Every category where a model named Lever for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.

Category	Function	Share	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant	Since September 2026
Recruiting CRM and sourcing	Talent acquisition	15%	2 of 111	0%	17	accepted challenger	▼−10Since September 2026: 20% → 11%, −10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Interview scheduling	Talent acquisition	11%	3 of 75	9%	34	accepted challenger	▲+3Since September 2026: 8% → 11%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Applicant tracking systems	Talent acquisition	7%	6 of 65	2%	44	accepted challenger	▲+1Since September 2026: 7% → 8%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Staffing agency platforms	Talent acquisition	5%	6 of 136	10%	10	accepted challenger
Talent intelligence	Performance and talent management	2%	15 of 90	0%	4	under 10 labels · led by Pin at 27%	▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Job advertising and distribution	Talent acquisition	2%	11 of 111	0%	2	under 10 labels · led by JobTarget at 23%	▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Recruitment marketing and career sites	Talent acquisition	2%	16 of 104	7%	14	accepted challenger	▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
AI recruiting assistants	Talent acquisition	0%	18 of 90	20%	20	accepted challenger	=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Employee onboarding	Onboarding and employee experience	0%	23 of 87	0%	3	under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 25%	=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Candidate assessment	Talent acquisition	0%	72 of 118	0%	1	under 10 labels · led by TestGorilla at 52%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
HR AI assistants	Onboarding and employee experience	0%	126 of 142	100%	1	under 10 labels · led by MeBeBot at 21%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Pay equity	Compensation and total rewards	0%	58 of 73	0%	1	under 10 labels · led by Syndio at 12%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Technical hiring assessments	Talent acquisition	0%	37 of 71	0%	1	under 10 labels · led by HackerRank at 17%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.

Movement

Since September 2026, Lever held within the floor in all thirteen categories: no change cleared 13 points.

Best category · Recruiting CRM · by segment

Small business=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.

2%from 2% in September 2026

Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 15 → 16 of 108

Mid-market▼−10Since September 2026: 20% → 11%, −10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.

11%from 20% in September 2026

Inside the floor by 3 pointsRank 1 → 3 of 108

Enterprise▼−8Since September 2026: 8% → 0%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.

0%from 8% in September 2026

Inside the floor by 5 pointsRank 5 → 16 of 72

All categories · Mid-market

Category	September 2026	Now	Change	Reading	Rank
Recruiting CRM	20%	11%	▼−10Since September 2026: 20% → 11%, −10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 1 → 2 of 111
Staffing agency tools	0%	6%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 6% now.	New this edition	Rank 6 of 136, unchanged
Interview scheduling	8%	11%	▲+3Since September 2026: 8% → 11%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 6 → 3 of 75
Talent intelligence	0%	2%	▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 30 → 15 of 90
Job advertising	0%	2%	▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 22 → 11 of 111
Recruitment marketing	0%	2%	▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 36 → 16 of 104
Applicant tracking syste	7%	8%	▲+1Since September 2026: 7% → 8%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 4 → 6 of 65
AI recruiting assistants	0%	0%	=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 24 → 18 of 90
Employee onboarding	0%	0%	=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.	Within noise	Rank 41 → 23 of 87
Candidate assessment	0%	0%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.	New this edition	Rank 72 of 118, unchanged
HR AI assistants	0%	0%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.	New this edition	Rank 126 of 142, unchanged
Pay equity	0%	0%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.	New this edition	Rank 58 of 73, unchanged
Technical hiring assessm	0%	0%	newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.	New this edition	Rank 37 of 71, unchanged

Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.

The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions

By model

How each model treated Lever across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.

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Model	First choice	Alternative	Mention	Negative	Labels
Claude Haiku 4.5	2	1	2	0	5
GPT-5.4 mini	1	3	0	0	4
Gemini 3.5 Flash	1	7	2	2	12
Perplexity Sonar	1	5	4	1	11
Grok 4.1 Fast	3	10	1	1	15
Mistral Small	3	2	2	0	7
DeepSeek V4 Flash	2	9	6	0	17
Llama 4 Maverick	1	1	5	0	7
Qwen 3.7 Flash	0	7	9	5	21
Kimi K2	0	12	0	2	14
GLM 4.7 FlashX	1	9	2	0	12
MiniMax M2.5	7	3	3	0	13
GPT-6 Luna	1	4	0	0	5
Muse Glimmer 30B	3	4	2	0	9

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.

FramingLabels by classFirst choices

Direct75 labels12

Paraphrase88 labels17

Comparative61 labels1not counted in share

Budget-constrained18 labelsNone

Scale-constrained30 labels2

Negative35 labels1not counted in share

First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative307 labels in all, every segment counted; 31 of the 33 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“If you want a single platform that handles both active applicants and passive candidates with strong nurturing and automation: Go with Lever or Ashby.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Staffing agency tools · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“Lever stands out as a top choice because it integrates sourcing, nurturing, and applicant tracking into a single system” Mistral Small · Recruiting CRM · direct prompt · first choice

“focus on mid-market fits like Lever (CRM-strong), Greenhouse (structured processes), Workable (affordable scaling)” Grok 4.1 Fast · Applicant tracking syste · scale prompt · first choice

“Lever - Best for mid-market to enterprise teams hiring at scale... AI-native recruiting platform with scheduling” Llama 4 Maverick · Interview scheduling · direct prompt · first choice

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Avoid full ATS suites like Lever/Greenhouse unless free tiers suffice, as they're pricier for scale.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Interview scheduling · budget prompt · hard negative

“Class-action attorneys have launched broad investigations into popular tools like Greenhouse, Lever by Employ, and Ashby.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · AI recruiting assistants · negative prompt · soft negative

“better suited to internal hiring than external or high-volume staffing, so they can be a poor fit for agencies” Perplexity Sonar · Staffing agency tools · negative prompt · soft negative

“their native scheduling tools are decent for simple 1:1s, but they lack advanced interviewer load balancing” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Interview scheduling · direct prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Lever, over the 307 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Lever was named but was not.

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ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head

Greenhouse245 of 30754Compare →

Workable99 of 30715Compare →

Ashby89 of 3078Compare →

Workday Recruiting76 of 3076Not among the top eight

iCIMS69 of 30712Not among the top eight

SmartRecruiters62 of 3076Not among the top eight

Calendly49 of 30716Compare →

GoodTime47 of 30721Compare →

Paradox44 of 3072Not among the top eight

Gem43 of 3079Compare →

A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Lever. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 275 of the 307 answers that named Lever and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

lever.coYour site182

pin.com115

greenhouse.com81

metaview.ai77

peoplemanagingpeople.com72

resources.rework.com67

selectsoftwarereviews.com67

g2.com65

hiretruffle.com62

learn.g2.com56

662 of the 844 domain citations in answers naming Lever came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

pinpointhq.com/insights/best-applicant-tracking-system47

lever.co/insights/best-interview-scheduling-software46

cal.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software39

pin.com/blog/best-applicant-tracking-systems37

metaview.ai/resources/blog/best-applicant-tracking-software31

peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-interview-scheduling-software30

lever.co/insights/best-enterprise-applicant-tracking-systems29

sapia.ai/resources/blog/automated-interview-scheduler-top-platforms29

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Search and answers

lever.co is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Lever takes 15% of first choices and Gem takes 15%.

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In search

Google, US estimates

Position for “sourcing tools”

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not in the top ten

Position for “candidate sourcing tool”

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not in the top ten

Searches for its name, Google: 60,500 a month (“lever”)
AI search demand for its name, est.: 24,663 a month
Organic visits to its site: about 189,552 a month
Searches its site ranks for: 20,989 · 1,917 in the top three
Sites linking to it: 25,675
Paid Google search: 3 searches its ads show for, about 17 clicks and $657 a month (estimate)

Ads on GoogleDetailLess

44 ads · 36 text, 7 image, 1 video · 7 shown in the last 30 days

First shown March 2025, as Lever, Inc, verified. Ads started 2025-10 to 2026-09: 30 in the year, 14 before. 62 more by other advertisers linking to it.

On Google's pages: 1 2 3 4

In answers

This edition

Share of first choices

15%

rank 2 of 111 in Recruiting CRM

Segment leader

15%

Gem

First choices: 31 across its categories
Named in: 307 answers
Its own site cited: in 275 of the answers that named it

Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.

What it publishes

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Addresses on lever.co

662

subdomains included

Content

375

counted in the table below

Documentation

Product · Integration

8 · 1

Kind	Pages	Last 90 days	Latest
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.

Names read as Lever

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Lever; a claim can dispute any of them.

Lever (LeverTRM) 3Lever & Greenhouse 1Lever (Easy Book) 1Lever (built-in) 1Lever (by Employ) 1Lever by Employ 1LeverTRM 1LeverTRM (by Lever) 1

Follow Lever

An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.

Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.

The company

Lever is its own company.

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In its own words

Stated by the vendor, not checked

Positioning: Modern recruiting software that combines ATS and CRM capabilities to help scaling teams nurture talent relationships and hire efficiently.
lever.co
For: small, mid-sized and enterprise organizations that need to scale hiring efficiently
lever.co
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. lever.co
Certifications: SOC 2 Type II certifiedSOC 2 Type 2ISO/IEC 27001
Hosting: US-West2EU-Central1
Customers named: NextGen Federal SystemsEnablecompBisnowEmma Sleep GmbHTalendLucidworksRoyal AmbulanceDREAM Charter Schools
Not stated on the pages read: Starting price, free plan or trial, integrations

What Lever's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: lever.co, lever.co/pricing, lever.co/security, lever.co/solutions/dei, lever.co/case-studies. A claimed page can correct any of them.

Is this your product?

Claim this page

Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Lever's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Lever, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.

What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives

A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Lever by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:

where Lever is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
who was chosen in the answers that did not name Lever, and every reason the record gives;
a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.

Badges

Wins only: a badge exists where Lever is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.

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Recruiting CRM and sourcing

Lever is among the products AI models recommend first in Recruiting CRM and sourcing this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.

Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges

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<a href="https://hr-ai-index.com/talent/recruiting-crm-and-sourcing/"><img src="https://hr-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/lever--recruiting-crm-and-sourcing-wide.svg" alt="Among AI models' top three in Recruiting CRM and sourcing, October 2026 Edition, HR AI Recommendation Index" width="320" height="104"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Recruiting CRM and sourcing standing, where the claim can be checked.

Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides

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Interview scheduling

Lever is among the products AI models recommend first in Interview scheduling this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.

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Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Interview scheduling standing, where the claim can be checked.

Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.