Lever vs. Personio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lever
Score 9.6 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
Personio
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Personio is presented as an all-in-one HR software for small and medium-sized companies from the company of the same name based in Munich. The platform supports applicant tracking, workforce management features (e.g. attendance tracking, leave management) with employee self-service, as well as support for HR workflows, and employee performance review.N/A
Pricing
LeverPersonio
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LeverPersonio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LeverPersonio
Features
LeverPersonio
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Lever
9.5
34 Ratings
18% above category average
Personio
8.7
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.631 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.631 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.621 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.623 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.629 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.632 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.630 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Candidate Search9.633 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.632 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Collaboration9.632 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.622 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.831 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.632 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Reporting9.630 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
9.6
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
7.9
2 Ratings
3% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
28% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
9.0
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
9.0
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
Personio
5.5
2 Ratings
35% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
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LeverPersonio
Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.1 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
LeverPersonio
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(35 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LeverPersonio
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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Personio
If you are an SMB or generally just a startup, Personio is a no-brainer for its intuitiveness and easy-to-get-started approach. Employees truly enjoy the UI and possibility to get an easy overview of its own data, not to mention processes to apply for vacations and absence etc. Absolutely recommended if your main focus for the new HR system is directed towards your employees.
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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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Personio
  • Allows automatic posting of job offers on different sites and portals to find the perfect candidates for available vacancies.
  • It has employee tracking tools, such as attendance and absence tracking, as well as time monitoring of working hours and overtime.
  • Payroll management is very complete and is done quickly and almost automatically, as it enters hours worked, overtime and absences, with an accurate calculation to avoid errors.
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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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Personio
  • From administrative POV, there were indication that some integrations to salarysystems in other countries was lacking
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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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Personio
Personio is an established HCM provider - for good reasons. In particular, for employees and managers, Personio is easy to use and allows for managers and employees to truly focus on what matters, in a modern and flexible way. There are certain points that could be improved in the overall administration of the system, in particular when it comes to integrations and old techstack - but this is the case really for all historical HCM providers. Personio is a solid tool and certainly recommended.
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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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Personio
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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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Personio
Personio is much like HiBob, strong focus on the relationship between managers and employees. Very intuitive UX and UI - staying at the forefront of HCM. Sympa does better in terms of overall connectivity. Personio is a market leader for good reasons, solid and giving its customers good value for the investment.
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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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Personio
  • This program is complete, so it allows to have all the human resources management in the same panel, along with all the information of the employees, which streamlines the activities of the department, making us more productive. Employees feel more satisfied with our performance, and we have considerably lowered payroll complaints.
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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.