Lever vs. PCRecruiter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lever
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Lever 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
PCRecruiter
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
PCRecruiter is a web-based recruiting platform. It supports candidate sourcing and placement via candidate tracking, job advertising, CRM, applicant tracking, and salesforce automation.
$85
per user/per month
Pricing
LeverPCRecruiter
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$85
per user/per month
Basic
$85
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LeverPCRecruiter
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsDiscounts available based on number of users, affiliations, length of contract, and other needs.
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Community Pulse
LeverPCRecruiter
Features
LeverPCRecruiter
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Lever
9.2
34 Ratings
15% above category average
PCRecruiter
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.331 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.331 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.321 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.323 Ratings00 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.329 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.332 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.330 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate Search9.333 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.332 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration9.332 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.322 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.728 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.731 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.332 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting9.330 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
LeverPCRecruiter
Small Businesses
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.2 out of 10
Crelate
Crelate
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.2 out of 10
ZipRecruiter
ZipRecruiter
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
ZipRecruiter
ZipRecruiter
Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
LeverPCRecruiter
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(35 ratings)
7.3
(45 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
6.8
(6 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
1.1
(5 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
LeverPCRecruiter
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.
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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
PCRecruiter is great for staffing and recruiting companies that are looking to organize their database. It is also suitable for companies that are also wanting to organize their recruiting processes. Many companies still receive resumes in paper and do not digitalize them. It is even suitable for sales and marketing departments, since you can do marketing and track sales with it.
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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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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
  • Applicant tracking is a great tool. We are able to search resumes or search by keyword. This is a definite time saver and will eliminate your filing cabinets.
  • Linking candidates to job orders. We are able to create jobs and link candidates to open job orders. This allows us to see what positions are currently open and also lets us know the length of time the position was open before being filled.
  • Notes: We are able to keep notes on start dates, end dates, call-offs, tardiness, workers comp claims, disciplinary, and anything else that our company needs. This is a great tool when you have workers comp claims, unemployment, or documentation for ending a work assignment.
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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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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
  • It would be wonderful if once a presentation is made and additional information is added to a candidate's profile that PCRecruiter would update and include that information in the link.
  • Building out the backend of PCRecruiter with letters and setting up the flow of the candidate and moving the candidate through that flow is not intuitive and can be confusing to new users.
  • It would be wonderful if PCR integrated with more company's software when posting on 3rd party sites so that I wouldn't have to parse so many resumes.
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Likelihood to Renew
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
I really like using PCRecruiter and give this rating because the product has helped me with all the reports and services I need to make my job easier. I also enjoy the fact that if I do happen to have an issue of some sort, I can either search for the solution or I can contact a technician and they will take care of the issue immediately.
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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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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
As the past VP of Recruiting for a boutique search firm. I trained many recruiters on the PCR system. All were using the system like a pro in a week to 10 days tops. PCR does everything a recruiting team will need without being overly complicated to learn or navigate.
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Reliability and Availability
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
I have had little to no downtime with PC Recruiter (except for planned maintenance). Whether I am using it on my laptop or the mobile versions (iPad and Android based phone), I am able to get to my information quickly and easily
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Performance
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
Except for an occassional "bug" in the software the system works very well and has for many years and thru sevewral upgrades.
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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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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
The technical support team is awesome. Very knowledgeable and if it is something out of the ordinary they will quickly find the answer or someone that has the expertise to help. I have never had a bad experience with PCR technical support services. They are first class.
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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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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
PCRecruiter is very effective in the placement of employees and has been able to achieve our vision. My experience with a similar platform was not as effective as with PCRecruiter since the speed of loading web pages is reliable. The cost of deploying PCRecruiter is relatively low as compared to other recruiting software. The support team of this platform is very reliable and can be easily reached at any time.
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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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Main Sequence Technology, Inc.
  • Because I am a solo practitioner, with low volume recruiting, I don't use it to the fullest extent. So I'd say zero impact other than to track my information in case of discrepancies with clients.
  • There is a learning curve, so it does take away time from your day to learn the system.
  • Price is good.
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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.

PCRecruiter Screenshots

Screenshot of Adding an appointment to the built-in calendar.Screenshot of Mobile-friendly and fully customizable job board.Screenshot of Mobile app for Recruiters and for Contract Employees