospecting layer on top.
- Choose Rodok if you want to reach people when something happens: a post, a new role, a hiring push.
- Choose Rodok if LinkedIn is your main channel and you want LinkedIn steps that stay personal.
- Choose Rodok if you want signals, sequences, replies and a CRM in one workspace at a small-team price.
Weighing data providers too? Read Rodok vs ZoomInfo and Rodok vs Clay.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Apollo cost?
Apollo has a free plan. Apollo's own plan summary (May 2026) lists Basic at $49 per user a month, Professional at $79 and Organization at $119 with a 3-user minimum, billed annually. Its pricing page currently shows Free, Basic, Professional and Custom tiers, so confirm current per-seat prices there.
Is Rodok an Apollo alternative?
For signal-led outreach, yes: Rodok finds people showing a LinkedIn signal, drafts the first message and runs the sequence and CRM. For high-volume prospecting from a large database with phone numbers and a dialer, Apollo is built for that.
Does Rodok have a contact database like Apollo?
Rodok has a lead database and enrichment on Pro: it finds people by title, function, seniority, company size, market and industry, and fills in their company, website, LinkedIn page and photo. Its lead finder usually returns a work email, and the database is smaller than Apollo's 240M contacts.
Can I use Apollo and Rodok together?
Yes. You can keep Apollo for list building and phone numbers, and use Rodok for the signal-led part of their outreach: tracking posts, job changes and watchlisted accounts, then sequencing the people who show intent.
