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.
AI features inside Oracle's sales CRM, including a Deal Advisor agent and deal scoring, bundled into the subscription at no extra charge.
Oracle CX Sales AI is the set of AI features inside Oracle Fusion Cloud Sales, Oracle's CRM for larger sales teams. The Deal Advisor agent surfaces useful product guides, pricing overviews, and customer references to help move a deal forward. Opportunity Qualification Scoring ranks open deals by how likely they are to close, and Seller Engagement Recommendations suggest which other contacts to bring into a deal based on buying-group patterns. A generative answer feature drafts responses to customer questions using company data. As of 2026, Oracle bundles a set of these agents into the standard Fusion subscription with no separate license fee, while building custom agents at production scale costs extra through Oracle's AI Units metering. Administration happens through the same Fusion Applications console used for the rest of the CRM.
This fits a company already using Oracle Fusion Cloud apps, or planning to use them, for its core business systems, since the AI features come bundled with that subscription rather than sold on their own. A good starting point is turning on Deal Advisor and Opportunity Qualification Scoring for one sales team already on Fusion Cloud Sales, with no extra license needed for that step. Fusion Cloud Sales itself is quote-based with no public price list, so treat any number a partner gives as a rough estimate until Oracle issues a formal quote. The main risk is scope creep: moving beyond the bundled agents into custom AI agents costs more, and higher usage triggers separate, harder-to-predict metered charges.
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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 Oracle CX Sales AI 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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