Apollo.io
Apollo AI
A sales prospecting tool with a database of more than 200 million contacts, plus AI that researches accounts, writes emails, and analyzes calls.
An AI assistant that connects a sales CRM to Outlook and Teams so reps can draft emails, update records, and get meeting briefs without switching apps, now called Sales agent.
Sales agent, first sold as Copilot for Sales, is a Microsoft AI assistant that connects Dynamics 365 Sales or Salesforce to Outlook and Teams so reps do not have to switch apps. Inside Outlook it summarizes email threads, drafts replies, and creates or updates CRM records from an email. Inside Teams it prepares meeting briefs from CRM history, writes summaries after each meeting, and answers plain-language questions about a deal or account. Setup needs a Microsoft 365 admin to deploy the app and a Dynamics 365 or Salesforce admin to connect CRM data. Usage is metered through Copilot Credits: each Dynamics 365 Sales Premium license includes 1,000 credits, with extra usage billed pay-as-you-go.
This fits a company already using Microsoft 365 alongside Dynamics 365 Sales or Salesforce, since its value comes from working inside Outlook and Teams, apps reps already use all day. A good starting point is a pilot with one sales team that already has Dynamics 365 Sales Premium licenses, where credits are included rather than billed separately at the start. As a planning figure, Sales Premium runs a few hundred dollars per user per month depending on term length and volume discounts, with credit overage pay-as-you-go; get current numbers from a Microsoft licensing partner. Check two things before buying: the product's name and packaging have already changed once, so confirm what it currently includes, and reps on Salesforce rather than Dynamics get a narrower set of features.
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These estimates cover licensing, setup, integrations, staff time, security, administration, and support.
| Cost measure | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-year total | $20.7K | $33.6K | $55.5K |
| Three-year total | $38.1K | $59.7K | $96K |
| First-year cost per unit | $1K | $1.7K | $2.8K |
| Average annual cost per unit (over three years) | $636 | $996 | $1.6K |
| Component | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing and usage | $1.2K | $1.6K | $2.2K |
| Implementation | $5.4K | $9K | $15.3K |
| Integration | $3.9K | $7K | $12.6K |
| Staff time and change management | $3.5K | $5K | $7K |
| Security | $2.7K | $3.8K | $5.7K |
| Administration | $2.1K | $2.8K | $3.8K |
| Support | $975 | $1.3K | $1.8K |
Estimate assumptions: This scenario uses a category-based allowance, not a verified price for this product. Based on 20 enabled users. Confirm the vendor’s billing unit and current price or quote before budgeting.
Benefits have not been estimated: The current research does not estimate potential savings, return on investment, or how long it would take to recover the cost. Earlier benefit estimates are excluded.
Confirm current product identity, commercial packaging, data processing terms, sign-in and access rules, retention, integrations, support model, implementation effort, and rollback conditions.
Verify identity, package, availability, ownership, pricing, and security evidence before approving a pilot
Do not approve a pilot yet. Verify the current product identity, package, availability, owner, pricing, and security evidence; then define one workflow, a baseline, and rollback criteria.
Define what success looks like for a test of Dynamics 365 Sales Copilot and assign someone to lead it.
Once the requirements above are met, compare a small trial with how your team works today.
Track adoption, output quality, business results, and actual costs against the estimate.
Use the results to decide whether to stop, adjust, or expand the pilot.
Confirm encryption, how the vendor uses your data, customer data separation, how long data stays and how to delete it, activity records, sign-in and user setup, where data is handled, other companies that process data, past incidents, and what your team must manage.
Review before rollout: confirm how to export your data, revoke access, and return to your existing workflow. Assign an owner and test the rollback plan before expanding use.
Do not approve a pilot yet. Verify the current product identity, package, availability, owner, pricing, and security evidence; then define one workflow, a baseline, and rollback criteria.
Apollo.io
A sales prospecting tool with a database of more than 200 million contacts, plus AI that researches accounts, writes emails, and analyzes calls.
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