Lever
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveApplicant tracking and candidate CRM with AI-assisted screening and interview scheduling, quoted per company.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Contact sales
No public price list; Lever quotes based on company size, hiring volume, and which add-ons (like AI screening) are included.
Use tool ↗About Lever
Lever is an applicant tracking system combined with a candidate relationship management tool, used to post jobs, manage pipelines, and automate recruiter busywork like follow-ups and interview scheduling. Recent additions layer AI on top of the existing workflow: candidate ranking and insights, an AI-screening add-on, and fraud-detection checks meant to catch fabricated applications. Founded in 2012 in San Francisco, Lever was acquired in 2022 by Employ Inc., which also owns other recruiting brands. Every plan includes the core ATS, CRM, and reporting; pricing is quoted individually rather than published, and scales with headcount and hiring volume rather than a flat per-seat rate.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Describes ATS+CRM workflow, AI candidate insights, and fraud detectionlever.co ↗
- Confirms custom-quote pricing model, SOC 2 Type II certification, and AI-screening as a named add-onlever.co ↗
- Confirms 2012 San Francisco founding and the August 2022 acquisition by Employ Inc.www2.staffingindustry.com ↗
Is Lever legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 30, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2012The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Employ Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Sep 1, 2026
Pros & cons of Lever
Lever is an established ATS/CRM that has bolted AI features -- ranking, screening, fraud checks -- onto a recruiting workflow it already sold before AI was the pitch. That maturity is the appeal for a company standardizing hiring at scale, but the lack of any published pricing makes it hard to compare against newer, more transparent competitors without a sales call.
Pros
- Combines ATS and CRM instead of treating past candidates as dead records
- Fraud-detection features address a real, growing problem in AI-assisted applications
- SOC 2 Type II certification is stated plainly on the pricing page
- Backed by a company with multiple established recruiting products, not a single-founder startup
Cons
- No published pricing anywhere -- every price point requires contacting sales
- AI screening is a paid add-on rather than included in the base product
- No free trial or free tier for smaller teams to test the workflow
Best for
- Mid-size to large companies standardizing a multi-recruiter hiring process
- Teams wanting CRM-style long-term candidate relationships, not just applicant tracking
- Organizations concerned about AI-fabricated applications
Not for
- Small teams hiring occasionally who want self-serve signup and a listed price
- Anyone wanting to compare exact costs without a sales conversation
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