A Sourcewhale alternative for recruitment agencies on Salesforce.
Overdrive Engage installs into your own Salesforce. Campaigns sit on your candidates and clients, AI finds the right people from your placements, and Automations enrol the next ones every morning. From £49 per consultant a month.
How the per-seat numbers line up.
Honest pricing comparison. Sourcewhale pricing varies by region and tier, so verify directly with their team.
What's in the box.
Side-by-side feature comparison. Where we're missing a featureSourcewhale has, we say so plainly — no fudging the table.
| Feature | Engage | Sourcewhale |
|---|---|---|
| Installs into your own Salesforce as a managed package | — | |
| Bullhorn integration | — | |
| Lives inside the CRM record layout | Yes (Salesforce) | Yes (Bullhorn) |
| Sends from each consultant's own Gmail / Outlook | ||
| Multi-step email sequences | ||
| AI search over your placements, candidates and clients | Pro plan | Partial |
| Reply, bounce and out-of-office detection | ||
| One live sequence per person across the team | Partial | |
| Daily Automations (placements ending, new client contacts, re-engagement) | Pro plan | Partial |
| LinkedIn task steps | — | |
| Phone call task steps | — | |
| No seat minimum | Negotiable | |
| Per-seat pricing published on website | — | |
| UK billing in GBP |
Why teams pick Engage over Sourcewhale.
The handful of things that genuinely matter — based on what customers say after the switch.
Inside Salesforce, not an external sync
If your agency runs on Salesforce, Engage is a managed package in your own org. Campaigns, emails, opens and replies are records on your candidates and clients, so there's nothing to keep in step.
Ask for the people in plain English
On Pro, type "clients we've placed with but haven't spoken to in six months" and Engage finds them from your own placements and shows you the search it ran before anything sends.
Automations every morning
On Pro, switch on placements ending in the next 90 days, contacts who've changed company, new contacts at existing clients or no-reply re-engagement, or describe your own, and Engage enrols the right people before your consultants are in.
Built inside a recruitment agency
Engage was built inside a UK recruitment agency on Salesforce and is used there every day, so every release runs on real BD and candidate campaigns first.
When Sourcewhale is the right call.
Honesty isn't a tactic. If one of these is core to your team, Sourcewhale is the more complete tool today — and we'd rather you know that before you try it.
Bullhorn integration
Sourcewhale has a deep Bullhorn integration, which suits agencies on Bullhorn. Engage is built for Salesforce, so it's the right fit for agencies already on Salesforce or moving to it.
Multi-channel steps (calls, LinkedIn, email)
Sourcewhale supports phone-call and LinkedIn steps inside the same sequence. Engage is email-first, and agencies usually pair it with their existing dialer.
Established recruitment customer base
Sourcewhale has a recognisable brand and a long customer list in UK recruitment. Engage is for agencies that have committed to Salesforce and want outreach to live there too.
Questions buyers ask.
The things teams switching from Sourcewhale ask us most often.
01We're on Bullhorn. Can we use Engage?
Not today. Engage works only with Salesforce. If you're considering moving from Bullhorn to Salesforce, we'd be happy to talk it through.
02Does Engage find who to contact next, like Sourcewhale?
Yes, on Pro. Automations run every morning (placements ending in the next 90 days, contacts who've changed company, new contacts at existing clients and no-reply re-engagement, plus any you build yourself), and the Opportunities tab lists who's worth contacting, with one-click add or dismiss.
03Can Engage do call steps like Sourcewhale?
No. Engage is email-first, and most agencies pair it with their existing dialer.
04What about LinkedIn outreach?
Engage focuses on email. It doesn't automate LinkedIn steps today.
05How long does an Engage rollout take?
Most agencies send their first campaign the same afternoon. Every subscription includes an onboarding call where we install Engage with you, connect every consultant's Gmail or Outlook and build your first campaign.
Try it side by side on your data?
30 days free, no card needed. Run your current Sourcewhale workflow in Overdrive Engage and decide for yourself.