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Apollo.io

Contact database with email and phone data, a Chrome extension and built-in sequencing, priced on credits: 1 per email, 8 per phone number. Free plan gives 900 credits per seat per year; Basic $49, Professional $79, Organization $119 per seat per month on annual billing.

Fetcher

Sourcing platform whose higher plans include Fetcher's own sourcers. Self-serve $115/month covers 300 leads a month, a LinkedIn plugin and email outreach, but not the ATS integration, analytics or CRM. Growth $379 adds those plus 500 sourced candidates and 2,500 applicant reviews a year; Amplify $649 doubles the volumes and adds a dedicated sourcer for roughly four to six roles.

Apollo.io vs Fetcher

Decision guidance

**Pick Apollo.io if:** - You need to source across multiple roles or industries simultaneously - Your team has time to build lists and manage sequences - You're hiring 15+ people per quarter and need database scale **Pick Fetcher if:** - You're filling 2-10 roles and want sourcing off your plate - Your team is under 5 recruiters with no dedicated sourcers - You'd rather review vetted batches than build boolean searches **Skip both if:** - You're only hiring 1-2 people per year-LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is enough **Verdict:** Apollo for control and volume, Fetcher for delegated sourcing at smaller scale.

Summary

Apollo and Fetcher solve different parts of the sourcing problem. Apollo is a self-service database-you build your own lists from 275 million contacts, write sequences, and manage outreach. It's built for recruiters who want control: custom boolean searches, LinkedIn Chrome extension scraping, intent signals. You're doing the work, but you decide exactly who to target and when. Fetcher is the opposite. You describe the role, and their team (human researchers plus automation) delivers batches of candidates to your inbox weekly. You review, approve outreach templates, and they handle the rest. Less control, but also less grinding through search filters at 11pm. The pricing gap reflects this. Apollo starts at $49/month because you're the operator-it's a tool, not a service. Fetcher starts at $149/user/month because you're paying for research labor and delivery, not just database access. Apollo works for teams hiring across multiple functions who need flexibility and volume. Fetcher works for startups or agencies with 2-10 open roles who'd rather pay someone else to source than build internal capacity. Apollo's data quality varies (profiles age quickly); Fetcher's batches are human-verified but smaller in scope. If you're a solo recruiter at a 40-person startup filling three roles, Fetcher saves you 10 hours a week. If you're an agency team sourcing 50 reqs across six industries, Apollo gives you the range and control to move fast without waiting on batches.

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Decision factor	Apollo.io	Fetcher
Pricing	Freemium (from Free, then from $49/seat/month)	Per User (from From $115/month)
Free plan	Yes	No
Free trial	Yes	No
Key features	Contact database with email and phone data, unlocked per credit Chrome, Gmail and Salesforce extensions Unlimited email sequences with deliverability tooling, from the Basic plan CRM integrations and waterfall enrichment, from the Basic plan Automated workflows and call recording, from the Professional plan SSO and advanced security settings, from the Organization plan	Candidate leads: 300 a month on Self-serve, annual allowances above it LinkedIn sourcing plugin, email integration and templated outreach on every plan ATS integration, analytics, profile refreshes and CRM, from the Growth plan Fetcher-sourced candidates and inbound applicant review, from Growth A dedicated sourcer covering roughly 4 to 6 roles, on Amplify Single sign-on, on Enterprise only
Best for	Sourcers who work primarily by email Teams that want search, contact data and sequencing on one bill Anyone who can model their monthly credit burn before buying	In-house teams hiring steadily without a dedicated sourcer Buyers whose constraint is sourcing capacity rather than tooling Teams buying at Growth or above, where the integrations actually start
Pros	None listed	None listed
Trade-offs	A phone number costs 8 credits against 1 for an email, which suits sales more than phone-led recruitment No ATS or recruitment CRM integration is listed on the plan table The product is organised around a sales pipeline, so a recruiter translates constantly Organization, the plan with SSO, has a three-seat minimum Quoted prices assume annual billing and are labelled introductory Approaching candidates from a bought contact database needs your own lawful basis in the EU	Self-serve carries no ATS integration, analytics, profile refreshes or candidate relationship management Above Self-serve the subscription includes human sourcing, which belongs in an agency comparison Leads are quoted monthly on Self-serve and as an annual pot on the plans above it The seat row counts extra seats, and the totals per plan are not published Single sign-on is Enterprise only SOC 2, GDPR readiness and EU data residency are vendor statements until you see the report and the DPA

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