The Best Belkins Alternatives for Marketing Agencies
Belkins runs a dedicated "Advertising & Marketing Agencies" case-study vertical inside its broader B2B appointment-setting business, citing 100-plus creative and marketing agency clients and 14-plus published case studies, including 78 appointments booked in 6 months for one adtech client. Belkins is not an agency-only specialist, it treats agencies as one industry among many it sells into. Its published starting price is a $4,000-a-month starter tier (1,500 leads a month, 3 channels, 100 guaranteed annual appointments), with third-party listicles citing a $4,000 to $14,800-plus monthly range above that. Agencies who want that scale and a named on-account team can request Belkins' current package, or use VA Horizon exclusive, double-confirmed meetings for a $300 one-time setup plus a published $250 to $450 per meeting, disclosed here as our own service, not a neutral rating.
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VA Horizon vs Belkins
| Decision Point | VA Horizon | Belkins |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | A booked, double-confirmed new-business meeting with a qualified prospect, on your calendar. | A retainer-based, multi-channel appointment-setting campaign run by a named on-account team. (source) |
| Pricing | $300 one-time setup, then a published $250 to $450 per booked meeting, in full on this page. | A $4,000-a-month starter tier published on Belkins' own site (1,500 leads a month, 3 channels, 100 guaranteed annual appointments), with third-party listicles citing up to $14,800-plus a month above that. (source) |
| Agency specialization | Marketing agencies only. Every Human + AI SDR conversation is built around your qualification criteria for this niche. | One of many verticals Belkins sells into. Agencies get a dedicated case-study page (100-plus clients, 14-plus case studies) inside a broader multi-industry appointment-setting business. (source) |
| Team structure | Human + AI SDRs we built and run ourselves, texting prospects on the VA Horizon Private CRM. Nothing rented or white-labeled. | Names a standard on-account team per client: Account Manager, SDR, Lead Sourcing Specialist, Sales Copywriter, and Deliverability Specialist. (source) |
| Guaranteed volume | No fixed volume commitment. You pay only for meetings actually booked and held. | Its published starter tier includes 100 guaranteed annual appointments as part of the $4,000-a-month package. (source) |
| Billing trigger | Only a held, double-confirmed meeting. | A monthly retainer, paid whether or not that specific month's meeting count is high or low, inside the guaranteed annual total. (source) |
What Belkins' $4,000-a-month tier and agency case studies actually get you.
Why agencies look past Belkins
Belkins' published starter tier starts at $4,000 a month, a real monthly floor with third-party listicles citing up to $14,800-plus a month above it. And Belkins is not an agency-only specialist, it runs the same appointment-setting model across many industries, with agencies as one dedicated vertical among them.
What the 78-appointment case study actually is
Belkins' agency-vertical case-study page cites 78 appointments booked in 6 months for one named adtech client. That is a real, published result for a specific engagement, not necessarily typical of every agency campaign, and worth asking Belkins directly how that account's scope compares to your own.
Where Belkins genuinely leads the category
Belkins names its standard on-account team by role, Account Manager, SDR, Lead Sourcing Specialist, Sales Copywriter, and Deliverability Specialist, a level of team-structure transparency few competitors in this category publish. Its starter tier also builds in a guaranteed annual appointment count rather than leaving volume entirely open-ended.
VA Horizon, disclosed position
This is our own appointment-setting service, not a neutral ranking. VA Horizon sells exclusive, double-confirmed new-business meetings for a $300 one-time setup plus a published $250 to $450 per booked meeting, with the SMS transcript and confirmation log behind every charge.
Who should consider Belkins versus VA Horizon.
Consider Belkins when
You want a full multi-channel campaign with a guaranteed annual appointment count, a named on-account team by role, and you can commit to a $4,000-a-month-plus retainer.
Look at an alternative, including VA Horizon, when
You want a published per-meeting rate with no monthly retainer floor, and a specialist built only around marketing-agency new business rather than one vertical inside a larger multi-industry book of business.
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