Apollo.io, a leading AI-native go-to-market platform, has secured strong positions in G2's 2026 Best Software Awards, standing out in sales intelligence, AI software, and broader GTM categories. Notably, Apollo is the only sales intelligence platform recognized on the Best AI Software Products list, underscoring its leadership in integrating agentic AI to unify and accelerate revenue operations.
Quick Intel
Apollo.io's performance in G2's 2026 Best Software Awards highlights its growing influence as a unified, AI-native platform for revenue teams. The rankings reflect high user satisfaction with ease of use, feature depth, and ability to drive impact across prospecting, outreach, and deal management from a single intelligent system.
"As sales cycles accelerate, revenue teams can't afford to be constrained by fragmented tech stacks. Modern teams need a unified GTM operating system built for speed and precision," said Matt Curl, CEO of Apollo.io. "Apollo's mission is to empower businesses of any size with the industry's first comprehensive AI-native platform. We're taking data into action and have become the 'operating system' for hundreds of thousands of revenue-generating teams worldwide. This recognition from G2 reflects the impact we're delivering to our customers, and reinforces the momentum we're building across the GTM ecosystem."
Apollo's AI capabilities actively orchestrate workflows throughout the sales funnel, from intelligent account identification and predictive scoring to automated outreach drafting and deal support. This agentic approach moves beyond basic automation to deliver measurable results in real time.
G2's "The State of AI Sales Intelligence in Prospecting: 2026 Industry Report" further validates Apollo's strengths, giving it a 4.7/5 rating and praising its focus on embedding intelligence directly into execution for more effective prospecting.
With 60% of B2B teams incorporating AI into sales, tools like Apollo have transitioned from experimental to essential for maintaining competitive edge in fast-moving markets.
"As buyers increasingly shift to AI-driven research to discover software solutions, being recommended in the 'answer moment' must be earned with credible proof," said Godard Abel, co-founder and CEO at G2. "Our Best Software Awards are grounded in trusted data from authentic customer reviews. They not only give buyers an objective, reliable guide to the products that help teams do their best work, but they're also the proof AI search platforms rely on when sourcing answers. Congratulations to this year's winners, including Apollo. Earning a spot on these lists signals real customer impact."
These accolades build on Apollo's recent achievements, including recognition on The Agentic List 2026 for high-momentum agentic AI in revenue generation and the introduction of a native connector for Anthropic's Claude, enabling users to identify leads and initiate outreach sequences directly in Claude conversations.
G2's awards, derived from verified user reviews and market data, provide objective validation of Apollo's role in redefining modern go-to-market strategies.
About G2's Best Software Awards
G2's 2026 Best Software Awards feature dozens of award lists, ranking software vendors and products using G2's proprietary algorithm. The results are based on G2's verified user reviews and publicly available market presence data. To be eligible for the Best Software Awards, a software company or product must have received at least 10 approved reviews during the 2025 calendar year. Scores reflect only data from reviews submitted during this evaluation period.
About G2
G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. More than 100 million people annually — including employees at all Fortune 500 companies — use G2 to make smarter software decisions based on authentic peer reviews. Thousands of software and services companies of all sizes partner with G2 to build their reputation and grow their business — including Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoom, and Adobe.
About Apollo
Apollo.io is the company behind the industry's first fully agentic GTM platform, transforming how revenue teams execute. Going beyond automation, Apollo's intelligent agents actively drive results across the entire sales funnel — from prospecting to deal management — all in one place. Trusted by millions of users, Apollo is making world-class go-to-market simple, intelligent, and accessible for all.
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