§ The result
Adaface leads SeekOut by 5 points.
Adaface scores 39 and SeekOut 34 under rubric v1.0, a 5-point gap across the Assessment and Sourcing cohorts. SeekOut takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Bias Audit Transparency among them, against 6 for Adaface, whose share includes Data Governance Disclosure. SeekOut takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (Adaface 22, SeekOut 40), 100% of the weighted advantage it builds, while the widest raw gap is on Customer Documentation, Adaface 58 to SeekOut 35.
Vendor profile
Adaface
Adaface runs chatbot-led 'conversational' skills tests for 500+ roles that score candidates automatically as pass, borderline pass or fail on benchmarked scorecards, backed by webcam, screen and IP proctoring and an AI résumé parser.
Vendor profile
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Adaface is filed under Assessment AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only Adaface is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Adaface | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | SG | US |
| Founded | 2018 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 29% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Adaface 22 · SeekOut 40
3.2 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Adaface 52 · SeekOut 35
2.5 weighted points to Adaface
8% weight · 68% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Adaface 58 · SeekOut 35
1.8 weighted points to Adaface
12% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Adaface 38 · SeekOut 25
1.6 weighted points to Adaface
15% weight · 89% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Adaface 30 · SeekOut 25
0.8 weighted points to Adaface
20% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Adaface 38 · SeekOut 35
0.6 weighted points to Adaface
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Adaface 50 · SeekOut 45
0.6 weighted points to Adaface
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +4.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 11.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +5 beside that +4.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Adaface minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Adaface | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 38 | 35 | +3 | +0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 22 | 40 | -18 | -3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 25 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 35 | +17 | +2.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 45 | +5 | +0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 25 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 35 | +23 | +1.8 |
| Total | 100% | 39 (F) | 34 (F) | +5 | +4.7 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | Adaface | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Adaface has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 40 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for Adaface, across 1 distinct source domain, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Adaface last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next