12 categories · RankedLever
Lever is recruiting software that combines applicant tracking (ATS) and candidate relationship management (CRM) capabilities · lever.co ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Calendly is first at 50%.
ModernLoop is first at 28%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
GoodTime is first at 55%.
Why models recommend it
“Start with Lever or Greenhouse if you want an all-in-one solution that combines ATS and basic recruitment marketing.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“I'd lean toward Greenhouse or Lever for their balance of features, scalability, and B2B-focused functionality.”MiniMax M2.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Top Pick: Lever ... Choose Lever if you want the best balance of functionality, scalability, and modern features”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Lever / Greenhouse: The gold standard for scaling tech companies. Highly customizable, great analytics”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Avoid expensive enterprise systems like Greenhouse or Lever unless you have the scale”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“a standard out-of-the-box ATS iframe (like basic Greenhouse or Lever default pages) rarely tells your story well enough”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“complaints such as with Lever: "It will schedule calls back to back and you can't set up a 10-minute buffer window."”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Works adequately for tracking candidates (though some users find it lacking in reporting and sourcing)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Lever, over the 264 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | 46 | Compare → | |
| 110 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 103 | 24 | Compare → | |
| 98 | 9 | View → | |
| 82 | 7 | View → | |
| 77 | 5 | View → | |
| 47 | 5 | View → | |
| 43 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 40 | 2 | View → | |
| 35 | 7 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Lever →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Lever's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- small, mid-sized and enterprise organizations that need to scale hiring efficiently
- Price stated
- Lever offers customized pricing based on your company size, hiring volume, feature needs, and implementation requirements. Pricing varies depending on the products, integrations, and support level selected. To receive pricing tailored to your organization, request a demo with Lever.
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
- Hosting
- US-West2, EU-Central1
- Customers named
- NextGen Federal Systems, Enablecomp, Bisnow, Emma Sleep GmbH, Talend, Lucidworks, Royal Ambulance, DREAM Charter Schools
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 221 of the 264 answers that named Lever and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
388 of the 495 domain citations in answers naming Lever came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 328 | 2 | 2026-09-09 | ||
| Case study | 24 | 1 | 2026-08-06 | ||
| Comparison | 19 | 6 | 2026-08-26 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 3 | 0 | 2023-01-21 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-09Ai candidate screening blog
- 2026-09-08Ai resume screening blog
- 2026-08-26Best lever alternatives comparison
- 2026-08-24Best icims alternatives comparison
- 2026-08-14Best linkedin recruiter alternatives comparison
- 2026-08-13Bots vs bots what happens when candidates and employers both use ai comparison
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page lever.co exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.