CIENCE is a large multichannel SDR platform with a setup fee, monthly fees and per-meeting commissions. Occura is a focused LinkedIn specialist on dedicated accounts branded as your business, on a flat monthly fee. Here is the honest comparison.
CIENCE is a large, established multichannel outbound platform that stacks a setup fee, monthly fees, per-SDR costs and per-meeting commissions. Occura is a LinkedIn-only specialist on dedicated accounts branded as your business, on a flat monthly fee, with human setters and zero risk to your profile.
Book a strategy callCIENCE Technologies is one of the largest B2B lead generation and go-to-market agencies (founded 2015). It pairs human SDRs with a proprietary data and automation platform to run multichannel outbound across email, phone and LinkedIn, plus ads.
Pricing: CIENCE publishes it, which is rare. Read on cience.com on 31 August 2026: $5,000 one-time setup, $2,000 a month for the strategic team and $499 a month for the platform, which their page labels $7,499 for the first month and $2,499 a month after, before a single SDR. SDRs are quoted separately at $1,500 to $6,500 a month depending on level and location, plus $1,000 onboarding each, plus a per-meeting fee calculated from an agreed ROI goal.
Where CIENCE is genuinely good:
Read on cience.com on 31 August 2026. CIENCE publishes its full pricing, which is rare in this category and worth crediting.
| What | Price |
|---|---|
| GTM System SetupDescribed as a five-day sprint | $5,000 one-time |
| Strategic execution team | $2,000 / mo |
| graph8 platform licence75,000 credits | $499 / mo |
| First month, all inTheir own label, and it is before a single SDR | $7,499 |
| Monthly thereafterStill before a single SDR | $2,499 |
| SDR, offshoreBy level, L1 scripted through L3 data-driven | $1,500 to $3,500 / mo |
| SDR, Europe | $2,500 to $4,500 / mo |
| SDR, United States | $4,500 to $6,500 / mo |
| SDR onboarding | $1,000 one-time each |
| Per-meeting feeCalculated from an agreed ROI goal, typically 4x, using their campaign calculator | On top of all of the above |
CIENCE is large and long established, with 142 Clutch reviews averaging 4.2 and genuine strengths in project management. The reviews split hard by platform: Trustpilot rates them 1.7 out of 5. Their own reviews page cites eight platforms and does not include Trustpilot. Both sets are real, and the recurring themes below come from verified Clutch clients rather than anonymous accounts.
We suffered from staff turnover, our team changed 3x in less than 4 months to start the project, no shows on calls from team members, and had to pull the plug for fear of harm to our brand.
Our second PM was quite good, but he had 8 or more projects running concurrently and his team was unable to perform.
Each account manager is assigned to way more accounts than is feasible, and as a result service sometimes suffers.
Occura runs LinkedIn lead generation on dedicated accounts that wear your brand, with a real in-house setter writing every message. Your own profiles stay untouched.
A credible senior figure from your business, built to earn replies in your market.
Real people write every message and handle every reply. No automation, no scripts.
We run dedicated accounts and carry the risk. Your team's profiles are never used.
You are a mid-market or enterprise company, often with higher deal sizes, that wants one scaled vendor to run multichannel outbound (email, phone and LinkedIn together) with platform tooling, and can absorb a setup fee and commissions.
You want LinkedIn done deeply rather than a multichannel platform, simple flat pricing with no setup fee or commission, a dedicated account branded as your business, and human setters rather than a data engine.
CIENCE stacks a $5,000 setup, monthly fees, per-SDR costs and per-meeting commissions, often landing well above $5k a month all-in. Occura is a flat monthly fee with no setup fee and no commission. CIENCE buys multichannel scale; Occura buys focused LinkedIn specialism.
Scope and simplicity. CIENCE is a large multichannel platform across email, phone, LinkedIn and ads. Occura is LinkedIn-only, on dedicated accounts branded as your business, with human setters and flat pricing.
For larger companies wanting a scaled multichannel program with platform tooling, yes, it is one of the biggest in the space. If you want LinkedIn done well with simple flat pricing, Occura is the sharper fit.
CIENCE pairs human SDRs with its own data and automation platform. Occura uses in-house human setters only, with no bots and no templates, on dedicated branded accounts.
Sources. Every figure and quote on this page was read at source on 31 August 2026. Pricing changes without notice, so check before you decide: CIENCE pricing · CIENCE about us · graph8 company page · Clutch profile · Trustpilot reviews
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