OxygenvsApollo

Apollo makes LinkedIn a to-do list. Oxygen sends the invites and messages.

In an Apollo sequence, a LinkedIn step is a task a rep completes by hand. In Oxygen the connected account sends invites and messages between the email steps on its own. Apollo's people and company search works inside Oxygen too, paid from your credits.

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Which one fits

Choose Apollo if

You want one large database to search by hand: 240M+ contacts and 30M+ companies, with filters most sales teams know.
You need a free plan that already sends email: 75 credits per seat a month, sending from Gmail.
Calling is a big part of the job. Apollo's dialer records calls and adds AI call insights.
You pull contact data in bulk. Per record, Apollo's own credits cost less than the same data bought through Oxygen.

Choose Oxygen if

LinkedIn is in every sequence and nobody has time to click through tasks.
One database misses too many records. Oxygen's waterfalls ask one provider after another, from 30+, and stop at the first answer.
WhatsApp is one of your channels. Apollo's own pages list no WhatsApp steps.

Where they differ

Topic	Apollo	Oxygen
LinkedIn	Manual tasks. Apollo's help center says it doesn't complete LinkedIn tasks for you.	Invites, messages, InMail, profile visits, follows, likes and comments, sent from the connected account.
WhatsApp	No WhatsApp steps on Apollo's own pages.	WhatsApp steps in the same sequence, $34 a month per number.
Contact data	Its own database of 240M+ contacts and 30M+ companies, plus partner vendors for waterfall enrichment.	Apollo's search next to 30+ other providers, with the cost shown before a column runs.
Calling	A built-in dialer with call recording and AI call insights.	A web softphone with a call queue, billed per connected minute.
Price	Per seat: Basic is $49 a month billed yearly, $65 monthly. Every seat on an account is on the same plan.	Per workspace: one plan from $49 a month, paid in credits.
Credits	Pooled across the team. Unused credits don't roll over.	One pool for data, AI, inboxes and connected accounts. Top-up credits never expire.
Free plan	A free plan with 75 credits per seat a month, 2 sequences and sending from Gmail.	A free workspace with 1,000 credits and no time limit. Sending needs a paid plan.
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and CCPA.	No SOC 2 report. The DPA and subprocessor list are public.

Use Apollo's data without an Apollo seat

Apollo is one of Oxygen's managed data providers. Search its people and companies from a table, paid from your Oxygen credits. Company enrichment can also use Apollo as one step of a waterfall.

The Apollo integration

Questions

Does Apollo automate LinkedIn outreach?

No. Apollo's help center says it doesn't complete LinkedIn tasks for you, so a rep does each one. Oxygen sends LinkedIn invites and messages from the connected account, as steps in the same sequence as email and WhatsApp.

Can I use Apollo's data in Oxygen?

Yes. Apollo's people and company search is a managed provider in Oxygen, paid from your credits, so you don't need an Apollo seat for it.

Which is cheaper?

It depends on what you pay for. For contact data, Apollo: Basic includes 2,500 credits per seat for $49 a month billed yearly, and an email costs 1 credit. For a team that runs LinkedIn, Oxygen: Apollo charges per seat and still leaves the LinkedIn steps to people, while Oxygen charges per workspace and sends them.

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Apollo details checked on October 14, 2026 from Apollo pricing, help center on LinkedIn tasks, MCP docs and Oxygen pricing. Apollo is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with Oxygen. Something out of date? Tell us.