Lever
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Median buyer pays
$16,233
Based on data from 292 purchases, with buyers saving 16% on average.per year
Median: $16,233
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About Lever
Lever Overview
Lever streamlines the hiring process and simplifies the Applicant Tracking System, so that recruiters and hiring managers can focus on their candidates.
Lever's 2 Products
TRM delivers applicant tracking, candidate relationship management, and visual insights dashboards—perfect for talent acquisition teams.
TRM for Enterprise delivers 65% faster hiring, 300+ integrations, and SOC 2 Type II security—perfect for talent acquisition leaders.
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| Supplier | Lever | Ashby |
|---|---|---|
| Median Contract Value | $16,233 | $20,878 |
| Avg Savings | 16.26% | 20.86% |
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Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"At renewal with Lever, we successfully negotiated three months of free service by clearly communicating the annual rate we needed to achieve. The team negotiated in good faith, and the process was both productive and collaborative. Overall, it was a very positive experience working with the sales representative."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"At renewal, we successfully secured the addition of more employee licenses at no additional cost, allowing us to maintain our required usage volume without increasing our existing rate. This outcome was beneficial for both my team and the finance team. Overall, we were very pleased with how the renewal process was handled."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We were very pleased with the negotiation process and enjoyed working with the representative during this renewal. It was clear that he was genuinely committed to collaborating with us to reach a mutually beneficial agreement to allow us to continue the partnership. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"During our renewal with Lever, we significantly increased our license count. However, our finance team later mandated a cost reduction. After discussions with the representative, we ultimately reached an agreement to maintain our existing rate while receiving a few months free, allowing us to achieve the required savings."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Advanced automation, advanced HR and nurture are all add ons when purchasing the LeverTRM SKU"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Will work with pricing/budget constraints when it is made know that Greenhouse is a viable alternative during new purchases"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We had a really good discount from the start and have continued to add on with Lever. When presented our renewal, they did not break down the costs by line item so we had to special request that. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever would not alter their legal terms for a user of our size so we opted to not renew. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"The supplier is able to offer additional discounts for early renewals. We utilized this with a multi-year term to get strong discounting. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"This supplier was able to provide stronger discounting when signing up to a multi-year term commitment, along with mentioning budget restrictions."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We agreed to a multi-year renewal, but since we planned on changing HRIS systems mid-contract, we needed to ensure that we had language in the agreement protecting our spend allocated to the custom HRIS integration would not increase. We were able to ensure that this was protected through custom language with the legal team. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Leveraged a budget constraint and mentioned the potential to look into alternative options in order to bring renewal pricing down"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to leverage significant negative stakeholder sentiment to get a flat renewal after Lever tried to raise our prices by 11%."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever recently joined with a few other companies under the Employ Group banner. They are raising costs to try to generate additional revenue. They wanted to increase our price by 11% in 2024. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We do not feel that Lever innovates. They were originally thought of as a solution "for recruiters, by recruiters", but a lot has changed in the ATS market in the last several years. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to gain additional discounting on a 2-year renewal by positioning a 2-year agreement as a leverage point, emphasizing to the sales rep during negotiations that it is seldom approved to do agreements longer than 12 months"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever attempted to raise our prices by 22% after their merger with JobVite. They were unwilling to reduce or eliminate the increase until we found a clause in our previously signed legal agreement that capped renewal price increases at 5%. After we pointed this out, they agreed to reduce the price increase to 5%. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"By leveraging an early signature and budget constraints, we successfully pushed back on a 5k uplift on an annual renewal to be paid in net 30 terms
"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Push for flat pricing at time of renewal."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever was imposing an 8% annual increase on our renewal; we pushed back twice, and they dropped it to a 3% uplift. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever offered a flat renewal for a 2-year committment"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to secure more favorable billing terms upon renewal "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"By moving to a multi-year commitment we were able to eliminate the 7% uplift for this year, and lowered uplift to just 2% over 3 years."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to secure the same pricing on a multi-year contract. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"While there were not additional savings on this deal due to the small TCV ($7,728.00), we were able to leverage signing early to keep historical discounts in the amount of $1,008.00, total TVC of $6,720.00."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever bases pricing on number of active employees, regardless of how many active users you have in the system itself. For our renewal, Lever initially proposed a 35% increase due to our active employee number, but we were able to bring that down to a 4% increase by pushing back based on how we actually use Lever and descoping our support tier that we didn't get value from."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever offered flat pricing for an early renewal, if signed by EoQ or about 40 days ahead of actual renewal date"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to utilize both EOQ and a budget anchor to achieve 27% savings. Additionally, we were able to get upgraded to the Enterprise Level plan free of charge, and exchange services within the Advanced HR & Advanced Analytics package to curate a "custom package" that does not exist on standard plans. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever was willing to remove the uplift fees (5%) and keep the existing discounts on the contract for the upcoming renewal in exchange for signature a month earlier than renewal date."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever originally introduced a price increase of 6% for the renewal from previous agreement TCV. We introduced growth and early renewal option to secure a 48% discount on the renewal with an increase of users. Lever was easy to work with and management was open to a quick resolution. "Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"By entertaining a 2 year contract first, we were able to get that pricing honored for a one year term."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Lever proposed increasing our pricing a whopping 73% during our renewal. By being willing to churn and holding firm at an 11% increase, they were willing to meet us where we were. "Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"We signaled dissatisfaction with the service as well as potential churn in the future ahead of our renewal, and Lever came back with a ~17% discount at renewal."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"We leveraged the fact that we were switching from a competitor and the competitive offering from Greenhouse to get a 40% discount on a one year contract."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"They were willing to waive their standard uplift for us, even though we had to reduce the scope of our contract, because we doubled down on our very real budget constraints."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"They offered us a 25% volume discount, and an additional 10% discount if we were willing to sign before the end of the year."About Vendr
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