{"slug": "apollo", "name": "Apollo", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "Apollo.io is a sales intelligence and engagement platform for B2B prospecting and outreach.", "recommenders": 6, "commenters": 8, "warners": 0, "score": 6.045, "rising": -0.64, "first": "2025-11-02", "latest": "2026-10-11", "why": "HN commenters mention it as a tool people commonly recommend for outbound lead prospecting, alongside ZoomInfo.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 6, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": ["Outbound prospecting"], "caveat": "Overkill for basics", "short_quote": "I use Apollo instead of Sunshine. It has some superior things baked in, including easy resolution/monitor handling.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/classicoldsong/apollo", "official_url": "https://www.apollo.io", "pricing": "unknown", "aliases": ["Apollo"], "verdict": [{"text": "HN commenters mention it as a tool people commonly recommend for outbound lead prospecting,", "cites": [{"id": 732694416, "item_id": 45793401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "by": "Poomba", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me.", "excerpt": "i dont even use a crm blushes. To be honest, im just starting out with outbound so im not doing anything sophisticated. Just want to import a list of leads, enrich with contact details and their tech stack data. Thats all. Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me. I dont care about how many data providers they have because i just care about those 2 thinfs", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "use_case": "lead enrichment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Clay for Enrichment?"}]}, {"text": " alongside ZoomInfo.", "cites": [{"id": 732694416, "item_id": 45793401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "by": "Poomba", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me.", "excerpt": "i dont even use a crm blushes. To be honest, im just starting out with outbound so im not doing anything sophisticated. Just want to import a list of leads, enrich with contact details and their tech stack data. Thats all. Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me. I dont care about how many data providers they have because i just care about those 2 thinfs", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "use_case": "lead enrichment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Clay for Enrichment?"}]}, {"text": " The main caveat is that it can be more powerful than needed for simple lead import and enrichment.", "cites": [{"id": 732694416, "item_id": 45793401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "by": "Poomba", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me.", "excerpt": "i dont even use a crm blushes. To be honest, im just starting out with outbound so im not doing anything sophisticated. Just want to import a list of leads, enrich with contact details and their tech stack data. Thats all. Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me. I dont care about how many data providers they have because i just care about those 2 thinfs", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "use_case": "lead enrichment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Clay for Enrichment?"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Outbound prospecting", "summary": "A commenter says others keep recommending it for outbound lead work.", "quotes": [{"id": 732694416, "item_id": 45793401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "by": "Poomba", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me.", "excerpt": "i dont even use a crm blushes. To be honest, im just starting out with outbound so im not doing anything sophisticated. Just want to import a list of leads, enrich with contact details and their tech stack data. Thats all. Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me. I dont care about how many data providers they have because i just care about those 2 thinfs", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "use_case": "lead enrichment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Clay for Enrichment?"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Overkill for basics", "summary": "Too powerful for someone who only needs to import leads and enrich contact and tech-stack data.", "quotes": [{"id": 732694416, "item_id": 45793401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "by": "Poomba", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me.", "excerpt": "i dont even use a crm blushes. To be honest, im just starting out with outbound so im not doing anything sophisticated. Just want to import a list of leads, enrich with contact details and their tech stack data. Thats all. Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me. I dont care about how many data providers they have because i just care about those 2 thinfs", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "use_case": "lead enrichment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Clay for Enrichment?"}]}], "who": [{"by": "Poomba", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "date": "2025-11-02"}], "tags": ["for outbound sales"], "use_cases": ["reddit client", "game streaming host", "game streaming", "lead enrichment"], "compared": [{"slug": "sunshine", "name": "Sunshine", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "moonlight", "name": "Moonlight", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041682", "title": "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477600", "title": "\u201cIt works better in the app\u201d", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102774", "title": "The coolest use for the Vision Pro", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48972970", "title": "Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48632884", "title": "Steam Machine", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746849", "title": "Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 800721216, "item_id": 50045076, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50045076", "by": "InTheArena", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I still morn Apollo", "excerpt": "I love it when users make up law. TOU is contract law. It falls into the same vein as \u201cno shirts, no shoes, no service\u201d. It\u2019s contract law. We may all hate this (I still morn Apollo) - but legally, \u2018I hate it\u201d is not law.", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"}, {"id": 791894912, "item_id": 49493432, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49493432", "by": "port11", "date": "2026-08-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "1h/day on Apollo", "excerpt": "Reddit does have great communities, and can be useful even when you\u2019re logged out. Making their website really crappy does mean I use it, like, 15 minutes a week, as opposed to 1h/day on Apollo. It\u2019s indeed a positive.", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit client", "switched_from": "", "story": "\u201cIt works better in the app\u201d"}, {"id": 785702721, "item_id": 49106420, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49106420", "by": "phatskat", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "axing Apollo is the reason I\u2019m on HN at all.", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve said it in a few other places here before, but axing Apollo is the reason I\u2019m on HN at all. I used to use Reddit daily to follow a few games and news subs, and was fairly active in a couple of those communities as a contributor. But I don\u2019t know that I miss Reddit all that much, save for a few small corners of the community. The discourse here is a lot more thoughtful, generally, and the community aspect is what", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit client", "switched_from": "", "story": "The coolest use for the Vision Pro"}, {"id": 783593697, "item_id": 48974606, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48974606", "by": "aliasxneo", "date": "2026-07-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Because apollo saves settings, I can pretty seamlessly switch between the two with basically no issues.", "excerpt": "I use moonlight/apollo. 1. Connect my Dualsense controller to my macbook 2. Open moonlight on my macbook 3. Connect to my gaming desktop in full screen mode 3. Launch my AAA game on Steam 4. Profit Over Wifi 7 I get basically no discernable lag, which was crazy to me the first time I tried it. I also have a Minisforum attached to my large screen TV and the process is identical except I push a different combo on the D", "context": "", "use_case": "game streaming host", "switched_from": "", "story": "Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight"}, {"id": 778203136, "item_id": 48637696, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48637696", "by": "yolo_420", "date": "2026-06-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Apollo instead of Sunshine. It has some superior things baked in, including easy resolution/monitor handling.", "excerpt": "I can vouch for it being really great for me as well (as others pointed out). But I use Apollo instead of Sunshine. It has some superior things baked in, including easy resolution/monitor handling. Maybe give it a shot.", "context": "", "use_case": "game streaming", "switched_from": "Sunshine", "story": "Steam Machine"}, {"id": 764030402, "item_id": 47751900, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751900", "by": "robgough", "date": "2026-04-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I do miss Apollo, which was lost when they started charging crazy money for their API.", "excerpt": "The Reddit app is so very bad. So bad in fact that I nearly considered paying for Narwhal, but then realised I should probably be trying to use Reddit less so paying for a subscription to access it would be madness. I do miss Apollo, which was lost when they started charging crazy money for their API. I do wonder how much that has affected their usage overall. But I don't think I've ever seen any long term reviews of", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app"}, {"id": 753045904, "item_id": 47065369, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065369", "by": "FrenchTouch42", "date": "2026-02-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "May want to give Apollo a try", "excerpt": "May want to give Apollo a try: https://github.com/ClassicOldSong/Apollo (re Sunshine)", "context": "", "use_case": "game streaming host", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available"}, {"id": 732694416, "item_id": 45793401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793401", "by": "Poomba", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me.", "excerpt": "i dont even use a crm blushes. To be honest, im just starting out with outbound so im not doing anything sophisticated. Just want to import a list of leads, enrich with contact details and their tech stack data. Thats all. Ppl keep recommending me tools like apollo and zoominfo but they way too powerful for me. I dont care about how many data providers they have because i just care about those 2 thinfs", "context": "Just starting out with outbound", "use_case": "lead enrichment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Clay for Enrichment?"}]}