Spark Hire Recruit vs Lever (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Spark Hire Recruit if

• Fits if hiring managers need to do much of the work themselves
• Works for teams that want video interviews and references in the same system

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you hire a few people a year, from $335 a month billed annually
• Skip it if you want to try before talking to sales, as no trial is listed
• Watch out: the product was renamed Spark Hire Recruit, and prices sit on sparkhire.com
• Watch out: the AI notetaker, API access and SSO are add-ons on every plan
• Tight if you want approvals or scorecards, which start on Growth, $499 a month

Pick Lever if

• Fits if you keep in touch with candidates long before you have a role for them
• Works for teams already on HiBob, BambooHR or ADP

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price or a trial before talking to sales
• Pricey if you want onboarding too, as it's a separately quoted add-on
• Not for you if you want a phone app, as none is on record
• Watch out: Candidate Insights and AI Screening by VONQ are add-ons priced on top of the quote
• Watch out: getting use from the CRM side means setting up how you nurture candidates first

Spark Hire Recruit

• The product was renamed Spark Hire Recruit; comeet.com now shows that branding and prices sit on sparkhire.com.
• Prices are 'starting at' figures billed annually; Enterprise is quoted by sales.
• The AI notetaker is a paid add-on, and API access and SSO are add-ons on every plan.
• Requisition approval, customizable scorecards and panel scheduling start on Growth.

Lever

• No prices are published: Lever quotes from company size, hiring volume, features and implementation needs after you fill in a form.
• Candidate Insights, AI Screening by VONQ and Onboarding are add-ons priced separately.
• No free trial is offered on the pricing page; the route in is a demo or a quote.

Spark Hire Recruit

Hiring manager workflow

Customizable hiring workflows, automated steps and auto-assigned tasks, with notices by email, Slack or Microsoft Teams.

Interview scheduling

Candidates pick a slot on the interviewer's calendar; Growth adds panel scheduling and meeting-room reservation.

AI features

AI resume review, AI-written job descriptions, scorecards and interview questions, and summaries of video interviews.

Video and references

One-way video interviews and automated reference checks are on every plan.

Sourcing and posting

Posts to multiple job boards, hosts a careers page, and includes a Chrome sourcing extension.

Lever

ATS and CRM together

Applicant tracking and candidate relationship management in one system, for sourcing and nurturing as well as hiring.

AI screening and matching

Ranks the best-fit candidates first and shows the reasons behind each AI recommendation.

AI interview transcripts

Unlimited AI transcripts and summaries of interviews to speed up feedback.

Fraud signals

AI flags applications that show patterns of fraud before they reach interviews.

Reporting

Ready-made dashboards and custom reports on pipeline health and hiring performance.

Add-ons

Candidate Insights, agent-based AI Screening by VONQ on the career site, and an Onboarding module, each quoted separately.

Spark Hire Recruit

• Recruit Pro$335

  per month and up, billed annually

  Essential automation and AI; 6,000 AI resume reviews and 100 e-signature offers a year.

• Recruit Growth$499

  per month and up, billed annually

  Adds requisition and offer approvals, customizable scorecards and panel scheduling; 24,000 AI reviews a year.

• Recruit EnterpriseCustom

  Sold through sales; 36,000 AI reviews and 300 e-signature offers a year, plus location-based roles.

Lever

Pricing could not be confirmed. See lever.co.