memoryBlue vs SalesHive: Pricing, Model and Reviews (2026)

Quick answer

• Pick memoryBlue if you sell B2B tech or professional services (cybersecurity, data, fintech, GovTech) into enterprise accounts, need coverage outside the US or in other languages, or want the option to hire the reps later. Expect a higher price and a longer commitment.

• Pick SalesHive if you want a phone-led SDR on month-to-month terms with no setup fee, want a lower-cost offshore option, or are a smaller company testing outbound for the first time. Expect a thin review record and no meeting guarantee.

• Pick neither if your buyers don't answer phones and you mainly need meetings from email. That's where an email-first agency like ours fits.

IntentSignal is a cold email agency, so we're one of the options. We've tried to be fair, and every competitor fact links to its source. Neither memoryBlue nor SalesHive publishes dollar prices, so any price below is labeled with who reported it.

memoryBlue vs SalesHive at a glance

Sources for each row are listed at the bottom. Reported memoryBlue prices come from competing agencies (Modern Inbound, CIENCE, Belkins), and reported SalesHive prices come from Salesforge, which also sells a competing service.

Two different models

Both firms rent you SDRs who call your prospects, so they tend to land on the same shortlist. memoryBlue trains reps centrally and coaches them daily in offices, while SalesHive sells a set number of daily touches backed by its own platform.

memoryBlue is a coached, in-office model. It says it has 650+ SDRs, ADRs and AEs coached daily by managers and directors, working from offices in Tysons, Boston, Austin, Dallas, Denver, London and Singapore (memoryBlue blog). Every rep passes a 12-step hiring process and a 6-week Academy before working on a client account, and clients can hire reps onto their own team through an "audition-to-hire" model (memoryBlue). It has been in business 20+ years (Clutch lists 2002) and acquired the London firm Operatix in 2023. Its client logos include CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Splunk, Wiz and Microsoft.

SalesHive is a volume model with a platform behind it. Its plans are defined by daily touches: Starter is one SDR on phone only at 100+ touches a day, Growth is one SDR on phone and email at 250+, and Crush is two SDRs at 500+ (SalesHive pricing). Each plan comes with a strategist, call recording and coaching, its Power Dialer, eMod AI email personalization, list building and CRM sync. SalesHive was founded in 2016, has been remote-first since then, and says it has booked 106K+ meetings for clients (SalesHive about).

With memoryBlue you pay for rep quality and management. With SalesHive you pay for a fixed amount of activity, at a lower reported price.

Pricing and terms

Neither firm publishes a price, so most figures below come from Clutch and from competing agencies.

memoryBlue: Clutch lists a $5,000+ minimum project, with $10,000 to $49,000 as the most common project size across 18 reviews (Clutch). Modern Inbound and CIENCE report $7,000 to $12,000 per SDR per month with a 6-month minimum. Belkins reports a starting point of $11,000 a month with a 6-month pilot paid upfront, then month to month (Belkins). memoryBlue's own blog says it offers two models: a fixed all-inclusive monthly retainer, or a performance model that pairs a lower base with a fee for each meeting held. It says the retainer typically costs about 7% less over the long term.

SalesHive: plans are custom quoted, with no setup fee, no per-meeting fee and $0 owed until you approve launch. Salesforge reported about $5,000, $8,000 and $12,000 a month for the three US plans and about $4,000 offshore (Salesforge). One Clutch reviewer says they paid $7,000 a month in March 2026. Month-to-month plans end with written notice, with billing running to the end of the next billing month. Our SalesHive pricing page walks through that clause.

Year-one cost, side by side

The "minimum commitment" column is what you'd pay if it fails early. For memoryBlue that's the reported 6-month minimum. For SalesHive on month to month, it's roughly the first month plus the notice tail. In practice, that gap in downside matters more than the gap in monthly price.

Cost per meeting

Belkins reports that memoryBlue clients should expect 2 to 5 appointments in month 1, rising to 10 to 12 a month from month 4. memoryBlue's own blog says reps reach full pace after about 90 days. Assuming months 2 and 3 fall between those points, one memoryBlue SDR books roughly 104 to 131 meetings in year one. At a $9,500 midpoint ($114,000 a year), that's about $870 to $1,100 a meeting. At Belkins' reported $11,000 a month, about $1,000 to $1,270.

SalesHive publishes no meeting expectations and no guarantee. Its about page highlights 564 meetings for one software client over three years, roughly 15 a month. At the reported Growth price of $8,000, 8 meetings a month is $1,000 each and 15 a month is $533. The one buyer review on Clutch reports a single off-target meeting after 13 calling days.

Per meeting, the two can end up in a similar range. memoryBlue gets there with better-trained reps after a long ramp, SalesHive with a lower fixed cost and month-to-month terms.

Who the reps are

memoryBlue's reps are hired and trained centrally and work in offices with daily coaching. Its blog describes the delivery model as in-office. It covers North America, EMEA, APAC and LATAM in 30+ languages. If you sell into Europe or Asia, or to US government buyers (it lists B2G lead generation and GovTech as a focus), memoryBlue has the edge.

SalesHive's core SDR team is US-based and remote, with a lower-cost offshore team in the Philippines guided by a US strategist. One Trustpilot reviewer says their "dedicated" SDR was also working other accounts, and another describes outreach stalling after an SDR change (Trustpilot). memoryBlue's Clutch reviewers raise a similar point: team changes slowing lead delivery. Rep turnover is a risk with both. Ask each how replacements are handled and what you pay while a seat is empty.

Reviews

memoryBlue has far more reviews and higher scores: 297 G2 reviews averaging 4.6 (G2) and 23 Clutch reviews averaging 4.7, with sub-scores of 4.6 for quality, 4.8 for schedule, 4.4 for cost and 4.8 for willingness to refer. Praise centers on quality, professionalism and hitting meeting targets. Complaints are about team turnover, project management transparency and price.

SalesHive has 35 Trustpilot reviews averaging 3.5: 57% five-star, 37% one-star and almost nothing in between. The 5-star reviews praise responsive account managers and steady meetings. The 1-star reviews describe few or no meetings, charges after cancellation and refused credits. SalesHive replies to many of them and disputes several. Its single Clutch review is rated 0.5 (Clutch).

Who should pick which

Questions to ask both before signing

1. What is the minimum term in writing, and is any of it paid upfront?

2. On the performance model (memoryBlue) or flat fee (SalesHive), what exactly counts as a held or qualified meeting?

3. Is my SDR full time on my account? What happens to my campaign, and my bill, if they leave?

4. Who keeps the call recordings, contact lists and sequences after we stop?

5. When does billing end after I give notice?

6. What did month 1 and month 4 look like for a client in my market?

A third option: cold email without the SDR seat

Both of these firms are phone-first. If your buyers live in email and your contract value is $10K+, a cold email agency can cost less than either. IntentSignal programs start at $2,999 a month, month to month, and you own every domain and mailbox we build, in writing. Our two co-founders run every account, and custom AI agents research each company and write outreach around what's happening there. On strong account signals we see about 1 booked meeting per 100 emails. Gainsight got 90 sales-accepted leads in two months with us.

We don't run a phone-first SDR team, so if your market needs calls, choose one of these two. If you want to compare, book a campaign plan call. For the wider field, see SalesHive alternatives and memoryBlue alternatives, or our agency vs in-house SDR cost breakdown.

Frequently asked questions

Is memoryBlue more expensive than SalesHive?

By reported prices, usually yes. Competing agencies report memoryBlue at $7,000 to $12,000 per SDR a month with a 6-month minimum. SalesHive is reported at about $5,000 to $12,000 a month for US plans (Crush includes 2 SDRs) and about $4,000 offshore, month to month. Neither publishes prices.

Which has better reviews, memoryBlue or SalesHive?

memoryBlue: G2 4.6 from 297 reviews and Clutch 4.7 from 23. SalesHive: Trustpilot 3.5 from 35 reviews and one Clutch review rated 0.5.

Can I hire memoryBlue's SDRs?

Yes. memoryBlue offers an audition-to-hire model that lets you bring reps onto your own team, and separately runs SDR and AE recruitment from its alumni network.

Does either guarantee meetings?

SalesHive's pricing page says it does not guarantee a number of meetings. We found no guarantee on memoryBlue's site, though it offers a performance model with a fee per held meeting.

Do memoryBlue and SalesHive use offshore SDRs?

SalesHive offers an offshore team in the Philippines as a lower-cost option. memoryBlue runs offices in the US, London and Singapore and covers 30+ languages in-market.

How long until meetings start?

SalesHive says most clients launch about three weeks after kickoff. memoryBlue says reps reach full pace after about 90 days, and Belkins reports 2 to 5 appointments in month 1 rising to 10 to 12 by month 4.

Sources

• memoryBlue homepage (services, Academy, audition-to-hire, stats)

• memoryBlue blog: outsourced sales development (pricing models, offices, ramp)

• memoryBlue on Clutch

• memoryBlue on G2

• Modern Inbound vs memoryBlue (reported price, competitor source)

• CIENCE memoryBlue alternatives (reported price, competitor source)

• Belkins on memoryBlue (reported price, pilot and ramp, competitor source)

• memoryBlue acquires Operatix (2023 release)

• SalesHive pricing page

• SalesHive about page

• Salesforge SalesHive review (reported prices)

• SalesHive on Trustpilot

• SalesHive on Clutch