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Lever vs Occupop

Lever logo

Lever

Recruitment

Talent acquisition suite built for collaboration

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Occupop logo

Occupop

Recruitment

Applicant tracking built for small and mid-sized European employers that hire without a dedicated recruiter

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lever customized pricing requires sales contact, no public pricing; Occupop there is no outbound sourcing or passive candidate search, so any role that will not fill from applications has to be worked in LinkedIn Recruiter or an agency and tracked back manually.
  • They diverge on capability: Lever covers Applicant Tracking, Occupop covers Multi-board posting.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lever and Occupop actually diverge.

Attributes where Lever and Occupop differ
AttributeLeverOccupop
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Recruitment).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Lever

  • Applicant Tracking
  • Candidate CRM
  • Sourcing
  • Interview Management
  • Analytics
  • Offer Management
  • LinkedIn
  • Indeed

Only in Occupop

  • Multi-board posting
  • Branded careers page
  • Candidate scoring
  • Interview scheduling
  • Talent pools
  • Hiring manager collaboration
  • Offer management
  • Reporting

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Lever

  • Applicant tracking from sourcing through offernot Occupop
  • Building and nurturing talent pipelines of passive candidatesnot Occupop
  • Automating interview scheduling, follow-ups and offer lettersnot Occupop
  • Reporting on hiring performance across sourcesnot Occupop
  • Screening at volume with AI ranking and recommendationsnot Occupop

Occupop

  • An Irish employer that needs applications tracked in one place and posted to Irish boards without manual re-keyingnot Lever
  • A hospitality or care group hiring the same roles repeatedly across multiple sitesnot Lever
  • A public sector or charity buyer that requires candidate data to stay inside the European Unionnot Lever
  • A company where line managers do the hiring and will abandon anything that needs trainingnot Lever

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Lever

  • Customized pricing requires sales contact, no public pricing
  • Premium features like advanced CRM functionality require additional fees
  • Implementation requires some technical configuration

Occupop

  • There is no outbound sourcing or passive candidate search, so any role that will not fill from applications has to be worked in LinkedIn Recruiter or an agency and tracked back manually.
  • Integration coverage is thin outside the Irish and UK ecosystem, so a company running a US payroll or a major HRIS will usually be exporting CSV files rather than syncing new hires.
  • Reporting answers time to hire and source questions but does not support the cohort or funnel analysis a talent team needs once it runs dozens of requisitions at once.
  • The vendor is small, which means the roadmap moves slowly and there is no realistic pressure a mid-market customer can apply to get a feature built.
  • Pricing is quoted rather than published and is structured around plan tiers and hiring volume, so seasonal employers can find the annual cost jumps in the year they run a peak recruitment campaign.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lever

On request
  • LeverTRM$undefined/month
    • ATS
    • CRM
    • Sourcing
  • LeverTRM for Enterprise$undefined/month
    • All LeverTRM features
    • Advanced Security
    • Dedicated Support

Occupop

On request
  • Occupop$undefined/year
    • Unlimited users on most plans
    • Multi-board job posting
    • Branded careers page

Which should you pick?

Choose Lever if

  • You need applicant tracking.
  • You also want candidate crm.
Lever review

Choose Occupop if

  • You need multi-board posting.
  • You also want branded careers page.
Occupop review

Questions people ask

Is Lever or Occupop better?
Neither clearly leads. Lever starts at On request and Occupop at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lever or Occupop?
Lever starts at On request and Occupop at On request.
Does Lever or Occupop run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Lever best used for?
Lever is most often used for applicant tracking from sourcing through offer, building and nurturing talent pipelines of passive candidates, automating interview scheduling, follow-ups and offer letters, reporting on hiring performance across sources. Of those, applicant tracking from sourcing through offer and building and nurturing talent pipelines of passive candidates are not what Occupop is typically brought in for.
What can Lever do that Occupop cannot?
Lever covers Applicant Tracking, Candidate CRM, Sourcing, Interview Management. Occupop covers Multi-board posting, Branded careers page, Candidate scoring, Interview scheduling.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lever: What is Lever used for?

Lever is modern recruiting software that centralizes recruiting into a single system for sourcing candidates, managing applications, scheduling interviews, collaborating with hiring managers, automating workflows, and measuring hiring performance.

Source
Occupop: Where is candidate data stored?

Inside the European Union, which is the reason many Irish public sector and healthcare buyers shortlist it over larger non-EU vendors.

Lever: Does Lever include both ATS and CRM?

Yes. Lever integrates comprehensive Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) functionalities within a single offering called LeverTRM, with features like AI-powered screening and interview transcripts.

Source
Occupop: Does it do candidate sourcing?

No. It manages inbound applications and talent pools. Sourcing passive candidates happens elsewhere.

Lever: What integrations does Lever support?

Lever integrates with 300+ tools including Slack for notifications, Zoom for interviews, calendar applications for scheduling, background check services, job boards, and leading HRIS platforms for talent management workflows.

Source
Occupop: Is it priced per recruiter?

No. Plans are sold on tier and hiring volume with unlimited users on most tiers, which suits companies where many managers need access.

Occupop: Will it scale past a few hundred employees?

It handles the hiring volume, but companies with a dedicated talent function usually move to a system with sourcing, CRM and deeper analytics.

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