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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gem

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AGem is a recruiting platform that brings together ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 800+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow.

    $300

    per month

    Lever

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ALever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A
    Pricing
    GemLever
    Editions & Modules
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    GemLever
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    GemLever
    Considered Both Products
    Gem
    Chose Gem
    The UI is way better and cleaner and the fact that you can create drip campaigns is a major game changer. The one way it could improve is to include a mass download feature so you don't have to do 1 profile at a time.
    Incentivized
    Employ Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    93%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GemLever
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Gem and Lever
    Feature
    Gem
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Lever
    9.7
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Job Requisition Management9.02 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Company Website Posting6.01 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.01 Ratings9.821 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.02 Ratings9.823 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.52 Ratings9.829 Ratings
    Resume Management7.02 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.02 Ratings9.830 Ratings
    Candidate Search9.02 Ratings9.833 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.52 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Collaboration8.52 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.01 Ratings9.822 Ratings
    Email Templates8.02 Ratings8.928 Ratings
    User Permissions8.52 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.02 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Reporting7.02 Ratings9.830 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GemLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (13 ratings)
    9.8
    (35 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GemLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gem
    Gem is a in my opinion a necessity for any TA team in this market. It's no longer possible to be competitive with just LinkedIn - it's easy for candidates to lose those messages. Gem allows you to get noticed by candidates and stay competitive in this market!
    Incentivized
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    Employ Inc.
    I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Gem
    • He does great at the moment of follow up candidates.
    • It has a great AI that helps to automatically leave the status of the candidate depending on their response.
    • Save you a lot of time helping you to find the contact info of the candidate automatically.
    Incentivized
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    Employ Inc.
    • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
    • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
    • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Gem
    • Gem's dashboards feature is still a work in progress. It's not incredibly intuitive and there aren't many ways to visualize data.
    • There are often discrepancies between what's in the ATS and what's in Gem and it requires troubleshooting.
    • It would be great if Gem could integrate with data from other sources such as LinkedIn Recruiter so we could see conversion rate data from there as well.
    Incentivized
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    Employ Inc.
    • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
    • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
    • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
    • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
    • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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    Usability
    Gem
    For tech-savvy users, using Gem is a breeze. For users with less tech intelligence, the UI can be a bit clunky, and can take some training and adaptation to use properly - it's a very robust tool, but, options can feel a bit overwhelming if you're not sure of the exact location of what you're looking for
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    Employ Inc.
    It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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    Support Rating
    Gem
    No answers on this topic
    Employ Inc.
    What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gem
    Gem was able to allow more customization. We were able to see more into our current funnels. Easier to share and collaborate with others. Gem made email campaigns simpler and more customized. Gem took some of the LinkedIn inmail processes and automated them. Gem had better data and after some time got more accurate emails.
    Incentivized
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    Employ Inc.
    Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
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    Return on Investment
    Gem
    • I have been able to reach out to more candidates since using Gem.
    • I have been more organized with responses since using Gem.
    • I am able to easily create new sequences using old sequences.
    Incentivized
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    Employ Inc.
    • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
    • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
    • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Gem Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of how Gem brings together ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 650+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow.Screenshot of the AI that surfaces the best matches during the application review process, streamlines collaboration with hiring teams, simplifies offer flows, and automates routine administrative tasks.Screenshot of the search tool, used to conduct searches across 650M+ profiles with AI that delivers the best matches for any role.Screenshot of where the AI finds optimal interview times, coordinates across time zones and calendars, and automates reminders — giving recruiters hours back to focus on candidate relationships.Screenshot of where to use AI to personalize messaging to each candidate’s unique characteristics. This can reach across multiple communication channels including SMS.Screenshot of an example of simplified candidate management. Gem’s interactive dashboard helps recruiters grab a quick, visual snapshot of their candidate pipeline, identify candidates that need immediate attention, and hold their hiring managers accountable to SLAs.

    Lever Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to identify the top origin and sources of candidates in all stages, the Offer stage, and the Hired stage.