Appcast vs. Lever

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Appcast
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Appcast is a recruiting software solution offered by Appcast, Inc.
$0
Pay-Per-Applicant
Lever
Score 8.0 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
Pricing
AppcastLever
Editions & Modules
Appcast Exchange
$0
Pay-Per-Applicant
Clickcast
$0
License
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppcastLever
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AppcastLever
Features
AppcastLever
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Appcast
-
Ratings
Lever
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AppcastLever
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppcastLever
Likelihood to Recommend
It has allowed me to streamline my job ad buying and selling process all in one dashboard.
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Managing pipeline and candidate communication is easy through lever. Keeping it all in one place allows the hiring teams to be in the loop real-time. The reporting is clunky and basic, however, and without a 3rd party tool, sourcing from the lever database is difficult. Also, it is very easy to have duplicate candidates since the alerts Lever gives are often incorrect
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Pros
  • Makes it easy to manage job feeds.
  • Makes it easy to manage traffic acquisition from multiple publishers.
  • Easy to use reporting dashboard for you and your customers.
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  • 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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Cons
  • Need to be more open to suggestions from clients.
  • Need to get better customer service turnaround time.
  • Need more knowledgeable staff.
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  • It would be nice if we were provided a more detailed summary of why our referrals were not selected for a position.
  • The feedback feature that interviewers can give on candidates is great, but it is sometimes hard to find again after completion.
  • If there is a mobile version, better marketing/awareness on this would be helpful.
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Usability
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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
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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
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I think Lever stacks up fairly well and is right above the midpoint. iCIMS and Greenhouse provide a larger, more Enterprise style product for huge scale, so I'd put the two of them above Lever at this time, but we chose Lever over Greenhouse for a reason. I just don't know if we'd be able to scale to the size we'd want to long-term with their product suite. Compared to the others listed here, and many others, I would take Lever every time.
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Return on Investment
  • Positive sales margins.
  • Positive time allocation.
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  • We have an ATS now and did not have one before
  • LinkedIn integration is better than others I've seen
  • Spend too much time researching unhelpful user guides since their support is terrible
  • Lots of frustration with post implementation support
  • Integrations break, tools don't work and settings fail which could lead to other issues
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ScreenShots

Appcast Screenshots

Screenshot of The Appcast Dashboard: Real-time reporting across all recruitment marketing channels.Screenshot of Appcast Dashboard: Source Report

Lever Screenshots

Screenshot of the interface to resurface high-value past candidates who fit open roles.Screenshot of where to identify the top origin and sources of candidates in all stages, the Offer stage, and the Hired stage.Screenshot of the interface to schedule interviews with candidates.