The Index · Categories

AI hiring tools, grouped by function.

Vendors are grouped by the function they perform in a hiring workflow. A vendor’s primary category drives its category-page ranking; vendors with secondary categories also appear in those category pages. Every category is scored on the same published rubric, against the same set of instruments.

§ 01

ATS-integrated AI

AI features baked into the system of record - candidate ranking, recruiter productivity, and skills matching surfaced inside the ATS itself.

47 vendors · avg 49View →

§ 02

Video interview AI

Asynchronous video platforms that record candidate responses, often with AI-driven scoring of competencies or traits.

31 vendors · avg 45View →

§ 03

Candidate sourcing AI

Tools that find, rank, and match candidates against requisitions - often built on long-lived candidate graphs or aggregated public data.

49 vendors · avg 48View →

§ 04

Assessment AI

Pre-employment assessments - cognitive, behavioural, situational judgement, and games-based - that produce candidate scores for selection.

49 vendors · avg 48View →

§ 05

Screening AI

Resume parsing, knockout questions, and structured pre-screening flows that decide who moves to a recruiter.

92 vendors · avg 47View →

§ 06

Scheduling AI

Conversational and rule-based systems that handle interview booking, reschedules, and candidate communication.

20 vendors · avg 47View →
Every scored vendor, ranked→Compare two side by side→The rules behind the scores→Analysis→

§ Candidate side

Job-seeker tools are grouped separately.

All job-search tools→

Auto-apply and resume-AI tools act for the candidate, not the employer, so they’re scored on a job-seeker protection rubric rather than the AEDT-compliance one above.