Compare eight agencies by documented offer and the questions a buyer still needs answered. Sources were checked September 9, 2026. The matcher identifies published features, unverified scope and explicit incompatibilities. It does not score quality or predict results.
Updated September 9, 2026 · source-based comparison published by ReplyLead
The short version, by what you need:
ReplyLead publishes this comparison and is one of the providers. We have not independently tested competitors or established comparable conversion outcomes. Public prices and service descriptions are starting points; fit depends on your audience, complete quote, qualification criteria and sales capacity.
The short answer: compare complete offers after making a documented shortlist. Four of the seven competitors publish a recurring starting figure or range in the reviewed sources: CIENCE, Belkins, Sopro and Cleverly. Their prices cover different scopes and currencies, so they are not a cheapest-to-best ranking.
The controls compare channel, region and price visibility with the reviewed sources. Unverified details stay as questions for the provider. Contract value is context for the quote, not a validated eligibility cutoff. A documented feature does not establish quality.
Without JavaScript, cards show the default email-included, United States, $25,000 contract-value scenario. Cards are alphabetical within status, not ranked by quality. Read each source and the open questions.
Appointment-setting programs quoted to scope
Confirm included channels, qualification, minimum term and total quote; reconcile different minimums on other offer pages. Read source.
Confirm scope: Email included offered; confirm package. Confirm United States campaign coverage. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
GTM setup, team/platform and separately quoted SDR capacity
Reconcile the GTM package with the separate managed-SDR offer; obtain full staffing, credit, meeting-fee and commission terms. Read source.
Confirm scope: Email included offered; confirm package. Confirm United States campaign coverage. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
Retainer programs with channel-dependent scope
Distinguish a channel package from complete managed appointment setting. Published volume promises remain vendor claims. Read source.
Confirm scope: Email included offered; confirm package. Confirm United States campaign coverage. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
Quoted tiers; Tiers 2 and 3 add sales commission
Confirm the selected tier, pilot, later cancellation terms, commission base and reporting obligations. Read source.
Confirm scope: Email included offered; confirm package. Confirm United States campaign coverage. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
Published infrastructure plus agreed revenue share
Agree margins, attribution, revenue reporting, qualification and exit terms. Read source.
Documented features: Email included offered; confirm package. Regional service documented; confirm exact country. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
Month-to-month LinkedIn and email service advertised
Its homepage defines leads by target fit and an interested reply, not necessarily a held meeting. Confirm booking scope, account access and Sales Navigator costs. Read source.
Confirm scope: Email included offered; confirm package. Confirm United States campaign coverage. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
Flat monthly managed service; platform-only offer also available
Confirm managed service versus platform only, SDR location, channel package, email-only availability and cancellation notice. Read source.
Confirm scope: Email included offered; confirm package. Confirm United States campaign coverage. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
Bespoke managed outreach; no minimum contract advertised
Confirm exact countries and handoff. Sopro documents US and international campaigns; a regional offering is not a country-by-country guarantee. Read source.
Documented features: Email included offered; confirm package. Regional service documented; confirm exact country. Confirm price and margins for your $25,000 contract value.
What this cannot tell you. Provider quality, conversion or the best commercial fit. Missing evidence prompts a scope check. Confirm exact countries, included channels, qualification, prices and terms in a written proposal.
A starting fee can describe a channel, platform, setup project or managed execution. Ask providers to price the same audience, period, staffing, response handling and handoff.
Worked example, illustrative: a $5,000 monthly quote plus $2,000 setup costs $17,000 over three months. A $6,000 monthly quote without setup costs $18,000. At 20 held, accepted meetings each, the costs are $850 versus $900 per meeting. These outcomes are assumptions, not provider results. Include all additional charges.
Specify how no-shows, reschedules, duplicates and rejected meetings are treated. Keep booked, held and sales-accepted outcomes separate over the same observation window.
Each row identifies its offer source. “Not verified here” means that source did not establish a recurring amount; it does not mean the provider publishes no price anywhere.
| Agency | Price published? | What the page actually says | Commercial model | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReplyLead | Starting figure / range | $2,023 to $44,090/month by volume, plus agreed revenue share. Infrastructure remains payable without closed revenue. | Published infrastructure plus agreed revenue share | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| CIENCE | Starting figure / range | $5,000 setup + $2,000/month strategic team + $499/month platform. The $7,499 first-month base excludes quoted SDR capacity and applicable extra fees. | GTM setup, team/platform and separately quoted SDR capacity | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| Belkins | Starting figure / range | Appointment-setting page advertises a starter price from $5,000. This is not a full quote for every channel or tier. | Appointment-setting programs quoted to scope | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| Sopro | Starting figure / range | Starts around GBP 3,000/month on its pricing page. Currency, local offer, scope and notice terms need a written quote. | Bespoke managed outreach; no minimum contract advertised | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| Cleverly | Starting figure / range | Appointment-setting FAQ advertises $697–$2,997/month depending on channels, targeting and scope. Confirm the deliverable included at each price. | Retainer programs with channel-dependent scope | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| Martal Group | Not verified here | No recurring currency amount verified on the reviewed pricing page. The tier, pilot, base fee and any commission require a quote. | Quoted tiers; Tiers 2 and 3 add sales commission | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| SalesHive | Not verified here | Pricing page requests a scoped quote and advertises no setup fee. Annual and monthly arrangements differ. | Flat monthly managed service; platform-only offer also available | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
| SalesBread | Not verified here | No recurring currency amount verified on the reviewed homepage. Request the current quote and guarantee conditions. | Month-to-month LinkedIn and email service advertised | Provider source checked September 9, 2026 |
We read provider-owned pages for service scope, pricing and stated terms on September 9, 2026. These are commercial claims, not independent performance measurements. A starting price does not establish a complete quote.
CIENCE’s homepage separately advertises managed SDR services from $5,600/month; its pricing page describes the GTM setup and team/platform package shown above. Compare like-for-like scopes. Sopro’s US service page documents US and international campaigns. Exact countries still need confirmation.
Cards show “Documented features,” “Confirm scope,” or “Documented mismatch.” Only an explicit incompatibility produces the last status. Missing geographic or channel evidence is not a rejection. Contract value is displayed in the questions, without invented provider minimums. Price visibility does not prove value. No provider receives a quality score.
The reply research below covers our own campaigns, including automatic replies. It does not establish meetings, revenue or competitor performance. The median and quartiles use the 81 campaigns contacting at least 500 leads; the pooled rate uses all 115 campaigns.
| Figure | Value | Out of what |
|---|---|---|
| Reply rate, pooled | 2.58% | 6,249 unique replies over 242,669 leads contacted, 115 campaigns, 2026-04-05 to 2026-08-12 |
| Reply rate, median campaign | 2.12% | the middle campaign of the 81 with 500 or more contacted leads |
| Middle half of campaigns | 1.38% to 2.97% | 25th to 75th percentile across the same 81 campaigns |
| Tooling, 25,000 emails a month | $2,023 | Published ReplyLead infrastructure tier; revenue share and internal sales costs additional |
| Tooling, 50,000 emails a month | $2,841 | Published ReplyLead infrastructure tier; revenue share and internal sales costs additional |
The campaign book includes 115 campaigns and 429,763 emails sent to 242,669 contacted leads. The pooled reply rate is 2.58% per contacted lead. In the 81-campaign subset with at least 500 contacted leads, the median is 2.12% and the middle half spans 1.38%–2.97%. These observational reply statistics include automatic replies; no meeting conversion is inferred. See the research and methodology.
ReplyLead publishes this list and appears on it. Its revenue-share offer requires revenue reporting, so declining that requirement produces an explicit mismatch. The same evidence rules apply to all providers. Read our editorial standards.
Use the documented features and open questions to prepare a shortlist. If ReplyLead’s cold-email and revenue-share scope suits your needs, bring your audience, margins and sales process to an introductory conversation.
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