SDR B2B lead generation compared: Delta-v vs CIENCE

Outsourcing SDRs helps sales teams focus on closing rather than prospecting. We compare two leading SDR outsourcing companies, Delta-v and Cience, across key factors including regions covered, localisation, industry expertise, team model, onboarding speed, performance results, reporting, scalability, pricing, training, quality control, and tech stack.

Regions covered & localisation

Delta-v regions covered & localisation

Delta-v covers the United Kingdom, Ireland, Nordics, DACH, Benelux, the Middle East, and South Africa.

CIENCE regions covered & localisation

CIENCE has a global footprint with offices worldwide, including North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Key takeaway

Delta-v specialises in SDR outsourcing for the EMEA region. CIENCE is ideal if you need less targeted worldwide coverage.

Industry expertise

Delta-v industry expertise

Delta-v has deep domain knowledge in Enterprise Software and FinTech sales in the EMEA region, with a focus on turning complex B2B offerings into qualified meetings and sales pipeline.

CIENCE industry expertise

CIENCE has worked with 1,500+ clients with a broad cross-sector B2B reach. Published case studies span Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, e-commerce, Leisure and Travel & Tourism, Non-profit, and more.

Key takeaway

Choose Delta-v if you want specialist Enterprise Software and FinTech expertise across the EMEA region. Choose CIENCE if you prefer broad, multi-industry coverage and flexibility across many sectors.

Talent model

Delta-v talent model

Delta-v utilises SDR teams that embed into your organisation and focus exclusively on your success. SDRs are supported by a Dedicated SDR Manager, Account Manager, Campaign Strategist, and Sales Operations Analyst. Delta-v only hires A-team talent and has its own academy to ensure consistency in training and output from its SDRs.

CIENCE talent model

CIENCE operates a People-as-a-Service model, deploying a team of SDRs that works exclusively on your business to deliver predictable results. Clients report that the SDRs act as part of their own sales team rather than a shared resource.

Key takeaway

Both offer dedicated SDRs. Delta-v embeds a team within your organisation, providing layered leadership and ops support. Delta-v’s talent model is superior in terms of hiring and training. CIENCE provides a dedicated, multilingual team under a scalable model that draws on a global talent pool; however, recent reviews indicate issues with the talent pool.

Onboarding speed

Delta-v onboarding speed

Delta-v commits to a 30-day launch, including comprehensive onboarding, which includes building a sales playbook, tech stack setup, and training of dedicated SDR resources. They provide a fully functional, dedicated SDR team that will be live within a month, with a fixed monthly fee covering technology, infrastructure, personnel, and management.

CIENCE onboarding speed

CIENCE focuses on quick onboarding, offering a 10-business-day onboarding phase. Timelines include campaigns up and running in about two weeks and qualified leads and appointments within the first month, based on company claims and client feedback.

Key takeaway

Delta-v offers a fully operational, dedicated SDR team in 30 days, with custom playbooks, SDR training, and RevOps setup, ideal for Enterprise and FinTech software complexity. CIENCE ramps in 10 days and targets first results within 30 days, prioritising speed to activity over deeper, industry-specific enablement.

Performance results

Delta-v performance results

Delta-v demonstrates impact measured in pipeline value and senior stakeholder access. One programme generated more than $5M in unweighted pipeline value within six months.

While another client saw the initial three-month ramp reach 250% of benchmark targets, including a month in which a single SDR booked 23 meetings, other performance metrics include 95 qualified meetings booked in 6 months, surpassing the 90-meeting benchmark.

CIENCE performance results

CIENCE highlights scale and fast momentum, serving 2,500+ clients with tens of millions of leads developed. Case studies report a sharp uplift, with one events company citing a 500% increase in monthly new appointments.

Key takeaway

Delta-v showcases detailed outcomes (e.g., $5M+ pipeline in six months, 250% to target, senior-level meetings), with performance results from more competitive niche-focused industries. CIENCE emphasises rapid appointment growth, signalling capacity to scale quickly across many clients and sectors.

Reporting & transparency

Delta-v reporting & transparency

Delta-v positions visibility as a core promise, offering full systems access, weekly meetings, and granular reporting, providing you with complete visibility and control. Case study evidence backs their claims of reporting success and transparency. One client’s testimonial emphasises the rapid transformation in sales and a boost to the sales pipeline.

CIENCE reporting & transparency

CIENCE emphasises full visibility into outreach performance, offering real-time reporting on campaigns with lead status syncing directly into your CRM. Clients also cite weekly reports and pipeline reviews, so you can monitor volume, movement, and next actions without chasing updates.

Key takeaway

Both Delta-v and CIENCE prioritise transparency, with similar reporting, albeit in their different preferred formats.

Scalability & flexibility

Delta-v scalability & flexibility

Delta-v offers a fully operational, dedicated SDR team in 30 days. For flexibility, Delta-v allows customers to scale capacity up or down as needs evolve. Clients reference the flexibility to expand into new markets without the delay and overhead of building an in-house team.

CIENCE scalability & flexibility

CIENCE’s product is built for rapid scaling. They state that companies can hire hundreds of SDRs through their model, and a FinTech case study shows an expansion from 2 to 10 SDRs within 60 days. Client feedback also notes they adjust quickly to changing territories and ICPs.

Key takeaway

Choose Delta-v for a predictable 30-day stand-up and controlled scaling of an embedded team. Choose CIENCE when you need to ramp large SDR capacity quickly across multiple regions, with less complex products.

Pricing model

Delta-v pricing model

SDR-team-as-a-Service pricing includes an onboarding & setup fee, a monthly retainer per SDR, plus a fee per Sales Accepted Lead. Both of Delta-v’s Enterprise SDR-team-as-a-Service and standard SDR-team-as-a-Service pricing are available on request.

CIENCE pricing model

CIENCE uses a People-as-a-Service approach with approximately US$5,000 per month per dedicated SDR team (final quotes depend on scope).

Key takeaway

Delta-v offers a hybrid pricing model, with a retainer + per-SAL model for SDR teams (Enterprise on request), available upon request. CIENCE offers an approximate cost, but with both, you will need to reach out for the most accurate pricing for your request.

Tech stack & integration

Delta-v tech stack & integration

Delta-v utilises LinkedIn Sales Navigator, B2B data providers, and a sales engagement platform. For each new customer, they set up a dedicated Salesloft instance.

CIENCE tech stack & integration

CIENCE brings a broad, vendor-owned stack that can include chatbot software, programmatic ads, dialers, real-time chat, and CRM syncing.

Key takeaway

Delta-v uses an open, familiar enterprise ready toolkit, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, B2B data providers, CRM integrations, and sets up a dedicated Salesloft instance per client. CIENCE bundles a wider, in-house platform (chatbots, dialers, ads, CRM sync), favouring a broader set of tooling, with less specialisation.

Training & quality control

Delta-v training & quality control

Delta-v runs a formal sales training program, Go-to-Market Academy, with clear progression. Quality is reinforced by close trainer support, ongoing coaching from sales leaders, a continuous learning environment, weekly reporting and monthly campaign strategy sessions. With leadership readiness within 12-24 months.

CIENCE training & quality control

CIENCE trains SDRs through company-wide and specialised programmes and runs a structured QA process during campaigns to keep outreach quality consistent and improve performance as data comes in.

Key takeaway

Both offer excellent training and quality control with campaign QA’s, ultimately this is fairly similar across both Delta-v and CIENCE.

Conclusion

Both Delta-v and Cience have the expertise and tools for SDR outsourcing to build a qualified sales pipeline. Your choice depends on your region, complexity and speed requirements.

Choose Delta-v if you want an embedded SDR team with EMEA depth, a predictable 30-day stand-up, RevOps-led integrations and playbooks, specifically for FinTech and Enterprise Software. Choose CIENCE if you need global, scalability with multilingual coverage.

Speak to a Delta-v specialist for SDR outsourcing that meets your needs.