How much does a lead generation agency cost?
Industry estimates put retainers at $2,000 to $15,000 a month, plus a setup fee of $3,000 to $5,000 and a minimum term of about 3 months. Pay per meeting deals run $300 to $600 a meeting and pay per lead $200 to $500 a qualified lead. Named examples: B2Bmeetings lists $4,500 to $10,500 a month and SalesRoads $11,950 per 4 weeks for one SDR (checked September 2026).
What is the difference between a lead generation agency and a lead generation company?
The terms overlap. An agency usually runs outreach for you with its own team and charges a retainer or per result. A lead generation company can also mean a data or software provider that sells contacts or the tool to reach them. Getlead is the second kind, but it runs the outreach too: you pay per email sent instead of a retainer.
Is a lead generation agency worth it?
It can be when nobody on your team can own outbound, when you need phone or LinkedIn outreach, or when your offer still needs testing by people who have done it before. It is harder to justify when you already know your buyer, because most of the retainer pays for list building, writing and sending that software now runs.
How do agencies charge for B2B lead generation?
Four models: a monthly retainer, pay per meeting, pay per qualified lead, and a hybrid of a smaller retainer plus a fee per meeting. Most add a setup fee for domains, mailboxes and strategy, and many ask for a 3 month minimum or a pilot period before you can leave.
What does Getlead cost instead?
You add credit from $30 and every email that actually goes out costs $0.03. There is no retainer, no setup fee and no contract. At 23,233 or more emails a month, Unlimited at $697 a month is the cheaper plan, with 1,080 sends a day per block.
Does Getlead guarantee meetings like a pay per meeting agency?
No. You pay for emails sent, not for results, so the risk sits with you, and so does the saving. Replies depend on your offer and your market. What Getlead controls is the targeting, the verified list, the writing and the sending, and you see every email before it goes.
Who books the meetings?
When a lead replies with interest, Getlead answers with your booking link and the prospect picks a time on your calendar tool. There is no calendar integration, and you take the call yourself, the same as with an agency.
How fast can I start compared with an agency?
An agency typically needs a kickoff, a strategy phase and two to four weeks of domain warmup before the first send. On Getlead you paste your website, the plan is ready in about 60 seconds, and after you add credit the first campaign waits one hour in review and then sends from mailboxes that are already warm.