Quick answer
memoryBlue doesn't publish a price or a published list of commercial terms, so most searches for an alternative come down to wanting a number up front, LinkedIn named as a channel, or a narrower cold-outbound focus instead of its broader demand-generation bundle. CIENCE, Cleverly, Callbox and SalesRoads name a real figure on their own sites, checked 29 October 2026.
I spend a good part of my client calls walking through exactly this kind of shortlist: an agency with a long track record, no price online, and a sales call standing between a buyer and a real number. Here is how memoryBlue actually compares with the agencies people put next to it.
What memoryBlue actually sells
memoryBlue, based in Tysons, Virginia and founded in 2002, runs outbound SDR and BDR prospecting bundled with demand generation, SEO, PPC and content, per its own site (checked 29 October 2026). It also runs a recruit-and-train model: a 12-step hiring process and six-week in-house training program
ramps every rep before they touch a client account, and the same site describes what it calls an audition-to-hire model
that lets a client hire a rep onto its own payroll, with, in its words, no fight over the transfer
. Offices sit across Washington DC, Boston, Austin, Dallas and Denver in the US, plus London and Singapore, with 30+ Languages Spoken
across the team, per its own about page (checked 29 October 2026). Named industries run from cybersecurity and fintech to public sector GovTech and professional services, per its industries page (checked 29 October 2026). No commercial model, term length or figure appears anywhere on the site: there is a cost calculator tool, and everything else routes to a call.
Disclosure. I run cold email and LinkedIn outbound for B2B companies, and in 2026 I started my own agency, Shipyard GTM. That makes me a competitor to every agency in this article. Shipyard is on the list because it is a real option for some readers, but it is mine, so it never goes first and gets the same "watch for" as everyone else. I have no commercial deal with any of the other agencies, and prices and terms change, so check each one's own site before you sign.
Why people look for an alternative
A few reasons come up again and again once you have actually read memoryBlue's site closely:
- No published price. A cost calculator tool and a call are the only ways to get a number.
- No published hire-out fee. The audition-to-hire pitch is the most distinctive thing about memoryBlue, but what it actually costs to bring a rep onto your own payroll is not stated anywhere.
- A broader bundle than pure outbound. Demand generation, SEO, PPC and content sit alongside the SDR programme, which is more than a buyer who only wants cold outbound may need.
- A US-weighted footprint. Five US offices, one in London, one in Singapore. Buyers whose target market is continental Europe or the Nordics specifically may want a team built around that region, not an add-on to a mostly US one.
The 8 alternatives at a glance
| Agency | Based in | How they charge | Price on their site | Channels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| memoryBlue (baseline) | Tysons, US | Cost calculator tool, then a call | No | SDR/BDR prospecting, demand gen, SEO, PPC, content |
| Belkins | US and Ukraine | Custom monthly retainer | No | Email, LinkedIn, omnichannel |
| CIENCE | Miami, US | Monthly team and platform, SDRs extra, setup quoted | Yes, except setup | Email, phone, LinkedIn, ads, direct mail |
| Cleverly | Los Angeles, US | Subscription, or pay per lead for email | Yes, from $397/month | LinkedIn, email, phone |
| Callbox | Encino, US | Per campaign pod | Yes, an estimate | Phone, email, LinkedIn and more |
| Martal Group | Oakville, Canada | 3 or 4 month pilot, then monthly | No | Email, LinkedIn, phone |
| SalesRoads | Boca Raton, US | Per 4-week period, cancel anytime | Yes, from $11,950 per 4 weeks | Phone, email |
| Leadium | Las Vegas, US | Not published | No | Email, phone, LinkedIn, SMS, gifting |
| Shipyard GTM (my agency) | Vilnius, Lithuania | Fixed monthly price, month to month | No | Email, LinkedIn |
Which ones actually publish a price?
Four of the eight. CIENCE lists $2,000 a month for its campaign team and $499 a month for its graph8 platform, with 75,000 credits included, then SDRs from $1,750 a month offshore to $3,500 a month in the US or Europe, on its own pricing page (checked 29 October 2026); only the one-time setup fee is left unquoted. For the fuller picture on how CIENCE itself stacks up against other outsourced SDR vendors, see CIENCE competitors, ranked on price and delivery. Cleverly advertises LinkedIn plans starting at $397 a month on its own LinkedIn page (checked 29 October 2026). Callbox estimates $6,667 a month for one campaign pod on its own pricing page (checked 29 October 2026), with exact pricing still coming after a consultation. SalesRoads lists $11,950 per 4-week period for one SDR, falling to $7,192 per rep at six SDRs, on its own pricing page (checked 29 October 2026). Belkins, Martal Group, Leadium and Shipyard GTM, like memoryBlue itself, quote only after a call.
Does any alternative let you hire the rep, like memoryBlue does?
Not that any of the eight states on its own site. memoryBlue's audition-to-hire pitch, training a rep in its own Academy and then letting the client bring that person onto its own payroll, is the most distinctive part of its offer, and none of the alternatives here advertises an equivalent transfer path. The closest conceptual overlaps are Leadium, a deliberately small, fully US-based in-house team (the reps stay with Leadium, they do not transfer), and Martal Group, whose pitch is a closer already working inside the target market rather than a rep who later joins your team. If hiring the rep eventually is the actual goal, memoryBlue is solving a specific problem the others are not built around, which is also why its own site does not publish what that transfer costs: ask directly before you sign.
The channel question memoryBlue's own site doesn't answer
Every alternative on this list names its channels plainly: Belkins, Cleverly, Callbox, Martal Group, Leadium and Shipyard GTM all run LinkedIn alongside email or phone, CIENCE adds ads and direct mail to the same mix, and SalesRoads is phone and email only. memoryBlue's own channel description, by contrast, stays at "SDR and BDR prospecting" bundled with demand generation, SEO, PPC and content, without naming cold email, phone or LinkedIn specifically anywhere I could find. If a named channel mix matters for your internal approval process, that is worth asking about directly rather than assuming. When I run outbound for a client, email and LinkedIn work as one sequence rather than two separate budgets, and the first email usually lands at 30 to 40 words with one concrete problem and one concrete offer, which is a different starting point than a bundle that also includes SEO and content.
Each alternative in short
Belkins
US and Ukraine. A managed, multi-channel programme, research, email and LinkedIn, around a dedicated team per client. Good for: a large public review trail if you want to read client feedback before you sign. Watch for: no published price and no stated non-US market focus. Full Belkins review.
CIENCE
Miami based, now part of the graph8 group after it acquired CIENCE's assets. Good for: modelling most of the real cost yourself, since it publishes everything except the setup fee, down to the SDR bonus formula. Watch for: much of its public review history predates the acquisition. Full CIENCE review.
Cleverly
Los Angeles, LinkedIn led with email and calling as extra channels. Good for: starting LinkedIn outreach fast with a published price and a dedicated account manager. Watch for: at this price it is outreach, not full strategy, so ask who handles replies and qualification. Full Cleverly review.
Callbox
Encino, California, with most delivery out of the Philippines. Prices per campaign pod, each with its own SDR, data and campaign manager. Good for: entering several regions and languages from one vendor. Watch for: the quoted range is an estimate, not a fixed number, so confirm the final figure before you budget against it. Full Callbox review.
Martal Group
Oakville, Canada, onshore reps split across the US, Canada, the EU and LATAM, by its own account. Good for: a closer already working in the target market, not just a meeting booker. Watch for: a paid pilot before the monthly plan and no published price, so there is no cheap way to test it. Full Martal Group review.
SalesRoads
Boca Raton, phone and email with experienced US-based reps, by its own account. Good for: a published price and a genuine cancel-anytime policy. Watch for: no LinkedIn and no markets outside the US. Full SalesRoads review.
Leadium
Las Vegas, a small, fully US-based SDR team that deliberately cut back to a boutique size, by its own timeline. Good for: being one of a few accounts rather than one of many. Watch for: no published pricing and no non-English coverage. Full Leadium review.
Shipyard GTM (my agency)
Vilnius. Done-for-you outbound on email and LinkedIn, run as one sequence rather than two separate budgets, for B2B companies with product-market fit. It maps the target market first, then builds the data, signals and sending inside your own tools. Fixed monthly price after a first call, month to month, and you keep the domains, inboxes, data and copy if you leave. Good for: teams that want email and LinkedIn working off the same list and the same reply inbox. Watch for: launched in October 2026, so no public reviews or published case studies yet, and no price on the site. shipyardgtm.com.
A rough cost per meeting, with the assumptions shown
Since memoryBlue will not give you a number until a call, here is a way to sanity check whatever it quotes you, using only the published figures above. Assume a single SDR programme and a target of 8 to 12 qualified meetings a month (swap in your own number, this range is a common lower mid retainer target, not a researched fact). At the low end, CIENCE's $2,000 team fee plus one offshore SDR at $1,750 comes to roughly $3,750 a month before setup, which is about $310 to $470 per meeting at 8 to 12 meetings. At the high end, SalesRoads' $11,950 per 4 weeks works out to roughly $12,950 a month for one SDR, which is about $1,080 to $1,620 per meeting over the same range. That puts a believable band for a single SDR, flat fee programme at roughly $300 to $1,600 per meeting, before memoryBlue's broader demand-gen and SEO line items are added in, and before your own close rate or deal size. For the wider market, including pay-per-meeting models this does not cover, see how much appointment setting actually costs.
Tip. Ask memoryBlue, or any agency on this list, to quote you against your own meeting target rather than theirs. A "qualified meeting" definition that is loose enough to hit volume is the easiest way for the per-meeting number above to look better than it actually performs.
Questions to ask before you sign
What is the total cost of the first three months, setup included? If hiring a rep off the programme is the plan, what does that transfer actually cost, and when can it happen? Which channels run day to day, cold email, phone, LinkedIn, or some mix, and who writes the copy? Who owns the domains, mailboxes and lead data when you leave, if cold email is part of the scope (here is why that answer matters more than it sounds)? And exactly what counts as a qualified meeting, and who decides if one does not show?
When memoryBlue is still the right call
If the eventual plan is to build an in-house SDR team and you would rather audition people on someone else's payroll first, memoryBlue's training academy and hire-out structure solves a real problem the agencies on this list are not built around. The broader bundle, demand generation, SEO and content alongside the SDR programme, also suits a buyer who wants one vendor rather than several. The trade is the same one you started with: no number until a call, and no named channel list to check against your own plan. Full memoryBlue review.
Key takeaways
- memoryBlue does not publish a price, a commercial model name, or what it costs to hire a rep off its own audition-to-hire programme.
- CIENCE, Cleverly, Callbox and SalesRoads all publish real numbers. Belkins, Martal Group, Leadium and Shipyard GTM quote only after a call, same as memoryBlue.
- None of the eight alternatives advertises a hire-the-rep transfer path the way memoryBlue does. Leadium and Martal Group are the closest conceptual overlaps, but neither offers a transfer.
- Every alternative names its channels plainly. memoryBlue's own site describes its work as "SDR and BDR prospecting" without naming cold email, phone or LinkedIn specifically.
- Compare the total cost of the first three months, not a headline monthly number, and confirm what a rep transfer costs if that is part of the plan.
FAQ
What is a good alternative to memoryBlue?
It depends on why you are looking. For a published price, CIENCE, Cleverly, Callbox or SalesRoads. For a narrower cold-outbound focus instead of memoryBlue's broader demand-gen bundle, Belkins, Martal Group or Shipyard GTM. For the closest thing to memoryBlue's own US-based, fully managed team, Leadium.
Does memoryBlue publish its pricing?
No. Its site has a cost calculator tool, but no commercial model name, term length or figure is published anywhere. You get a number after a call.
Can you actually hire a memoryBlue rep onto your own team?
memoryBlue's own site describes an audition-to-hire model that lets a client bring a rep onto its own payroll, trained first through its in-house Academy. What that transfer actually costs is not published.
Which memoryBlue alternative publishes a real price?
CIENCE, Cleverly, Callbox and SalesRoads all list real figures on their own sites. CIENCE is the most itemised, down to the SDR bonus formula; SalesRoads is the only one with an explicit cancel-anytime policy alongside its price.
Is memoryBlue a good fit for teams outside the US?
Its offices sit mostly in the US, plus one each in London and Singapore. If your target market is continental Europe or the Nordics specifically, an agency built around that region, rather than an add-on to a mostly US footprint, is usually a better starting point.