ravnAn Apollo alternative without the suite.
Apollo is built for teams that want a prospecting database and email sequencing in one product, and it has a free plan. Ravn is an alternative when you want the data and verification tools on their own, called from an AI agent, with published prices from $24 a month.
Apollo and Ravn at a glance
Only facts from public pricing pages. Where a page did not say, the cell says so.
| Apollo | Ravn | |
|---|---|---|
| Price entry point | Not readable on pricing page when checked | $24/mo |
| What the entry plan includes | Not readable on pricing page when checked | 10,000 lookups a month across every tool: verification, email finding, website scraping, phone validation, IP to company. Beyond that, $1 per 1,000 ($0.001 each), billed monthly, up to a spending cap you set. People and company lookups run on your own provider key (e.g. People Data Labs); Ravn makes the call and stores nothing. |
| Free tier | Yes, a free plan exists | 1,000 lookups total, no card |
| Misses charged? | Not stated on pricing page | No. A not_found result is free |
| MCP server | Yes (“Apollo MCP” listed) | Yes, remote, OAuth sign-in or API key |
| CLI | Not stated on pricing page | Yes, npx ravn |
| REST API | On higher plans, per pricing page | Yes |
| Unused allowance | Credits reset each cycle | No credits to expire. The plan includes 10,000 lookups a month; beyond that it is $1 per 1,000, billed monthly. |
Source: Apollo pricing page, checked 3 Nov 2026. Apollo’s prices could not be read on 3 Nov 2026, so this page lists none. Prices from each company’s public pricing page, checked 3 November 2026. Check their site for current prices. Ravn prices: pricing.
Where Apollo is the better choice
Apollo combines a prospecting database with sequencing, so a team can find people and email them without leaving one product. Ravn does not send email. Apollo also has a free plan and lists an Apollo MCP.
Where Ravn fits better
Ravn is only the data and checks, with one answer shape across MCP, CLI and REST. Prices are published: $24 a month for 10,000 lookups, then $1 per 1,000, including email verification. Misses are free.
Each verdict says whether the mailbox was actually checked, which matters before you send. Ravn sells the software, not the data: it stores no people data and resells no one’s records, and any people or company lookups run on your own provider key, never scraped LinkedIn, with opted-out people removed. All 25 tools are listed in the tool reference.
Switching in 10 minutes
Free accounts get 1,000 lookups with no card, so you can try this before changing anything.
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Connect the MCP server
In Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste
https://api.askravn.com/mcp, sign in with your email code and click Allow. In Claude Code:claude mcp add --transport http ravn https://api.askravn.com/mcp, then/mcp→ Authenticate. See the MCP server guide. - / 02
Sign in from the terminal
Run
npx ravn login, enter the 6-digit code from your email, thennpx ravn toolsto list all 25 tools. The CLI docs cover every flag. - / 03
Map Apollo jobs to Ravn tools
People search →
search_people. Company search →search_companies. Email from a LinkedIn URL →linkedin_to_business_email. Checking an exported list before you send →validate_emailsornpx ravn enrich. - / 04
Test on a small sample
Run
npx ravn enrich leads.csv --tool validate_email --column Email --limit 25 --dry-run, check the plan, then drop--dry-run. Your columns are kept,rw_*columns are added, and progress saves every 25 rows so a stopped run resumes.
Why doesn’t this page list Apollo’s prices?
We could not read the prices on Apollo’s pricing page when we checked on 3 November 2026, and we only publish numbers we verified. Check Apollo’s site for current prices.
Can I use Ravn alongside Apollo?
Yes. A common pattern is to export a list and verify it with npx ravn enrich list.csv --tool validate_email --column Email before sending. The run keeps your columns and resumes if it stops.
Does Apollo have an MCP server?
Apollo’s pricing page lists “Apollo MCP”. Ravn’s MCP server is at https://api.askravn.com/mcp and connects in Claude with an email code and one Allow click; see the MCP server page.
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