Pricing guide

SDR outsourcing cost compared to hiring in-house

A fully loaded in-house SDR lands near nine thousand a month and produces at partial output for the first quarter. Outsourced scope starts at a fraction of that and produces in weeks.

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Loaded in-house
~$9k/mo
Outsourced, from
$999+
Ramp you avoid
3–5 mo

The fully loaded in-house number

Base plus commission, employer taxes, laptop and tooling, a manager's time, and three to five months of ramp. Nine thousand a month is a fair working figure in most Western markets before output is at quota.

What outsourced scope covers for less

Research, list building, infrastructure, copy, sending across channels and a reply desk — a small team of specialists rather than one generalist learning on your budget.

When in-house becomes cheaper

At three or more reps with a proven motion, unit economics flip toward in-house. Until then, outsourcing buys speed and removes the hiring risk of an unproven channel.

Who this helps

  • Founders comparing an agency against a first SDR hire
  • Sales leaders building next quarter's pipeline budget
  • Marketing leaders funding outbound alongside paid channels
  • Operators who want cost per meeting, not a vague retainer

How to scope a budget

  1. 01

    Scope

    Channel mix, sender count and target volume agreed before a number is quoted.

  2. 02

    Setup

    Infrastructure, profiles, domains and list build — included in month one, not billed separately.

  3. 03

    Run

    Sequences live, replies handled by humans, meetings landing on your calendar.

  4. 04

    Review

    Monthly read on reply rate, positive rate and cost per meeting; scope adjusted from data.

Tools for this workflow

Questions and answers

How much does it cost to outsource SDR work?
From $999 per month at pilot scope, with business scope at $2,990 — well under a loaded in-house hire.
Do we keep the pipeline data?
Yes. Everything sits in your CRM and exports with you.
Can you work alongside our AE team?
That is the usual setup: we book, your AEs close.

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