Apollo.io vs Terminus
Zero of fourteen models named Apollo.io first on the direct prompt; zero named Terminus. Apollo.io was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Terminus by eleven and Apollo.io carries 12 labels and Terminus 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2015. Named in twenty-two categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
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
Apollo.ioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTerminus
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | | |
Apollo.io Terminus first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Apollo.io on the left and Terminus on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Apollo.io22%#2 of 12Terminus2%#5 of 12Terminus2%#4 of 8Apollo.io0%#– of 8What 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
What the models said about Terminus
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Platforms to Avoid: ... it's not a viable new choice for enterprises needing independent, scalable ABM” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Expensive per-user pricing: Costs add up quickly for teams” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Legacy Enterprise Suites (e.g., 6sense, Demandbase, Terminus) ... these platforms often require 6–12 month implementations and specialized ops teams” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Mid-Market ABM Platforms | Terminus, RollWorks | Great balance of account targeting, display ads, and sales alerts without the extreme operational complexity” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Mid-market-friendly tools (RollWorks, Terminus, HubSpot ABM) can go live in weeks.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“for a mid-sized B2B company, the general recommendation is Terminus” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.