Marketopia publishes MSP programs, a Growth Machine platform and BDR packages. SalesGlider books commercial B2B meetings through outbound email, LinkedIn and phone.
Sarah Osborn · SalesGlider·Updated October 17, 2026
Short answer
Marketopia is an MSP growth firm, founded in 2014, that publishes marketing programs, a Growth Machine platform, appointment-setting BDR packages and a peer community. SalesGlider runs outbound: cold email, LinkedIn and phone, and agrees a qualified-meeting target before we start. Marketopia publishes programs from $199/month (Growth Machine listed at $4,999/month retail) and BDR packages from $2,999/month, plus a Fixed Appointment Package of 2 held appointments per month; a first-meeting timeline is not published (marketopia.com/msp/, checked Oct 20, 2026). SalesGlider is $3,500/month; first meetings typically start in 2–3 weeks.
At a glance
SalesGlider
Marketopia
Sources: marketopia.com, marketopia.com/msp/, marketopia.com/scaas/, and marketopia.com/terms-and-conditions/, checked Oct 20, 2026. SalesGlider: $3,500/month; we agree on a qualified-meeting target before we start and keep working until we hit it, at no additional cost.
Agree a qualified-meeting target. $3,500/month. No long-term contract.
Start with the buyer, not the brand. Are people already searching for what you sell, or do you need to reach accounts that have the problem and are not shopping yet?
Ask four questions before you hire Marketopia or SalesGlider. One: are buyers already searching for you by name or category? If yes, inbound (SEO, ads, content) can capture that demand. If no, waiting on search means waiting on people who have not started shopping.
Two: how fast do you need a meeting on the calendar? SEO follows crawl and compounding. Google’s SEO starter guide says some Search changes take several months to show. Ads can move faster if you fund them. SalesGlider’s first meetings typically start coming in 2–3 weeks after launch. For the other firm, we quote a time-to-first-meeting only if their own site publishes one; otherwise we write “not published.”
Three: what is published on price? If the firm lists a monthly dollar figure, we quote it. If they do not, we write “not published” and we do not invent a retainer or an ad-spend number.
Four: who runs the work? Marketopia’s public pages describe a program you buy (inbound, tools, or outreach they operate). SalesGlider runs outbound and agrees a qualified-meeting target before we start.
Marketopia fits MSPs who want the inbound program they publish and can wait for search and content to compound. SalesGlider fits MSPs who want meetings from accounts that are not already on the site.
Marketopia is a real option for the buyer they describe on their own site. This section is that fit, stated fairly.
Choose Marketopia when the published motion matches the job: inbound for people already searching, tools you operate, or outreach they run under their own guarantee language. Stay if you need the website, ads, content, or peer group they list.
Do not treat this page as a ranked list, and do not treat SalesGlider as “the best.” Marketopia and SalesGlider do different work. Many firms should keep Marketopia and add outbound later.
Inbound captures people already searching. Outbound reaches people who have the problem and are not shopping yet.
Marketopia’s MSP page lists inbound programs (SEO, ads, content, websites) you can run yourself, with them, or fully handed off, plus a separate appointment-setting BDR program. Google’s SEO starter guide says some Search changes can take several months to show, and you should often wait a few weeks before judging impact.
Search is a real motion. A buyer who types a problem into Google already has intent. The agency’s job is to be there when that search happens: rank, advertise, convert the visit, then nurture the inquiry. That is a fair description of inbound, not a slight.
SEO does not flip on in a week. Google’s SEO starter guide says some Search changes can take several months to show, and you should often wait a few weeks before judging impact. Some technical changes can show in hours; content and authority work compounds over months. That is Google’s published guidance, not a SalesGlider estimate.
Paid ads can show faster than SEO. They also add media spend on top of any agency retainer. Unless the firm publishes that media spend, we do not invent a dollar figure. A starting management fee is not the same as the money that goes to Google or Meta.
Content can work for MSPs and commercial contractors when buyers already search for the category (“managed IT in Dallas”, “commercial roofing GC”). It does not, by itself, put a meeting on the calendar with an account that never typed your name. Someone still has to work the form fill, the call, or the chat.
Outbound is the other job. You pick the accounts — MSPs who have the problem — and you start the conversation on email, LinkedIn and phone, whether or not they searched today.
The people you want are often not shopping. They feel a pain (an aging roofing bid list, an MSP book that is all referrals, a cybersecurity gap a PE partner just asked about) and they have not opened a tab to hire you. Outbound is how you get in front of that group now.
Outbound is not a website replacement. It does not rank you. It does not run Local Services Ads. It is a meetings system: a human owns targeting and reviews what goes out; volume work can be assisted by software.
Both motions can work. They do different jobs.
Inbound pros: you own a site and content that can keep working after a campaign. Buyers who find you already have intent. Rankings and ads can compound. Cons: timelines follow search and crawl; ads need ongoing media spend on top of a retainer; someone still has to work the inquiries; unpublished prices mean you will not know the all-in number from a public page.
Outbound pros: you pick the accounts and start conversations without waiting for a search. Email, LinkedIn and phone can run as one system. Cons: the message has to be specific; volume without a human review is noisy; outbound does not replace a website or a local-search program.
Yes. Inbound and outbound are not a fork you have to pick forever.
Keep Marketopia if you want the inbound program they publish. Add SalesGlider when you want meetings from accounts that are not already on your site. The two systems do not have to fight. A site that ranks and a calendar that has outbound meetings can sit next to each other.
What you should not do is pay two firms for the same job. If Marketopia already runs the website and ads, do not hire SalesGlider to redo that. If you already have outbound meetings on the calendar, do not hire an inbound shop expecting them to replace that motion unless their public pages say they will.
Marketopia’s homepage says it was founded in 2014 in Tampa Bay by Terry Hedden and Andra Hedden, serves 1,000+ MSPs and technology companies, and lists 65+ specialists. The MSP page lists five pillars: AI sales tools (MSProspector), marketing programs, appointment-setting BDR, sales enablement including SCaaS, and the GROW community. Office listed: 3600 75th Terrace N, Pinellas Park, FL.
Teach & Enable is you execute. Done With You adds a strategist and Terry Hedden consulting. Done For You is Marketopia executes; you close. BDR is a separate appointment-setting motion with held-appointment packages. SalesGlider vs Marketopia is one outbound meetings system we run at $3,500/month, not a platform plus add-on seats.
Marketopia publishes program prices from $199/month and BDR packages from $2,999/month. SalesGlider is $3,500/month.
On marketopia.com/msp/ (checked Oct 20, 2026) every program includes The Growth Machine, which they list at $4,999/month retail, and they say programs start as low as $199/month. Teach & Enable, Done With You and Done For You are the three marketing tiers. They say they will match any competitive price for the same service.
The same page publishes BDR packages from $2,999/month, with 12-month, 6-month (+12%) and 3-month (+25%) commitments. The Fixed Appointment Package is “2 held appointments per month.” AIDO copy says first replies typically arrive in weeks 3–4. That is replies, not a first-meeting timeline, so the time-to-first-meeting row stays “not published.”
SEO they list still follows crawl and compounding. Google’s SEO starter guide says some Search changes can take several months to show, and you should often wait a few weeks before judging impact. Media spend on ads is not published as an all-in number, so we do not invent it.
The full SalesGlider vs Marketopia table. Glance rows above are the short version; unpublished cells sit last.
| SalesGlider | Marketopia | |
|---|---|---|
| Who they serve | Commercial B2B, including MSPs | MSPs and technology companies (1,000+ since 2014) |
| Primary motion | Outbound: email, LinkedIn and phone | Platform + inbound programs + appointment-setting BDR |
| Who runs it | We run it and book the meeting | You, together, or they execute — depending on tier |
| Guarantee | Qualified-meeting target; we keep working | Fixed package: 2 held appointments/month; terms limit other meeting promises |
| Pricing | $3,500/month | Programs from $199/mo; BDR from $2,999/mo (MSP page) |
| Contract | No long-term contract | BDR: 12 months standard; 6 mo +12%; 3 mo +25% |
| Time to first meeting | Typically 2–3 weeks after launch | Not published as a first-meeting timeline |
Sources: marketopia.com, marketopia.com/msp/, marketopia.com/scaas/, and marketopia.com/terms-and-conditions/, checked Oct 20, 2026. SalesGlider: $3,500/month; we agree on a qualified-meeting target before we start and keep working until we hit it, at no additional cost.
Marketopia alternatives split on motion and who runs it. They publish a platform, inbound programs and BDR packages. SalesGlider vs Marketopia is outbound meetings we run, with a meetings guarantee.
Marketopia’s MSP page lists Teach & Enable, Done With You and Done For You, all including The Growth Machine they price at $4,999/month retail.
Appointment-setting BDR is a separate package. SCaaS is a closer on deals you already have, not a first-meeting system.
Source: marketopia.com/msp/ and marketopia.com/scaas/, accessed 2026-10-20
Same facts as the table. This is fit, not a score.
Choose Marketopia if
Choose SalesGlider if
Stated as published. We do not invent a competitor guarantee.
SalesGlider
Meetings guarantee at $3,500/month. No long-term contract. If the agreed qualified-meeting target is missed, work continues at no extra cost until it is hit.
Marketopia
Marketopia’s MSP page publishes a Fixed Appointment Package with a guaranteed outcome of 2 held appointments per month. Their terms (marketopia.com/terms-and-conditions/, checked Oct 20, 2026) say they do not guarantee specific meeting quantities except where an explicit Performance Commitment is in the agreement. SCaaS is a closer fee: $249 if the deal does not close (marketopia.com/scaas/). That is not the same wording as SalesGlider’s qualified-meeting target.
Approved facts only. Named results sit lower on this page.
Cold email is the core. LinkedIn and calling sit on the same accounts, not as separate retainers. A human reviews targeting and what goes out. AI only handles the volume work.
Before we start, we agree on a qualified-meeting target together. If we don't hit it, we keep working until we do — at no additional cost to you. The $3,500/month partnership continues while we deliver.
First meetings typically start coming in 2–3 weeks after launch. That is typical timing, not a calendar-day SLA. We still agree a qualified-meeting target before we start and keep working until we hit it.
A growth marketing agency partnership is $3,500/month. No long-term contracts. We guarantee meetings. If your close rate is over 10%, one client pays for over a year of our services.
What we've done in the last 90 days: 24 replies in a day, 41 replies in a week, 4 bids in the first 3 days of sending, and Parlay Technology's 10 booked meetings in 2 days. Named client results also include Roofs by Peterson (preferred bidder list and four bid invitations in a single day) and Bolder Cyber Partners (PE-partner meetings in under a week, then two warm introductions). Those outcomes are labeled by the actual trade.
Agree a qualified-meeting target. $3,500/month. No long-term contract.
Named client results and receipts already on this site. Contractor and MSP work is labeled on those cards.
in new qualified pipeline
Generated across active client campaigns in the last 90 days.
interested replies
in the last 90 days
in projected LTV
from opportunities generated
interested replies
in a single day
Specialty contractor client
booked meetings
in 2 days
IT services client
bids generated
in the first 3 days of sending
Roofing client
interested replies per month
average across active clients
Every month, not a one-off
33,723 emails sent across four client campaigns produced 73 positive replies. about 1 positive reply per 460 emails. The industry best is roughly 1 in 2,000.
Bounce rate stayed between 0.21% and 1.01% on three of the four campaigns.
Named owners, named companies, named outcomes — not anonymous quotes.
“I know nothing about a formal sales process, that's where Josh and the team at SalesGlider come in. I went from no outreach, to using cold email outreach and it's working. Less than 90 days in, we're getting positive responses not only for new business potential, but we've also developed some COIs out of this process. Josh and his team know outreach, period.”
Founder & CIO, Parlay Technology
“In less than a week, SalesGlider had calls booked with a PE partner who gave me two warm introductions... results beyond what they told me to expect. I trust the team and the process completely.”
Founder, Bolder Cyber Partners
They publish a platform, inbound programs and BDR packages. We run outbound and guarantee meetings.
You can't forecast a pipeline you don't control.
Most B2B teams touch a few hundred of tens of thousands of buyers who could buy.
Interest comes in, follow-up never happens, and the objection is never used again.
The highest-ROI channel in B2B - up to 50K sends a month, run end to end for you.
Decision-makers see you before they ever reply to an email.
For industries where the phone still closes - trades, contractors, staffing, logistics.
Search and AI-answer visibility so buyers find you when they look.
High-value targets get outreach no one else is doing.
Google LSAs where the category exists and the buyer is ready to talk.
Most agencies: A form and a kickoff call
Us: A 1-hour founder interview on your offer, buyers, and objections
Most agencies: Shared domains, 8–15% bounce, rotate accounts when they burn
Us: Dedicated domains and monitoring - 0.21%–1.01% bounce on recent campaigns
Most agencies: Buy a list, blast it
Us: Sourced, AI-filtered, then verified for active inboxes - every campaign
Most agencies: They send whatever copy you hand them
Us: We write and test the offer against real replies, then double down
Most agencies: Replies sit in a shared inbox until someone checks it
Us: AI-drafted, approved by a team whose entire job is replying to your leads
$3,500/month
No long-term contract. We guarantee meetings. If your close rate is over 10%, one client pays for over a year of our services.
Meetings Guarantee
We agree on a qualified-meeting target up front. If we don't hit it, we keep working until we do - at no additional cost.
In-house SDR
A headcount
Typical agency
Sends and a sequence
SalesGlider
Sales strategy and execution, delivered through multiple channels
In-house SDR
You supply it
Typical agency
Templated - the same playbook as their other clients
SalesGlider
Built from a founder-led onboarding on your business
In-house SDR
Whatever you already say
Typical agency
They send what you give them
SalesGlider
We build the offer, then test it against real replies
In-house SDR
Bought
Typical agency
Bought and blasted
SalesGlider
Sourced, AI-filtered, and verified every campaign
In-house SDR
Your problem
Typical agency
Shared domains, rotate accounts when they burn
SalesGlider
Dedicated infrastructure, monitored hourly
In-house SDR
Whenever they check the inbox
Typical agency
Replies sit until someone gets to them
SalesGlider
Under 5 minutes on average, human-approved
In-house SDR
$75K–$110K/yr loaded - salary, tax, tools, data
Typical agency
$3K–$10K+/mo for sends
SalesGlider
$3,500/mo. No long-term contract.
In-house SDR
Manage it yourself
Typical agency
They report on open rates
SalesGlider
Meetings guarantee - we keep working until we hit the target
In-house SDR
Typical agency
SalesGlider
A headcount
Sends and a sequence
Sales strategy and execution, delivered through multiple channels
You supply it
Templated - the same playbook as their other clients
Built from a founder-led onboarding on your business
Whatever you already say
They send what you give them
We build the offer, then test it against real replies
Bought
Bought and blasted
Sourced, AI-filtered, and verified every campaign
Your problem
Shared domains, rotate accounts when they burn
Dedicated infrastructure, monitored hourly
Whenever they check the inbox
Replies sit until someone gets to them
Under 5 minutes on average, human-approved
$75K–$110K/yr loaded - salary, tax, tools, data
$3K–$10K+/mo for sends
$3,500/mo. No long-term contract.
Manage it yourself
They report on open rates
Meetings guarantee - we keep working until we hit the target
B2B with lifetime value above ~$36K
You want an AI-powered pipeline machine with expert strategy on top
You want a partner who is on the cutting edge of finding prospects others cannot
You can close when you have the client in front of you
You're tired of "AI sellers" and want a team that actually writes copy themselves
You've been burned by agencies with no accountability
We'll agree on a qualified-meeting target, then run cold email, LinkedIn and calling until we hit it. $3,500/month. No long-term contract.
Human-led, AI-fueled: our team owns targeting and reviews every account. AI only handles the volume work.
Meetings guaranteed, or we keep working until we deliver them.
SalesGlider vs Marketopia: motion, price, and the meetings guarantee in short answers.
First meetings typically start coming in 2–3 weeks after launch. That is typical timing, not a calendar-day SLA. Domains warm for two to three weeks before the first emails; calling and LinkedIn can start sooner. We still agree a qualified-meeting target before we start and keep working until we hit it.
First meetings typically start coming in 2–3 weeks after launch. That is typical timing, not a calendar-day SLA. Domains warm for two to three weeks before the first emails; calling and LinkedIn can start sooner. We still agree a qualified-meeting target before we start and keep working until we hit it.
SalesGlider vs Marketopia is for MSP owners comparing Marketopia alternatives — a platform, inbound programs and BDR packages — to a meetings system we run. SalesGlider books qualified B2B meetings via email, LinkedIn and phone.
Yes, on marketopia.com/msp/ (checked Oct 20, 2026): programs from $199/month including The Growth Machine they list at $4,999/month retail, and BDR packages from $2,999/month. SalesGlider is $3,500/month with no long-term contract.
The MSP page publishes a Fixed Appointment Package of 2 held appointments per month. Terms say they do not guarantee specific meeting quantities except where a Performance Commitment is in the agreement. SCaaS is $249 if a deal does not close. SalesGlider agrees a qualified-meeting target before we start and keeps working until we hit it.
A growth marketing agency partnership is $3,500/month. No long-term contracts. We guarantee meetings. If your close rate is over 10%, one client pays for over a year of our services.
Sources: marketopia.com, marketopia.com/msp/, marketopia.com/scaas/, and marketopia.com/terms-and-conditions/, checked Oct 20, 2026. SalesGlider: $3,500/month; we agree on a qualified-meeting target before we start and keep working until we hit it, at no additional cost.