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Switching from Lusha to Apollo.io

Apollo has no Lusha importer. Export your prospect lists as CSV and re-search for priority accounts in Apollo.

Quick verdict: Move to Apollo if your team’s prospecting volume is uneven or growing past 5 seats, and you want a flat per-seat price that doesn’t depend on monthly lookup volume.

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Switching Cost & Friction Estimator

Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.

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Estimate assumes: 1 hour of data-mapping/cleaning labor per 2,000 records, a blended $75/hr ops rate, tiered migration & cleaning tooling fees, and 4 hours of retraining per seat at a $45/hr fully-loaded rate.

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Total Hidden Switching Cost $0

    Why teams move from Lusha to Apollo.io

    Flat per-seat price

    No monthly credit cap forcing an upgrade.

    Annual credit grant

    Smooths uneven prospecting months.

    Published pricing past 5 seats

    No move to custom quoting as you grow.

    How the migration actually works

    Apollo’s published entry price is higher per seat than Lusha’s annual-billed Starter price.

    StepWhat you do
    1Export your prospect listsDownload your saved lists, sequences and key contact records as CSV from the old tool.
    2Sign up for ApolloStart on the free plan or a paid tier, and install the Chrome extension.
    3Reconnect your CRMRe-link Salesforce, HubSpot or your CRM of choice so contacts and activity sync automatically.
    4Re-import your priority accountsSearch for your highest-priority accounts in the new tool to rebuild verified contact data.
    5Reconnect sequences and outreach toolsRe-link any connected sales-engagement or CRM sync you relied on in the old tool.
    6Cancel the old planOnce your team is prospecting comfortably in the new tool, cancel the old subscription.

    What this path doesn’t do for you:

    Lusha’s lower per-seat price on annual billing has no direct Apollo equivalent at Apollo’s published tiers.

    Pricing side by side

    PlanLushaApollo.io
    Pricing basisPer seat, credit-cappedFlat per seat
    Entry priceStarter $37.45/seat/mo (annual)From $49/seat/mo
    Free plan40 credits/month900 credits/seat/yr
    Pricing transparencyAll tiers publishedPublished, continues past 5 seats
    DatabaseSmaller, self-serve focusedLarge, well-reviewed

    Prices checked on each vendor’s pricing page on September 23, 2026.

    Feature parity check

    CapabilityLushaApollo.io
    Pricing basisPer seat, credit-cappedFlat per seat
    Team over 5 usersCustom quotePublished pricing continues
    Free plan40 credits/month900 credits/seat/yr
    Price$37.45/seat/mo$49/seat/mo

    Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Does Apollo import Lusha data?

    No. Export your lists as CSV and re-search accounts in Apollo.

    Will it cost more?

    Per seat, yes: $49 against $37.45 for Lusha Starter, both checked September 23, 2026.

    Do I still have a monthly lookup cap?

    No, Apollo’s published tiers are priced flat per seat rather than capped by a monthly credit allowance.

    Do my saved prospect lists transfer?

    No. Export your active lists and sequences as CSV before cancelling — each vendor’s contact database and saved searches are proprietary and don’t move between platforms.

    Sources

    Prices on this page were recorded from each vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown at the top of the page. Vendors change pricing often — check the live source before you buy.

    Every figure is also in our open dataset (JSON and CSV, CC BY 4.0), with its source page and verification date. See how we research pricing.

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    Engineer by training, operator by experience, marketer by choice. Bill spent nine years as an engineer at HP, was COO of Auctiva (the number one third-party selling platform on eBay, past 200,000 users) and ran Google’s $70M/year search syndication partnership at Alot.com. Then he spent 13 years building his own web properties with his own money at stake. He has bought, trialled, integrated and cancelled more SaaS tools than he can count, and started HelpCompare because the real cost of switching tools is the part nobody covers.

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