Cleanlist vs Apollo.io

Yes. Cleanlist achieves 98% email verification accuracy using triple verification and catch-all detection, compared to Apollo's ~73% accuracy rate. Independent tests show Apollo users experience 15-25% bounce rates, while Cleanlist users typically see under 2%.

No. Cleanlist focuses purely on data quality — verification, enrichment, and cleaning. If you need email sequences, pair Cleanlist with a dedicated outreach tool like Salesloft, Outreach, Lemlist, or Instantly for the best results.

For data enrichment and verification, yes. Cleanlist starts at $29/mo with no per-user pricing, while Apollo starts at $49/user/mo on annual billing. Apollo's credit system also makes costs unpredictable — email access costs 3-10 credits per contact.

Yes. You can export your contacts from Apollo as a CSV and import them directly into Cleanlist for re-verification and enrichment. Many teams use Cleanlist alongside Apollo — cleaning Apollo's data before sending it to their outreach tools.

Waterfall enrichment cascades your contacts through 15+ data providers, checking each source until the most accurate data is found. Apollo relies primarily on its own single database. Cleanlist's waterfall approach achieves 95% email coverage compared to Apollo's more limited coverage from a single source.

Cleanlist integrates directly with LinkedIn and Sales Navigator for lead extraction, rather than using a Chrome extension. This allows for bulk extraction of entire lead lists, rather than one-at-a-time lookups.