CIENCE vs ZoomInfo (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ZoomInfo grades higher than CIENCE: 2.8 against 1.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ZoomInfo grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
CIENCE
Outsourced SDR teams and B2B data for booking sales meetings
From $1,750/mo
Which one is for you
Pick CIENCE if
- Fits if you want meetings booked and have budget to pay people to do it
- Works for sales leaders who prefer a monthly agreement over hiring SDRs
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are a small team, as one SDR costs about $4,249 a month all in
- Skip it if you want software to run yourself, as this is a service
- Watch out: a performance bonus is paid on top once an SDR reaches 60% or more of their meeting target
- Watch out: the one-time setup fee is not shown on the pricing page
Pick ZoomInfo if
- Fits if your reps call direct dials and mobiles all day
- Works for sales and marketing teams at companies of 100 or more running account-based campaigns on intent data
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a price without a sales call
- Pricey if you want CRM integrations, which usually carry a base fee and a bulk credit purchase
- Skip it if you want to pay month to month on your own, as billing is agreed with sales
- Watch out: every profile export uses a credit, from the platform, the extension or an integration
- Tight if you're staying on Lite, as its limits aren't stated anywhere
How we grade them
| 1.4GPACIENCEWeak | 2.8GPAZoomInfoGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$1,750 per offshore SDR plus a $2,000 campaign team fee and $499 for the platform is about $4,249 a month for one SDR. Set against other outsourced SDR options, that is the dearer end. | CNo prices are published: every package is quoted on licenses, credits and features, so it sits at the ordinary grade with no five-person figure. Each export of a profile uses a credit, and CRM integrations usually add a base fee. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan or trial is listed. Terms are month to month, which is not the same thing. | CZoomInfo Lite is free with no card, and there's a free trial of the full platform, usually 7 days. Lite's limits aren't stated, so we can't call it a plan to live on. |
| Features | CSupplies SDRs, verified data, a platform and campaign management. It does the job end to end, with a human doing the work. | AContacts with direct dials and mobiles, intent and signals, an AI assistant, Agent Teams and workflows, plus marketing audiences and account-based display campaigns. It covers the whole job and reaches into marketing further than any rival here. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You do not learn software, but you brief a team, and the setup fee amount is not shown. | B4.63 from about 1,040 App Store ratings for its iPhone app, under the 4.7 an A needs. The main platform is big software with a fair bit to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | CA web platform, with no integrations listed. The work is done for you, so the reach is the vendor's own system. | BWeb, iPhone and the ReachOut Chrome extension, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Marketo, Outreach, Salesloft and Slack, plus an API, a CLI and an MCP server. |
| Best for | hiring an outsourced SDR team | big sales and marketing teams that run on data |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: CIENCE and ZoomInfo. How we grade
Where they differ
- CIENCE also covers research.
- ZoomInfo also covers AI agents.
In commonWebAI featuresWorkflow automation
At a glance
| CIENCE | ZoomInfo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1,750 per offshore SDR / month, plus $2,000 campaign team and $499 platform | Not published |
| Free plan | None | ZoomInfo Lite: a free edition with no credit card, offering verified contacts, search filters, the ReachOut Chrome extension and AI email help. Its limits are not stated. |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial of the full platform, usually 7 days, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | CIENCE | ZoomInfo Technologies LLC |
| Price read from | cience.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
CIENCE
- This is an agency service: a typical program costs thousands of dollars a month, and the page's five-SDR offshore example comes to $11,249 a month before bonus.
- A performance bonus is paid on top of each SDR's fee when they reach 60% or more of their meeting target.
- The setup fee is one-time, but its amount is not shown on the pricing page.
- Terms are month to month with no long contract, according to the pricing page.
ZoomInfo
- No prices are published: every Sales, Marketing and Talent package is quoted by sales, priced by licenses, credits and features.
- Each export of a contact or company profile uses a credit, whether from the platform, the Chrome extension or an integration.
- Its FAQ says ready-made CRM integrations usually carry a base fee and a minimum purchase of bulk credits.
- Payment frequency is agreed with sales; the pricing page does not offer monthly self-serve billing.
Key features
CIENCE
- Outbound SDR teams
- Dedicated SDRs call, email and message your buyers on LinkedIn each working day, and qualified meetings are booked onto your sales calendar.
- Verified B2B data
- The site lists B2B data, audience data and local data, described as verified contacts and accounts checked by humans.
- graph8 platform
- Contact data, email, calls and workflows sit in one system, which the page says is also offered for teams to run themselves.
- Campaign management
- A campaign team writes and adjusts campaigns across email, phone and LinkedIn and reports held meetings each month.
- One-time setup
- Setup builds your target list and four campaigns and prepares email, phone and LinkedIn infrastructure. The page says it goes live in under 14 days.
ZoomInfo
- Contact and company search
- Search profiles with business emails, direct dials and mobile numbers, filtered by industry, title, company size, location and territory.
- Buyer intent and signals
- Copilot plans add intent signals, website visitors, job changes of past champions, funding news and competitor alerts to rank accounts.
- AI assistant and agents
- AI writes emails and talking points, builds buying groups and summarizes accounts; Agent Teams run multi-step sales plays with set approvals.
- Workflows and outreach
- Workflows trigger outreach and sales tasks from signals, and contacts can be sent to Outreach or Salesloft for sequences.
- Marketing audiences
- Marketing plans build ad audiences for LinkedIn, Facebook and Google retargeting and run account-based display campaigns.
- API and MCP server
- An API, a command-line tool and an MCP server bring ZoomInfo data into CRMs, internal tools and AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT.
Plans
CIENCE
Campaign team$2,000
per month
Flat fee for the team that runs and adjusts campaigns, reviews SDR work and reports held meetings, whether you run one SDR or ten.
graph8 platform$499
per month
The system the SDRs work in: contact data, email, calls and workflows, with 75,000 credits a month included.
Offshore SDR$1,750
per SDR / month and up
English-speaking SDRs outside the US and Europe. A performance bonus is paid on top when an SDR hits their meeting target.
US and Europe SDR$3,500
per SDR / month and up
SDRs based in the United States or Europe, in your time zone. The same performance bonus applies.
ZoomInfo
Pricing could not be confirmed. See zoominfo.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, CIENCE or ZoomInfo?
As of Nov 13, 2026, CIENCE starts at $1,750 per offshore SDR / month, plus $2,000 campaign team and $499 platform, and ZoomInfo has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, CIENCE or ZoomInfo?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only ZoomInfo has a free plan. CIENCE does not.
Which platforms do CIENCE and ZoomInfo run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only ZoomInfo lists an iOS app and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.