# GraphIQ.ai vs Apollo

Apollo bundles a contact database with email and dialer sequencing in one affordable seat. GraphIQ.ai is the graph-native data layer beneath your GTM — resolving the accounts, hierarchies, and relationships your outreach tools act on.

## The core difference

### Apollo helps you reach contacts. GraphIQ.ai helps you understand accounts.

Apollo is an all-in-one prospecting suite — a contact database wrapped in email and dialer sequencing. GraphIQ.ai sits a layer beneath: it resolves those same companies into a live identity graph, so corporate hierarchies, people movement, and account relationships become first-class, traversable structure your outreach can act on.

### GraphIQ.ai 
- Connected identity graph — entities and the relationships between them  
- Native MCP server — built for AI agents, not just dashboards  
- Continuous signal ingestion — the graph updates as the market moves  
- Usage-based pricing with a free tier — start in minutes, no contract

### Apollo
- All-in-one prospecting database with email & dialer sequencing  
- REST API for integrations; no agent-native interface  
- Community-sourced contact data, periodic refresh  
- Per-seat tiers with a free plan, self-serve

## Capability comparison

| Capability | GraphIQ.ai | Apollo |
|------------|------------|--------|
| Core data model | Connected identity graph | Contact database + outreach suite |
| Corporate hierarchies | Full family tree, resolved & traversable | Basic account fields |
| Entity resolution | Graph-based, with confidence scores | Record matching & dedupe |
| Data freshness | Continuous signal ingestion | Community-sourced + periodic refresh |
| AI agent access | Native MCP server + REST API | REST API only |
| Lookalike discovery | Graph topology matching | Filter-based similar companies |
| Contact & email coverage | Graph-verified, growing | Broad, community-sourced |
| Built-in outreach & sequencing | Not a sequencer — feeds your tools | Included (email + dialer) |

Comparison reflects GraphIQ.ai's product positioning. Apollo is a trademark of its respective owner; capabilities described are based on publicly available information and may change.

## Switching

### Bring your Apollo data into the graph.

You don't have to start over. Export what you have, and GraphIQ.ai resolves it into the identity graph — turning a flat list back into connected accounts.

01

### Export your records

Bring your Apollo or CRM export as a CSV of domains, accounts, or contacts.

02

### Resolve to entities

GraphIQ.ai matches each row to a graph entity and attaches its hierarchy and signals.

03

### Query the graph

Traverse relationships from the UI, REST API, or MCP server — no re-keying.

## FAQ

### Frequently asked questions

**Can GraphIQ.ai replace Apollo entirely?**  
Partly. GraphIQ.ai replaces the data layer with a graph — but it isn't an outreach tool. If you rely on Apollo's built-in email and dialer, keep that and let GraphIQ.ai feed it better-targeted, relationship-aware accounts.

**What does "graph-native" actually change day to day?**  
Instead of exporting a list and stitching parent/child accounts together yourself, you ask the graph a question — "show every subsidiary of this account that's hiring" — and traverse the answer directly. Agents can do the same through the MCP server.

**Is there a free way to try it before switching?**  
Yes. The free tier covers 25 entities with no credit card. Drop in a handful of your Apollo accounts and see the graph resolve their hierarchies and signals before you commit.

## See your accounts as a graph, not a list.

Bring a sample of your Apollo data and watch GraphIQ.ai resolve it into connected accounts — free, in minutes.