# Lever vs Manatal (slim)

> Lever scores 53.6 (D) to Manatal's 49.9 (D) for recruiting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Lever scores 53.6 (D) on agent readiness against Manatal's 49.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Manatal leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do recruiting.

- Lever: D 53.6, rank #703 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lever.min.md
- Manatal: D 49.9, rank #784 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/manatal.min.md
- Lever, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs Lever, for reading the pipeline, adding candidates, moving stages, writing notes and feedback and scheduling externally managed interviews. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 65 against 43; Security & auth, 60 against 45; Maintenance & community, 21 against 16; Transparency & trust, 75 against 60. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Manatal, good for Recruitment agencies and companies already on Manatal's Enterprise Plus plan that want an agent to add candidates, create jobs, match candidates to jobs and move them between pipeline stages. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 73; Payments & pricing, 30 against 5. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Lever | Manatal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 53 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 43 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 5 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 21 | 16 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lever | Manatal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Employ, Inc. | Manatal |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.lever.co/v1` | no (local only) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Lever's terms of service. The postings-api and integrator-resources repositories on GitHub hold documentation and example code | Proprietary service under the Manatal Terms and Conditions |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-04-30 | 2026-07-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2023-08-25 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-09-25 | no date given |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |