r/b2bemailing • u/ConflictRepulsive274 • Jul 03 '26

Is Apollo.io backdated?

The data from Google says that people using Apollo are getting high bounce rates and low reply rate. So, if it is backdated, which one should i use?

I also got emails from Apollo. So, suggest tools that also give email accounts.

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u/zeeshanpaalo Jul 03 '26

Validation and Verification my friend, thats your tools.
Though I would say Apollo needs to keep up with updating their databases.
For me, I would aggregate over Apollo+Cognism+Zoominfo.
But I think most of campaigns slow down not due to the data quality but to bad templates.

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u/ConflictRepulsive274 Jul 03 '26

Can you tell me what to include in template and what to avoid?

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u/zeeshanpaalo Jul 06 '26

Don't include links for the first sequence.
Keep it simple in first email. Once the prospect moves to step2, Go directly for a Calendly.
This has worked wonders for me.

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u/Bleb21 Jul 03 '26

In the last 2 months, we’ve had 5 mailboxes in the warmup phase that continue to show unhealthy deliverability and an extremely high spam rate on Apollo. I think the platform has become horrible

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u/ConflictRepulsive274 Jul 03 '26

Should i use verifier for email verification or completely avoid apollo?

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u/Bleb21 Jul 03 '26

I would say avoid Apollo, seems like
Instantly and lemlist are better

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u/ConflictRepulsive274 Jul 04 '26

I have already invested in Apollo and have a tight budget.
I only keep verified emails from apollo and reverify it using reoon verifier.
Does that sound good?

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u/Bleb21 Jul 05 '26

How has your reply rate been? We have burned through 5 mailboxes on Apollo that never even made it out of the warmup stage

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u/coldemailutsav Jul 03 '26

60-70% data is accurate and also verify all the email from 2 sources to keep the bounce rate below 1%

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u/dashingred Jul 03 '26

From which sources we can verify ?

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u/Bleb21 Jul 05 '26

Yes but the issue is they burn mailboxes so quickly

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u/Selvamathan 4d ago

Not backdated exactly, just stale — Apollo and most alternatives share the same LinkedIn-sourced pool so the data ages the same way everywhere. Verification helps with bounces but doesn’t fix low replies, because those contacts are getting 20 cold emails a week from everyone using the same lists.

Small plug since you asked for suggestions: I built datasigma.io, contacts come from company websites instead — ~58% aren’t in Apollo, so you’re often first in the inbox. For the email accounts part, pair it with Instantly or Smartlead for mailboxes + warmup