“Unlimited free Apollo scraper” is one of the most-searched phrases in this niche and one of the least honest claims in it. Apollo.io caps what any tool can reach, and the tools that promise unlimited free exports run on your account until Apollo locks it. Here is what is actually free, what is truly unlimited, and how to get past the caps without being misled.
What is free with Apollo Exporter
| Free item | Limit | Card needed |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up credits | 500 credits, 1 credit = 1 BounceBan-checked email | No |
| Apollo search-URL parser, validator and splitter | None, use it as often as you like | No |
| Rows without an email | Always free, never charged | n/a |
| Dashboard, live status, CSV and XLSX download | Included on every plan including free | No |
Five hundred emails is enough to run a real campaign and judge the file quality before paying anything. After that, it is pay as you go on the pricing page: $30 per 10,000 BounceBan-cleaned emails, $5 per 10,000 rows without emails, and the balance never expires.
What “unlimited” really means with Apollo.io
Apollo stops rendering a search after page 100. At 25 results a page, that is 2,500 rows per search URL, for every tool, paid or free (Apollo Knowledge Base). “Unlimited” scrapers handle this in one of two ways:
- They split the search for you, by headcount, location or title, and run several exports. That is what the free URL splitter does for anyone, with no account.
- They run on your Apollo login without pacing, which is where the “No Results” lockouts and 24-hour blocks reported in extension reviews come from.
Apollo Exporter places no limit on how many exports you run or how large a list you build; the splitter turns the 2,500-row cap into one export per headcount band, appended into a single de-duplicated file.
Free ways to export Apollo.io, ranked
- Apollo’s own free plan. 900 unified credits a year, roughly 900 email exports, with the 100-page cap and the 50,000-record selection cap (Apollo). Cheapest for a few hundred rows; details in the export limits guide.
- Apollo Exporter’s 500 free credits. BounceBan-checked emails, all 25 fields, no card, no Apollo credits spent.
- Free Chrome extensions. ConnectSafely gives its extension away as a lead magnet, with 602 users at the last count (ConnectSafely). No verification, runs on your account, and the page itself warns extraction is restricted by Apollo’s terms.
- Apify “free” actors. The Apollo actors were removed on 22 September 2025; what remains queries other databases, not Apollo (Apify).
After the free credits: cost per 1,000 emails
| Service | Model | Per 1,000 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apify "Leads Finder" | Database actor | $1.50 | Its own database, not a live Apollo export; 3.46 rating |
| Ample Leads | Subscription credits | $2.35 | $2.20 to $2.50 per 1,000; Trustpilot 1.9 from 18 reviews |
| Apollo Exporter | Pay per email, runs in your session | $3.00 | BounceBan check on every email included; rows without an email free |
| ExportApollo.com | Credits | $3.00 | "Less than $3 per 1,000 leads"; pricing behind login |
| ScraperCity | Web app and API | $3.90 | $0.0039 per lead; card required; auto-enrols in a $149 plan after 7 days |
| ExportApollo.io | Done-for-you order | $4.49 | $4.49 in its table, "$3.49" in its title; CSV by email |
| EvaScrape | Cloud scraper | $9.00 | $9 per 1,000 plus $5 per 1,000 for verification |
| Scrupp | Extension and cloud | $55.00 | $29 a month per 1,000 credits; about $52 to $63 per 1,000 leads with emails |
Apollo Exporter figure is the with-emails plan; exports without emails are $0.50 per 1,000. Rival prices as published on each vendor's own site on 7 October 2026. Prices change; the linked page is authoritative. Apollo Exporter publishes this table and sells one of the services listed.
See what the free credits buy before signing up: the demo video runs a full export in 70 seconds.
The difference between a free scraper and a cheap one is the verification. Raw Apollo emails tested 73.2% valid in a 100,000-contact study (BounceZero); a free tool hands you the bounces, a per-row tool that only bills verified rows does not. The Apollo scraper page covers the full flow, and the export page compares native export with a tool for lists from a thousand rows up.
Start free
Paste the search URL
Build the search in Apollo.io as usual, filters and all, and paste the URL from the address bar. People and company searches both work.
Export runs in your session
Our Chrome extension replays the same search through your own logged-in Apollo tab, page by page, at a human pace. No credentials are shared and no third-party account touches your data.
Download a verified CSV
Every email is verified before the file is built. You get all 25 Apollo fields as CSV or XLSX, and you pay only for the rows delivered.
Sign up, paste a search URL, and the first 500 emails are on us. The URL tool needs no account at all.