FairHire vs Greenhouse & Lever
Greenhouse and Lever are mature, capable ATSs. FairHire makes a different bet: fairness and transparency as the product, open source as the model, and your agent as a first-class operator.
| Capability | FairHire | Greenhouse | Lever |
|---|---|---|---|
| Login-gated fairness trail A per-hire page that snapshots the scores, weights & stage history behind the decision | Yes | No | No |
| Paid trial as a first-class stage A compensated work sample, scoped and rubric-scored, as the heaviest-weighted signal | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Weighted scorecards → numeric composite Criteria × weight rolled into transparent composite math (not just a qualitative recommendation) | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Agent-native MCP tool catalog A first-class, open-source MCP catalog: two callers over one guarded service — the agent and the UI hit the exact same authz- and audit-checked service layer that ships in the open-source core | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Open source (MIT) Self-host, read the code, own your data | Yes | No | No |
| Multi-company from a single install Run separate hiring orgs from one self-hosted deployment | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Immutable, hash-chained audit log A tamper-evident record of every consequential action, not just an activity feed | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Structured pipeline (Kanban) & collaboration Notes, comments, @mentions, activity feed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
✓ built-in · ~ partial or via add-on / integration · – not available. Competitor columns reflect Greenhouse and Lever public product documentation as of July 2026. Where they offer a comparable but weaker capability we mark it partial, not absent.
Greenhouse and Lever are trademarks of their respective owners. FairHire is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by either. Comparison based on publicly available product documentation as of July 2026; capabilities change. Verify current features with each vendor.
Transparency is the feature
Most ATSs treat the decision record as internal metadata. FairHire turns it into a defensible, login-gated page candidates and committees can actually see.
Own it, don't rent it
Open source under MIT means no lock-in, no per-record surprises, and a codebase you can audit. Self-host free or let us host it.
Built for the agent era
The fairhire.* MCP catalog is first-class and open-source. Your agent operates the pipeline over the exact same guarded service layer the UI calls — two callers, one authz- and audit-checked service that ships in the open-source core.