AiSDR vs Apollo.io
Four of fourteen models named AiSDR first on the direct prompt; four named Apollo.io. AiSDR was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Apollo.io by thirteen and AiSDR carries 44 labels and Apollo.io 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By AiSDR Inc., San Francisco, United States, founded 2023. Named in two categories this edition.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2015. Named in twenty-two 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 AI SDR agents page.
By framing
AiSDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsApollo.io
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 | | | |
AiSDR Apollo.io first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AiSDR on the left and Apollo.io on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.AiSDR first, Apollo.io an alternative
3 of 14 modelsApollo.io was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Apollo.io first, AiSDR an alternative
3 of 14 modelsAiSDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 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
AiSDR38%#1 of 10Apollo.io20%#2 of 10What the models said about AiSDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“"Set and forget" risk: While some praise this, it can lead to lack of oversight and quality degradation” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“AiSDR — decent support but needs heavy human monitoring.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best AI SDR (Sales Development Representative) agent is typically AiSDR (starting at ~$250/month for the Solo plan)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“For the lowest entry point, AiSDR is often recommended as the best starting choice for small teams or founders” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want to try an AI SDR without risk, start with AiSDR ($1.50 per person contacted, no contract)” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Apollo.io
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.