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Staffing agency platforms · October 2026 Edition

Manatal vs Lever

Zero of fourteen models named Manatal first on the direct prompt; zero named Lever. Manatal was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Lever by nine and Manatal carries 21 labels and Lever 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Manatal

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Lever

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share10%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2110A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Manatal reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Bullhorn was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Zoho Recruit vs Manatal · Zoho Recruit vs Lever · Bullhorn vs Manatal

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 staffing agency platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ManatalFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLever
Direct00
Paraphrase03
Comparative00
Budget-constrained60
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Lever
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Manatal 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Manatal Lever first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Manatal on the left and Lever on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
MiniMax M2.5Recruiterflow, Vincere alternatives: Ceipal, Manatal

Neither was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniBullhorn alternatives: Aviont\u00e9, JobAdder, Recruit CRM, Vincere
Gemini 3.5 FlashLoxo, Worksome alternatives: Bullhorn, Deel, JobAdder, Recruit CRM, TalentDesk.io
Perplexity SonarBullhorn alternatives: Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow
Grok 4.1 FastBullhorn alternatives: Aviont\u00e9, TempWorks, Vincere
Mistral SmallBullhorn, Ceipal ATS alternatives: Avionté, Recruit CRM
DeepSeek V4 FlashVincere alternatives: Bullhorn, PCRecruiter
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashJobAdder alternatives: Aptos, Bullhorn, RecruitCRM
Kimi K2Vincere alternatives: Crelate, JobAdder
GLM 4.7 FlashXBullhorn alternatives: Avionte, Deelo, JobAdder, Recruit CRM, Vincere
GPT-6 LunaPixid VMS alternatives: Conexis VMS, Workday VNDLY
Muse Glimmer 30BBullhorn alternatives: JobAdder, Recruit CRM, Vincere

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
Manatal leads by fourteen points.
Manatal14%#3 of 10
Lever0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Manatal leads by five points.
Manatal10%#3 of 12
Lever5%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Manatal0%#– of 11
Lever0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Manatal

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.

“better suited to internal hiring than external or high-volume staffing, so they can be a poor fit for agencies” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you want a single platform that handles both active applicants and passive candidates with strong nurturing and automation: Go with Lever or Ashby.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase 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.