Head-to-head · B2B data

Apollo.io vs HarvestAPI

Apollo.io wins 6 of 8 decided metrics across 1 shared suites; the loser still leads where its column is highlighted. Same frozen test sets, same run; the better value in each row is highlighted.

Apollo.io

All-in-one GTM platform: B2B database, prospecting, enrichment, job-posting filters, sequences, dialer and sales automation.

★ 4.7 · 10,265 reviewsA

Access: MCP · CLI · API · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

HarvestAPI live

Pay-as-you-go LinkedIn scraping API: live profiles, companies, jobs, posts and lead search without cookies, with optional email search on a profile. Also sold as Apify actors.

No public reviews

Access: API

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Apollo.io · #3 of 29	HarvestAPI · not measured
Match rate	90.0%	-
Valid email rate	64.8%	-
Latency p50	1,302ms	-
Cost / valid email	$0.043	-
Invalid rate	1.9%	-
Catch-all share	31.5%	-
Business email	100.0%	-
Right-person rate	94.4%	-
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	-
Catch-all detection	100.0%	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	9	-

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Apollo.io · #4 of 24	HarvestAPI · not measured
Profile match rate	100.0%	-
Identity accuracy	100.0%	-
Latency p50	1,303ms	-
Price / matched profile	$0.025	-
Current employer accuracy	95.0%	-
Move detection	88.5%	-
Decoy hit rate	100.0%	-
Job title accuracy	71.7%	-
Seniority label accuracy	85.7%	-
Location accuracy	88.3%	-
Work history completeness	6.7	-
Education completeness	0.0%	-
Skills present	0.0%	-
Social / profile URLs	81.7%	-
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	100.0%	-

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Apollo.io · #1 of 23	HarvestAPI · not measured
Domain-to-company match rate	100.0%	-
Company name accuracy	98.0%	-
Latency p50	906ms	-
Price / matched company	$0.025	-
Industry accuracy	76.0%	-
Employee count ±20%	73.0%	-
HQ / location accuracy	86.0%	-
Description present	100.0%	-
Founding year accuracy	76.0%	-
Domains / social profiles	97.0%	-
Coverage by country / size	100.0%	-

Live Profile Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-26

Metric	Apollo.io · not in suite	HarvestAPI · #2 of 5
Current-job accuracy	-	93.1%
Fetch success	-	99.0%
Latency p50	-	3,350ms
Cost / profile	-	$0.0037
Move detection	-	94.2%
Still at previous employer	-	2.4%
Control accuracy	-	91.8%
Work history completeness	-	9.1
Education completeness	-	99.0%

Jobs Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Apollo.io · #2 of 6	HarvestAPI · #3 of 6
Employer coverage	96.7%	95.0%
Postings recall	78.0%	59.3%
Latency p50	3,896ms	4,579ms
Cost / job	$0.0023	$0.0001
Closed or unknown postings	29.9%	10.6%
Duplicate postings	15.0%	33.8%
Location accuracy	96.3%	96.3%
Posted-date accuracy	67.8%	32.8%
Description present	0.0%	0.0%
Coverage by country	92.9%	91.7%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Apollo.io · #1 of 10	HarvestAPI · not in suite
Coverage	100.0%	-
Detection accuracy	55.8%	-
Latency p50	906ms	-
Cost / lookup	$0.025	-
Live stack recall	61.8%	-
Technologies per domain	73	-
Dated results	0.0%	-
Coverage by geo / size	100.0%	-

Questions about Apollo.io vs HarvestAPI

Which is better, Apollo.io or HarvestAPI?

Apollo.io wins 6 of the 8 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Jobs Data: Apollo.io #2 of 6, HarvestAPI #3 of 6.

Which is cheaper, Apollo.io or HarvestAPI?

Measured on the list price of each provider's central self-serve pack, divided by what it actually returned: Jobs Data, cost per job: Apollo.io $0.0023, HarvestAPI $0.0001.

How do Apollo.io and HarvestAPI compare in user reviews?

Apollo.io holds 4.7 / 5 across 10,265 reviews on G2, Capterra and Product Hunt; HarvestAPI has no public reviews on G2, Capterra, TrustRadius or Trustpilot. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Apollo.io and HarvestAPI?

Apollo.io offers an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations; HarvestAPI offers an API. Both offer an API.