Lever vs Ashby vs JazzHR

Compared on	Lever See pricing VisitRemove	Ashby From $270/mo VisitRemove	JazzHR From $83.33/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Applicant tracking system with a built-in recruiting CRM, sold by Employ on custom quotes	All-in-one ATS, CRM, scheduling and analytics, priced by company size from $300 a month for small teams	ATS for small businesses with unlimited users, flat plans from $1,000 a year and AI candidate matching
Free plan	No	No	No
Cheapest paid plan	Not publishedLever pricing	$270/mo billed annually (Foundations)Ashby pricing	$83.33/mo billed annually (Hero)JazzHR pricing
What it covers	Not stated	For 1 to 10 employees. Monthly prices by company size: $400 (11 to 25), $500 (26 to 50), $700 (51 to 75), $900 (76 to 100), each 10% less billed annually. Priced by company size, not seats; includes 200 email lookups and 1,500 AI credits a month.	$1,000 billed annually; no monthly option is shown. Job postings start at 3 a month. Standard pricing does not apply to staffing agencies, HR service providers, franchises, multi-location businesses or organizations over 250 employees.
Free trial	None stated	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web	Web, Chrome extension, API	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Integrates with HRIS, sourcing, assessment, background check and productivity tools, with a partner marketplace	250+ integration marketplace and a public API; Ashby says it does not charge for integrations	Integrations with payroll, background check, onboarding and HRIS platforms, plus LinkedIn Recruiter
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Recruiting teams that source and nurture passive candidates as well as manage applicants Growing and mid-sized companies hiring across several departments or locations Teams that want AI screening and interview summaries inside the ATS	Startups that want ATS, sourcing, scheduling and analytics under one flat price Recruiting teams that run outbound sourcing sequences alongside inbound applications Teams that want detailed recruiting reports without a separate BI tool	Small businesses hiring without a dedicated recruiter Teams that want every hiring manager on the system without per-user fees Posting to free job boards from one dashboard
Watch out for	No prices are published; Lever quotes each account Candidate Insights, AI Screening by VONQ and Onboarding are paid add-ons Its pages do not describe a free trial or a free plan	Published prices cover only companies up to 100 employees; larger companies get a custom quote Approval workflows and AI talent rediscovery are not on Foundations AI Notetaker and Advanced Scheduling are paid add-ons without listed prices	Hero is sold on annual billing only and starts at 3 job postings a month AI candidate matching starts on Plus Standard prices do not apply to agencies, franchises, multi-location businesses or companies over 250 employees
Made by	Employ Inc.	Ashby, Inc.	Employ Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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