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Rippling vs Lever: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 12th, 2025
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Features selected based on 9,609 reviews from Applicant Tracking users.
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Candidate Tracking
4.8
Job Posting
4.8
Candidate Profiles
4.8
Application Management
4.8
Interview Scheduling
4.4
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Candidate Tracking
4.8
Job Posting
4.6
Candidate Profiles
4.7
Application Management
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Interview Scheduling
4.5
User satisfaction
4.9
User reviews3,565
Ease of use
4.9
Functionality
4.8
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.8
4.6
User reviews643
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.6
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Lever is the only platform that provides talent acquisition leaders with a complete applicant tracking system (ATS) and candidate relationship management (LeverCRM) platform in a single solution.

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Shawn M
Owner - Managing Broker
3.0

Shawn M.: Hello, my name is Shawn. I'm the owner and managing broker of X2 Mortgage. We focus primarily on residential and commercial mortgage lending. When it comes to Rippling, I would give it a three out of five stars. Prior to using Rippling, we were really just running everything off of QuickBooks Online. We are a very small company, so there isn't a great comparison between the two. However, QuickBooks was great for running a company with five or less employees. We were able to run payroll out of there and do everything from that, but it wasn't great for kind of onboarding, offboarding and doing multiple payroll runs maybe weekly. So we simplified everything from a company level when we were using QuickBooks. There was a switch to Rippling because we are a growing company, we are onboarding a lot of people very quickly. We are also offboarding a lot of people because we have a high turnover in our industry, and we needed something where we can offboard and onboard a lot easier. So we decided to go with Rippling, mainly because of the fact that it had a really great tech stack. It integrated with a lot of our existing services that we use. We're able to quickly send out an offer letter to a candidate, have them sign it, and immediately start the onboarding process where we could just have one person running HR. They could run all the payroll, they can do everything very streamlined and very efficiently. The onboarding and integrating with Rippling, it was pretty easy for the most part. They have phenomenal tech stack. When it came to onboarding someone, you really just went through the prompts, get it all kind of sent out to that person. In terms of the existing stuff that we worked with in terms of the integrations, we were using pretty much everything off of Google Workspace. So being able to create their accounts as soon as someone's onboarded or suspend their account as soon as someone's offboarded was really great, and Rippling does make that incredibly easy. Anyone considering going with Rippling, if you do have a high turnover rate or you're constantly hiring or firing people, I think it's phenomenal for offboarding and onboarding. It makes things extremely efficient. You don't need a huge HR development to handle all that. Our HR manager can onboard someone in a matter of 30 minutes, so it's really great for that reason. I will say that if you're looking for a little more hands-on, Rippling's probably not your option. They don't have the best support at all. So if you're not very tech savvy, you're not really going to be able to get your system set up perfectly, and you could schedule time with them, or you could reach out to their support or submit a ticket. But in terms of some of the other competitors in the space, their support is lacking tremendously. So I will say this is definitely for someone who is very tech savvy and who wants to kind of do everything on their own and have everything automated on their own. However, if you need more of that hand holding, I don't think Rippling is necessarily the route for you.

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Jennifer R
Analyst
4.0

Jennifer R.: My name is Jennifer. I'm an analyst. I rate Lever four out of five. And for more reviews like this, click below. We use Lever as a recruiting tool. So if I wanted to refer someone, I would go into Lever, put their resume in, or send them a referral link. It made it super easy for me to refer people and track the status of their application. The thing I like the most about the software is it was so easy to use, searching the jobs that were available at my company was really easy. And the user interface from the application side of things was very easy to use. However, what I didn't like about lever is there wasn't a lot of data that I could look at. It was difficult to see how my referrals were stacking up against other people. And I would've just like to have seen little bit more data analytics from it.

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Rippling

Top Features
32/47
  • Calendar Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Job Board
  • Matching Engine
  • Pipeline Management
  • Question Library
  • Recruiting Firms
  • Reference Checking
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Recruiting
  • Tagging
  • Talent Pool
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Application Management
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assessment Management
  • Background Screening
  • Candidate Profiles
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Candidate Tracking
  • Careers Page
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Email Management
  • For Small Businesses
  • Internal HR
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Job Management
  • Job Posting
  • Mobile Access
  • Onboarding
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Resume Parsing
  • Resume Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Workflow Management
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Rippling
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Lever
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Rippling
  • By Rippling
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2012
Lever
  • By Employ
  • Located in United States
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