§ The result
Alva Labs leads ConverzAI by 17 points.
Under rubric v1.0, Alva Labs (Assessment) opens a 17-point lead on ConverzAI (Screening), 61 (D) to 44 (F). The 7 criteria split 6 to 1 in favour of Alva Labs: Alva Labs is ahead on Article 11 Technical Documentation and ConverzAI on Bias Audit Transparency. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Alva Labs 78, ConverzAI 30 — and at a 20% weight it carries 50% of the weighted advantage Alva Labs holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Alva Labs
Alva Labs sells a science-backed hiring platform whose core is a suite of proprietary psychometric assessments - an adaptive logic (general mental ability) test, a Five-Factor Model personality test, and coding tests - wrapped in candidate management, CV screening, and structured-interview tooling.
Vendor profile
ConverzAI
ConverzAI's Virtual Recruiter is an agentic voice, SMS and email AI agent for staffing firms. It contacts applicants within minutes, runs role-specific screening interviews, scores candidates' fit to open jobs and updates the firm's ATS.
§ The record
Alva Labs is filed under Assessment AI, ConverzAI under Screening AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Alva Labs is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Alva Labs | ConverzAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | SE | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2019 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 44% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Alva Labs 78 · ConverzAI 30
9.6 weighted points to Alva Labs
15% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Alva Labs 68 · ConverzAI 40
4.2 weighted points to Alva Labs
18% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Alva Labs 58 · ConverzAI 72
2.5 weighted points to ConverzAI
12% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Alva Labs 63 · ConverzAI 45
2.2 weighted points to Alva Labs
8% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Alva Labs 68 · ConverzAI 45
1.8 weighted points to Alva Labs
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Alva Labs 38 · ConverzAI 30
1.2 weighted points to Alva Labs
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Alva Labs 52 · ConverzAI 50
0.2 weighted points to Alva Labs
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +16.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 21.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +17 beside that +16.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Alva Labs minus ConverzAI.
| Category | Weight | Alva Labs | ConverzAI | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 78 | 30 | +48 | +9.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 72 | -14 | -2.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 30 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 68 | 40 | +28 | +4.2 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 45 | +18 | +2.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 68 | 45 | +23 | +1.8 |
| Total | 100% | 61 (D) | 44 (F) | +17 | +16.7 |
§ 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 | Alva Labs | ConverzAI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 6 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 24 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Alva Labs has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; ConverzAI has 30 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Alva Labs and ConverzAI sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 65 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Alva Labs, across 2 distinct source domains, and 30 for ConverzAI, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Alva Labs last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- ConverzAI last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next