SalesGent takes a bet almost no other agency in this review series makes.
No monthly retainer. No setup fee. You pay $250 per qualified meeting delivered, and if they do not book anything, you pay nothing.
That is a strong claim, and unlike most agencies I have reviewed, they publish the price openly on their homepage. Their site describes 150+ B2B clients served since 2018, 5M emails sent per year, and an average of 19 calls booked monthly per client.
But their review footprint is thin and asymmetric. Clutch holds 13 reviews averaging 5.0 stars. Their G2 profile does not exist. Neither does a Trustpilot profile. Most of their proof lives on their own homepage in the form of 13 named client testimonials.
I hit the same research wall you would. So this SalesGent review covers what I found across their site, their full Clutch profile, founder-published content on LinkedIn and Instantly, and public business records.
They are a Paris-based lead generation agency founded in 2018 by Corentin Stephan, trading under legal entity KLYVYO. They operate from Paris, New York, and Singapore with a team of roughly 6 to 10 people. Their about page says the pay-per-lead model was designed as an alternative to retainer agencies charging fees "regardless of results."
Below: what they actually sell, what their unusual pricing model actually costs you, what the reviews confirm, and the questions to ask before you sign.
The independent review footprint is small but consistent. Clutch shows 13 verified reviews averaging 5.0 stars across quality, schedule, cost, and willingness to refer.
Two overlaps matter here. Multiple Clutch reviewers who appear on the SalesGent homepage as testimonials also appear on Clutch under detailed reviews (Charles Andrew Whatley from Instreamatic, Caleb Smith from ControlQore, Nazal Parvin from Fleetr). That is normal for agencies that steer clients to Clutch, but worth noting when calculating independent proof.
Ask for two callable client references in your industry from the last 12 months.
Hire SalesGent if you want to test cold-email-driven outbound with zero retainer risk, you have $10K+ to allocate to a project, and your buyers respond well to email plus LinkedIn (not phone).
Two things support this verdict. The pay-per-qualified-meeting model at $250 per meeting is genuinely different from every other agency in this series (Belkins, Callbox, ColdIQ, Cleverly, Sopro, SalesHive all charge retainers regardless of results). And their 13 verified Clutch reviews at 5.0 stars are consistent, detailed, and cover multi-year engagements. Aleph Integrated has been with them 2 years, ControlQore 4 years.
A few things hold it back:
Get the qualification standard in writing before signing.
Specifically, ask what counts as a qualified meeting at $250, what happens when a "held" meeting turns out to be off-ICP, and what the dispute process looks like if you disagree with a billed lead. If you can, look at other certified agencies here alongside.
I have not been a SalesGent client, so this review is research-based.
I read their homepage, about page, lead generation process page, and multiple published case studies. I pulled the full Clutch review set (13 verified reviews), searched G2 and Trustpilot to confirm they have no presence there, and cross-referenced Tracxn, The Manifest, RocketReach, and Instantly's expert directory for founder and business details.
I also read founder Corentin Stephan's LinkedIn posts, Medium articles, and Instantly Expert profile. That gave me additional context on process and philosophy.
I judged them on four things: pricing transparency, qualification standard clarity, contract flexibility, and whether the published claims (150 clients, 19 meetings per client per month average, 20% prospect-to-client conversion) hold together in reference reviews.
Everything below marked "reports" or "says" comes from their own material.
SalesGent sells one core outcome: qualified B2B meetings delivered, priced per meeting on a performance basis. The work runs across two channels: cold email and LinkedIn.
Their homepage says they send 5M emails per year on average for clients. Corentin is a listed Instantly Expert, which confirms they use Instantly for email infrastructure. Campaigns are built with AI-driven personalization plus manual copy layering.
Multi-channel campaigns combine cold email with LinkedIn approaches. This is coordinated by the assigned account manager, with sequencing designed to hit multiple touchpoints per prospect.
This is where the model gets specific. Per their process page, SalesGent's account managers manually qualify each responding prospect for "legitimate interest" and decision-maker status before booking the meeting. Only qualified meetings are billable at $250 each.
Their own blog defines a qualified prospect as "decision-makers with a clear need for your solution and the intent to act within 6 to 12 months." That six-to-twelve-month window matters because it defines what you are paying for.
Every client gets weekly performance reviews plus monthly reports. Communication runs through Slack for most accounts. Account managers become "part of your sales team" per their about page positioning.
Every SalesGent cell comes from their public material, Clutch, or founder-published content. Confirm the specifics on your discovery call.
Their process page describes a four-step flow. Here is how that maps onto what a client actually experiences, based on the Clutch review pattern.
Every engagement starts with defining industries, positions, company size, revenue, keywords, and locations. SalesGent builds a targeted prospect list from that criteria using their internal data providers.
Ask them to define what counts as a qualified meeting in writing before the list is built. This is where the $250-per-meeting math gets set. If you want to compare against retainer-model agencies, my Belkins review covers what US-focused retainer scale looks like.
SalesGent sends cold emails and LinkedIn messages on your behalf. Their homepage claims 5 million emails sent per year across the client base. Founder Corentin has published cold email case studies showing 42% reply rates on specific campaigns.
Ask if you can approve the copy before it goes out. Multiple Clutch reviewers indicated they reviewed and approved campaigns before launch. If you want to run this same channel mix with your own team instead of outsourcing it, my roundup of the best multichannel outreach tools covers the software side of the same problem.
When a prospect responds positively, SalesGent's account managers manually verify decision-maker status and "legitimate interest" per their process page. Only qualified responses are handed to you.
This is the critical step. Ask exactly what "legitimate interest" and "6 to 12 month intent window" mean in their qualification framework, because these definitions determine what you get billed for.
Qualified prospects are booked directly into your calendar. You pay $250 per booked meeting. According to Clutch reviewers, most clients see leads within the first 2 weeks (Fleetr specifically confirmed this).
Ask what happens if a booked prospect no-shows. SalesGent's homepage says "You do not pay if the prospects do not show up." Get this in writing including how "held" vs "booked" is defined.
Clients get weekly performance reviews via Slack and monthly formal reports. Multiple Clutch reviewers cited weekly meetings and "responses within 5 minutes" as normal service standard.
Ask for a sample dashboard and confirm what metrics are tracked (meetings booked, meetings held, conversion rate, cost per opportunity).
Multiple Clutch reviewers cited SalesGent's ability to pivot campaigns when their product or target audience changed. Instreamatic ran through a full product change from audio ads to AI video/audio generation with SalesGent adapting the campaign.
If your GTM is in early stage or expected to shift, this adaptability matters.
SalesGent defines a qualified prospect as a decision-maker with clear need and 6-to-12-month intent to act. Their process page adds "legitimate interest" verified by account managers before booking.
Get this in writing. The entire economics of the model depend on what makes a meeting billable. If their qualification bar is loose, $250 per meeting quickly becomes $2,500 for one real closed deal.
Here is what SalesGent's homepage and Clutch reviews suggest about client-level economics.
That would mean roughly 4 closed deals per month at a 4,750spend,or~1,190 per closed customer if the conversion claim holds. Verify the conversion claim with your own reference calls.
The $250 per meeting price is clear. Everything wrapped around it needs a specific answer.
Based on their published work and 13 Clutch reviews, SalesGent fits you well if:
Skip them, or at least compare harder, if:
And here's a caveat worth mentioning. If your monthly outbound volume is under a few hundred emails and you're testing outbound for the first time, you don't need an agency at all. Running Salesforge yourself at $48 per month covers that volume with warmup included.
SalesGent publishes both website testimonials and Clutch reviews with named clients and specific numbers. Here are the most detailed cases with all figures as reported by clients on Clutch.
Plus additional website testimonials from All Inclusive Marketing (Jason Sires), CallVu (Chris Filly), Networked (Emmi Nordale), 4MOD Technology (Sylvain Stephan, likely related to founder), Zymplify (Peter Eakin), Facilitate.tech (Ben Bauert), Juggle Street (Justin Duncan), Atrium HR (Jennie Boardman), and Objective Leader (Connor Harries).
Two things stand out. The specificity is real. Named clients, specific meeting numbers, and multi-year engagement durations beat vague pipeline claims. And ControlQore at 4 years and Aleph at 2 years show real retention.
The caveat is worth flagging. SalesGent's homepage claim of "average 19 meetings per client per month" appears to be a blended number across the whole portfolio. Actual per-client volumes vary widely (7 to 40 monthly per Clutch cases). Ask what's realistic for your specific ICP.
All figures are self-reported by clients on Clutch. No independent audit exists.
Every agency has trade-offs, and it's better to know them before you sign. Here are the ones I found from public information and 13 Clutch reviews.
1. Only 13 Clutch reviews and no G2 or Trustpilot presence
For an agency running since 2018, that's a thin third-party footprint. Belkins has 233 Clutch reviews, Callbox has 119, SalesHive has 36 Trustpilot. SalesGent's proof is real but shallow in volume.
2. Inconsistent founding year across sources
SalesGent's About page says 2018, Clutch says 2019, and their own blog says "launched in 2020." Three self-reported sources, three different years. Ask them directly which is correct.
3. Small team relative to client claims
RocketReach shows 6 employees, Clutch shows 10 to 49, homepage says 150+ clients served. Even at 10 employees serving 150 accounts historically, each account gets a fraction of overall team attention. Verify how many active clients they have right now, not cumulative.
4. No phone channel
SalesGent runs cold email plus LinkedIn only. If your target market takes phone calls (enterprise IT, healthcare, some financial services), this is a real gap. My Callbox review covers a competitor with phone as core.
5. Qualification definition is loose in public
The "legitimate interest" and "6 to 12 month intent" language on their process page and blog is broader than tightly-defined BANT frameworks. Ask what they will not bill you for. If everything is billable at $250, the pricing advantage disappears.
6. Founder-brand dependency
Corentin is named in 3+ of the Clutch reviews specifically. That's a signal of hands-on involvement, but also a key-person risk. If the founder becomes unavailable, ask what happens to account continuity.
7. Homepage vs Clutch data reconciliation
Homepage says "average 19 meetings per client per month." Clutch reviews range from 7 to 40 meetings monthly depending on the client. The "19" is a portfolio average, not a promise. Set expectations accordingly.
8. No dispute process documented publicly
If you're paying per meeting, you need to know what happens when you disagree that a meeting was qualified. That's not documented on their site. Get it in writing.
None of these should rule SalesGent out on their own. But if two or more matter to you, compare agencies that answer these questions on their public profiles.
Do not Google "pay-per-lead agency" and pick the first result. Compare a few agencies whose practices you can actually verify.
The Forge Expert Network is a directory of agencies certified on the Forge ecosystem. Certification requires completing Salesforge's cold email training and meeting program eligibility requirements, so every listed agency has a disclosed, modern outbound stack.
Here are three certified agencies matched to different SalesGent gaps.
Best for: Buyers who want the pay-per-performance discipline SalesGent offers, but with a phone channel and stronger volume guarantees.
Forge rating: 5/5
This is the direct answer if you like SalesGent's model but need phone-based SDR outreach. Outbound Pros runs multi-channel outbound (email, LinkedIn, cold calling, PPC) with a guarantee of 50 to 75 qualified meetings per month on a commission-based pricing structure. Their profile also states dedicated owned domain infrastructure with documented SPF, DKIM, and DMARC setup.
That's a real upgrade on SalesGent's email + LinkedIn only scope. If your target buyers still take phone calls, this closes the biggest gap.
Best for: Buyers who want SalesGent's global coverage and multi-region reach but with a published entry price that includes strategic guidance.
Forge rating: 5/5
Look here if SalesGent's $10K project minimum feels high or if you want a monthly retainer model instead of pay-per-meeting. The SalesAR profile publishes a $2,500/month starting price and covers EU and US markets, similar to SalesGent's Europe and US coverage.
Their profile reports 700+ clients served, 30,000+ appointments set, and 80% contract renewal rate. It carries a named client testimonial from Akridata reporting 190+ appointments generated. The scale is significantly larger than SalesGent's 150-client claim.
Best for: Founders who want performance-driven outbound plus sales team coaching bundled into one engagement.
Forge rating: 5/5
Chrysales is the all-in-one growth partner for scaling businesses. Led by Sabir Naghiyev, TEDx speaker and sales expert who has closed over €10M, Chrysales has scaled 1,000+ companies and trained 500+ sales teams to hit 6-7 figure revenues.
This is the direct answer if you want SalesGent's outbound execution but also need coaching for your closing team. Where SalesGent stops at booked meeting, Chrysales bundles enablement, training, and revenue systems around the outbound. Different scope, deeper investment in your overall sales function.
Two routes skip the agency entirely.
Run outbound yourself with Salesforge. It starts at $48/mo.
Or hire Agent Frank, Salesforge's autonomous AI SDR, from $499 per month billed quarterly. He handles prospecting, sequencing, replies, and meeting booking on his own. He is a separate subscription, and he needs a demo plus a two-week warm-up before he can send.
Take these into your discovery call. Their answers will tell you more than any review, including this one.
SalesGent is worth considering if you want to test outbound with zero retainer risk, your buyers respond to email plus LinkedIn (not phone), and you can allocate $10K+ to a project that could return anywhere from 7 to 40 qualified meetings monthly.
Their pay-per-qualified-meeting model at $250 is genuinely different from every other agency in this review series. And their Clutch review pattern is consistent, 13 reviews at 5.0 stars with detailed multi-year engagements. ControlQore has been with them 4 years. Aleph Integrated books 40 meetings monthly for 2+ years.
I would shortlist them for a European SaaS or tech company testing outbound for the first time, or a mid-market US B2B that wants a low-risk performance-based alternative to Belkins or Callbox retainers. I would not shortlist them for enterprise campaigns requiring phone outreach, or for buyers who need the third-party review depth of larger agencies.
If you need phone channel coverage, guaranteed monthly meeting volume, or an outbound system you keep at contract end, compare certified agencies that already publish those terms.
Yes. SalesGent is a lead generation agency founded in 2018 (though founding year appears inconsistently across sources, About page says 2018, Clutch says 2019, their blog says 2020) by Corentin Stephan. It operates under legal entity KLYVYO from offices in Paris, New York, and Singapore. They report 150+ B2B clients served and are Clutch-certified in Sales Outsourcing. Do not confuse with the unrelated warehouse management software also called "Salesgent" at salesgenterp.com.
The headline price is $250 per qualified meeting delivered. But the Clutch minimum project size is $10,000+. At their average of 19 meetings per client per month, that's roughly $4,750 monthly cost. No monthly retainer, no setup fee disclosed. Real costs depend on volume and how "qualified" is defined at the qualification stage.
Not in the traditional sense. There's no fixed monthly meeting count guarantee. But the pay-per-performance model means if they don't book any meetings, you don't pay anything. Their homepage says "You do not pay if the prospects do not show up," which is a real advantage over retainer agencies. Get the exact refund and no-show policy in writing.
Two channels: cold email and LinkedIn outreach only. No phone/cold calling, no paid ads, no content marketing bundled. If your target market needs phone outreach, SalesGent isn't the fit. Callbox and Belkins offer phone-heavy alternatives.
Corentin Stephan is the CEO and Founder of SalesGent. He founded the agency in 2018, has ~6 years of active experience running B2B lead generation, is a listed Instantly Expert, and is named directly in multiple Clutch reviews. He publishes on Medium and LinkedIn about outbound strategy. Multiple reviewers cite hands-on founder involvement in their accounts.
Three certified agencies in the Forge Expert Network answer specific gaps. Outbound Pros offers pay-per-performance with a phone channel and 50 to 75 qualified meeting guarantee. SalesAR publishes a $2,500 monthly starting price with EU + US coverage. Chrysales bundles outbound execution with sales team coaching. For smaller volumes, running Salesforge in-house from $48/month is a leaner alternative.
