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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

    Personio

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APersonio 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
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    Community Pulse
    LeverPersonio
    Considered Both Products
    Employ Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Personio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    LeverPersonio
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    9.7
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Personio
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Job Requisition Management9.831 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.831 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.821 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting9.823 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Customized Application Form9.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.830 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Candidate Search9.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.832 Ratings9.02 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 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Reporting9.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    16% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    4% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    19% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    19% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    27% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    11% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    10% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    12% 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 Lever and Personio
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Personio
    5.5
    2 Ratings
    36% 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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    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    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
    LeverPersonio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (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
    No answers on this topic
    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.