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Wavaron vs dreach: the alternative that runs the outreach for you
dreach tells your team who to call. Wavaron gets your team on the call: we find the employer, confirm who decides, attach your candidates, write the play, and run the approved follow-up from domains your firm owns.
We build Wavaron, so we're not neutral. Every dreach fact below links to dreach's own site, checked October 23, 2026. Spot something out of date? Email wasey@wavaron.com and we'll fix it.
The short answer
Choose Wavaron if
- You want job-order conversations, not another list your team has to work.
- New business stops whenever your recruiters get busy filling orders.
- You want your own candidates attached to every opportunity, so outreach opens with people you can place.
- You want the domains, inboxes and playbooks in your firm's name, yours to keep.
- You want a delivery date in writing: first approved play live in 30 days, or your first month is free.
Choose dreach if
- Someone on your team has open hours every week to research, write, send and follow up on each lead.
- You only want lead intelligence and plan to run every outreach step yourself.
A lead isn't a job order. Here's the work in between.
dreach says plainly that it does not automate outreach. That leaves most of the work that turns a lead into a conversation on your desk. With Wavaron, it's done for you and your recruiters approve it.
| Step | With dreach | With Wavaron |
|---|---|---|
| Find employers about to hire | dreach | Wavaron |
| Name the person who can choose a vendor | dreach | Wavaron |
| Match your candidates to the opportunity | Ranks people from data your firm uploads | From week two, matching candidates from your ATS attached to each opportunity |
| Write the first message | Your team | Wavaron drafts it; your recruiter approves |
| Send from a warmed domain | Your team, from its own accounts | Wavaron, from domains and inboxes in your firm's name that we set up and warm |
| Follow up until there's an answer | Your team | Wavaron runs the approved follow-up on email and LinkedIn |
| Get the reply to the right recruiter | Your team | Wavaron routes it with the account, buyer and candidate context attached |
| Make the call | Your team | Your recruiter, starting warm |
If your team already does all of that every week, a lead service can be enough. Most staffing desks don't, because filling today's orders always wins over prospecting for next month's. That's the gap Wavaron closes.
Line by line
| Wavaron | dreach | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get in week one | At least 3 researched opportunities, each with dated evidence, the decision-maker, the reason to call and a ready play (see a sample) | First leads, each with the hiring manager and a way in |
| What it takes to start | A 30-minute kickoff; no ATS access | A 20-minute call and a company list; no ATS needed |
| Who runs outreach | Wavaron, after your recruiter approves each play | Your team |
| Sending infrastructure | Domains and inboxes in your firm's name, set up and warmed for you | Your team's own accounts |
| If you stop | You keep the domains, inboxes, lists, scoring and playbooks | You keep your own accounts |
| Your candidates | Attached to each opportunity from week two, read-only, fields you choose | Used to rank people when your firm uploads or authorizes data |
| Delivery commitment | First approved play live in 30 days, or your first month is free | No revenue guarantee |
| How you pay | A scoped monthly engagement, quoted on the strategy call against your gross profit per placement | A monthly minimum credited against a fee on orders that started with a dreach lead |
| Your data | Signed data processing agreement first; deleted within 30 days of ending (details) | Held in dreach's hosted workspace; deletion on request |
dreach details from its public pages, checked October 23, 2026: homepage · lead generation for agencies · security.
Your first 30 days with Wavaron
- Week 1: a 30-minute kickoff, then at least 3 researched opportunities your recruiters can call this week.
- Week 2: with read-only access to the fields you choose, your candidates and relationship history are attached to each opportunity.
- Week 3: your whole market scored and your first plays written for approval. Sending domains, warming since day one, are ready.
- By day 30: your first approved play is running on email and LinkedIn from your firm's domains, with replies routed to your recruiters. If it isn't, your first month is free.
Already using dreach?
Keep your target list. Send us the same employers and we take them from lead to conversation: confirm who decides, attach your candidates, write the plays and run the approved outreach from domains in your firm's name. Your recruiters take the calls.
See the difference on your own market
Give any vendor the same ten target employers and compare four things two weeks later:
- How many named the person who can actually choose a vendor?
- How many came with evidence dated in the last 30 days?
- How many had a reason to call that only your firm could use?
- How many reached a real conversation without your team doing the outreach?
Comparing other options? See hire a BDM or outsource and how to choose a BD partner.
Questions owners ask
Is Wavaron an alternative to dreach?
Yes, for staffing and recruiting firms that want the outreach run for them. Both deliver researched employer opportunities in week one without ATS access. Wavaron also writes the plays, runs the approved email and LinkedIn campaigns from your firm's domains, and routes replies to your recruiters.
Does either one need our ATS to start?
No. Wavaron's week-one opportunities need only a kickoff call, and dreach says a company list is enough. With Wavaron, your candidate and placement data sharpens the ranking from week two, read-only and only the fields you choose.
Does either guarantee job orders?
No one honest can. dreach states it does not guarantee revenue. Wavaron guarantees delivery: your first approved play live in 30 days, or your first month is free. From there, every number is reported through to placements.
Who owns the sending domains and inboxes?
With Wavaron, they're registered in your firm's name from day one and stay with you. With dreach, your team sends from its own accounts.
Can we use both?
You can, but the research overlaps. If you like dreach's leads and lack the time to work them, send us the same employers and we'll run the outreach.
Get 3 opportunities on your market this week
Send us your niche and city. On the strategy call we walk you through 3 real companies worth calling, who decides, and the play we'd run.
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