New in the networkPersonally reviewed
Commercial agency · also Austria / Switzerland
- Focus
- Construction & fit-out · Mechanical engineering & industry
- Target customers
- Industry & OEMs · Wholesale
- Market experience
- 5+ years of market experience
Comparison
AI can match profiles. But does it know the people behind them?
AI-powered matching. Built on a network we personally know.
HVH Match combines intelligent matching with a personally built network of independent sales and industrial agencies.
In short
What is a general AI matching platform?
A general AI matching platform uses technology to analyse existing records and calculate matches between them. The result depends on what it works on: how complete, structured and up to date the profiles are, and how well the provider knows the people behind them.
What is HVH Match?
HVH Match is a specialised matching platform for manufacturers and sales representatives. It combines AI-supported search and matching with a personally built network of commercial and industrial agencies.
Where is the difference?
Both use technology to find matches. A general platform analyses the records it holds. HVH Match analyses a network that was built through personal contact and review — and adds an optional team that goes to market with you.
This is not an anti-AI page
HVH Match also uses modern technology and AI to analyse profiles, detect relationships and continuously identify suitable connections. The decisive question is: what does the technology work on?
An AI is only as valuable as
- the data it works on
- the quality of the profiles
- their structure
- how up to date they are
- the network behind them
The central difference
General AI matching platform
Technology analyses existing records and calculates matches.
HVH Match
Technology analyses a personally built, reviewed network — currently 834 profiles, all personally known to us.
The AI is not the moat. The network is.
Matching technology is increasingly becoming standard. Good algorithms are available to more and more providers.
What is harder to build are real relationships with the people behind the profiles: grown through personal contact, kept up personally and reviewed before someone becomes part of the network. That is where HVH Match puts its effort — and it is what the technology works on.
The comparison at a glance
| Criterion | General AI matching platform | HVH Match |
|---|---|---|
| AI-supported matching | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Automatic analysis | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Ongoing recommendations | Partly / depends on the provider | ✓ Yes |
| Structured profiles | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Personally known sales representatives | Not necessarily | ✓ Yes |
| Personal admission check | Not necessarily | ✓ Yes |
| Grown network of agents | Not necessarily | ✓ Yes |
| Match Score | Depends on the provider | ✓ Yes |
| Network Score | Not necessarily | ✓ Yes |
| Focus on commercial agents | Often general | ✓ Yes |
| Optional personal search service | Depends on the provider | ✓ Managed Scout |
| Optional active outreach | Depends on the provider | ✓ Managed Scout |
The table describes typical differences. Individual providers can differ — please check each provider’s own offer.
Not only the AI counts. What it works on.
The quality of a match depends on the data behind it. HVH Match works with:
- Personally known agencies
- Structured profile information
- Industries
- Target customers
- Regions
- Existing representations
- Experience
- Network
- Availability
- Interests
- Search preferences
From this, the technology calculates
- Match Score
- Network Score
- Continuous recommendations
Two paths from data to match
Pure AI matching
- Database
- AI
- Match
HVH Match
- Personally built network
- Structured data
- AI + Match Score + Network Score
- Relevant connections
Optional with Managed Scout
- Relevant connections
- HVH search team
- Outreach + qualification + introduction
Simplified illustration of typical flows.
834 people. Not 834 records.
The number is rounded down and grows with the network. Behind every profile is a sales representative or agency we are in personal contact with.
Software first. Then the network. Now both together.
We know technology. And we know the people.
Our roots are in software for independent sales agencies. For many years we have worked on how sales, field service, customer relationships and sales agencies function digitally.
With Handelsvertreter Heroes we then built a personal network of independent sales agencies. Today we bring both worlds together.
Technology
Software and digitalisation expertise for independent sales agencies.
Network
Handelsvertreter Heroes: a personally built network in the market.
HVH Match
Intelligent matching based on a real network.
Our technology identifies relevant connections. Our network provides the people and relationships behind them.
New in the network
The network keeps growing.
The newest sales representatives we have personally met and welcomed into the network.
New in the networkPersonally reviewed
Commercial agency · Southern Germany
- Focus
- Construction & fit-out · Consumer goods & retail
- Target customers
- Planners & architects
New in the networkPersonally reviewed
Commercial agency · Central Germany / Eastern Germany
- Focus
- Plumbing, heating & building services
- Target customers
- Trades & installers
New in the networkPersonally reviewed
Commercial agency · All of Germany
- Focus
- Furniture & interiors · Consumer goods & retail
- Market experience
- 5+ years of market experience
New in the networkPersonally reviewed
Industrial sales agency · Western Germany / Northern Germany
- Focus
- Electrical engineering & energy · Mechanical engineering & industry
- Target customers
- Industry & OEMs · Wholesale
- Market experience
- 20+ years of market experience
Profiles are anonymised: name, company and contact details are not public.
Two ways to use the network
Digital Scout
Ben searches for you, among people we know.
He keeps an eye on a personally built network of sales representatives, finds and ranks suitable candidates and tells you when something relevant comes up. The manufacturer decides.
from €990 for 90 days
net, EUR
Discuss Digital ScoutManaged Scout
When you want our team to actively go to market.
Digital Scout + personal search team
In addition to Ben, our team researches, approaches and qualifies suitable candidates and accompanies personal introductions. Technology finds. Our team activates.
from €2,490 for 90 days
net, EUR
Discuss Managed ScoutBoth are based on the same network. Personal contact with its sales representatives is part of the network itself, not a feature of one package.
Who should choose what?
A general AI matching platform can make sense if you …
- value a very large, generic pool more than market specialisation
- mainly want automated suggestions
- prefer to take over the further process yourself
- do not need personal knowledge of the profiles
HVH Match is built especially for manufacturers who …
- specifically look for commercial and industrial agents
- want to open up the German or DACH market
- do not want to search databases themselves
- want to use a personally built network
- want to take both match and network potential into account
- may need personal search support
Neither approach is right for everyone. What fits depends on your market, your process and how much of the work you want to do yourself.
Access to a network in the German market
HVH Match is not just technology for finding German sales agents. It provides access to a personally built network in the German market.
Questions about HVH Match and AI matching
Does HVH Match use AI itself?
Yes. AI and intelligent matching technology are a central part of HVH Match: they structure profiles, detect relationships, calculate Match Score and Network Score and keep search profiles matched continuously. The difference is that this technology works on a personally built network.
What differs from a general AI matching platform?
A general platform typically analyses the records it holds. HVH Match analyses a network of sales representatives we know personally and review before they join. With Managed Scout, you can add a personal search team on top.
Are the profiles collected automatically from the internet?
No. Public information may be used to enrich profile data, but the sales representatives themselves are personally known to us and part of our network.
Do I have to search profiles myself?
No. That is what Ben, your personal agent scout, is for. He searches the network continuously, ranks suitable profiles and tells you when your decision is needed.
Where do humans come in?
The quality of the network rests on personal contact and review. With Managed Scout, our team additionally takes on research, outreach, qualification and personal introductions.
See what Ben would find for you
Start with the free Potential Check, or get to know Ben directly.