Untap vs Lever
A CRM bolted to an ATS still tracks contacts. Untap builds a talent ecosystem.
Updated August 2026
2 SKUs
before you reach the add-ons
Lever Hire and Lever LXM are licensed separately, with Candidate Insights, AI screening and onboarding priced on top. Untap Talent ships everything on one plan.
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PRICING
Pricing comparison, line by line.
Their plans on the left, Untap Corporates plans on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
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Lever
Lever Hire
Lever
Hire + LXM
Lever
Enterprise
UNTAP
Starter
UNTAP
GrowthPopular
UNTAP
Ultimate
Their plans on the left, Untap Corporates plans on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
Lever publishes nothing. Aggregated buyer data puts the median contract at roughly $15,400/year across a $6,700-$51,900 range, and cost scales with employee count, seats and the number of active job openings. The structural surprise is that Lever Hire and Lever LXM are separate SKUs, so buyers who think they are purchasing an ATS often end up licensing the CRM too, with Candidate Insights, AI screening and onboarding priced separately again. Untap Talent is one plan from $250/month: programs, messaging, rounds, bookings, evaluations, LMS, offers, communities and analytics all included.
Annual billing includes 2 months free. Subscription pause available at $15/month between hiring cycles. Education tier: 25% off list. Small NGO tier: 50% off list.
FEATURES
Feature comparison, grouped by workflow.
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Application and Submission Management
7 capabilities
Review and Evaluation
8 capabilities
Engagement and Communication
6 capabilities
Platform and Program Breadth
7 capabilities
Integrations, Pricing and Security
7 capabilities
WHAT USERS SAY
Common feedback about Lever.
Paraphrased themes from public reviews. No direct quotes, no cherry-picking: recurring patterns only.
The built-in CRM is the real draw
Outbound-heavy teams credit Lever's nurture and pipeline tooling as the reason they chose it over a pure ATS.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Two SKUs surprise buyers
Reviewers describe discovering that the CRM capabilities they assumed were included sit in a separate licence.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Scheduling and time-zone friction
Recurring reports of scheduling and time-zone handling issues appear in third-party gap analyses.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Pricing opacity slows approvals
Teams that need fast internal sign-off find the quote-only model a poor fit.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Themes are synthesized from public reviews on G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. We do not reproduce reviewer text.
BY ORGANIZATION
Which platform is right for you?
An honest take. There are scenarios where Lever is the right answer.
Choose Lever when...
- Outbound sourcing and nurture for open roles is the centre of your strategy
- You want an ATS and CRM from one vendor and can license both
- Your process is req-driven with internal interviewer feedback only
- You have procurement capacity for a negotiated annual contract
Choose Untap when...
- You want the CRM, the programs and the community in one published price
- Talent pools should be engaged communities, not ageing contact lists
- External judges and assessors need access without seat licences
- You run hackathons, awards or scholarships alongside hiring
- You want AI screening, LMS and assessment integrity included, not as add-ons
- You are an NGO, foundation or university and need a structured discount
BY PROGRAM TYPE
Best fit by program type.
How each platform holds up across the talent program shapes teams actually run.
Being fair
Where Lever is stronger
Lever is the better pick when your needs match what it was built for — see the “Choose Lever when...” card above. Untap is the better pick when you run programs continuously and need unlimited submissions, users and programs on one flat price. Both are valid; the honest question is volume and frequency.
Last reviewed: August 2026
What you also get, beyond the comparison above
Point tools win on one job and stop. Untap ships the whole program lifecycle on one engine — including a training stack and an events and bookings stack most alternatives do not have at all.
Trusted at scale
1M+ participants have applied to programs built on Untap.
Fortune 500 innovation teams, UN agencies, universities and national governments run their programs here.
1M+
Participants
400+
Programs
100+
Customers
Make the switch
Ready to move from Lever to Untap?
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