Teams look past Lever when a quote-only price and paid add-ons make costs hard to forecast, or when they want an ATS from a vendor outside the Employ portfolio. Most go to Ashby or Greenhouse for a like-for-like recruiting platform, to Workable or Breezy HR for published prices, and to Teamtailor or Tellent Recruitee for employer branding.
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What each alternative does differently
1. Ashby
All-in-one ATS, CRM, scheduling and analytics · United States
A single all-in-one product with an ATS and sourcing CRM. Foundations is for up to 100 employees, with a calculator that starts at $400 a month and 10% off annual terms. Plus is for 101-1,000 employees and Enterprise for 1,000+, both quoted. Extra candidate texting costs $90 per 1,000 messages.
Switch from Lever if you want an all-in-one platform and a published price for a team under 100 employees.
Pricing: Published pricing for the Foundations plan up to 100 employees, from $400 a month with 10% off annual terms; Plus and Enterprise plans are quoted. (none)
Full review: #9 of 14 in our ranking ·
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2. Greenhouse
Structured-hiring ATS with a deep partner ecosystem · United States
Three plans, Core, Plus and Pro, all sold through a demo. Texting, the BI Connector and sourcing automation start on Plus, and Pro adds an audit log, a developer sandbox and unlimited CRM events. Core includes sourcing and CRM with one CRM event, so heavy CRM use needs a higher plan.
Switch from Lever if you want structured hiring and tiered governance features from a quote.
Pricing: Quote-based Core, Plus and Pro plans priced on plan, hiring volume and organizational complexity; texting, sourcing automation and the BI connector start on Plus. (none)
Full review: #4 of 14 in our ranking ·
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3. Workable
Recruiting software for small and mid-sized businesses · United Kingdom
Pricing climbs with employee bands: Standard is $299 a month and Premier $599 for the 1-20 employee band, and both rise by band. A 15-day trial with all Standard features needs no card. The AI agent runs on credits, 3,000 of them free. Bundling with its HR product saves up to 20%.
Switch from Lever if you want published prices that scale with company size and a trial first.
Pricing: Standard, Premier and Enterprise plans tiered by company size, with a 15-day free trial; texting, video interviews and assessments are add-ons on Standard, and the AI agent runs on paid credits. (free trial)
Full review: #2 of 14 in our ranking ·
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4. Teamtailor
ATS built around branded career sites · Sweden
Employer branding and career sites lead, with unlimited job postings and users, over 250 features and 450+ integrations. Pricing is a quote by company size, with separate pages for companies up to 1,000 employees and for enterprise over 1,000. It is branding-first where Lever is sourcing-first.
Switch from Lever if career-site design and employer brand matter as much as pipeline management.
Pricing: Annual subscription priced by company size, quoted after a demo, with all core features included rather than split into modules. (none)
Full review: #10 of 14 in our ranking ·
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5. Tellent Recruitee
Collaborative hiring software for European teams · Netherlands
Tellent Recruitee has three tiers: Start with 5 active job posts, Advance with unlimited posts, referrals and multi-location support, and Optimize with SSO and advanced analytics. A free trial is offered, agencies need a custom quote, and a Tellent HR product sits beside it.
Switch from Lever if you want tiers by job-post limit and an HRIS from the same vendor.
Pricing: Tiered plans quoted on request, with a free trial available before buying. (free trial)
Full review: #11 of 14 in our ranking ·
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6. SmartRecruiters
Enterprise talent acquisition platform owned by SAP · United States
Essential covers ATS, CRM, onboarding, SMS, job distribution and scheduling, listed from $14,995. Professional adds an AI hiring agent and talent matching, while High Volume and Complete are priced on request. It also has a dedicated page for SAP SuccessFactors customers.
Switch from Lever if you hire in volume and want an enterprise ATS with a published entry price.
Pricing: Four tiers; Essential (ATS, CRM, onboarding, texting, scheduling) is listed from $14,995, while the tiers that add the AI hiring agent, matching and screening are quoted. (none)
Full review: #6 of 14 in our ranking ·
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7. Jobvite
Recruiting suite for volume and referral-driven hiring · United States
Modular: a core ATS plus Onboarding, AI Companion and recruitment marketing as add-ons, priced by quote. Employ Inc. owns it as well as Lever, so moving gets you a different product but the same parent. It has broader recruitment marketing and employee referral tools.
Switch from Lever if you want recruitment marketing and referrals in the same product family.
Pricing: Enterprise and mid-market contracts by quote, with texting, onboarding and career-site modules bundled or added. (none)
Full review: #5 of 14 in our ranking ·
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8. BambooHR (Hiring)
Hiring tools built into a small-business HR platform · United States
Applicant tracking comes inside the BambooHR HRIS rather than as a separate product. Core allows 5 open jobs, Pro 25 and Elite 50, and pricing is per employee from $10.25 above 25 employees.
Switch from Lever if you want hiring tied to an HR system and pay per employee.
Pricing: Included in every BambooHR plan, from about $10 per employee a month or a flat $250 a month up to 25 employees; Core allows 5 open jobs, Pro 25 and Elite 50. (free trial)
Full review: #3 of 14 in our ranking ·
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9. Breezy HR
Visual pipeline ATS for small businesses · United States
Free Bootstrap plan with unlimited users but one active position. Paid tiers are Startup at $157, Growth at $273 and Business at $439 a month on annual billing. Texting from $41 a month and onboarding from $49 a month are add-ons. Breezy advertises easy migration from other platforms.
Switch from Lever if you want a published flat monthly price and a free tier.
Pricing: A free-forever Bootstrap plan, then flat monthly paid tiers with annual discounts; texting and AI credits are extra. (free plan)
Full review: #12 of 14 in our ranking ·
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10. Manatal
Affordable AI-assisted ATS for agencies and HR teams · Thailand
Priced per user: Professional is $15 a month with up to 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates, Enterprise is $35 with unlimited jobs and candidates and workflow automation, and Enterprise Plus is $55 with API and single sign-on. Monthly billing costs more, and a free trial is offered.
Switch from Lever if you want per-user pricing for a small team and a free trial.
Pricing: Published per-user monthly plans starting around $15, with limits on jobs and candidates on the entry tier and a free trial. (free trial)
Full review: #8 of 14 in our ranking ·
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11. Zoho Recruit
Budget ATS for corporate HR and staffing agencies · India
A free plan allows one active job, Standard allows 100 active jobs, and Professional adds AI. It has separate editions for in-house HR and for staffing agencies. The page we read was in Dutch and showed no prices. It fits companies inside the Zoho suite.
Switch from Lever if you want a free entry plan and already use Zoho apps.
Pricing: A free plan for one active job, then published per-recruiter monthly tiers, with corporate and staffing-agency editions priced separately. (free plan)
Full review: #14 of 14 in our ranking ·
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12. Recruiterflow
Agency recruiting ATS and client CRM · United States
Built for search firms, not in-house teams: the Platform plan is $149 per user a month and combines ATS and CRM with multichannel sequences and sales automation. An AIRA plan adds AI agents. Client access control suits agencies that submit candidates to clients.
Switch from Lever if you recruit for clients and need CRM, sequences and client access.
Pricing: Published per-recruiter monthly price for the main platform plan, with an AI tier quoted separately. (none)
Full review: #7 of 14 in our ranking ·
Visit Recruiterflow →
Questions and answers
Does Lever publish its prices?
No, its pricing page asks you to request a customized quote and shows no figures. For published numbers, look at Workable ($299 a month for Standard in the smallest band), Breezy HR, Manatal and Ashby's Foundations plan.
Who owns Lever?
Employ Inc. owns Lever; its site lists Employ, JazzHR, Lever and Jobvite as its registered trademarks. If you want a different parent company, Jobvite is not an escape, while Ashby, Greenhouse and Workable are separate brands.
What costs extra on top of Lever's core platform?
Lever's pricing page lists Candidate Insights, AI Screening by VONQ and Onboarding as add-ons, each quoted separately. The core includes ATS, CRM, reporting, AI-powered screening signals and unlimited AI interview transcripts.
Can I export my data from Lever?
We could not confirm export formats on Lever's public pages, so ask Lever for a written list of what is exportable. Breezy HR advertises easy migration from other platforms, which is worth asking any new vendor about too.
Is there a free ATS to replace Lever?
Yes, for small teams: Breezy HR has a free Bootstrap plan with unlimited users but one active position, and Zoho Recruit has a free plan with one active job. Both are far below Lever's scope.
How long does it take to move off Lever?
We found no vendor figure for leaving Lever. Lever says most customers implement within weeks, and Workable offers a 15-day trial with its full Standard feature set, so test your import in a trial before committing.
