Pod versus

Pod vs. Apollo

If you're a sales leader, RevOps pro, or account executive evaluating AI-powered sales platforms, it's hard to know where to start. Here's the difference between Pod and Apollo, so you can understand which is better for your revenue teams.

Built For Sales Teams

Why you think you need Apollo—but you really need Pod

Apollo combines a rich database with in-platform outreach tools, email sequences, dialers, CRM sync, and prospect scoring, making it convenient for small to mid-sized teams to do everything in one place. It's free tier makes it easy to get started, and its built-in AI powers personalized engagement at scale.

But while Apollo streamlines execution, Pod goes further by embedding strategic deal execution: real-time coaching built on your framework, sentiment-tracking, stakeholder playbooks, and conversational intelligence that guides reps to close every deal, not just manage tasks.

Call Intelligence
Conversational Intelligence That Takes Action
Apollo excels at outreach workflow, but it doesn't offer call transcription, conversation analysis, or real-time coaching based on dialogue.

Pod provides full call capture, transcription, and insight-rich analysis, highlighting objections, sentiment shifts, and verbal cues, empowering reps to respond sharply and confidently in the moment.
Sales Framework
Your Sales Framework Analyzed and Actionable
Apollo delivers signals and sequences, but doesn’t enforce methodology or guide stakeholder outreach.

Pod analyzes your chosen sales process (like MEDDIC or BANT), flags gaps, and recommends who to engage and how. This alignment ensures every rep follows strategy while navigating complex buyer landscapes with purpose.
Deal Intelligence
Track Prospect Sentiment and Move With Confidence
While Apollo surface-level leads the priority sequence, it lacks context-aware deal coaching driven by emotional insight.

Pod reads sentiment across stakeholder interactions, spotting optimism, hesitation, or disengagement, and pairs that understanding with stage-aware next-step guidance. Every recommendation is tailored to the emotional and strategic dynamics of the deal.
What our customers say

"Pod is the only app that is actively trying to help sellers do what matters."

Sales Director
Shulware
Close More Deals Faster With Pod

Apollo offers a compelling integrated prospecting suite, data, engagement, and automation, perfect for getting workflows moving. But Pod amplifies that foundation with strategic, execution-focused intelligence. It doesn’t just streamline activity; it ensures every step aligns with methodology, stakeholder strategy, emotional cues, and conversion logic. If your goal is not only to sell efficiently, but to win consistently, Pod is the tool for you.

Other solutions
Explore more of the AI Sales Coach

Pod supports sales reps in every step of their deals — guiding reps on the best actions to close and helping them focus on selling.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pod supports sales reps in every step of their deals — guiding reps on the best actions to close and helping them focus on selling.

I’m an individual salesperson, can I start using Pod on my own?

We’ve designed Pod so that it can be used by an individual sales rep who wants to work smarter. Sign yourself up and get started!

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

Why would I need a tool like Pod?

We’ve heard from sales reps that updating so many different tool is the worst part of their job. With all this admin, they spend less time selling.

Pod is a smart productivity workspace - helping you better update, organize, and prioritize your work. Our users hit and even exceed quota every quarter with Pod (more 💰 in their pocket!).

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

How do I get started?

You must first sign up, then get our Chrome Extension.

By connecting your Salesforce, you’ll be able to access your Pod workspace in under a minute. If you are using a different CRM, you can join our waitlist as we are working hard to integrate Pod to other CRMs to help more salespeople.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

How do I invite my colleagues to Pod?

Once you’ve setup your account, you will be prompted to invite your colleagues along. Having more of your team in Pod means being able to share insights & reports more easily, as well as collaborating on Deals.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

What if I don’t have Salesforce?

We are always working to update our CRM integrations. If you don’t have Salesforce, please let us know which CRM you have using this form.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

What’s the difference between Pro and Team?

Pro is a self-serve plan for individual (or groups of) sales reps who want to use Pod with more functionality and less limits.

A Team plan has all the perks of Pro, but is built for full (or partial) team deployments, where seats & billing is managed by a central admin. Team has more onboarding support and ongoing customer success.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

Can I cancel or change pricing plans?

You can upgrade, and cancel, as your needs & selling behaviour change. Your Pod subscription, annual or monthly, will automatically renew until you cancel it. You can cancel your subscription by going to your Settings in the navigation bar of the app. After you cancel, you’ll still have access to all the paid features until the end of your billing cycle.

Are you a Pro member joining a Team? We’ll convert your plan to your Team plan, contact your Customer Success rep or email support@workwithpod.com.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all major credit cards! For Enterprise orders that meet a minimum threshold we also accept bank transfers.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

What is your refund policy?

We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If for any reason, you're not satisfied with your purchase, simply let us know within 30 days and we'll be happy to issue you a full refund.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

What happens if my payment fails? Like if my credit card expires?

Your account email will be notified after each failed payment. Payments may be retried up to 8 times within the next month.

After this, if the payment did not succeed, your workspace will get restricted to view-only for a period of time before being downgraded to the Free plan.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

How do I know that my data is secure?

We understand that our customers trust us with their most important data. We have extensive security and compliance measures to have built a highly secured solution. We review our security guidelines on an on-going basis to ensure we are in line with industry best practices. For more details, please review our Security & Compliance Guidelines.

You can review our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions for more information.

The Pod AI will not use your data to train our models unless you opt in to a request to share your data. Any information used to power Pod AI will be shared with our partners for the sole purpose of providing you with the Pod AI features.

Icon - Elements Webflow Library - BRIX Templates

Ready to learn more?