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12 pay-per-meeting and appointment setting agencies scored on published price, held-meeting billing and minimum term. Prices as of October 2026.
By Moe Alhosni · Published 30 October 2026 · 14 min read
Short answer: As of October 2026, three agencies publish a per-meeting price, bill only meetings that took place and ask for no minimum term: ScaliQ ($99–$499 per attended meeting), VA Horizon ($200–$600 per held meeting) and ROI Maximizer ($200–$500 per qualified meeting that took place). SalesGent is next, from $250 with a 3-month minimum. The rest of the twelve charge a retainer, or do not say what a meeting costs.
How this list was made. I'm Moe Alhosni and I run ROI Maximizer, one of the twelve agencies below. So I did not rank by opinion. Each firm is scored on three things you can check on its own website: is a price published, is billing tied to meetings that actually happened, and is there no minimum term. Every figure was read on the firm's own page on 30 October 2026 (Belkins' channels on 29 October) and is linked. Where a firm publishes no price, I say so instead of quoting a third-party guess.
This page covers agencies in any industry. If you sell to banks, insurers or asset managers, the fintech versions are pay-per-meeting agencies for fintech and fintech lead generation agencies compared. For appointment setters grouped by how they charge, unranked, see appointment setting companies.
The score ranks the deal, not the delivery. Three criteria, 0 to 2 points each:
Ties are broken by what you pay before the first meeting: setup fee plus any fee for a month with no meetings. Lowest first.
What this leaves out matters as much. I cannot score meeting quality, reply handling or how well a firm knows your market from a pricing page. A firm that scores 1 may book you better meetings than one that scores 6. The score tells you who carries the risk of a quiet month. Ask for dated results before you pick anyone, including us.
| Rank | Agency | Price transparency | Held-meeting billing | No minimum term | Score | Before the first meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ScaliQ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | $0: no setup, no retainer |
| 2 | VA Horizon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | $300 setup |
| 3 | ROI Maximizer (us) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | $1,000–$3,000 setup |
| 4 | SalesGent | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | No setup fee stated; 3-month minimum |
| 5 | CIENCE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Setup not priced, then $4,249 a month with one offshore SDR |
| 6 | FunnL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | $2,000 a month retainer |
| 7 | Sopro | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Around €3.4K a month |
| 8 | LeadHaste | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | $1,000 setup plus $4,500 a month |
| 9 | Belkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Not stated for the per-meeting plan |
| 10 | SalesHive | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Not published |
| 11 | Callbox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | About $6,667 a month per pod, estimated |
| 12 | Martal Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Not published; 3-month pilot |
We tie for first on the three criteria and come third on the tie-breaker, because our setup fee is the highest of the three. That is the honest result of the method, so that is where we sit.
All prices as of October 2026, from each firm's own page.
| Agency | Price per meeting | Setup or fixed fee | Booked or held | Minimum term | Channels | Best for | Where to be careful |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ScaliQ | $99–$499 "Per Qualified Attended Meeting" | "no setup or onboarding fee"; no monthly retainer | Attended; no-shows not billed | None stated; "no long-term agency retainer commitment" | LinkedIn, through your own authorised profile | Lowest entry price, LinkedIn-first buyers | Messages go out from your LinkedIn profile |
| VA Horizon | $200–$600 "per held, double confirmed meeting" | "$300 one time setup" | Held; "No show or off criteria meetings are never billed" | "No contract to cancel" | Human and AI SDRs over SMS | Buyers who answer texts | SMS is a personal channel; check it suits your buyer |
| ROI Maximizer (us) | $200–$500 per qualified meeting that took place, or $5,000 a month flat | $1,000–$3,000 one-off setup | Held, and approved by you against a written definition | None; nothing for a no-show | Cold email only | Email-reachable B2B buyers, deals of $5,000 a year or more | Highest setup of the top three; no phone, no LinkedIn |
| SalesGent | "starts at $250/ qualified sales opportunities" | None stated | "Pay Per Held Qualified Meeting" | "the minimum term is 3 months" | Cold email and LinkedIn | Email plus LinkedIn at a low per-meeting floor | Uses two billing units on one page; ask which applies |
| CIENCE | None; bonus per SDR above 60% of a held-meeting target | $2,000 team, $499 platform, SDRs from $1,750 (offshore) or $3,500 (US and Europe) a month; setup not priced | Bonus counts held meetings | "Month to month, no long contract" | Email, phone, LinkedIn | An SDR team you can scale | The base fees run whatever happens |
| FunnL | "$300 per completed sales meeting" | "Starting at $2000 monthly retainer" | "Completed", not defined | Not stated | Not stated for this plan | A low retainer with pay linked to meetings | Get "completed" and no-shows defined |
| Sopro | None | "around €3.4K per month" | Not stated whether it books meetings | "no minimum contract" | Email, LinkedIn, display ads, gifting | UK and EU teams that can work replies the same day | You may be buying replies, not meetings |
| LeadHaste | None | $4,500 a month plus "$1,000 one-time setup" | Booked; "If we miss it, payments pause" | "three months, then month-to-month" | Email; LinkedIn scoped separately | A fixed budget with a meeting floor | The floor counts booked meetings and its number is not published |
| Belkins | "pay-per-appointment plan starting from $750/meeting" | Retainer "From $5,000/month" | Not stated | "Six-month agreement with a three-month checkpoint" for the retainer | Email, LinkedIn, calling | Larger deals, multichannel | The per-meeting plan's terms are not published |
| SalesHive | None; "does not price by the meeting" | Custom quote; no setup fee | Not applicable | Month to month; billing ends at the end of the next billing month after notice | Phone; phone and email on higher tiers | Phone-first outreach | You pay the flat fee in a month with no meetings |
| Callbox | None | $6,667 a month per pod, "Estimated pricing" | Not applicable | Not published | Phone, email, LinkedIn, web retargeting | Several countries and languages | Exact price only after a consultation |
| Martal Group | None | "Inquire about pricing"; higher tiers add a sales commission | Not applicable | 3-month pilot; 4 months on higher tiers | Email, LinkedIn, calls | Help past the first meeting | No price to compare until you are on a call |
ScaliQ prices between $99 and $499 per qualified meeting the prospect attends, with "The exact price is confirmed before the campaign begins." No setup fee and no retainer, so a month with nothing costs nothing. A rescheduled meeting is billed only once the prospect turns up.
The catch is the channel. Campaigns run on LinkedIn through "an authorized LinkedIn profile belonging to you or your company". Ask what happens if LinkedIn restricts that profile, and whether you are comfortable with automated messages going out in your name.
VA Horizon charges $200 to $600 per held, double-confirmed meeting, by industry, after a $300 setup. Its page says "No show or off criteria meetings are never billed" and offers a "Free no-show replacement".
It works over SMS, with human and AI SDRs. That fits some buyers and not others. A text from an unknown number reads differently to a CFO than an email does. One more thing: its banner says "Pay per booked meeting" while the body says held. Get held in the contract.
A one-off setup of $1,000 to $3,000, then $200 to $500 per qualified meeting that took place, billed monthly in arrears. Or $5,000 a month flat, with no per-meeting fee. No minimum term and nothing for a no-show. The definition of "qualified" is written and agreed before the first email, and you can reject a meeting that does not match it. Where you sit in each range depends on deal size, how hard the list is and the market; it is confirmed on the call. Full terms are in pay per meeting lead generation pricing.
Our published results are from two PR agencies. PR Noir got 27 leads, 10 qualified meetings and a $90K deal in 45 days, broken down in PR Noir's first 45 days. P1 Communications, a UK hospitality PR agency, got 20+ qualified meetings.
Note that the $5,000 flat option is a retainer. On that option a quiet month costs the same as a good one, like every retainer below.
SalesGent's headline is "Only pay for meetings that are held", and its FAQ says pricing "starts at $250/ qualified sales opportunities". An opportunity and a held meeting are not the same stage in your pipeline, so ask which one is billed. The three-month minimum is the only thing keeping it off the top tier. Channels are cold email and LinkedIn.
CIENCE publishes more than most: $2,000 a month for the campaign team, $499 for the platform, and SDRs from $1,750 offshore or $3,500 in the US and Europe. Above that sits a bonus paid when an SDR passes 60% of a monthly held-meeting target. The setup fee is not priced on the page. It runs email, phone and LinkedIn, month to month. With one offshore SDR, a month with no meetings costs $4,249. More in CIENCE pricing.
FunnL charges "$300 per completed sales meeting" on top of a retainer "Starting at $2000". The page says "Only pay for qualified meetings" but does not define completed or qualified, and states no term or no-show rule. It is the cheapest retainer here with pay linked to meetings. Get the definitions written down.
Sopro, a UK managed outreach service, starts "at around €3.4K per month" with "no minimum contract". It runs email, LinkedIn, display ads and gifting. Its pricing page does not say it books meetings. If replies come to your team, someone on your side must answer them the same day. More in Sopro alternatives.
LeadHaste charges $4,500 a month plus a $1,000 setup, three months then month to month. Its guarantee: "We agree on a booked-meeting floor. If we miss it, payments pause until we catch up." That is a real protection, and more than most retainers offer. Two gaps: the floor counts booked meetings, not held ones, and the number is agreed per client, not published. Email is the core channel; LinkedIn is scoped separately.
Belkins' own comparison page lists a "pay-per-appointment plan starting from $750/meeting" beside its retainer "From $5,000/month" on a "Six-month agreement with a three-month checkpoint". It does not say whether the $750 is for a booked or a held meeting, or what term the plan carries. Belkins runs email, LinkedIn and calling, and suits larger deals. More in Belkins pricing.
SalesHive is clear that it "does not price by the meeting". One flat monthly fee, custom quoted, no setup fee, month to month, with billing ending at the end of the next billing month after written notice. Starter is phone only; Growth adds email. It is here because people search for it as a pay-per-meeting firm. It is not one. More in the SalesHive review.
Callbox estimates $6,667 a month per pod, with "Exact pricing provided after consultation" and contract length on request. It runs phone, email, LinkedIn and web retargeting, across countries and languages. No per-appointment pricing on its page. More in Callbox pricing.
Martal's pricing page says "Inquire about pricing" on every tier: a flat monthly fee, plus a sales commission on the higher tiers, after a three- or four-month pilot. It runs email, LinkedIn and calls, and its higher tiers carry on past the first meeting. You cannot compare it on price until you are on a call. More in Martal Group pricing.
Cleverly runs LinkedIn, cold email and calling, but its homepage shows no price and no per-meeting offer. Pay Per Appointment, a UK firm, says "We do not have a minimum term contract in place" and serves B2B clients only, but publishes no price and does not define the appointment. Both would score too low to change the order.
Pick someone else if any of these is true.
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On published terms as of October 2026, ScaliQ, VA Horizon and ROI Maximizer score highest: each publishes a per-meeting price, bills only meetings that took place and has no minimum term. Which one is best for you depends on channel. ScaliQ uses LinkedIn, VA Horizon uses SMS and we use cold email.
Published prices run from $99 per attended meeting (ScaliQ's lowest) to Belkins' plan "starting from $750/meeting", as of October 2026. We charge $200–$500 per qualified meeting that took place, after a $1,000–$3,000 setup. The full breakdown is in pay per meeting lead generation pricing.
ScaliQ, VA Horizon, SalesGent and ROI Maximizer say no-shows are not billed. FunnL and Belkins' per-meeting plan do not say on the pages I checked. Put it in the contract either way.
It is better when a quiet month would hurt and you want the agency to carry that risk. A retainer can cost less per meeting at high volume, and buys a team, several channels or phone work. The trade-off is in pay per meeting vs retainer lead generation.
A booked meeting is on the calendar. A held meeting took place. Agencies that bill on booked meetings get paid for no-shows; ones that bill on held meetings do not. LeadHaste's guarantee counts booked meetings; ScaliQ, VA Horizon, SalesGent and we bill held ones.
Get three things in writing before you pay any agency, including this one.
Prices move. Every figure here was on the firm's own page on 30 October 2026; the order form is the price. If you want a second opinion on a shortlist, book 30 minutes or email moe@roimaxi.com.
About the author: Moe Alhosni, founder of ROI Maximizer. Before that he spent four and a half years in sales at Moody's in London, most recently as Assistant Director, Sales, working with banks, asset managers and private equity firms. He runs the campaigns behind the first-hand data on this site. LinkedIn
After Moody's he was Sales Director at Coinshift, a Web3 treasury management company (2024). Before Moody's he worked at BLOM Bank France in London on settlements and customer service, including AML/KYC record updates. Full career
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