An Apollo alternative built for Web3 BD
Short answer: Apollo.io is a strong tool for classic B2B sales, with a large database of companies, job titles and emails. Crypto teams work differently. Founders, BD leads and KOLs live on X and in Telegram groups, change projects often, and rarely keep a LinkedIn page current. Firsay searches exactly those places and shows the line from each person's own profile that proves their role.
Try it on a real request, no signup: "Find 10 BD managers at crypto exchanges on Telegram".
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| What matters for Web3 BD | Firsay | Apollo.io |
|---|---|---|
| Where it finds people | X, thousands of indexed crypto Telegram chats, GitHub, the web, project Telegram groups | Its own B2B database built from company and professional profile data |
| Proof of the current role | The line from the person's own X BIO, the project's own post, an X affiliate badge or a Telegram admin title | Job title from its database record |
| Web3 roles | Founders, BD, partnerships, listing managers, KOLs, KOL managers, market makers, community leads | General job titles across all industries |
| Telegram contacts | Yes, when public | Not a focus |
| Email and phone data | Only public contacts it can prove | Large email and phone database with credits |
| Live signals | Projects asking for KOLs, market makers or investors in chats; OTC deal requests | Buying intent and job change signals for B2B |
| Sequences and CRM | Personal first messages you send from your own account | Built-in email sequences, dialer and CRM integrations |
| Pricing | Free searches without signup; plans from $19/month, paid in crypto | Free plan; paid plans from about $49 per user/month on annual billing |
Apollo pricing as of October 2026 from public pricing reviews; check apollo.io/pricing for current numbers. Firsay is our product.
Where Apollo is the better choice
If you sell to traditional companies, need verified work emails and phone numbers at scale, and run multi-step email sequences, Apollo does that well and Firsay does not try to. Apollo's database, sequencing and CRM integrations are its core strengths.
Where Firsay is the better choice
You need people inside crypto projects. A search like "Who is the founder of Jupiter" or "Find the BD lead at Bybit" checks the project's official X account, the accounts it follows, its own posts, other people's posts that name the team, the X affiliate badge the project grants its staff, and the admin titles in its Telegram group. Each result says which of these proves it.
You work in Telegram. Most Web3 deals start in Telegram groups. Firsay indexes thousands of public crypto chats, so it finds BD managers, KOLs and founders who are active there now, with a public Telegram contact.
You want live demand. Firsay reads chats for projects asking for help right now: KOLs for a launch, a market maker before a TGE, investors for a round, or OTC buyers for an allocation.
You want to start without a sales call. The first search is free without an account, and paid plans start at $19 a month.
How teams use both
Some teams keep Apollo for email outreach to traditional partners and use Firsay to find the right person inside a crypto project, then write to them on Telegram or X. The two tools answer different questions.
Questions
Is Firsay a replacement for Apollo? For Web3 business development, often yes. For classic B2B email prospecting, Apollo is stronger.
Does Firsay have emails? It returns public contacts it can prove, mostly Telegram and X, and email when it is public. It does not sell guessed emails.
Can my AI agent use it? Yes, through an API key and an MCP server for Claude and Cursor.
See the proof yourself. Ask for any role at any crypto project.
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