# ATS Roundup: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters

> A practical comparison of Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, iCIMS and SmartRecruiters argues that feature grids now hide the most consequential buying questions: how each platform wants a recruiting team to work, who owns the vendor, what else that owner sells, and how those incentives may shape integration, support and product direction. Lever stands apart as one of three ATS brands inside K1-backed Employ, while the broader field is also shaped by TPG, Vista and TA Associates, venture investors, and SAP.

## Achievements

- Greenhouse built a product identity around structured hiring and lists more than 500 pre-built integrations.
- Lever combines applicant tracking and candidate relationship management in one product and is offered within Employ's three-ATS portfolio.
- Ashby connects ATS, CRM and sourcing, scheduling, and analytics in one platform; it reported more than 2,700 customers in July 2025.
- iCIMS has developed a broad enterprise Talent Cloud and said in 2022 that it served more than 4,000 organizations.
- SmartRecruiters said at the time of SAP's 2025 acquisition that more than 4,000 organizations used its platform.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Ashby announced a $50 million Series D and said it had grown to more than 2,700 customers.
- **2025-09** — SAP completed its acquisition of SmartRecruiters and said the product would remain available as a standalone solution while integrating with SuccessFactors.

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