SiteBeacon vs Apollo: the agency alternative
Apollo.io is a 275M-contact B2B database built to reach job titles at companies. SiteBeacon is built for agencies that sell to local businesses — and finds prospects by the gaps you can fix.
Apollo and SiteBeacon solve different problems. Apollo is a massive B2B contact database for SaaS and sales teams hunting decision-makers by title, industry, and company size. SiteBeacon is purpose-built for digital agencies selling websites, SEO, and reputation services to local businesses — so it discovers prospects by the signals that actually predict a sale: no website, a third-party page, a low Google rating, or an incomplete Business Profile. If your buyer is a 'VP of Marketing at a 200-person company,' use Apollo. If your buyer is 'the plumber two towns over with a 3.1-star rating and no website,' Apollo can't find them — SiteBeacon can.
SiteBeacon vs Apollo, feature by feature
| Capability | SiteBeacon | Apollo |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | Local business discovery by fixable gaps | B2B contact & company database |
| Finds businesses with no website | Yes — a core search mode | No — indexes companies that already have a web presence |
| Low-rating / reputation discovery | Yes — set a max star rating | No |
| Google Business Profile gap detection | Yes — missing hours, photos, info | No |
| PageSpeed / website audit | Yes — performance, SEO & accessibility report | No |
| Contact database size | Live Google Maps data, not a static list | 275M+ contacts, 60M+ companies |
| Verified email & direct-dial data | Public business email / phone from listings | Verified emails & mobile numbers at scale |
| AI lead scoring | 1–100 score + A–F grade, explainable | Basic filters & signals |
| AI outreach writing | 3 email variants + follow-up sequence per lead | Sequences & templates (bring your own copy / AI add-on) |
| Built-in CRM pipeline | Yes — status tracking + one-click proposal PDF | Yes — fuller CRM + deal management |
| Pricing model | Credits from $0 free; no contract | Free tier; paid seats from ~$49/user/mo |
Where each tool genuinely wins
Where Apollo wins
- Sheer database scale — 275M+ contacts and verified emails/direct dials you can filter by title, seniority, tech stack, and headcount.
- Outbound B2B sales motions: if you sell software or services to specific roles inside mid-size and enterprise companies, Apollo is in its element.
- Deeper native CRM, deal stages, and dialer/sequencing tooling for full sales teams.
Where SiteBeacon wins
- Finds local prospects Apollo literally cannot index — the ones with no website at all.
- Qualifies on agency-relevant signals: reputation, Google Business Profile completeness, and site performance.
- Runs a real PageSpeed/SEO audit on each prospect so your pitch leads with a concrete problem you can fix.
- One-click Proposal PDF turns a scored lead into a send-ready document — no separate proposal tool.
Choose Apollo if
B2B SaaS and sales teams prospecting named decision-makers at established companies by title, industry, and firmographics.
Choose SiteBeacon if
Web design, SEO, local marketing, and reputation agencies selling to local businesses (plumbers, dentists, restaurants, contractors, salons).
Or use both
Some agencies use both: SiteBeacon to discover and qualify local prospects by their gaps, Apollo to enrich a contact once you need a verified email or a specific decision-maker.
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