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Applicant tracking systems · October 2026 Edition

Greenhouse vs Lever

Twelve 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 55 labels and Lever 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Greenhouse

endorsed leader

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Lever

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share40%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%2%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5544A 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.Greenhouse vs Breezy HR · Greenhouse vs Ashby · Greenhouse vs Workable

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
Direct121
Paraphrase72
Comparative90
Budget-constrained001 against Greenhouse
Scale-constrained41
Negative311 against Greenhouse · 1 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 October 2026 Edition, Greenhouse and Lever were named in the same answer 245 times, of the 454 answers naming Greenhouse and the 307 naming Lever. In those answers Lever took the first choice fourteen times and Greenhouse fifty-four.

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 4.1 Fast
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.
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Bullhorn, Workable

Greenhouse first, Lever an alternative

11 of 14 modelsLever was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Gem, Jobvite, Lever, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Pinpoint alternatives: Ceipal, JazzHR, iCIMS
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickGreenhouse alternatives: JazzHR, iCIMS
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, JazzHR, Lever, Paycor, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Rippling, Workable
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse alternatives: Lever

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Pinpoint, Teamtailor
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever

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
Lever leads by two points.
Lever4%#6 of 11
Greenhouse2%#8 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Greenhouse leads at mid-market.
Greenhouse40%#1 of 15
Lever7%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Greenhouse leads by thirty-five points.
Greenhouse37%#1 of 9
Lever2%#6 of 9
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. Two of two in this category shown.

“pick a structured, recruiting-first platform like Greenhouse or iCIMS when consistency, reporting and hiring manager adoption are priorities” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Ranked #1 ATS on G2's Winter 2026 reports across Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and EMEA categories with a 98% user satisfaction rate” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct 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. One of one in this category shown.

“focus on mid-market fits like Lever (CRM-strong), Greenhouse (structured processes), Workable (affordable scaling)” Grok 4.1 Fast · 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.