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Applicant tracking systems · September 2026 Edition

Lever vs Pinpoint

One of twelve models named Lever first on the direct prompt; two named Pinpoint. Lever was named by twelve of the twelve models and Pinpoint by eleven and Lever carries 43 labels and Pinpoint 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lever

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Pinpoint

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share7%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels4324A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lever reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Greenhouse vs Lever · Greenhouse vs Pinpoint · Breezy HR vs Lever

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the applicant tracking systems page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LeverFirst choices, of twelve modelsPinpoint
Direct121 against Lever
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained102 against Lever
Scale-constrained001 against Lever
Negative001 against Lever
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lever and Pinpoint stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
Lever Pinpoint first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lever on the left and Pinpoint on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lever and Pinpoint stood in it.

Lever first, Pinpoint an alternative

1 of 12 modelsPinpoint was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Pinpoint, Workable, Zoho Recruit

Pinpoint first, Lever an alternative

2 of 12 modelsLever was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Pinpoint alternatives: Lever, Workable
Llama 4 MaverickPinpoint alternatives: Greenhouse, JazzHR, Lever, Workable

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, SmartRecruiters, Workable
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Lever, Rippling
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Pinpoint, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Pinpoint, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, Lever, Workable

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Ashby

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Lever leads by two points.
Lever2%#9 of 11
Pinpoint0%#– of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lever leads by two points.
Lever7%#4 of 13
Pinpoint4%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Pinpoint leads at enterprise.
Pinpoint7%#4 of 8
Lever0%#7 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lever

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“avoid these on a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Cons: Analytics are historically less robust than Ashby; since acquisition by Employ Inc., some users report slower product development cycles.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative

What the models said about Pinpoint

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Pinpoint - scores highest on the rubric for mid-market and enterprise organizations with powerful automation tools” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Pinpoint and Greenhouse are often cited as the top choices” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.