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Head-to-head comparison
Apollo is a sales workstation — free search, credits when you unlock email or phone, monthly seat. TaskBullet builds a prospect list for this job. Pay once, download a CSV, or have an agent start calling. No monthly fee.
If you need a list for this campaign, TaskBullet wins. If you want to live in a database every day, Apollo wins.
They sell access to a database. We sell a list for this job — and someone who can work it.
| Feature | TaskBullet | Apollo |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | A finished list for this job | A seat in a database + credits |
| Monthly fee | None — pay once for this list | Yes — plan plus unused credits that expire |
| Search | We run the report from what you sell and who you want | You filter the phone book; search is free |
| When you pay for contacts | When you approve the live list price | When you unlock email or mobile (credits) |
| CSV | Download the file when it lands | Export after you reveal data; some plans use export credits |
| Same names sold to everyone | Fresh pull for this order, matched to your brief | Shared database — any subscriber can export the same person |
| Someone to work the list | Optional: assign a VA to call or draft outreach | You (or your SDR) work it in Apollo |
| Email sequences | We can draft them; a VA sends — we do not send from TaskBullet | Built-in sequencer from your connected inbox |
| Chrome extension | Not the product — you are not clicking LinkedIn all day | Reveal email/phone on a LinkedIn profile (uses credits) |
| Best for | A list this week, no new login, CSV or an agent | A sales team that prospects in the tool every day |
You do not burn credits just for searching. You can filter, browse names, titles, and companies for free. Emails and mobiles stay hidden until you click Access. That click is the meter.
Searching 10,000 people is free. Unlocking 200 emails is what you pay for. TaskBullet does not run a credit meter. You see a live price for the list, pay once, and get the file.
A giant phone book with filters. You hunt. TaskBullet is the opposite: you describe the offer and the buyer, we run a fresh report for that market. For a list buyer, Apollo's search is extra work, not an advantage.
An email robot: day 0 send email 1, day 3 send email 2, from your connected inbox. Useful if you are an SDR living in Apollo. TaskBullet can draft a sequence for a VA; we do not send it from TaskBullet. Different job.
You are on someone's LinkedIn. Click the icon, it drops in email or phone — and spends a credit. Useful only if a rep is clicking profiles all day. Useless if you want 200 names in Dallas as a CSV.
Not a unique live pull, and not a 2019 mailing CSV either. Apollo keeps a standing database and refreshes it from crawl, partners, user-contributed data, and bounces. "Verified" means it passed their last check. Thousands of Apollo users can export the same person this week. TaskBullet runs a new report for your brief each order. Some of the same people can still show up. You are not buying a catalog SKU sold forty times that week.
Apollo's terms generally restrict using a seat to build or deliver lists for other companies. If you produce lists for clients, that is a service job. Order the list. Don't stretch a personal Apollo login across accounts.
Tell us what you sell and who you want to reach. Pay once. Download a CSV — or have an agent start calling.
No. Searching and filtering in Apollo is generally free. Credits are charged when you unlock a new contact’s email or phone (Access email / Access mobile), and on some plans when you export. You can browse thousands of names without paying; you pay when you commit to the contact data.
Different products. Apollo is a monthly seat plus credits whenever you unlock emails or phones. TaskBullet has no monthly fee for a list: you pay once for that order, with a live price on screen. Small lists cost more per name; larger lists cost less per name. If you prospect every day inside a database, Apollo’s seat can be the better fit. If you need a list for this job, TaskBullet is the simpler bill.
Yes. Pay for the list, then download a CSV for your team, CRM, or whatever you already run. You can also assign a TaskBullet VA to start calling or draft outreach. TaskBullet does not send the emails or place the calls from its own dialer in this product.
Apollo includes sequences: automated follow-up emails from your connected inbox on a schedule. That is a sales workstation feature. TaskBullet can draft a sequence for a VA to send; it does not send from TaskBullet. If you want a robot firing emails from your mailbox every day, Apollo is built for that. If you want a list — and optionally a person to work it — TaskBullet is built for that.
Apollo’s terms generally restrict using a seat to build or deliver lists for other companies. A TaskBullet list is a service order for that buyer — not a sublicensed data platform. If you produce lists for clients, buy the list as a job, don’t stretch a personal Apollo login.
Apollo maintains a large standing database it refreshes from web crawl, partners, user-contributed data, and bounce signals. Search is against that database. Verified means it passed their last check, not that they just called the person. TaskBullet runs a fresh report for your offer, city, and persona on each order. Some of the same people can still appear — the world is the world — but you are not buying a catalog file sold to everyone that week.