If you're evaluating Siftboard as a RippleMatch alternative for self-serve T2 sourcing, this page walks through the differences: RippleMatch's white-glove diversity-talent campus pipeline versus Siftboard's on-demand shortlist generator, how pricing and contracts compare, time-to-result, and which one to use when.
RippleMatch and Siftboard both produce candidates, but they're solving different problems. RippleMatch's full-service diversity recruiting funnel works through their campus network and campaign team. Siftboard is a shortlist generator that works for any team under 500 — campus or non-campus, with a self-serve workflow you run on your own.
| RippleMatch | Siftboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Talent focus | Full-service diversity sourcing funnel — candidates flow from RippleMatch's curated partner-school network and candidate communities, vetted by their campaign team. | Broader any-pool shortlist. Paste a JD and Siftboard sources from the full pool: any-school recent grads, bootcamp grads, career changers, T2 schools. |
| Employer self-serve | White-glove. RippleMatch's campaign team vets and screens candidates before they ever reach you — onboarding requires scoping the engagement with their team. | Fully self-serve. Sign up, paste a job description, get a ranked shortlist in about 30 seconds. No program setup and no onboarding call required. |
| Pricing model | Annual contract, per-engagement. Pricing scales with program scope and the number of candidates routed through their diversity network. | $99/month flat. First shortlist free. No per-seat fees, no per-hire fees, no annual commitment. |
| Contract vs. self-serve | Sales-led. Pricing lives inside an MSA, not on a pricing page. Engagements are scoped before the contract is signed. | Self-serve subscription through Stripe. Try the first shortlist with no signup; subscribe only if it works. |
| Shortlist time-to-result | Weeks of campaign coordination — scoping the engagement, coordinating with the RippleMatch team, screening candidates through their network. | About 30 seconds. Paste the job description, get 8 ranked candidates with personalized outreach emails. |
| Pipeline ownership | Candidates are routed through RippleMatch's diversity network. You don't own the underlying candidate list — you get a vetted slate per engagement. | You get the shortlist, the outreach copy, and the contact data. Move candidates into whatever ATS you already use. |
Yes — positioned differently. RippleMatch is a white-glove, full-service diversity recruiting funnel: their campaign team vets candidates and runs the sourcing on the employer's behalf. Siftboard is fully self-serve: paste a job description and get a ranked shortlist of eight candidates with personalized outreach emails in about 30 seconds.
Both produce candidates for junior hiring. The trade-off is cost, speed, and who operates the funnel. RippleMatch is the right answer when you want a team running your sourcing and you have an annual budget for it. Siftboard is the right answer when you want to run sourcing yourself, on demand, at $99/month flat with no annual commitment.
RippleMatch pricing is engagement-based: annual contracts, program scope sized to your hiring plan, and pricing that scales with the number of candidates routed through their diversity network. The dollar number lives in your MSA, not on a pricing page.
Siftboard is $99/month flat. Your first shortlist is free with no signup. There are no per-seat fees, no per-hire fees, and no annual commitment. Cancel anytime and keep whatever candidates you've already reached out to — your outreach emails and contact data live on your side.
RippleMatch is optimized for its diversity-network funnel — students from a curated set of partner schools and candidate communities. For teams under 500 hiring from any school, career changers, bootcamp graduates, or T2 schools outside RippleMatch's network, Siftboard's self-serve shortlist generator is more flexible.
You paste a job description and Siftboard sources from a broader pool — not just the schools in RippleMatch's network. If your junior hiring isn't bound to a specific campus partnership, self-serve covers more ground per dollar than a campaign funnel.
No — and that's intentional. Siftboard sits upstream of your ATS. We generate the shortlist of candidates worth moving into your process: eight ranked profiles with personalized outreach emails. Once a candidate responds, you move them into whatever ATS or tracking system you already use.
Siftboard is what you use before your ATS gets involved, not a replacement for it. For senior hiring, where RippleMatch's network funnel doesn't apply and LinkedIn Recruiter's per-seat cost gets hard to justify, Siftboard is the upstream filter.
Siftboard produces a ranked shortlist of eight candidates with outreach emails in about 30 seconds from a pasted job description. A typical RippleMatch campaign — scoping the engagement, coordinating with their campaign team, screening candidates through their diversity network, and handing off a vetted slate — runs over multiple weeks.
The two products optimize for different parts of the funnel. RippleMatch is built for the long cycle of an annual diversity-sourcing engagement and recurring program coordination. Siftboard is built for "I have a role open this week and I need eight people worth talking to."
Many teams under 500 use RippleMatch and Siftboard in parallel, and that's fine. RippleMatch handles the structured diversity-funnel pipelines where its campus network already covers your intern and entry-level hiring. Siftboard covers everything else — non-target schools, bootcamp graduates, career changers, and senior hires where RippleMatch's funnel doesn't apply.
Each product is doing what it's good at. The RippleMatch diversity funnel keeps running. Siftboard fills the gaps outside that funnel, at $99/month flat, with no overlap cost.
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