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Human SDR Agency vs AI Machine
Lead-Gene vs CIENCE: SDR agency or turnkey AI machine?
CIENCE is a historic Sales Development agency (humans). Lead-Gene is an AI machine operated by a small team of experts. Honest comparison.
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CIENCE
$2,500 – $8,000/month
★ Winner
LG
Lead-Gene
€2,490 – €5,490 one-shot
Feature
CIENCE
Lead-Gene
Dedicated human SDRs
2 to 5 offshore SDRs
AI machine + ops expert
Outbound calling (cold calling)
Included
Optional (via Ringover)
Multi-source sourcing
LinkedIn mainly
LinkedIn + Maps + Companies House + Pappers
AI scoring on 12 business criteria
Manual SDR
Automated AI
Per-prospect personalisation
Templates + variables
AI + real context
Monthly commitment
3 months minimum
None
You stay in control
Average annual cost
€45,000 – €85,000
€11,000 – €18,000
Time to launch
4 to 6 weeks
7 days
Reports and dashboards
Weekly
Real-time
Instant scalability
SDR recruitment
Machine configuration
Why Lead-Gene Wins
- 4× cheaper: €11,000–€18,000/year vs €45,000–€85,000 for a CIENCE team.
- Live in 7 days vs 4–6 weeks for CIENCE onboarding.
- You own the machine and data — CIENCE retains control of your pipeline.
- Real-time reporting dashboard vs weekly CIENCE reports.
Honest verdict
“CIENCE is relevant if you want 100% human outsourcing for complex markets where human calls remain key (enterprise, gov). Lead-Gene is 4× cheaper, 6× faster to deploy and you keep full control of the machine and data.”
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