Greenhouse, Lever, and HireDesk should not be treated as interchangeable products. Product capabilities, contracts, and pricing can change, so verify Greenhouse and Lever against their current official documentation and a live demonstration. The table below describes only HireDesk’s current scope.
HireDesk capability status
| Capability | HireDesk status |
|---|---|
| OTP account access | Available now |
| Internal job and candidate records | Available now |
| Manual application pipeline | Available now |
| Interview APIs | API only; no app UI today |
| Public job pages and candidate applications | Planned; not available today |
| Candidate acknowledgments and status email | Planned; not available today |
| Guided first-job flow | Planned; not available today |
| Job-board distribution or candidate self-scheduling | Post-MVP consideration; not available today |
| Advanced analytics or compliance/EEOC tooling | Post-MVP consideration; not available today |
Choose based on required outcomes
List the outcomes that must work during the next hiring cycle. If the list includes integrations, team permissions, public intake, email delivery, self-scheduling, custom reporting, or formal compliance workflows, HireDesk does not currently meet those requirements.
If the immediate need is a single-account place to record jobs and candidates and manually update application stages, the current HireDesk app can be evaluated directly.
Verify before buying
Ask every vendor to demonstrate the exact workflow, identify add-ons or plan restrictions, explain data handling, and provide current contract terms. Do not use this article as a substitute for current vendor documentation.