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Applicant tracking systems · November 2026 Edition

Greenhouse vs Lever

Six of fourteen models named Greenhouse first on the direct prompt; one named Lever. Greenhouse was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Lever by thirteen and Greenhouse carries 57 labels and Lever 50, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Greenhouse

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

Lever

accepted challenger

Named in twelve categories this edition.

First-choice share30%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels5750A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Greenhouse reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ashby was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Greenhouse vs Workable · Greenhouse vs Breezy HR · Greenhouse vs Ashby

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the applicant tracking systems page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GreenhouseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLever
Direct611 against Greenhouse · 1 against Lever
Paraphrase91
Comparative63
Budget-constrained001 against Greenhouse · 1 against Lever
Scale-constrained21
Negative213 against Greenhouse · 2 against Lever
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Greenhouse and Lever were named in the same answer 236 times, of the 456 answers naming Greenhouse and the 264 naming Lever. In those answers Lever took the first choice eight times and Greenhouse forty-six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Greenhouse and Lever stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Greenhouse Lever first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Greenhouse on the left and Lever on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Greenhouse and Lever stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Lever, Workable alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR

Greenhouse first, Lever an alternative

5 of 14 modelsLever was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
Grok 4.20Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Workable
Qwen 3.7 FlashAshby, Greenhouse alternatives: Lever, SmartRecruiters
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Jobvite, Lever, Workable
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Pinpoint
Mistral SmallWorkable alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, Zoho Recruit
DeepSeek V4 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
MiniMax M2.5Breezy HR, Workable alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, Greenhouse, JazzHR
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXBreezy HR, Workable alternatives: Ashby, Crelate

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Greenhouse0%#13 of 14
Lever0%#10 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Greenhouse leads by twenty-five points.
Greenhouse30%#1 of 17
Lever5%#6 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Greenhouse leads by thirty-eight points.
Greenhouse42%#1 of 10
Lever4%#5 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Greenhouse

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Avoid expensive enterprise systems like Greenhouse or Lever unless you have the scale” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Greenhouse is the most cited leader for structured, process-heavy hiring with interview kits, scorecards and deep reporting built for mid-market and enterprise teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Most Mid-Market B2B Teams: Greenhouse – Excels in structured hiring, detailed reporting/analytics, and scalability.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“The gold standard for mid-market and scaling tech firms focusing on \u2018Structured Hiring\u2019 to eliminate bias.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Lever

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Avoid expensive enterprise systems like Greenhouse or Lever unless you have the scale” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Works adequately for tracking candidates (though some users find it lacking in reporting and sourcing)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top Pick: Lever ... Choose Lever if you want the best balance of functionality, scalability, and modern features” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Lever / Greenhouse: The gold standard for scaling tech companies. Highly customizable, great analytics” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.