Best appointment setting companies in 2026

If you are hiring an appointment setting company, start with the meeting you need, then the channel that can produce it, then the price that is actually published. This page names seven companies and the job each one is built for. It is not a paid ranking.

For the Belkins-specific comparison, use Belkins alternatives. To score any vendor on the same sheet, use the buyer's scorecard.

How we compared

Each company had to have a public site that describes the model. Dollar figures appear only when that company's site, or a public review profile, listed them on October 1, 2026. Be Leaded's figures are the ones on our pricing page. We did not invent awards, client names, or reply rates for anyone on this list.

Belkins: best for packaged appointment volume

Best for packaged appointment volume, if you want a yearly appointment tier and will confirm a starter Belkins lists from $5,000.

Belkins sells appointment setting and monthly retainer packages. On October 1, 2026, the appointment setting page listed an average starter price from $5,000, with 1,500 leads a month, three outreach channels, and 100 guaranteed appointments a year (belkins.io/appointment-setting). Structured data on that same page lists a minimum price of $8,000, so the visible starter and the schema do not match. The pricing page describes retainers by yearly appointments: 30 or more for the small-business package, 100 or more for Growth, and 200 or more for Growth Plus, plus an Enterprise tier. It lists cold email, LinkedIn, calling, messenger, account-based marketing, and paid advertising, and it does not publish dollar prices (belkins.io/pricing). Confirm the quote with Belkins.

Ask what a guaranteed appointment means in the contract: title, company size, show rate, and who owns a no-show. A yearly tier is a volume product. It fits when your offer is already stable enough to absorb that many conversations.

CIENCE: best for a GTM system plus SDR seats

Best for a GTM system plus optional SDR seats, with prices published by level and region.

CIENCE publishes a GTM setup plus optional SDR capacity. On October 1, 2026, the pricing page listed a one-time GTM System Setup at $5,000, strategic execution at $2,000 a month, and a graph8 platform license at $499 a month. It also listed a first month at $7,499 for setup plus team plus platform, with SDR capacity quoted separately (cience.com/pricing). SDR seats on that page: Level 1 at $1,500 offshore, $2,500 in Europe, or $4,500 in the US; Level 2 at $2,500, $3,500, or $5,500; Level 3 at $3,500, $4,500, or $6,500. A $1,000 one-time fee per SDR is listed there too. The homepage separately says managed SDR and campaigns from $5,600 a month (cience.com). The pricing page says SDR capacity can be added without a long-term contract. The SDR services terms say the initial term is twelve months unless the order form says otherwise (SDR services terms). Read both before you sign.

The useful question is which number you are buying. The homepage figure, the $7,499 first month, and the SDR seat table are three different lines on CIENCE's own site. Add them up before you compare CIENCE with a single retainer.

Martal Group: best for fractional sales that include discovery

Best for an onshore fractional sales team that can run discovery and, on higher tiers, closing.

Martal Group publishes three tiers and does not publish a dollar retainer. Checked October 1, 2026 (martal.ca/pricing). Tier 1 outbound lead generation is a flat fee per month, with a 3 month pilot, then a monthly subscription. The scope on that page is email, LinkedIn, and calls, with appointment booking and discovery calls led by a North American team. Tier 2 adds sales and customer onboarding. Tier 3 adds account management. Tiers 2 and 3 are a flat fee per month plus a sales commission, with a 4 month pilot. Clutch's appointment setting rankings, checked the same day, list Martal Group at $25 to $49 an hour and a minimum project size of $1,000+ (Clutch). That is a directory band, not a quote. Ask Martal for the current fee.

Martal's pricing page is a scope page, not a rate card. The pilot length is the commercial fact: three months on Tier 1 outbound, four months when they also sell and onboard. If you only need meetings on a calendar, you are buying more process than that.

Leadium: best for a month-to-month published retainer

Best for month-to-month US outbound when you want a published retainer and no appointment-count guarantee.

Leadium's pricing page, checked October 1, 2026, says contracts are month to month, that appointment setting typically launches in 7 to 10 days, and that Leadium does not guarantee appointment outcomes (leadium.com/pricing). That page does not list a dollar price. Leadium's own outbound pricing guide lists $3,500 a month for cold calling only and $4,000 to $5,000 a month for multi-channel outbound across phone, email, and LinkedIn, month to month (Leadium outbound pricing guide). The pricing page also describes a US-based team and lists a Las Vegas address.

Leadium is explicit that appointment counts are not guaranteed, and that clients approve the work. That is a cleaner contract than a guarantee with a soft definition of qualified. The dollar figures live on their guide, not on the pricing page, so attach the guide to the proposal you sign.

Cleverly: best for LinkedIn-first plans from $397 a month

Best for LinkedIn-first outreach on a published plan from $397 a month.

Cleverly's FAQ, checked October 1, 2026, says lead generation plans range from $397 a month to $997 a month. The same FAQ points cold email to a pay-per-meeting-ready-lead model and does not list a dollar price for it (cleverly.co/faq). The LinkedIn pricing page shows three plans at $397, $697, and $997 a month (Cleverly LinkedIn pricing). Treat the published dollars as LinkedIn plans unless a call prices email.

Cleverly is the shortlist pick when the test is LinkedIn and the buyer will live inside one profile's weekly limits. It is a weak pick when the buyer's inbox is where the deal starts, because the published prices on the pages above are LinkedIn plans.

SalesRoads: best for a dedicated sales floor

Best for a dedicated outsourced sales floor, billed every four weeks, with calling in the base program.

SalesRoads' pricing page, checked October 1, 2026, lists one SDR at $11,950 per four weeks, two SDRs at $16,750 per four weeks, and three SDRs at $23,500 per four weeks (salesroads.com/pricing). The same page says the program includes calling, personalized email, and email infrastructure on multiple domains and mailboxes. It says you can cancel at any time, and that a team launches in 15 business days, with calling on the 16th business day.

SalesRoads prices a team, not a meeting. One SDR at $11,950 per four weeks is a different product from a $2,000 monthly program. It fits when phone is the channel and you want coaches, research, and a dashboard in the same fee.

Be Leaded: best for high-personalization outbound from $2,000 a month

Best for high-personalization outbound and qualified meetings from $2,000 a month.

Be Leaded (beleaded.com), a New York B2B outbound agency founded by Ahmad Khan, publishes programs from $2,000 a month, with pay-per-meeting pricing for the right fit (pricing). Most programs go live in about three weeks. Cold email goes out on separate domains with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. You approve sequences before they send. LinkedIn outreach runs from your team's own profiles, timed with email. Replies are handled the same business day, and qualified meetings land on your calendar. You get a weekly report of sends, replies, and meetings. Paid ads, SMS, and AI voice are separate programs you can add. Ad spend is paid to the platform. Voice minutes are billed at cost. The exact fee comes after a 30-minute call. Be Leaded does not promise a meeting count before looking at the market.

Disclosure: Be Leaded publishes this page. We fit when you want the list, the domains, the copy, and the booking in one fee, and your team will take the meetings. We are the wrong shortlist line if you want a dedicated dialing floor or a LinkedIn-only plan under $1,000.

Comparison table

Prices are directional public figures as of October 1, 2026. They are not a promise that the next proposal will match.

How to choose

• You want LinkedIn only, and the fee has to stay under $1,000 a month: Cleverly.
• You want a published multi-channel retainer and month-to-month terms: Leadium.
• You want high-personalization email and LinkedIn, with meetings from $2,000 a month: Be Leaded.
• You want a yearly appointment package and will confirm Belkins' starter: Belkins.
• You want a platform plus SDR seats you can add by region: CIENCE.
• You want another company to run discovery and help close: Martal Group.
• You want a dedicated calling floor and will pay per four weeks: SalesRoads.

If the choice is Be Leaded, the working version of this service is B2B appointment setting and full-cycle outbound lead generation. SaaS teams comparing a hire should read outsourced SDR versus in-house.

FAQ

Related guides

Related: Belkins alternatives, CIENCE alternatives, Martal Group alternatives, the buyer's scorecard, and full-cycle outbound.

Sources checked October 1, 2026

• Belkins appointment setting and Belkins pricing
• CIENCE pricing, CIENCE homepage, and CIENCE SDR services terms
• Martal Group pricing and Clutch appointment setting rankings
• Leadium pricing and Leadium outbound pricing guide
• Cleverly FAQ and Cleverly LinkedIn pricing
• SalesRoads pricing
• Be Leaded pricing, cold email and appointment setting, B2B appointment setting
• The Bridge Group 2025 SDR report, used on the pricing comparison and the outsourced SDR page

Competitor facts above come from those pages. If a vendor's pages disagree with each other, both figures are shown. Be Leaded claims on this page are the ones already published on beleaded.com.