# Apollo and Volty > Volty reads company size, sector and people from Apollo when prospects reply, and answers staff questions about who to approach. Volty reads company and people data from Apollo when a prospect replies, and finds the right person to approach when staff ask. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## A hiring manager replies Volty reads the company from Apollo, answers the fees question and brings in the consultant. BC Ben Carter Email · Hiring manager Thanks for reaching out. We're hiring two warehouse supervisors for our Joliet site. What are your fees? Looked up Apollo · Carter Logistics · 180 staff · Logistics · Joliet Volty Hi Ben, thanks for the reply. For permanent supervisor roles our fee is 18% of the first year's salary, with a three-month replacement guarantee. Michelle places our logistics roles. Shall she call you tomorrow to go through the brief? Apollo company Carter Logistics Logistics Staff 180 Location Joliet, Illinois Contact Ben Carter · Operations Director Found by Email domain Read from Apollo during the conversation ## What Volty does with Apollo Apollo is a prospecting database of people and companies, used by teams that find their own clients. Volty connects to Apollo with an API key that an admin enters once on a secure card. When a hiring manager replies to an outreach, Volty can read the company's size, sector and location from Apollo, and staff can ask Volty to find the right person to approach at a company. - Company context · Size, sector and location read from Apollo before a reply. - Find the right person · Staff ask Volty for the hiring contact at a company. - Briefs for consultants · What Volty found travels with the conversation when a consultant steps in. - Writes start Off · Adding a contact waits for an admin's switch. Connects with An Apollo API key Volty reads People, companies Volty can change Add contacts, when turned on Setup A few minutes Category CRM & sales Company details in view before the first reply. ### Who to approach A consultant asks Volty in the team chat in Volty. Consultants Volty · Team chat M Michelle Who heads HR at Meridian Cold Chain? Searched Apollo · Meridian Cold Chain · 2 people in HR VoltyAPP Grace Taylor is Head of People, and Aaron Price is the Talent Acquisition Lead. Both are based in Chicago. Shall I draft an introduction email to Grace? ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Outreach reply to consultant - When · A hiring manager replies · To your outreach email - Step 1 · Volty reads the company · Size, sector, location - Step 2 · Answers the first questions · Fees and how it works - Step 3 · Brings in the consultant · With what it found Replies that know the company's size and sector. ## How Volty connects to Apollo An admin asks Volty to connect Apollo in the team chat, then enters the API key once on a secure card. The key never appears in the conversation. - 01 · Ask Volty to connect Apollo · In the team chat in Volty. - 02 · Enter the API key · On the secure card, not in the chat. - 03 · Turn on the reads · People and company search. - 04 · Choose the writes · Adding contacts starts Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Search people · Reads - Read company · Reads - Find a person's details · Reads - Add contact · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes Apollo starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### How does Volty connect to Apollo? An admin asks Volty to connect Apollo in the team chat in Volty and enters the Apollo API key once on a secure card, so the key never appears in the conversation. The admin then picks which tools Volty may use. ### Can Volty change records in Apollo? Only when an admin allows it. Every tool has its own switch: tools that only read can be turned on, and tools that change a record start Off. A tool that is on can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague to approve it. ### How much does it cost to connect Apollo with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. 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