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Interview scheduling · September 2026 Edition

GoodTime vs Lever

Two of twelve models named GoodTime first on the direct prompt; four named Lever. GoodTime was named by twelve of the twelve models and Lever by eleven and GoodTime carries 45 labels and Lever 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GoodTime

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Lever

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share9%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4528A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GoodTime reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ModernLoop was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Calendly vs GoodTime · Calendly vs Lever · ModernLoop vs GoodTime

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 interview scheduling page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GoodTimeFirst choices, of twelve modelsLever
Direct241 against GoodTime
Paraphrase001 against GoodTime · 1 against Lever
Comparative50
Budget-constrained004 against GoodTime · 1 against Lever
Scale-constrained301 against GoodTime
Negative104 against GoodTime · 3 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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, GoodTime and Lever were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 135 answers naming GoodTime and the 255 naming Lever. In those answers Lever took the first choice four times and GoodTime thirteen.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GoodTime and Lever 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
GoodTime Lever first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GoodTime on the left and Lever on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Grok 4.1 FastGoodTime, Lever alternatives: Greenhouse, ModernLoop

GoodTime first, Lever not the choice

1 of 12 modelsLever was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Calendly

Lever first, GoodTime an alternative

3 of 12 modelsGoodTime was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallLever alternatives: Koalendar, ModernLoop
Kimi K2Lever alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
MiniMax M2.5Cal.com, Lever alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, ModernLoop

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Lever
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse, ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickModernLoop alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Calendly, GoodTime, Lever, LimeLight, Lunacal
GLM 4.7 FlashXModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Lever, candidate.fyi

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cronofy, Greenhouse alternatives: Calendly, Koalendar, ModernLoop
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, candidate.fyi

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%#7 of 11
GoodTime0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: GoodTime leads at mid-market.
GoodTime9%#5 of 11
Lever8%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
GoodTime leads by fifty-six points.
GoodTime56%#1 of 9
Lever0%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about GoodTime

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

“Avoid ATS-style recruiting platforms like Breezy HR, Workable, or GoodTime if budget is tight” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise, quote-only, often thousands per month — avoid these on a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Frequent reports of bugs like missing time slots, crashes, slow performance, calendar sync glitches, and timezone issues.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose GoodTime if you have a dedicated recruiting team and want to automate the administrative side of interviewing” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“GoodTime is the top choice for enterprises whose scheduling challenge extends beyond simple booking” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best overall for mid-market recruiting teams: GoodTime if you run multi-interviewer panels” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice

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.

“its native scheduling tool is frequently cited by users as having the "absolute worst UX."” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Less structured tools, pricier renewals ... they're overkill (and 2-5x costlier) for most mid-sized B2B ops” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
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.