Apollo alternatives for outbound that starts on LinkedIn
If you bought Apollo to book calls and most of your conversations happen on LinkedIn, three routes start there instead. Eight tools, each with its price as shown on 18 Oct 2026 and when to pick it.
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Apollo is a contact database with email sequences, a dialer and AI features. If you bought it to book calls, and most of your real conversations end up happening on LinkedIn, the alternatives below start there instead.
They split into three routes: a database with LinkedIn steps added, enrichment you build yourself, or LinkedIn first. Each tool has its price as shown on 18 Oct 2026 and a plain line on when to pick it, and there is a section on when to keep Apollo.
The short answer
If most of your booked calls start on LinkedIn, the alternative to Apollo is a tool that starts there too. FOUND finds people on LinkedIn who are already showing need, checks each one against your buyer and writes every message, sent from your own account, for $69 a month.
Keep Apollo if you mainly want a large contact database, email at scale and a dialer. The table below covers the other seven.
What Apollo is built for
Apollo's pricing page lays it out: contact and account data from a database its site puts at 240M+ contacts and 30M+ accounts, sequences (unlimited from Basic up), a deliverability suite with email warm-up, a US dialer where credits apply, AI research, intent topics and CRM integrations. Plans are per seat, with a yearly allowance of credits per seat.
| Plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 900 per seat a year |
| Basic | $49 per seat a month | $65 per seat a month | 30,000 per seat a year |
| Professional | $79 per seat a month | $99 per seat a month | 48,000 per seat a year |
| Organization 3 seats minimum | $119 per seat a month | $149 per seat a month in the monthly view, marked Annual only | 72,000 per seat a year |
Credits as shown with annual billing selected.
Three routes if you bought Apollo to book calls
- A database with LinkedIn steps added. Keep a large list to search, and put LinkedIn into the sequence. lemlist pairs a lead database with email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS and WhatsApp. Skylead pairs a B2B database with LinkedIn automation and cold email.
- Enrichment you build. Make your own lists from many data sources, then send them anywhere. Clay is a workspace for that, with AI research agents and signals.
- LinkedIn first. Start every conversation on LinkedIn. FOUND starts from buying signals and writes each message. Valley also starts from signals. Waalaxy runs sequences to people you pick from your LinkedIn searches. La Growth Machine runs LinkedIn and email sequences. Expandi builds audiences from groups, events and posts.
Apollo alternatives at a glance
Prices as shown on each vendor's own pricing page on 18 Oct 2026, in the currency and billing period shown there.
| Tool | How it finds people | Price shown | Pick it if you mainly want |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOUND LinkedIn first | Seven kinds of buying signal on LinkedIn, each person checked against your buyer | $69 a month | People already showing need, with every message written for you |
| lemlist Database with LinkedIn steps | Its lead database of more than 600 million, plus a buying intent signals add-on | Multichannel: $87 per user a month, billed yearly | Email-first outreach with deliverability tools and many channels |
| Skylead Database with LinkedIn steps | Its B2B database, and post signals | $100 per seat a month | High email volume next to LinkedIn, across unlimited email accounts |
| Clay Enrichment | Tables you build from its data sources, with signals | By actions and data credits, as shown on its pricing page | Deep enrichment and research, kept in sync with your CRM |
| Valley LinkedIn first | Signals such as job changes, funding rounds, post engagers and profile viewers | Starter: $199 per seat a month, or $149 billed quarterly | LinkedIn signals with a HubSpot connection, or a done-for-you service |
| Waalaxy LinkedIn first | LinkedIn search, Sales Navigator or Recruiter Lite, and post reactions, groups and events | Per user a month, as shown on its pricing page | Ready-made LinkedIn sequences to people you pick yourself |
| La Growth Machine LinkedIn first | Imports from LinkedIn or Sales Navigator; on Pro, likers, commenters and event attendees | Basic: €60 per identity a month, or €50 billed annually | LinkedIn and email sequences with AI voice messages |
| Expandi LinkedIn first | Audiences from groups, events and posts, with Sales Navigator optional | Business: $99 a month, or $79 billed annually | An agency set-up with many clients in one workspace, and white label |
FOUND
FOUND is an AI agent for outbound that starts on LinkedIn. It watches seven kinds of buying signal, from people engaging with posts on your topics or with a competitor's company page to fresh funding, new roles and hiring, and checks everyone it finds against your buyer twice. The people who pass become leads, each with the reason it is there.
Then it writes to them from your own LinkedIn and inbox: each message built from the profile, the signal and your positioning, in your tone, in sequences of up to 8 steps across LinkedIn and email. Replies land in one inbox, with AI draft replies when you switch them on, and an agent that can answer by your reply rules and send your meeting link.
- Finds people by
- Buying signals on LinkedIn, and Ask: describe the companies you want in one sentence and it finds them and a person at each.
- One mailbox, paced and warmed. Finding a verified work email costs 1 credit, charged when one is found, and the plan adds 100 credits a month.
- Price
- $69 a month for two agents, one LinkedIn account and one mailbox. A teammate is $59 a month and an extra agent $39. Leads before you pay.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want the people found for you on LinkedIn, and every message written and sent from your own account.
Already have a list from Apollo? Import LinkedIn profile addresses or a CSV into Contacts and add it to a campaign. The agent still reads each person and contacts the ones who fit your buyer. How the fit check works is in LinkedIn lead scoring, and the seven signals in LinkedIn buying signals.
lemlist
lemlist is email-first outreach that also reaches leads on LinkedIn, by phone, SMS and WhatsApp. Its lead database holds more than 600 million leads, and its AI agents cover signals, enrichment and messaging. LinkedIn automation is part of the Multichannel plan, with 5 senders per user.
- Finds people by
- Its lead database, plus buying intent signals as an add-on: 100 signals a month for $21 a month billed yearly, or $29 monthly.
- Price shown
- Multichannel at $87 per user a month billed yearly, $99 quarterly or $109 monthly. The Email plan is $55 a month billed yearly, or $69 monthly; LinkedIn automation is listed with Multichannel.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want email at volume, with warm-up and a deliverability hub, and every channel in one sequence.
Skylead
Skylead is LinkedIn automation and cold email software, built with agencies in mind. Its All-in-one seat includes a B2B database, post signals that find prospects by the topics, keywords and problems they talk about, unlimited email accounts and 100,000 emails a month. Its AI SDR can qualify leads, handle conversations and book meetings, with a semi-automatic mode that lets you review each suggested reply first.
- Finds people by
- Its B2B database, and post signals.
- Price shown
- All-in-one at $100 per seat a month. Annual billing: pay 10 months and get 2 free.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want cold email at high volume next to LinkedIn steps, across many inboxes.
Clay
Clay is a data workspace with many data sources and AI research agents (Claygent) in one place. Its Launch plan adds signals on job changes, company news and social listening, and Growth adds web intent. Its pricing page names email sending, through Clay or its integrations; LinkedIn messaging is not stated on it.
- Finds people by
- Tables you build, enriched from its data sources.
- Price shown
- By actions and data credits, as shown on its pricing page.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want to build and enrich your own lists in depth, and keep your CRM records fresh.
Valley
Valley runs LinkedIn outbound from signals: job changes, funding rounds, post engagers, profile viewers, competitor post engagers, hiring and keyword engagement. It writes in your voice, and you review, edit and approve drafts before they go out. Email is an add-on on Starter, and Plus includes 1,000 emails a month.
- Finds people by
- Its signals.
- Price shown
- Starter at $199 per seat a month billed monthly, or $149 billed quarterly. Plus at $299, or $249 billed quarterly.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want LinkedIn signals with a native HubSpot connection, or a done-for-you service at $1,499 a month.
Waalaxy
Waalaxy runs LinkedIn prospecting sequences, with email on its Business plan, to people you pick through LinkedIn search, Sales Navigator or Recruiter Lite, and targets by post reactions, groups and events. Its homepage says no external database is needed, though you can import one.
- Finds people by
- Your own LinkedIn searches, plus post reactions, groups and events.
- Price shown
- Pro, Advanced and Business, per user a month, with 300 invitations a month on Pro and 800 on the others. Business adds cold email sequences and 500 email finder credits a month. The figure depends on the billing period and your currency, as shown on its pricing page.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want ready-made LinkedIn sequences to people you choose from your own searches.
La Growth Machine
La Growth Machine runs multichannel sequences on LinkedIn and email. Basic imports leads from LinkedIn, from a Basic account or Sales Navigator, and includes an AI writing assistant and AI-generated voice messages. Pro adds LinkedIn intent data (likers, commenters and event attendees) and one inbox for LinkedIn and email.
- Finds people by
- Imports from LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, and on Pro, the people engaging with posts and events.
- Price shown
- Per identity a month: Basic €60 billed monthly or €50 billed annually, Pro €120 or €100.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want LinkedIn and email sequences with AI voice messages.
Expandi
Expandi is cloud LinkedIn automation for sales teams, agencies, recruiters and business owners. It builds audiences from groups, events and posts, with Sales Navigator optional, gives each account a dedicated country-based IP and automatic warm-up, and keeps replies in a smart inbox with labels, tags and notes. Its MCP, in private beta, connects Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant, and you approve what sends.
- Finds people by
- Audiences from groups, events and posts, and searches with filters.
- Price shown
- Business at $99 a month on monthly billing, or $79 a month billed annually. Agency is custom, for 10 seats or more.
- Pick it if
- You mainly want an agency set-up: many clients in one workspace, with white label.
Keep Apollo if
- you mainly want to search a large contact database yourself, 240M+ contacts by its count;
- you send email at scale and want its deliverability suite and email warm-up;
- you call as much as you write, and want a built-in dialer;
- you want to start on its Free plan at $0, with 900 credits per seat a year.
You can also run both: keep Apollo for the list and the email, and let FOUND find and write to people on LinkedIn who are showing need this week. Pacing for that LinkedIn side is in LinkedIn connection limits. If you pay for Sales Navigator as well, see Sales Navigator alternatives for warm leads, and for a wider view, the best LinkedIn prospecting tools, grouped by job.
How we checked
Every vendor fact above comes from the vendor's own website on 18 Oct 2026: its pricing page, and its home page where a feature is described there. Where a pricing page has several billing periods, we selected each one and give the period with each price. Where a page does not mention something, we say "not stated" and never "no".
- Apollo: its pricing page, with annual and monthly billing selected in turn, and its home page.
- lemlist: its pricing page, each billing period in turn.
- Skylead: its pricing page, home page and AI SDR page.
- Clay: its pricing page and home page.
- Valley: its pricing page and home page.
- Waalaxy: its pricing page and home page.
- La Growth Machine: its pricing page, each billing period in turn.
- Expandi: its pricing page and home page.
For FOUND we used our own product and its help pages. We ran none of these tools side by side, so nothing here claims a reply rate or a lead count for any of them.
Questions
What is the best Apollo alternative for LinkedIn?
Pick by how you want to find people. If you want them found for you from what they do on LinkedIn, FOUND watches seven kinds of buying signal, checks each person against your buyer and writes every message, for $69 a month. If you want to keep searching a database and add LinkedIn steps, look at the database tools in the table above.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Apollo?
Apollo's own plans start at $0, and Basic is $49 per seat a month billed annually. FOUND is $69 a month, and that covers finding the people from buying signals, the check against your buyer, every message written and sent, and one inbox for the replies.
Does FOUND find email addresses?
Yes. Finding a verified work email costs 1 credit, charged when one is found, and the plan adds 100 credits a month. Ask finds companies and a contact at each from one sentence, at 1 credit per company plus 1 per contact.
Can I use Apollo and FOUND together?
Yes. Import a list as LinkedIn profile addresses or a CSV into Contacts and add it to a campaign. The agent reads each person and contacts the ones who fit your buyer, alongside the people its signals find.