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by Lever

What Lever is
Lever combines applicant tracking and recruiting CRM tools in a hiring platform. It supports candidate sourcing, application management, interview scheduling, collaboration with hiring managers, workflow automation, and measuring hiring performance. Career-site tools, resume parsing, and job-board distribution are also listed. Dashboards and customizable reports cover hiring activity, pipeline health, and business impact. AI matching, insights, and signals are used to help prioritize candidates; the Core Platform plan lists AI screening, fraud-prevention signals, and unlimited AI interview transcripts and summaries. Add-ons include Candidate Insights, AI Screening by VONQ, and Onboarding. The marketplace lists providers such as BambooHR, Justworks, LinkedIn, ADP, HiBob, and Indeed, and categories including assessments, background checks, communications, HRIS and payroll, scheduling, sourcing, video interviews, and single sign-on. Lever says it serves small, mid-sized, and enterprise organizations scaling hiring across departments or locations. It is available through web and API, with pricing by custom quote. Lever says most customers are implemented within weeks with personalized guidance.
Who it suits
Lever suits small, mid-sized, and enterprise organizations scaling hiring across departments or locations. Its recruiting workflows and reporting cover teams managing sourcing through performance measurement.
What it does well
- Combines applicant tracking and recruiting CRM tools.
- Includes dashboards and customizable hiring reports.
- Supports interview scheduling and workflow automation.
- Marketplace spans multiple HR, sourcing, and scheduling categories.
What to know first
- Pricing requires a custom quote.
- Candidate Insights, AI Screening by VONQ, and Onboarding are listed as add-ons.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core Platform | Custom quote; contact Lever for pricing · ATS & CRM · reporting and analytics · AI screening · unlimited AI interview transcripts and summaries · AI fraud prevention signals | On request |
As lever.co lists them, read 9 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Lever website.
- Contact Lever for custom pricing.
- Use the implementation guidance Lever provides to begin setup; most customers are fully implemented within weeks.
- Connect relevant providers through the marketplace if needed.
Verdict
Lever brings recruiting workflows, CRM functions, and reporting into one platform, with integrations and add-ons listed for broader hiring needs. Pricing is by request, so prospective customers need a quote.
Questions
How much does Lever cost?
Lever lists pricing on request. Its Core Platform is offered by custom quote; contact Lever for pricing.
Does Lever have a free plan?
The listed pricing information provides a custom quote for the Core Platform and does not describe a free plan.
Which platforms does Lever support?
Lever is available through web and API.
What hiring tasks does Lever support?
It supports candidate sourcing, application management, interview scheduling, hiring-manager collaboration, workflow automation, and hiring performance measurement.
Which integrations are available?
Marketplace providers include BambooHR, Justworks, LinkedIn, ADP, HiBob, and Indeed. Categories include assessments, background checks, communications, HRIS and payroll, scheduling, sourcing, video interviews, and single sign-on.
What security and privacy protections does Lever describe?
Lever says an independent auditor issued its SOC 2 Type 2 report and Employ's ISO/IEC 27001 certificate. It describes TLS 1.2 for data in transit, AES-256-bit encryption for stored customer information, GDPR and CCPA-aligned security parameters, and configurable personal-data retention policies.
Facts from Lever's own pages
- Add-ons
- Listed add-ons include Candidate Insights, AI Screening by VONQ, and Onboarding. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- AI screening
- AI-powered matching, insights, and signals are used to prioritize candidates, and the pricing page says these are intended to improve accuracy, reduce candidate loss risk, and increase transparency. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Career site
- Yes · lever.co, 20 Sept 2026
- Data protection
- The security page says data in transit uses HTTPS with TLS 1.2 and stored customer information is protected with AES-256-bit encryption. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Application and system logs have a rolling six-month retention period, and customers can configure personal-data retention policies in the platform. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Denver, Colorado, United States · lever.co, 28 Sept 2026
- Hiring workflows
- The platform supports sourcing candidates, managing applications, scheduling interviews, collaborating with hiring managers, automating workflows, and measuring hiring performance. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- Lever says most customers are fully implemented within weeks, with personalized guidance. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Integration categories
- Marketplace categories include assessments, background checks, communications, HRIS and payroll, scheduling, sourcing, video interviews, and single sign-on. · marketplace.lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Lever's marketplace lists integrations and providers including BambooHR, Justworks, LinkedIn, ADP, HiBob, and Indeed. · marketplace.lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Interview scheduling
- Yes · lever.co, 20 Sept 2026
- Job board distribution
- Yes · lever.co, 20 Sept 2026
- Privacy compliance
- Lever says its security parameters comply with GDPR and CCPA and are intended to support customers' compliance with those laws. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Lever combines applicant tracking and recruiting CRM tools in one hiring platform. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- The core platform includes out-of-the-box dashboards and customizable reports for hiring activity, pipeline health, and business impact. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Resume parsing
- Yes · lever.co, 20 Sept 2026
- Security certifications
- Lever's security page says an independent auditor issued its SOC 2 Type 2 report and Employ's ISO/IEC 27001 certificate. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Lever directs existing customers to customer support and provides separate support routes for job seekers and sales inquiries. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- Lever says it is built for small, mid-sized, and enterprise organizations scaling hiring across departments or locations. · lever.co, 9 Oct 2026
- Workflow automation
- Yes · lever.co, 20 Sept 2026
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