The independent guide

Get B2B pipeline without a full-time SDR — compared honestly.

Real prices. What each provider actually delivers. And a straight answer on whether you should even buy one yet. No vendor wrote this page.

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What we found
2 of 8providers give you a named, dedicated rep. The other six are pooled agency teams.
1 of 8publishes a real rate card. Five hide their pricing entirely.

Verified across 8 providers’ own sites, 2026-07-12.

Real pricing

What a fractional SDR actually costs

Most providers won’t show a price until a sales call. Here’s what’s actually published — and where a number only comes from a third party, we say so.

$4–8k/motypical fractional/outsourced retainer (credible B2B providers)
$150–1,500per booked meeting, if you pay per appointment (by qualification level)
$98–173k/yrfully-loaded cost of one in-house SDR (Bridge Group 2025)

Retainer & per-meeting bands verified across multiple providers + Leadium’s published 2026 rates. In-house cost = Bridge Group 2025 SDR report. Run your own numbers ↓

Compare providers

8 providers, classified by what they really are

“Fractional SDR” is a label, not a standard. Some give you one named rep; most give you a pooled agency team. Ranked on a published methodnobody pays to move up this list.

ProviderWhat you actually getPublished priceReviewsWatch for
Activated ScaleSeed–Series A testing outboundNamed dedicated rep
Curated marketplace; convertible to a hire
$4,000–5,000/mo + commissionRate card public
G2 pending*
no Clutch profile found
“+ commission” on top; wide quoted ranges
Go FractionalWant a fractional CRO/VP, not SDR seatsNamed exec (you pick)
Executive marketplace; SDR is a minor category
20% take-raterole retainers varyno G2/Clutch profile foundExec-first — not a meeting-booking shop
LevelUp LeadsMid-market that knows its ICPPooled agency team
Assigned (not named) SDRs + support team
from $5,000/mo · 3-mo minPer-tier hiddenClutch 5.0 (56)3-month lock-in; prepaid
BelkinsHigher-ACV, industrialised outboundManaged team (COE)
Small-biz tier subcontracted to partners
Hidden~$5k/mo (3rd-party)Contact salesClutch 4.9 (230)Pooled team; likely 3–6mo min
Martal GroupB2B tech/SaaS, onshore repsPooled/fractional roles
From a 200+ rep pool; “dedicated” is marketing
Hidden~$4–12k (3rd-party)Get a quoteClutch 4.8 (109)3–4mo pilot; + commission on Tier 2/3
LeadiumStartups→enterprise, month-to-monthNot disclosed
“Done-for-you team”; dedicated vs pooled unstated
Hiddenfrom ~$2.5k/mo bandMonth-to-monthClutch 5.0 (70)Won’t say if your rep is dedicated
SalesHiveBudget-flexible, US or offshoreAgency + AI platform
Dedicated strategist + team; offshore option
Hidden$0 setup · no lock-inCustom quoteClutch 0.5 (1 — thin)Recent quality complaints — verify
memoryBlueEnterprise, multi-region, hire-awayPooled coached team
650+ SDRs; funnels reps into your team
~$11,000/mo (or $800–1k/appt)Framed as market rateClutch 4.7 (23)
· G2 4.6 (289)*
Enterprise cost; pay-per-meeting option

We show every score we can verify — including the ugly one (SalesHive’s single 0.5). Hiding bad reviews is what vendors do; we don’t. Model & published prices verified from each provider’s own site (2026-07-12); Clutch from live profiles; G2 marked * = Google-snippet, pending direct re-verification. Third-party price estimates are labelled and never used as fact. How we rank →

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Fractional vs. in-house — your numbers

Sticker price isn’t the decision — pipeline efficiency is. This shows the fully-loaded cost of a hire vs a retainer, plus your cost per booked meeting and per opportunity— the numbers you’d take to a board.

Typical $4–8k/mo for a credible B2B provider.
Providers claim ~10–15/mo; hold them to the low end early.
How many booked meetings become real pipeline.
US median OTE is $85k (RepVue, 2026); base ~$60k. Loaded ~1.6× (benefits, tools, management).
YOUR COST TO GENERATE PIPELINE
$500
per booked meeting · $1,667 per opportunity
Fractional (retainer × 12)$60,000
In-house (loaded, year one)$136,000
Fractional is cheaper by$76,000/yr
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Loaded multiplier fixed at 1.6× (within Bridge Group’s fully-loaded range). “Live in 2 weeks” is a common vendor claim — real held-and-accepted meetings usually start ~week 6–8. We’d rather you know that.

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You’d likely get Activated Scale (named rep, published $4–5k/mo, month-to-month) as primary and Leadium (month-to-month, Clutch 5.0) as the flexible alternative — plus an honest flag if your ICP isn’t ready yet.

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