Cleverly alternative

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Cleverly runs templated outreach from your own LinkedIn account. Occura runs dedicated accounts branded as your business, with in-house human setters writing every message. Here is the honest comparison, including where Cleverly is the better pick.

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In short

The best Cleverly alternative depends on what you want. Cleverly is a high-volume, lower-cost multichannel agency that runs templated outreach from your own account. Occura is a LinkedIn specialist that runs dedicated accounts branded as your business, with human setters writing every message and zero risk to your profile.

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What Cleverly is

First, the honest picture.

Cleverly is a well-known B2B lead generation agency with thousands of clients and reviews. It runs done-for-you LinkedIn outreach, cold email and cold calling, typically using proven message templates refined across many campaigns, often operated from the client's own LinkedIn account.

Pricing: Read on cleverly.co on 31 August 2026: LinkedIn outreach starts at $397 a month for 500 prospects, cold email at $1,995, cold calling at $3,995, appointment setting from $697 to $2,997, and white-label at $297 and $497. There is no pricing page; the figures sit across service pages. Third-party reviews report higher LinkedIn tiers at $697 and $997, but those are not published on cleverly.co. Their terms set a 90-day initial term auto-renewing every 30 days, non-renewal requires written notice at least 10 days before term end, amounts paid are non-refundable, and pausing costs $99 a month in data retention.

Where Cleverly is genuinely good:

  • Large, established operation with 1,000+ reviews and a long track record
  • Lower price point than most managed agencies, easy entry
  • Multichannel: LinkedIn, cold email and cold calling under one roof
  • Data from thousands of campaigns informs their messaging playbooks
Side by side

Cleverly vs Occura.

Agency

Cleverly

  • Whose LinkedIn account sends: Your own profile. Their white-label page states the service uses "your clients' own LinkedIn accounts" and that clients "remain the visible senders of all outreach"
  • Who carries restriction risk: You do, because the outreach runs on your profile. Reviewers report suspensions on their own accounts, including one built over a decade
  • Who answers when a prospect replies: You do. Their own FAQ: "you take over the conversation from there (unless you are on our Appointment Setting plan)", which their site prices from $697 to $2,997 a month
  • How messages get written: A copywriting team drafts the campaign for approval, then accepted connections enter a fixed three-touch drip sequence
  • Contract and exit: Their terms: a 90-day initial term, auto-renewing every 30 days, non-renewal by written notice at least 10 days before term end, and all amounts paid non-refundable
  • Cost of pausing: $99 a month in data retention to keep your campaign data while paused. A pause over 30 days counts as non-renewal
  • Published pricing: More transparent than ours. $397 a month for 500 prospects, plus published prices for cold email, cold calling and white-label
  • Channel scope: Broader. LinkedIn, cold email, cold calling, appointment setting, outsourced SDRs, paid ads and content
LinkedIn specialist

occura

  • Whose LinkedIn account sends: A dedicated account we set up and operate, branded as your business. Your own profile is never connected.
  • Who carries restriction risk: We do. The account is ours, and if it is restricted or banned we replace it at no cost to you.
  • Who answers when a prospect replies: The same setter runs the reply thread, qualifies and books the meeting. Included, not a tier.
  • How messages get written: An in-house setter reads the profile and writes each message. No sequences, no merge fields, no bot.
  • Contract and exit: An engagement term agreed up front, with no notice window to miss.
  • Cost of pausing: No pause fee.
  • Published pricing: A custom quote from your market size and meeting target. You have to ask.
  • Channel scope: LinkedIn only. One channel, done properly.
What they charge

Cleverly pricing, as they publish it.

Read on cleverly.co and in their terms of use on 31 August 2026. There is no pricing page; the figures sit across service pages.

WhatPrice
LinkedIn outreach500 prospects a month. The only LinkedIn price published on their siteFrom $397 / mo
Cold email10,000+ emails a month$1,995 / mo
Cold calling5,000+ calls a month with a dedicated SDR$3,995 / mo
Appointment settingThis is the tier where they handle replies for you$697 to $2,997 / mo
White label, Gold600 prospects, dedicated account manager$297 / mo
White label, PlatinumAdds a dedicated appointment setter$497 / mo
Higher LinkedIn tiersThird-party reviews report these. They are not published on cleverly.co, so askReported at $697 and $997
Initial termThen auto-renews every 30 days. Non-renewal needs written notice at least 10 days before term end90 days
PausingData retention while paused. A pause over 30 days counts as non-renewal$99 / mo
RefundsTheir terms: all amounts paid are non-refundableNone
What their clients say

The reviews, good and bad.

Cleverly is the closest thing to a direct competitor we have, and they are more transparent on price than we are. They carry 1,152 Trustpilot reviews at 4.6 out of 5, 88% of them five star, plus 85 Clutch reviews at 4.3. The one-star band is 2%, a small minority, but its themes are unusually consistent and their CEO replies publicly to many of them, including disputing some accounts.

Zero leads in 3 months and had my LinkedIn account suspended.
1/5Trustpilot, review title · 1 October 2024
They dismissed my specific, high-value copy targeting C-Suite decision-makers and pushed generic, high-volume spray and pray campaigns. They are a volume shop designed to send spam, not a partner designed to generate revenue.
3/5, updated from 1/5 after the CEO intervenedTrustpilot · March 2026
Our Account Manager did not know about our industry to suggest who we should connect with. 600 new connections produced only 2 low value orders.
3/5Trustpilot, after six months · 3 July 2023
Why the difference matters

Branded as you. Operated by us.

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 persona, not a stock profile

A credible senior figure from your business, built to earn replies in your market.

In-house setters, not bots

Real people write every message and handle every reply. No automation, no scripts.

Your accounts stay untouched

We run dedicated accounts and carry the risk. Your team's profiles are never used.

The honest answer

Which one is right for you.

Pick Cleverly if

You want the lowest-cost entry, you are comfortable running outreach from your own account, and templated multichannel volume is acceptable for your offer.

Pick Occura if

You sell a considered B2B offer where the message has to feel one-to-one, you want a senior persona branded to your business doing the outreach, and you do not want your own profile carrying any risk.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

No, and that is deliberate. Cleverly starts around $397 a month for templated, higher-volume outreach. Occura sits well above that because every message is hand-written by an in-house setter on a dedicated account branded as your business. It is a different model built for considered B2B sales, not cheap volume.

Cleverly's model typically operates from the client's own profile. Occura never does. We run dedicated, aged accounts branded as your business, so your own profile and network carry zero restriction risk.

No. Cleverly is a solid, affordable option for teams that want high-volume multichannel outreach and are fine with templates and using their own account. We just solve a different problem: senior, human, LinkedIn-specialist outreach for offers where the message quality decides the reply.

Teams selling higher-consideration B2B offers to senior buyers, who want every message written by a human, a persona branded to their business, and no risk to their own profile.

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: Cleverly B2B lead gen pricing · Cleverly appointment setting · Cleverly white label · Cleverly terms of use · Trustpilot reviews · Clutch profile

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