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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Paycom

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APaycom is an automated HCM platform, built on a single database that eliminates redundant data entry through automation. A payroll and HR software solution, Paycom is used by organizations of all sizes to access employee data without navigating multiple systems.N/A
    Pricing
    LeverPaycom
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LeverPaycom
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    LeverPaycom
    Considered Both Products
    Employ Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Paycom
    Chose Paycom
    I have not used anything before Paycom because the process was manual before.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paycom
    Namely is a much more developed product that is evolving with more functionality.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    596 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    535 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    606 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    417 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
    Features
    LeverPaycom
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    9.7
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Paycom
    7.6
    373 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Job Requisition Management9.831 Ratings7.8336 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.831 Ratings8.0331 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.821 Ratings7.4262 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting9.823 Ratings7.8306 Ratings
    Customized Application Form9.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.830 Ratings6.9285 Ratings
    Candidate Search9.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.832 Ratings7.7343 Ratings
    Collaboration9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation9.822 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions8.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts9.832 Ratings7.9354 Ratings
    Reporting9.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.1
    569 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.9523 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.1503 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.2502 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.2504 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.6408 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0447 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.1418 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.3
    569 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.8553 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.5101 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.4487 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.1550 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.4458 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.3321 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.5
    499 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5473 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings8.4474 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.5398 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.7
    571 Ratings
    5% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.1561 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.2567 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.7506 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.9279 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.6468 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    4.9
    26 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings4.926 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.2
    506 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.9499 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.9493 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings5.855 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.4
    497 Ratings
    4% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.5491 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.3428 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    6.3
    296 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings4.236 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.0272 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings4.835 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.0291 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.9
    377 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.8348 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.9331 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings8.0335 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.0343 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.8307 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Lever and Paycom
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.9
    97 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.956 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.875 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.992 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings7.975 Ratings
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    LeverPaycom
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    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LeverPaycom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (35 ratings)
    8.7
    (741 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (124 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LeverPaycom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Paycom
    My company is currently at around 2,000 employees and meets all expectations. I have worked at companies of up to 7,000 employees that also used Paycom and that met all expectations as well. I do not know that Paycom would be worth it from a pricing perspective for a smaller company, maybe 30 employees or less. I also believe Paycom has an opportunity to better partner with clients in mergers and acquisitions.
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    Pros
    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.
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    Paycom
    • I like the employee self-service feature. It's very straightforward and easy to use. I also like my representative, Mikey. He's been very helpful—every time I call him, I get the assistance I need. I also appreciate how quickly I can get someone on the phone and get help when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Paycom
    • I am not a fan of the most recent update. I wasn't prepared for the change especially given it came right before payroll was processed. I'm told given time, I will get used to it and I'm always open to change for the better.
    • IWant™ feature isn't what I hoped it would be. I haven't used it much given the information I need in Paycom I can find quickly on my own. I have heard however that several employees utilize and appreciate the IWant™ feature.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    we are having no problems with how the system works and our support system at paycom is the best - we are learning more and using the system in more ways all the time the only thing that could be better is pricing on some things
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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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    Paycom
    I'm probably going to have to go seven and three-quarter to eight, and that may be user error to me because I know Paycom has got it figured out, but there's times I just can't figure it out, even with some of the tutorials, the university, the show-mes, and calling Alex, our representative. He can hold my hand and walk me through that process, and it just may be I didn't get it, but that's why I gave that score. I'd give it a solid nine.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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    Performance
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    Yes load quickly
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    Support Rating
    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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    Paycom
    In 6 years, we've never had a bad experience with client support. We implemented during COVID, and I was the only person in HR at the time. I was also having to homeschool our children, which meant bizarre work hours and limited time to focus on platform build at times. There were nights that I was literally on calls at 11 pm and the implementation team was unbelievably supportive. Recently, a Position Seat specialist came on site to help us set up for our 5 client codes - the experience was transformative for how we use the platform and an absolute game changer. I trust Paycom because I trust our representatives. They truly are strategic partners for us, and work to ensure we're maximizing the platform and that our needs are being met
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    In-Person Training
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    Tadd and Ellie have been great! They have show us many aspects that implementation did not. They are very personable and action oriented as well. Anytime we need them they offer to swing in.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    It was good, but hard to know what questions you need to ask until you actually get in there and start working with a live product. But Paycom is also very helpful every time I call and can't figure something out. Nathan has been very friendly and helpful no matter what I call him about. He is always eager to help out.
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    Implementation Rating
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Paycom
    I have not currently used any other products. I'm still kind of new to the HR industry. The only other thing that I really have to compare it to is Vonmar's system, which they created themselves, and it was not user-friendly.
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    Scalability
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    They are not able to meet our current needs
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Paycom
    • It's helped us save time. We've been able to automate a number of payroll and accounting functions. It's also enabled our employees to use the ask gear feature. So it's really saved time, and also we've not gotten hacked, which is always a plus.
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    ScreenShots

    Lever Screenshots

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

    Paycom Screenshots

    Screenshot of A new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of Full-Solution Automation and Auto-Decisioning Powered By a Single DatabaseScreenshot of Employee Self-Service