Choosing between لوشا and أبولو? We've broken down the key differences to help you decide which tool is right for your workflow.
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Apollo.io wins overall. 8.1/10 vs 7.7/10. But if cold calling is your primary channel, Lusha is the more useful tool day to day.
Phone-first outbound: Lusha, 86% phone accuracy, verified direct dials on LinkedIn in 30 seconds
Email-first outbound: Apollo.io, built-in sequences with A/B testing, reply detection, free forever
Want one tool for everything: Apollo.io covers prospecting, sequences, dialer, and inbound in one platform
Credit transparency: Lusha wins, 1 credit per email and 10 per phone, shown before every reveal
Still deciding: Sign up for both free plans, run 10 LinkedIn lookups each, compare direct dial returns
These two tools are closer than the scores suggest and serve different strengths. Lusha's Chrome Extension is the fastest phone number retrieval workflow available for LinkedIn-heavy prospectors. You open a profile, the verified direct dial appears, you push to CRM in one click. Under 30 seconds. If your outbound starts with a call, that workflow has a direct impact on how many dials you make per session.
Apollo covers more ground. The sequence builder is more developed than Lusha's Engage, with A/B testing, reply detection, and deliverability guardrails built in. It also has a dialer, inbound visitor identification, and workflow automation all in one platform. Lusha finds the contacts well. What you do with them after is largely handled outside the platform. Apollo keeps that entire workflow in one place.
Both have free plans with no credit cards and no time limits. Sign up for both, run 10 LinkedIn profile lookups on people in your actual target market, and compare how many verified direct dials each returns. That 20-minute test costs nothing and tells you which database is stronger for your specific ICP.