CIENCE Reviews(Plus An Alternative Agency)

CIENCE is one of the top lead generation agencies in the industry. They were founded in June 2015. Since its inception, they have helped over 2500 clients and have generated 10s of millions of leads.

If you’re thinking about partnering up with them, you might want to read this.

In this article, we will share CIENCE technology reviews, along with some extra important info, such as pricing, methods, and the pros and cons of hiring them.

We have also included an alternative agency, SalesBread, a LinkedIn lead generation agency, which specialises in generating 1 lead per day for their clients.

This will hopefully help you decide which lead generation service would be best for your company.

(Interested in 1 qualified sales lead per day? Hop on a free 15-minute strategy session with the founder of SalesBread, Jack Reamer.

CIENCE Technologies Reviews

According to Clutch, CIENCE has a 4.2-star rating.

From other sources across the web, such as G2, they have a 3.7-star rating out of 5. To make this a fair review, we will include a mix of their good and bad reviews, and then discuss the pros and cons.

CIENCE Services

CIENCE offers quite a few different services designed to help companies with their lead generation and sales efforts.

They have changed their position recently, though. Today, it combines AI, data, technology, and human SDRs to help B2B companies find leads and book more meetings.

Their services include outsourced SDR teams, outbound lead generation, appointment setting, inbound lead qualification, and multi-channel outreach.

Here’s a quick breakdown of their lead gen services:​

Sales Development Services:

• Outbound SDR (Sales Development Representatives): You can hire them for a dedicated team of SDRs that will reach out to potential clients through multiple channels, by following a specific playbook to generate leads. ​

• Inbound SDR: You can hire CIENCE for professionals to manage your incoming leads, ensuring prompt follow-up and effective brand presentation. ​

• Local SDR: If you choose this plan, you will receive experts who will conduct custom research for your company, as well as provide accurate data enrichment, focusing on specific regional markets. ​

• Cold calling: CIENCE’s SDRs can make outbound calls to targeted prospects as part of a broader sales development campaign. Calls can be combined with email and LinkedIn outreach to create a multi-channel approach rather than relying on cold calling alone.

• Cold emailing: CIENCE creates and manages targeted cold email campaigns to reach potential customers. This includes prospect research, personalized messaging, campaign management, and follow-ups designed to start conversations and generate qualified leads.

Go-To-Market Solutions:

With this plan, CIENCE will offer a go-to-market strategy for you. They will create customized plans to help launch, scale, or refine your market outreach strategies.

Data Solutions:

CIENCE also offers B2B data for companies that need accurate contact and company information for their sales and outbound campaigns.

You can use their data to build targeted prospect lists, find decision-makers, and enrich existing contact records.

They offer custom lead lists based on your ideal customer profile, as well as firmographic, technographic, and other data that can help you better understand your prospects.

Infrastructure Tools:

You can also use the following tools:

• Campaigns: Tools to manage and monitor outreach programs, providing visibility into performance metrics. ​

• Calendar: Features to plan, schedule, and track activities with synchronized timelines and milestones. ​

• Chat: Integrated human and AI-powered messaging to engage leads in real-time conversations.

CIENCE Pricing

CIENCE has a few pricing packages to choose from, depending on which services you need.

CIENCE uses month-to-month pricing. The core package starts with a $5,000 one-time GTM setup, followed by $2,000/month for strategic execution and $499/month for the graph8 platform.

That puts the first month at $7,499, before adding SDR capacity. SDRs are an optional add-on and are priced separately depending on their location and experience level.

SDR pricing:

• Level 1: $1,500 offshore / $2,500 Europe / $4,500 US

• Level 2: $2,500 offshore / $3,500 Europe / $5,500 US

• Level 3: $3,500 offshore / $4,500 Europe / $6,500 US

There is also a $1,000 one-time onboarding and recruitment fee per SDR.

CIENCE also offers additional revenue system setup services, ranging from $1,000 for a programmable revenue blueprint to $25,000 for a more complex deployed build.

Overall, the cost depends heavily on whether you only need the GTM setup and platform or want CIENCE to add managed SDR capacity as well.

CIENCE Strategy

CIENCE uses a multi-channel approach to lead generation. They reach out to potential customers through a mix of emails, phone calls, social media, website interactions, and ads.

This helps them connect with prospects in more than one way, depending on where those people are most active.

CIENCE has access to a large database of business contacts; they also use tools to narrow down and target the right audience based on things like company size, industry, and behavior.

Their team includes outsourced sales development reps who focus on contacting leads, following up, and setting up meetings. These reps work as part of a client’s sales process, handling the early stages of outreach.

CIENCE will also track how your campaigns perform and make changes along the way to improve results.

A NOTE on SalesBread’s personalization method:

At SalesBread, we believe in sending each and every prospect a well-written personalized message, based on research.

We don’t use cookie-cutter templates or AI to write our copy.

We actually research each prospect on our list and write something very specific for that individual; because of this, we are seeing 45% connection request acceptance rates, a 27.4% reply rate to LinkedIn messages, and a 48.14% positive reply ratio (These replies were either meeting requests or qualified sales inquiries on their product or service)

CIENCE Pros and Cons

The information mentioned here is based on client reviews across the web.

Pros

• Various lead generation options from inbound to outbound and multi-channel lead gen.

• Strong Data Capabilities – CIENCE has access to a large B2B contact database

• Outsourced SDR Teams – They provide sales reps who handle outreach and follow-ups.

• Campaign Management & Optimization

• Experience Across Industries

• Some clients have praised CIENCE for the number of leads booked in a month, according to reviews.

Cons

• Not all clients were happy with CIENCE’s results; some companies complained that very few leads were generated and that the quality of the leads was not great.

• They can be pricey compared to other lead-generation agencies

• Some services have extra fees. CIENCE offers additional revenue system builds and other services that can add to the overall cost depending on what you need.

Some clients have mentioned that you should already have your own prospecting list and messaging available for the CIENCE team, as this streamlines their outbound lead generation process.

SalesBread, a CIENCE alternative

SalesBread is known as the “lead per day” agency.

Our clients know that when they partner up with us, they can expect 1 qualified sales lead per day.

SalesBread is a boutique lead generation agency where you actually work along with the founder, Jack Reamer, who has over a decade of experience in B2B lead generation, appointment setting, and LinkedIn content marketing.

We are a smaller agency that only takes on a few clients at a time, but this ensures that when you partner up with us, you are receiving the absolute best lead generation service.

Our strategy is likely going to be very apparent from the first strategy call; so much so that we offer a money-back guarantee in that first strategy session.

If that first session doesn’t give you confidence that you found the perfect lead generation partner for your business, we will immediately refund you in full for that strategy call.

We are confident enough to offer this no-risk guarantee after serving 500+ clients and consulting for B2B companies. SalesBread has over 100 reviews, which you can check out on our LinkedIn page.

As mentioned above, you will be working with the founder of SalesBread, someone who is a thought leader in the world of outbound lead generation.

CIENCE is a fine company, but just know that you will most likely have your campaigns handled by a junior sales agent.

At SalesBread, you will be working with a 10-year veteran of the outbound lead gen space, who has already worked with companies like yours.

You don’t have to wonder which strategy is going to work best; SalesBread has already been there and done that. We can help you get on the fast track to hitting your lead generation goals.

SalesBread’s strategy

Our LinkedIn outreach strategy involves a 4-step process.

It comprises of:

• Obsessive list building based on your current buyer’s data

• Ultra-personalized outreach via LinkedIn and cold email

• Following up consistently with prospects and asking for a booked sales call

• AB testing and campaign optimization

List building

This is where we identify the hottest prospects to go after for your business. We go beyond basic list building and identify your ideal customer profile. This is based on who your current buying customers are.

We analyze this data and look for specific patterns among your current buyers.

The video below explains how we do this:

But basically, we will ask: What do all your current buying customers have in common?

• Are they all located in the same area? Florida? UK?
• Do they have similar company sizes? More than 100 employees or fewer than 10?
• Have they recently been funded?
• Do they all use social media marketing? And if so, which platforms?
• Do they use the same CRM tools? Such as HubSpot or Salesforce?
• Which specific industry are they in? If in healthcare, is it hospitals? Clinics? Psychiatry?
• Who is the decision maker? The CEO? Head of marketing?

Once we find the commonalities between your current buyers, it’s easier to build lookalike lists of prospects who need what you’re selling.

We use various tools in this process and don’t solely rely on LinkedIn Sales Navigator. We make use of third-party data providers to help us find the freshest and most accurate data for your campaign.

Next, We Will Build A List Of Target People At These Accounts

We will then use LinkedIn Sales Navigator to find the right people at these companies to reach out to.

Just note that Sales Nav is notorious for inaccurate data. This is why it’s important to use this tool the right way, and why so many other agencies get it wrong when it comes to list building.

This article, LinkedIn Sales Navigator Search Tips, goes into more detail on how we do this.

We always make sure that our data is 100% accurate before our sales team even launches the campaign.

This ensures that you get high-quality leads. 

Personalized copywriting based on research

We will create a series of message outlines for you to review.

We never complicate our messages; in fact, they are very straightforward.

But what sets us apart from many other sales development agencies out there is that we personalize every single message for each person on the list. 

We have a personalization expert who will research each prospect and write an intro sentence specifically for the individual.

Check out our CCQ method below:

Once the messages have been written, Jack will return to you after 24 hours with a team-approved message draft.

You will then check that the message is perfect and on-brand.

If you’re happy, the message will be ready for launch.

Follow up consistently with prospects and ask for a booked meeting

Our SDRs then follow up. We don’t use automation when responding to a prospect.  We follow up using the Fibonacci sequence. Our follow-up messages include even more personalization, and this ensures that we hook the prospect.

Lastly, we always ask for a booked meeting.

This CTA is low commitment.

For example:

• Are you available for a quick call?

• Send me your calendar link, and I will schedule a quick 10-minute meeting
• Would this be worth a short call?

AB Testing

Lastly, we will optimize each campaign for maximum impact. This might mean running 2 different prospect lists and 2 different messaging campaigns and seeing which performs the best.

SalesBread Pricing 

Salesbread offers a free 15-minute strategy call, and then if you do decide to partner up with us, you can expect our services to cost less than half the price of a full-time SDR.

SalesBread Reviews

Interested in reading more?

Have a look at our case studies and this article: The “1-Lead-Per-Day” LinkedIn Lead Generation Agency

Salesbread Pros and Cons

Pros

• Ultra-refined list building based on your current buyer’s data

• Personalized outreach based on research for each individual prospect (no AI spammy type messages)

• You get to work along with the founder of the company

• A boutique agency that only works with a few clients at a time

• A graduation call where we will teach you how to bring your lead gen in-house once our partnership ends

• Competitive pricing

• 1 guaranteed lead per day

• No locked-in contracts

Cons

• There is normally a 2-week wait list

• We don’t use cold calling as a channel for lead generation, but rather focus on using LinkedIn.

Should You Hire CIENCE Technologies? Or choose a different agency?

CIENCE is a decent lead generation company with both good and bad reviews. Some companies found them pretty pricey with a low return on investment, whereas others had a favorable experience.

Why not hop on a consultation with both CIENCE and SalesBread and see which company resonates with you?

Just know that with SalesBread, you can expect 1 qualified sales lead per day, and if we don’t blow you away, there is a money-back guarantee. (Ts & Cs apply)