CIENCE review (2026): is it worth $1,750 a month?
Outsourced SDR teams and B2B data for booking sales meetings
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CIENCE report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for hiring an outsourced SDR team
CIENCE is a service, not software: it supplies SDRs who work its own platform and book meetings for you. A small programme starts around $4,250 a month, and a five-SDR offshore example on its own page is $11,249 before bonus.
Who CIENCE is for
- 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
Who CIENCE is not for
- 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
Why CIENCE gets a 1.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$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.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial is listed. Terms are month to month, which is not the same thing.
- CFeaturesSupplies SDRs, verified data, a platform and campaign management. It does the job end to end, with a human doing the work.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You do not learn software, but you brief a team, and the setup fee amount is not shown.
- CPlatforms and integrationsA web platform, with no integrations listed. The work is done for you, so the reach is the vendor's own system.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CIENCE's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/cience#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/cience.svg" alt="CIENCE: 1.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where CIENCE stands among lead and email finders
CIENCE's GPA of 1.4 is higher than 0 of the 72 other lead and email finders we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on ease of use (C, above 5 of 72) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $1,750 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 53 of the 54 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 48 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 73 lead and email finders we grade, cut by the letter each got. CIENCE’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 1 of 72, level with 9
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 72, level with 13
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 72, level with 52
- CEase of useAbove 5 of 72, level with 50
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 72, level with 18
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 55 lead and email finders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep CIENCE, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace CIENCE you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 71 of the 72 other lead and email finders grade higher. It costs $21,000 a year.
What you could not
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. CIENCE’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is CIENCE?
CIENCE is a B2B appointment-setting and lead generation agency. It supplies outbound SDRs, a campaign team and verified contact data, run on its graph8 platform. This is a managed service priced by team, platform and SDR, not a self-serve contact database.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
CIENCE pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, CIENCE is a paid product, starting at $1,750 per offshore SDR / month, plus $2,000 campaign team and $499 platform.
- Starts at
- $1,750 per offshore SDR / month, plus $2,000 campaign team and $499 platform
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign team | $2,000per 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 | $499per month | The system the SDRs work in: contact data, email, calls and workflows, with 75,000 credits a month included. |
| Offshore SDR | $1,750per 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 | $3,500per SDR / month and up | SDRs based in the United States or Europe, in your time zone. The same performance bonus applies. |
Read from cience.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CIENCE before you buy.
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Common questions
Does CIENCE have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. CIENCE is listed for Web.
Does CIENCE have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. CIENCE is listed for Web.
Is CIENCE open source?
CIENCE is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.