Lever
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What is Lever
Lever is a cloud-based talent acquisition platform that combines an applicant tracking system (ATS) with candidate relationship management (CRM) capabilities to manage sourcing, pipelines, interviews, and hiring workflows. It is used by in-house recruiting and talent acquisition teams to centralize candidate data, coordinate interview feedback, and report on hiring activity. The product emphasizes pipeline management, structured collaboration, and integrations with common HR and recruiting tools. It also includes features intended to support fairer hiring processes, such as structured interview kits and reporting.
Unified ATS and CRM workflows
Lever supports both applicant tracking and talent pipeline nurturing in a single system, reducing the need to maintain separate tools for active applicants versus passive candidates. Recruiters can manage stages, activities, and communications from a consolidated candidate profile. This structure fits teams that run ongoing sourcing while also processing inbound applicants. It also helps standardize handoffs between sourcers, recruiters, and hiring managers.
Collaborative hiring and feedback
The platform provides shared interview plans, scorecards, and feedback collection to coordinate hiring teams. Centralized notes and evaluations reduce reliance on email and spreadsheets for interview debriefs. Role-based access and workflow steps support consistent participation from hiring managers and interviewers. These capabilities are particularly relevant for organizations with multi-interviewer processes.
Integrations and reporting foundation
Lever offers integrations with common recruiting infrastructure such as job boards, calendar/email systems, and HRIS/payroll ecosystems, enabling data flow across the hiring stack. Reporting and dashboards support visibility into pipeline volume, stage conversion, and time-based metrics. This helps teams compare sourcing channels and identify bottlenecks. Data export options support additional analysis in external BI tools when needed.
Implementation and change management
Configuring stages, permissions, interview kits, and integrations typically requires upfront design work and stakeholder alignment. Organizations migrating from another ATS may need data cleanup and process mapping to avoid inconsistent pipelines. Teams with limited recruiting operations support can find rollout slower than expected. Ongoing governance is often needed to keep workflows consistent across departments.
Advanced analytics may require add-ons
While standard recruiting metrics are available, deeper analytics (for example, complex cohort analysis or highly customized dashboards) may require additional configuration, exports, or separate analytics tooling. Organizations that need enterprise-grade reporting across multiple business units may need to invest in data modeling and governance. This can increase total effort compared with suites that include broader HR analytics. Reporting outcomes also depend heavily on consistent recruiter data entry.
Not a full HR suite
Lever focuses on talent acquisition rather than end-to-end HR functions such as core HR, payroll, benefits administration, or full talent management. Companies seeking a single system for recruiting plus downstream HR processes may need multiple products and integrations. This can introduce integration maintenance and vendor management overhead. It is generally better suited to teams prioritizing recruiting workflows over broader HCM consolidation.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| LeverTRM (Core) | Contact sales — custom quote (pricing available upon request) | Core ATS + CRM, candidate pipelines, reporting & analytics, automation, integrations. Pricing scales based on team size and hiring needs; Lever directs visitors to request a customized quote on the official pricing page. |
| LeverTRM for Enterprise | Contact sales — custom quote | Enterprise-grade features (advanced analytics, security, dedicated support/account management, SLA options). Custom contracts and pricing. |
| Add-ons (Onboarding, AI Interview Companion, Advanced Automation, etc.) | Contact sales — custom quote | Lever lists these as separately-priced add-ons; customers are asked to contact sales for pricing. |
Notes: Lever’s official pricing page does not publish list prices or public tiered rates; it requires contacting Lever for a custom quote. The product/help docs reference package names (e.g., LeverTRM, LeverTRM for Enterprise) and feature availability, but do not show public prices.
Seller details
Lever, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
2012
Private
https://www.lever.co/
https://x.com/lever
https://www.linkedin.com/company/lever
