ATS + CRM

Aster vs Lever

Lever built its name on combining an applicant tracking system with a candidate relationship manager, so sourcing and tracking live in one place. It suits teams that do a lot of proactive outreach. Aster covers sourcing and a talent CRM too, but leads with AI that does the first pass on every inbound applicant so your shortlist is ready before you start reaching out.

Feature by feature

FeatureAsterLever

AI resume screening & ranking Yes Limited

Automatic matching & deduplication Yes Limited

Built-in interview scheduling Yes Yes

Structured interviews & scorecards Yes Yes

Talent CRM & sourcing Yes Yes

Careers page & job board Yes Yes

Analytics & reporting Yes Yes

HRIS, onboarding & payroll No No

Typical setup timeMinutesWeeks

Best fitGrowing teamsMid-market

Positioning reflects each tool's typical strengths; verify current features before relying on any single row.

Where Aster is different

Every applicant is screened and ranked automatically, with the reasons shown
One clean record per person, deduplicated across old and new applications
Scheduling and scorecards included, so the whole loop lives in one tool

When Lever is the better fit

If your hiring is sourcing-led and your team spends most of its time on outbound nurture campaigns to passive candidates, Lever's CRM heritage and campaign tooling are a natural fit.

Switching from Lever

Bring your candidate database across and Aster deduplicates it into one record per person, then ranks your pool against every open role so nobody strong gets lost in the move.

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