Alternatives
Apollo alternatives for finding affiliates
The main Apollo alternatives for finding affiliates are Clay, Hunter, lemlist, Instantly, AffiliateFinder.ai and Affistash. Apollo is a sales database, so RecruitAffiliates.ai suits you when you want affiliates for a software product, not sales leads.
Facts about other companies checked 21 October 2026. Sources at the foot of the page.
Apollo alternatives, side by side
| Tool | Entry price | Free trial | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| RecruitAffiliates.ai | Launch $79 a month for one brand. Grow $199 for up to 5. | 14 days, no card. | SaaS founders who want to find affiliates and email them in one place. |
| Clay | From $60 a month, or $54 a month billed yearly. Plans are sold by monthly actions, and larger plans cost more. [1] | A free plan, plus a 14-day trial of paid plans. Starting free needs no card. [1] | Sales and marketing teams that build automated prospecting lists. [2] |
| Hunter | A free plan, then from £41 a month. The page showed pounds on 21 October 2026. Yearly billing is 30% less. [3] | A free plan with 50 credits a month. No card needed. [3] | Anyone who needs to find and check email addresses, then start outreach. [4] |
| lemlist | The Email plan is $69 a month per user, or $55 billed yearly. Multichannel costs more. [5] | A 14-day free trial, according to its FAQ. [5] | Sales teams and solo founders who want email, LinkedIn and calls in one sequence. [6] |
| Instantly | Cold email plans from $47 a month, or $37.60 a month billed yearly. Lead data is sold separately. [7] | Its sign-up says no card is needed. The page states no trial length. [7] | Agencies, freelancers and founders who send cold email at volume. [8] |
| AffiliateFinder.ai | Pro is $99 a month. Growth is $249 a month. Enterprise is on request. [9] | A 7-day trial. Its terms say it becomes a paid plan unless you cancel first. [10] | Founders who want a tool that finds affiliates and emails them. [9] |
| Affistash | Premium is $97 a month. Agency is $297 a month. [11] | A 3-day trial. Or skip it for 20% off the first month. [11] | Consultants and agencies who want a partner CRM with traffic data. [12] |
14 days free. No card.
What is Apollo, and why look elsewhere?
Apollo is a sales tool with a contact database and email sequences. It is priced per seat. Founders look at alternatives when they want a tool made for finding affiliates rather than sales leads.
How do the options differ?
Clay
Pick it when you want to build your own prospecting lists from many data sources.
Hunter
Pick it when you already know the sites you want and only need the email addresses.
lemlist
Pick it when you want email, LinkedIn and calls in one sequence.
Instantly
Pick it when you already have your list and want to send cold email at volume.
AffiliateFinder.ai
Pick it when you want a tool made to find affiliates and email them, as RecruitAffiliates.ai is.
Affistash
Pick it when you want a partner CRM with traffic data for each partner.
Where does RecruitAffiliates.ai fit?
RecruitAffiliates.ai does one job. You type your website. It finds the sites, blogs, newsletters, podcasts and creators already promoting your competitors, and finds an email for each. Then it sends a three-step email from your own inbox.
Apollo is a general database, so you decide who to look for. RecruitAffiliates.ai starts from the sites that already promote your competitors.
It doesn't track sales or pay commission. AffiliateRail, our sister product from the same founder, does that. Use it with any tracking platform you like. Try it free for 14 days with no card. Your first 20 affiliate emails are on us.
Questions
Is Apollo free?
Apollo has a free plan, and a paid Basic plan starts at the price in the table. Check its pricing page before you buy.
Can Apollo find affiliates?
It holds contact data, so you can find people there. You still have to work out who promotes tools like yours. RecruitAffiliates.ai does that part from your website.
What is the cheapest Apollo alternative?
Hunter and Apollo have free plans. RecruitAffiliates.ai starts at $79 a month for one brand, after 14 days free.
Sources
- https://www.clay.com/pricing, checked 21 October 2026
- https://www.clay.com/, checked 21 October 2026
- https://hunter.io/pricing, checked 21 October 2026
- https://hunter.io/, checked 21 October 2026
- https://www.lemlist.com/pricing, checked 21 October 2026
- https://www.lemlist.com/, checked 21 October 2026
- https://instantly.ai/pricing, checked 21 October 2026
- https://instantly.ai/, checked 21 October 2026
- https://affiliatefinder.ai/, checked 10 October 2026
- https://affiliatefinder.ai/terms-of-service, checked 10 October 2026
- https://landing.fmtc.co/affistash-pricing, checked 24 September 2026
- https://affistash.com/, checked 24 September 2026
- https://www.apollo.io/pricing, checked 21 October 2026
- https://www.apollo.io/, checked 21 October 2026
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