Starlight vs
An outbound agency
Everything an agency promises, from your own accounts, with no setup fee and no term. Live within 36 hours or a full refund.
$2,800 a month, no term. Live within 36 hours or a full refund.
We find and reach your best-fit buyers with the tools you already use
See the difference
Where Starlight pulls ahead of An outbound agency, row by row.
| Feature | Starlight | An outbound agency |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first outreach | Within 36 hours of setup, guaranteed with a full refund | Three to six weeks of onboarding and domain warmup |
| Cost | $2,800 a month | $4,000 to $10,000 a month, plus a setup fee |
| Minimum term | None. Pause or cancel anytime | Three to twelve months is typical |
| Sends from | Your own email and LinkedIn | Agency-owned domains and inboxes |
| Personalization | Written for each person | Templates with merge fields |
| Who owns the relationships | You. Replies land in your inbox | The agency, until handoff |
| Reporting | A portal plus a Friday update in plain language | A monthly deck |
| Accountability | One person running it, reachable by reply | An account manager and a rotating team |
Why Starlight wins
- Sent from your own Gmail or Outlook and your own LinkedIn. Every reply lands with you.
- $2,800 a month, no setup fee, no minimum term. Pause or cancel anytime.
- Live within 36 hours of setup or a full refund. Agencies take weeks to launch.
- One person accountable for the whole thing, with a Friday update every week.
What you'd still do in An outbound agency
- You still sign a term and pay a setup fee before anything goes out.
- You still get copy written for their template, not for the person receiving it.
- You still lose the sender reputation, the data, and the relationships when you leave.
What using it actually looks like
You tell us who you sell to. Starlight does the rest, and shows you the numbers every Friday.

Tell us who you sell to. That's the setup. Your website, your LinkedIn, the accounts we send from, and a short note on who you want to meet. About twenty minutes, then it is our job.

Sent as you, from your accounts. Email goes from your Gmail or Outlook and LinkedIn messages from your LinkedIn, written for each person, so every reply and every relationship stays yours.

You'll know if it's working. Meetings land on your calendar with prep notes, your portal shows volumes and outcomes, and every Friday you get a short update with the numbers and what is next.
Live within 36 hours or a full refund.
Every other way of buying business development asks you to pay first and hope: a hire ramps for months, an agency wants a term. Starlight is live within 36 hours of you finishing setup, and if it is not, your first payment is refunded in full, no questions asked.
Fast
Setup takes about twenty minutes. Outreach is running within 36 hours of that, not after a hiring cycle or a kickoff call, or you get a full refund.
Yours
Sent from your own email and LinkedIn, in your voice, to buyers who look like your best customers. Nothing goes out under a vendor's name.
Honest
We never promise a number of meetings. We promise the work is live, actively run, and improved every week, and we refund in full if it is not.
Pause or cancel anytime. No annual plan, no setup fee, no minimum term.

Why you switch from An outbound agency
An agency is the closest thing to Starlight in spirit: someone else runs outbound. The difference is in the terms and the plumbing. A setup fee and a long minimum mean you pay to find out. Agency-owned inboxes mean the replies, the reputation, and the relationships are theirs.
Starlight keeps everything yours. Outreach goes from your Gmail or Outlook and your LinkedIn, so a reply is a reply to you. There is no setup fee and no term. You are live within 36 hours of finishing setup, or your first payment is refunded in full.
If you want a vendor, retain one. If you want your own outbound run for you, with nothing to lose if it does not launch on time, sign up.
Read more: What's included·Starlight vs hiring an SDR
Frequently
asked questions
Meetings on your calendar by next week
Sign up, finish a twenty-minute setup, and your outreach is live within 36 hours or you get a full refund. Pause or cancel anytime.
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