# Apollo Alternative for AI Agents — Ravn

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# An 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.
[Start free: 1,000 lookups](https://askravn.com/#start) [Read the docs](https://askravn.com/docs)

## 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](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), 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](https://askravn.com/pricing).
Their strengths
## 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.
Our fit
## 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](https://askravn.com/features/email-verification-api). 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](https://askravn.com/docs#tools).
Switch
## 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](https://askravn.com/mcp-server).
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### Sign in from the terminal
Run `npx ravn login`, enter the 6-digit code from your email, then `npx ravn tools` to list all 25 tools. The [CLI docs](https://askravn.com/docs#cli) cover every flag.
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### 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_emails` or `npx ravn enrich`.
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### 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.
FAQ
## Common questions.
[All questions →](https://askravn.com/faq)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](https://askravn.com/mcp-server).

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