JJLeads or an in-house SDR: what each costs you.
A hire gives you one person who learns your product. A retainer gives you a booking team with a written guarantee. Each wins in different cases.
Side by side.
- Cost
- JJLeads$4,000 a month retainer, month to month after the 90-day ramp.
- An in-house SDR$70k+ a year for one rep, before tools, data and a manager's time.
- Time to first result
- JJLeadsMeetings booked from Week 3. 10 to 15 qualified demos a month by the end of the 90-day ramp.
- An in-house SDRRecruiting, then onboarding, then a ramp while the rep learns your market. Meetings come after all three.
- Who manages it
- JJLeadsWe do. You approve messaging before anything goes out, then read a monthly report.
- An in-house SDRYou do: targets, call reviews, coaching, and covering the seat when the rep is out.
- Who carries the risk
- JJLeadsWe do. Miss the run rate and we keep working at no extra charge until we hit it.
- An in-house SDRYou do. Salary is due whether the calendar fills or not, and turnover restarts the ramp.
- What you own at the end
- JJLeadsThe meetings booked and monthly reports on what converted. Our outreach engine stays with us.
- An in-house SDRA person with product knowledge and relationships, for as long as they stay.
- Product depth on the first call
- JJLeadsLearned in Week 0 onboarding and tuned from reply data. Deep technical questions go to your team on the demo.
- An in-house SDRGrows every month in the seat. A tenured rep can answer detailed questions on the first call.
Which one fits.
Choose an in-house SDR when
- Your sale is technical enough that the first conversation needs someone who already knows the product in depth.
- You plan to build a sales team you hire and train yourself, and someone is free to manage the first rep.
- You sell to a short list of named accounts where one person owning every relationship matters more than reach.
Choose JJLeads when
- You need meetings this quarter, not after a hire finishes ramping.
- Nobody on your team has time to manage, coach and cover an SDR seat.
- You want the risk on the vendor: a written definition of qualified and a run-rate guarantee.
Questions buyers ask.
Is $70k+ the full cost of an in-house rep?
No. It is one rep's cost before tools and management. Put your own salary, tools and management hours into the SDR cost calculator to see the full figure.
