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CIENCE alternatives

CIENCE (also known as graph8) is a transparent, large-scale SDR shop. Seven verified alternatives for 2026, for when you want a stronger record or a different model.

By Kshitij Maheshwari, co-founder · Updated July 2026

Real Good GTM is one of the alternatives on this list. We do not rank ourselves first, we say where we fit and where we do not, and every agency here is verified on its own site. Judge for yourself.

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The short answer Verified July 2026

What follows CIENCE depends on which of its trade-offs you are unwinding. The short version, by use case:

Most proven at scale

Belkins

The 4.9-rated pod, if ratings decide it.

Best senior onshore reps

Martal Group

Veteran North American sellers instead of a rep pod.

Best global coverage

Callbox

Seven-country delivery for cross-border pipeline.

Lowest entry point

Cleverly

Managed LinkedIn starting at $397 a month.

Our slice (that's us)

Real Good GTM

Two founders, signal-based, month to month. No dials, no big pod.

Every agency below is verified on its own site, July 2026. No paid placements, no affiliate links.

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Why switch

Why teams look for a CIENCE alternative

CIENCE is transparent and flexible in ways most of the category is not, so most teams leave for fit reasons, not honesty ones. Here is the honest read, strengths first.

What CIENCE does well

Transparent, flexible SDRs at real scale

CIENCE runs SDR-as-a-service, pairing human reps with its own data and AI tooling, and is one of the very few shops in the category that publishes itemized pricing: roughly a $5,000 setup plus $2,000 a month, with SDRs from $1,500. Terms are month to month, with a choice of onshore or offshore reps.

Reviewers value the transparency, the operating scale, and the flexibility. It holds a 4.2 out of 5 on Clutch across 142 reviews. If a transparent, scalable pod is what you need, CIENCE is a reasonable pick.

Where the fit can break

A middling rating, and a volume model

That 4.2 Clutch score trails several peers on this list, and reviews flag some lead-quality and SDR turnover variance. The offshore option that lowers the price floor can widen that variance.

Worth knowing it is a volume pod model, dials and sends run by a team, not founders on your account or signal-based outbound. At seed, or if you want the highest-rated white-glove feel, the fit can break.

The read

This page is not a case against CIENCE; on transparency and flexibility it beats most of the category. The reasons teams move are fit: a higher-rated review sample, senior onshore reps instead of a volume pod, a founder-led touch at seed, or a signal-based model rather than dials at scale. Each of the six below answers one of those, so choose by your reason for leaving, not by brand size.

At a glance

The CIENCE alternatives at a glance

Grouped by fit, not ranked. Pricing is the lowest figure each agency publishes on its own site, checked July 2026. Where nothing is published, it shows as "custom."

Agency	What they do	Best-fit stage	Pricing	Based
Belkins	Appointment setting, omnichannel	Mid-market to enterprise	Custom	US-based
Callbox	Appointment setting, multi-channel	Mid-market to enterprise	Custom	Los Angeles, US
Leadium	Appointment setting, omni-channel	SMB to enterprise	Custom	Las Vegas, US
Martal Group	Outsourced sales, onshore reps	Funded startup to enterprise	Custom	Oakville, CA
SalesRoads	Appointment setting, senior SDRs	Mid-market to enterprise	From $9,950/4 wks	Boca Raton, US
Real Good GTM	Signal-based outbound	Seed to early Series A	Month to month	Paris (remote)
Cleverly	LinkedIn-led lead gen	SMB, budget-conscious	From $397/mo	Los Angeles, US

Details move. Treat this as a July 2026 snapshot and confirm on each agency's own site before you commit.

How we built this list

A practitioner read, not a reposted directory

July 2026, each agency checked against its own current site: the offer, the audience, the engagement model, and any price it puts in public. The list holds only true CIENCE peers, the appointment-setting and outbound shops a founder would shortlist for real, minus anything we could not confirm.

We spend our own weeks running outbound, and that experience is the lens on every note here. A Clutch score appears only when a credible sample supports it; missing scores stayed missing rather than being invented.

How we built this list

→ Every agency verified on its own current site, July 2026
→ Ratings shown only where a credible independent sample exists, linked and dated
→ No affiliate links, no paid placements, no pay-to-list
→ We publish this list and we are on it. We do not rank ourselves first, and we say where we are not the fit
→ Grouped by fit, not ranked. If a fact could not be verified, we left it out. Read how we evaluate.

The real test

How much does the rating matter to you?

CIENCE already wins on price transparency and month-to-month terms, so cost is not the axis to test. What its 4.2 review sample cannot promise is where its alternatives split: a more proven track record, or the same flexibility CIENCE gives you.

Higher-rated, more proven

A stronger review sample to point to

Shops that outscore CIENCE's 4.2 on a credible sample: Belkins at 4.9, Martal at 4.8, SalesRoads at 4.9. You get a longer, better-reviewed record, but most trade away CIENCE's published pricing or its month-to-month freedom to get there.

Use it when a top, well-populated review score is the reassurance you most need before you sign.

Flexible, like CIENCE

Keep the transparency and the exit

Options that match CIENCE on published pricing or the freedom to leave: SalesRoads is cancel-anytime with a public floor, Cleverly lists tiers from $397 a month, and a founder-led shop starts on a short run. You keep clear terms, but the review samples are smaller or younger.

Use it when transparent terms and an easy exit matter to you more than the highest score.

The through-line

Since CIENCE already gives you transparency and flexibility, the honest question is what its middling rating and pod-turnover variance leave on the table. Chasing a higher, larger review sample usually means giving back either the published price or the month-to-month exit. Decide which of the two CIENCE strengths you refuse to lose, then pick the alternative that keeps it.

The alternatives

The seven alternatives, grouped by fit

Not a ranking, a sorting: three kinds of team, seven names. Head straight for the kind of team you want next.

Group A

Managed multi-channel appointment setting

Pod stays, vendor changes: managed teams running email, LinkedIn, and calling the way CIENCE does, two of them with stronger Clutch scores than CIENCE's 4.2.

01

Belkins

4.9 Clutch 230+ Omnichannel

The rating trade in one card: a big appointment-setting agency whose dedicated SDR pods work omnichannel across email, LinkedIn, and calling, carrying a 4.9 on Clutch.

Best for

Teams stepping up from CIENCE for maximum proof: ICP already known, budget for a full pod, and appetite for appointment volume at scale.

Model & pricing (Jul 2026)

A done-for-you retainer sold in packages tied to appointment counts. Nothing published; every package ends at a sales call.

Where they're strong

Among the category's largest positive samples at 230+ Clutch reviews, a documented 14-day launch, and genuinely omnichannel delivery.

Consider elsewhere if

You value CIENCE's published pricing and month-to-month terms. Belkins is quote-only and reads as funded mid-market, and some reviews note booked-meeting counts falling short.

Bottom line

Where CIENCE trails on rating, Belkins leads it: a 4.9 across 230+ reviews, the strongest sample here. You give up CIENCE's transparency for a quote and a mid-market floor.

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02

Callbox

4.6 Clutch 119 Multi-channel

The reach upgrade: one of the category's oldest firms, going since 2004, with delivery teams in seven countries built for cross-border outbound.

Best for

Mid-market and enterprise whose target accounts sit across regions, from APAC to other cross-border markets.

Model & pricing (Jul 2026)

Managed on subscription, quoted per campaign scope. CIENCE's public rate card has no equivalent here.

Where they're strong

Two decades in the business, delivery covering the US, UK, and APAC among others, and account-based plus event programs run together.

Consider elsewhere if

You want to keep CIENCE's published pricing and month-to-month exit. Callbox is quote-only and built for larger, multi-region programs.

Bottom line

Trade CIENCE for Callbox when you need multi-region reach a single US pod cannot give you. You lose the itemized pricing and pick up a per-scope quote.

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03

Leadium

Las Vegas, US Omni-channel

Swapping CIENCE's data-and-AI stack for handwork: an SDR partner built on human-sourced, validated contacts across email, phone, LinkedIn, and SMS.

Best for

SMB to enterprise that keep the outsourced-SDR model but want the contact data researched by people.

Model & pricing (Jul 2026)

A managed service with per-scope quotes, so CIENCE's itemized menu goes away. One number survives: intake budgets referenced from $2,500 up.

Where they're strong

Human-validated research behind every contact, an omni-channel motion spanning four channels, and a stated 1,500-plus sales orgs served.

Consider elsewhere if

Proof matters to you: CIENCE at least shows a public 4.2 and itemized rates, while Leadium quotes per scope and has no large independent review sample.

Bottom line

A data-led alternative to CIENCE's pod, but with less to verify. Where CIENCE publishes both price and rating, ask Leadium for recent referenceable results.

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Group B

Senior, onshore sales teams

The step up from an SDR pod: veteran North American sellers who cost more and usually ask a minimum, bought for meeting quality rather than dial count.

04

Martal Group

4.8 Clutch 109 Onshore reps

The seniority ladder out of an SDR pod: an outsourced team of experienced North American sellers, in the game since 2009, with an AI-powered platform behind them.

Best for

Funded startups up to enterprise for whom the person on the call matters most: senior, onshore, never junior.

Model & pricing (Jul 2026)

Retainer tiers entered through a multi-month pilot, monthly after. Pricing only on request, a step down in clarity from CIENCE.

Where they're strong

A 4.8 on Clutch against CIENCE's 4.2, every rep senior and onshore, and a record reaching back to 2009.

Consider elsewhere if

You want to keep CIENCE's no-minimum, transparent terms. Martal asks for a multi-month pilot and quotes per scope in exchange for senior reps.

Bottom line

Where CIENCE gives you flexibility and a 4.2, Martal gives you a 4.8 and senior onshore sellers. The cost is a multi-month pilot and no public price.

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05

SalesRoads

4.9 Clutch 66 Senior SDRs

Keeps the two CIENCE habits worth keeping, a clean exit and a public number, and staffs the work with long-tenured US reps instead of a pod.

Best for

Mid-market and enterprise ready to pay up for rep tenure while keeping the freedom to cancel.

Model & pricing (Jul 2026)

US teams dedicated to your account on a cancel-anytime retainer, with the price on the site: from $9,950 per four weeks.

Where they're strong

A 4.9 on Clutch, real cancel-anytime terms, tenured all-US reps, and zero mystery about the starting price.

Consider elsewhere if

CIENCE's lower, itemized entry is the draw. SalesRoads keeps the cancel-anytime freedom but starts around $9,950 per four weeks, the steepest floor here.

Bottom line

The senior-rep answer to CIENCE that keeps a public price and an easy exit, and adds a top 4.9 rating, if you can carry a roughly $10k a month floor.

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Group C

Founder-led and lower-entry

Keep CIENCE's flexibility but shrink the machine: founder-run work or a narrower, cheaper way in, sized for seed and early stage.

06

Real Good GTM (that's us)

Paris · US/Europe Founder-led · signal-based

The two founders in the work, no pod at all: signal-based outbound on email and LinkedIn for seed to early Series A B2B, delivering booked pipeline and the read on where to scale.

Best for

Seed to early Series A founders still close to their own sales who want founders on the account, not a junior pod. Paris-based, serving the US and Europe.

Model

A two-month start, then month to month, no lock-in. Signals over lists, built per segment. Pricing is custom, scoped on a fit check.

Where we're strong

Buying signals decide who we contact, the founders do the work themselves, and a live learning document tracks what converts and where to push.

Not for you if

You need cold calling, enterprise-scale SDR volume, guaranteed meeting counts, or an independently verified review score we cannot show yet.

Straight talk

Our slice is specific and we say so. If your motion needs dials at volume, we are the wrong call, and the fit check will be honest about it.

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07

Cleverly

Los Angeles, US LinkedIn-led

Cheaper even than CIENCE's accessible floor: a LinkedIn-first agency with the lowest published entry on the page, adding email and calling tiers when you outgrow it.

Best for

SMB and cost-sensitive teams that want outbound proven small before anything bigger gets funded.

Model & pricing (Jul 2026)

Every tier public: $397 a month opens managed LinkedIn, $1,995 the cold email tier, $3,500 the calling tier.

Where they're strong

The smallest financial commitment here, tiers priced in the open, account managers based in the US, and a sizable body of reviews.

Consider elsewhere if

You want CIENCE's full multi-channel SDR pod. Cleverly's entry tier is templated LinkedIn outreach on one channel, not a staffed team on dials and email.

Bottom line

Undercuts even CIENCE's accessible pricing, from $397 a month, but on a single channel. A cheap test, not a like-for-like pod swap.

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How to choose

Who each one is for

Run down the list, find your situation, and start the conversation with that agency. A default, not a decree.

Seed or early stage, founder-led

Real Good GTM (that's us) if the founders should run it, or Cleverly if the budget decides.

You want the most proven, highest-rated pod

Belkins, holding one of the category's largest positive review samples.

You want senior onshore reps

SalesRoads or Martal Group, the two rosters of veteran North American sellers here.

You need multi-region coverage

Callbox, running cross-border programs from teams based in seven countries.

The lowest possible entry point

Cleverly, selling managed LinkedIn outreach from a published $397 a month.

You want data-led appointment setting

Leadium, pairing human-validated contact research with email, phone, LinkedIn, and SMS.

Putting it together

How we'd actually choose

Outbound is what we do all day, so this is the sequence we would run, wherever we land on your shortlist.

1

Decide if you actually need to switch

CIENCE is transparent and month to month. If the friction is only the 4.2 rating or the volume model, a stronger-rated pod or a senior team is the real reason to move.

2

Decide who sits on the account

An SDR pod means throughput; a senior team or the founders mean closer conversations. Fix the model first, only then compare logos.

3

Read the terms and the reviews

Put every commitment in one column and every verified review in the other. A printed price with a monthly exit outweighs promises behind a quote.

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Why do teams look for a CIENCE alternative?

CIENCE is one of the few SDR-as-a-service shops that publishes itemized pricing, so most teams leave for fit reasons rather than transparency ones. The common ones we hear: its 4.2 out of 5 on Clutch trails several higher-rated peers, reviews mention some lead-quality and SDR turnover variance, the offshore option that lowers the price can widen that variance, and it is a volume pod model rather than senior reps or founders on the account. If any of those matter to you, the alternatives below fit different shapes of that problem.

How much does CIENCE cost, and are the alternatives cheaper?

CIENCE publishes itemized pricing on its own site: roughly a $5,000 setup plus $2,000 a month, with SDRs from $1,500 a month, on month-to-month terms. That is already one of the more accessible entry points here. Cleverly is cheaper still, with LinkedIn outreach from $397 a month, while SalesRoads is more expensive at $9,950 per four weeks. Belkins, Callbox, Leadium, and Martal Group quote per scope with no public figure. Always confirm the current number on each agency's own site.

What is the best CIENCE alternative for an early-stage startup?

CIENCE is already one of the more seed-accessible options thanks to month-to-month terms, so teams that leave at early stage usually want founders on the account rather than a pod. The realistic options are a founder-led shop like Real Good GTM (that is us), a lower-floor entry point like Cleverly's LinkedIn tier, or, if you want senior onshore reps, SalesRoads with its cancel-anytime terms. Match the model and the price floor to your stage before the logo.

Is CIENCE a good agency?

It is a credible, large-scale SDR-as-a-service provider with genuinely transparent pricing, and it holds a 4.2 out of 5 on Clutch across 142 reviews as of July 2026. That score is solid but trails several peers on this list, and reviews note some variance in lead quality and rep turnover. The reason to consider an alternative is usually fit, whether you want a volume pod or senior and founder-led delivery, not that CIENCE is a bad agency.

Which CIENCE alternatives publish their pricing?

As of July 2026, two of the alternatives here show real numbers on their own sites: SalesRoads lists appointment setting from $9,950 per four weeks, and Cleverly lists tiers from $397 a month for LinkedIn outreach. Belkins, Callbox, Leadium, and Martal Group quote per scope with no public figure. CIENCE itself remains one of the most price-transparent options in the category, so you are trading its transparency for a different model when you move to a quote-only shop.

How did you choose and verify this list?

We verified each agency on its own current site in July 2026: what it does, who it serves, its engagement model, and any pricing it publishes. Ratings are shown only where a credible independent sample of roughly ten or more reviews exists, read directly off Clutch and linked. There are no paid placements or affiliate links. We publish this list and we are on it; we do not rank ourselves first, and we say where we are not the fit.

About the author

Kshitij Maheshwari

Co-founder of Real Good GTM. He builds and runs signal-based outbound for seed to early Series A B2B startups. This comparison comes from working alongside and against agencies like these on live outbound programs, and from verifying every claim here on each agency's own site, not a directory listing.

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