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Account-based marketing platforms · November 2026 Edition

AdRoll ABM vs Apollo.io

Twelve of fourteen models named AdRoll ABM first on the direct prompt; zero named Apollo.io. AdRoll ABM was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Apollo.io by eleven and AdRoll ABM carries 67 labels and Apollo.io 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AdRoll ABM

endorsed leader

By AdRoll, San Francisco, United States, founded 2007. Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Apollo.io

accepted challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 2015. Named in twenty-two categories this edition.

First-choice share52%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels6712A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, AdRoll ABM reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.HubSpot Marketing Hub was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. AdRoll ABM vs HubSpot Marketing Hub · AdRoll ABM vs Terminus · AdRoll ABM vs Demandbase

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the account-based marketing platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AdRoll ABMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsApollo.io
Direct120
Paraphrase120
Comparative00
Budget-constrained05
Scale-constrained20
Negative007 against AdRoll ABM
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where AdRoll ABM and Apollo.io stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
AdRoll ABM Apollo.io first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AdRoll ABM on the left and Apollo.io on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where AdRoll ABM and Apollo.io stood in it.

AdRoll ABM first, Apollo.io not the choice

12 of 14 modelsApollo.io was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5AdRoll ABM alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Terminus
Gemini 3.5 FlashAdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, Metadata.ai
Perplexity SonarAdRoll ABM alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Terminus
Grok 4.20AdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, HubSpot Marketing Hub, N.Rich, Terminus
DeepSeek V4 FlashAdRoll ABM alternatives: Abmatic AI, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Terminus
Llama 4 MaverickAdRoll ABM alternatives: Demandbase, N.Rich
Qwen 3.7 FlashAdRoll ABM alternatives: Terminus
Kimi K2AdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Adobe Marketo Engage, Common Room, Demandbase, HubSpot Marketing Hub, N.Rich, Terminus
GLM 4.7 FlashXAdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Coffee, Demandbase, Foundry ABM
MiniMax M2.5AdRoll ABM, HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: 6sense Revenue AI, Demandbase, Valasys AI
GPT-6 LunaAdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, HubSpot Marketing Hub
Muse Glimmer 30BAdRoll ABM alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Terminus

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 mini6sense alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, ZoomInfo GTM Studio
Mistral SmallDemandbase alternatives: 6sense Revenue Marketing, AdRoll ABM, Factors.ai, Personyze, ZoomInfo Marketing

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Apollo.io leads by five points.
Apollo.io22%#2 of 12
AdRoll ABM17%#3 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: AdRoll ABM leads at mid-market.
AdRoll ABM52%#1 of 8
Apollo.io10%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
AdRoll ABM0%#6 of 8
Apollo.io0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about AdRoll ABM

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Avoid enterprise tools like Demandbase, 6sense, Terminus, or RollWorks” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Review summaries note limited native advertising options, inadequate reporting, and targeting/filtering limitations” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Useful for account-based advertising, but less suitable if your primary need is named-contact intelligence” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, RollWorks is the best starting point due to its accessible pricing, HubSpot native integration, and manageable complexity.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Terminus, RollWorks | Great balance of account targeting, display ads, and sales alerts without the extreme operational complexity or high price tag” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Apollo.io

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Best for early-stage ABM teams that need to identify, research, and contact target accounts without spending $50K+ on an enterprise platform” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.