§ The result
2 points separate ADP and Arctic Shores.
ADP (ATS-integrated) edges Arctic Shores (Assessment) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 48 to 46. ADP and Arctic Shores each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split ADP holds (headed by Bias Audit Transparency) adds up to more weighted points. ADP takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (ADP 46, Arctic Shores 35), which is 45% of the weighted advantage ADP holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Post-Market Monitoring, ADP 45 to Arctic Shores 30.
Vendor profile
ADP
ADP is an enterprise human capital management and payroll provider whose recruiting suite uses AI to parse, rank, and match job applicants via its Candidate Relevancy tool, ADP Assist generative-AI assistant/job-description generator, and skills intelligence.
Vendor profile
Arctic Shores
Arctic Shores sells a task-based psychometric assessment platform ("Una") that scores candidates on behaviour captured during short interactive tasks - covering personality, workplace intelligence and learning agility - rather than self-report questionnaires or CV review.
§ The record
ADP is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Arctic Shores under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Arctic Shores is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | ADP | Arctic Shores |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 1949 | 2013 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 33% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
ADP 46 · Arctic Shores 35
2.0 weighted points to ADP
12% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
ADP 45 · Arctic Shores 30
1.8 weighted points to ADP
15% weight · 80% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
ADP 28 · Arctic Shores 35
1.1 weighted points to Arctic Shores
20% weight · 90% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
ADP 53 · Arctic Shores 50
0.6 weighted points to ADP
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
ADP 58 · Arctic Shores 64
0.5 weighted points to Arctic Shores
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
ADP 55 · Arctic Shores 56
0.1 weighted points to Arctic Shores
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +2.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +2 beside that +2.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is ADP minus Arctic Shores.
| Category | Weight | ADP | Arctic Shores | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 53 | 50 | +3 | +0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 46 | 35 | +11 | +2.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 35 | -7 | -1.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 57 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 56 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 30 | +15 | +1.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 64 | -6 | -0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 48 (F) | 46 (F) | +2 | +2.7 |
§ 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 | ADP | Arctic Shores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 18 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 27 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
ADP has 23 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Arctic Shores has 34 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 27 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 57 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 23 for ADP, across 2 distinct source domains, and 34 for Arctic Shores, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- ADP last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Arctic Shores last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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