

Apollo.io gives you data and email sequencing tools, but you still manage campaigns. With Cleverly, your entire cold outreach, from list building to execution — is handled by a dedicated account manager.
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| Dedicated Account Manager | ||
| 1000+ Verified 5 Star Reviews | ||
| Done-For-You Targeting & List Building | ||
| Done-For-You List Verification | ||
| Done-For-You Campaign Cadence Copy | ||
| Done-For-You ICP Personalization | ||
| 1-on-1 Onboarding | Maybe | |
| Real Time & Advance Metrics Reporting | ||
| Use Own Proprietary Tech Stack | ||
| Domain Management + Inbox Warmup | ✓ (DFY) | ✓ (DIY) |
| Inbox Management + Follow Up | ✓ (Human) | |
| Monthly Check-ins With AMs | ||
| CRM Integration | ||
| Price | Retainer | $99/Mo (4K Credits) |
Apollo.io gives you the tool. Cleverly gives you the strategy, execution, optimization, and results.
Cleverly optimizes for booked meetings and pipeline, not vanity metrics like connection counts.
Cleverly uses human-like, compliant outreach methods, reducing account risk compared to aggressive automation setups.
Cleverly has helped 1,000+ B2B companies generate predictable outbound results—across SaaS, agencies, services, and enterprise sales.
You get a dedicated account manager, not just a dashboard.
Don't just take our word for it — see what real customers are saying!
Emails via Apollo stopped delivering. After several weeks of troubleshooting we moved to a new vendor.
Onboarding never followed up with what I needed help with. Not good at all for the amount of contacts like really only 250 restaurant managers and owners in a city with 5k plus restaurants. Pick up rates are super low and a good majority of the phone numbers were low quality. Way too expensive per lead, everything is an add on, would rather field prospect cause this tool really sucks.
Very bad experience. Mostly the emails are opened by bots. I have tried 3 different industries but the results were same. I have taken the onboarding calls with Apollo team but they were also helpless to solve the issue. I won't recommend to pay for this useless app to get only verified email addresses which dont work at all. Even defining ICP and doing everything it does not work.
Cleverly is the only outsourced lead company I have gotten an ROI from. They are a professional team that understands LinkedIn lead gen!
I would like to say a big thank you to Shelby, Senior Account Executive for Cleverly. Not only did she stay on our consultation call. She never displayed any of the icky hard sales you can sometimes encounter on these calls. Shelby asked the questions, but most importantly, she listened, and her replies showed that she was truly absorbing what I was telling her, not simply trying to push a sale. I look forward to the rest of my Cleverly experience being as great as my call with Shelby.
I've had a great experience using Cleverly's platform. It’s intuitive, easy to navigate, and most importantly, it’s delivering real results in generating leads. What really stands out is the support from Michaela, our account manager. She’s been incredibly helpful, accommodating, and strategic in her approach. It’s clear she genuinely cares about our success. Highly recommend both the platform and working with Michaela!
Cleverly is a fully managed lead generation service that handles targeting, messaging, and outreach execution to book meetings. Apollo is a sales intelligence platform that provides data, email sequencing, and tools—but requires users to run campaigns themselves.
Apollo can help you find leads and send emails, but it doesn’t replace strategy, messaging, and campaign management. Cleverly provides an end-to-end outbound system focused on generating qualified conversations and meetings.
Yes. With Apollo, you’re responsible for building lead lists, writing email sequences, managing deliverability, and optimizing campaigns. Cleverly handles the entire process so you can focus on closing deals.
Cleverly combines ICP-based targeting, personalized messaging, and ongoing optimization to improve reply rates and meeting conversion. Apollo provides the tools, but results depend on how effectively you use them.
Companies choose Cleverly because it delivers results without the need to manage tools or build outbound systems. From data to messaging to execution, Cleverly focuses on driving consistent meetings through done-for-you cold outreach.