Apollo is Built for Enterprise.
You Need Local SMB Leads.
Apollo.io is a powerful tool for enterprise SaaS sales teams targeting Fortune 500 companies. If you're a web designer in Lagos trying to find restaurants with no website, you need Runvax.
Try Runvax free →🏢 Apollo.io is for:
- • Enterprise SaaS sales reps targeting VP-level buyers
- • Finding email addresses of C-suite at mid-market companies
- • Running automated email sequences at scale
- • Teams with $50–$200/month budgets per seat
- • Markets where companies already have websites and LinkedIn profiles
🏪 Runvax is for:
- • Web designers finding local businesses that need a website
- • Reaching small businesses via cold email or WhatsApp
- • Real-time search for any city — including cities across Africa
- • Freelancers and small agencies with ₦9,999/month budget
- • Finding the businesses that DON'T have a web presence yet
Feature Comparison
| Feature | 🔴 Apollo.io | 🟢 Runvax |
|---|---|---|
| Target market | Enterprise and mid-market B2B companies globally | Local SMBs in any city — restaurants, salons, clinics, law firms |
| Data source | Static database (may be outdated, limited Africa coverage) | Real-time Google business data — always current, every city worldwide |
| No-website filter | Not available — built for companies that already have a web presence | Core feature — instantly shows which businesses have no website |
| WhatsApp outreach | Not supported — email and phone call sequences only | Built-in AI WhatsApp message generator for African markets |
| Nigeria / Africa data | Limited coverage, inaccurate for Nigerian SMBs | Full real-time coverage: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and more |
| AI outreach | Email sequences (template-based) | AI writes unique cold email, WhatsApp message, and proposal per prospect |
| Pricing | $49–$119/month USD minimum for useful features | ₦9,999/month (~$6 USD). Free plan available. |
| Pipeline management | CRM integrations required (Salesforce, HubSpot) | Built-in Kanban pipeline — no integrations needed |
Apollo Has No Real Africa Coverage
Apollo.io's database is built from LinkedIn profiles, company websites, and B2B directories — which means it has good coverage of companies in the US, UK, and Europe.
But in Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, or Kampala, most small and medium businesses are not on LinkedIn. They are registered on Google Maps. That is where Runvax searches.
Runvax gives you real-time access to every restaurant, salon, clinic, law firm, and hotel in any Nigerian or African city — with phone numbers, addresses, ratings, and website status — data that simply does not exist in Apollo's database.
The right tool for local client acquisition
Free plan. No credit card. Search any city in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, or worldwide.