§ The result
Ashby leads BambooHR by 13 points.
Ashby sits 13 points above BambooHR under rubric v1.0, 56 against 43, with both filed under ATS-integrated. Ashby leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while BambooHR leads 1, including Post-Market Monitoring. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Ashby 62, BambooHR 28 — and at an 18% weight it carries 46% of the weighted advantage Ashby holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Ashby
Ashby is an all-in-one recruiting platform combining applicant tracking, CRM/sourcing, scheduling, and analytics, with embedded AI features including resume-to-criteria evaluation, AI-assisted application review, sourcing outreach, and scheduling agents.
Vendor profile
BambooHR
A cloud HR platform for small and mid-sized businesses combining an HRIS and applicant tracking with generative AI features such as AI-drafted job descriptions and a natural-language HR data assistant.
§ The record
Ashby and BambooHR are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Ashby is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Ashby | BambooHR |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2018 | 2008 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Ashby 62 · BambooHR 28
6.1 weighted points to Ashby
20% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Ashby 63 · BambooHR 42
4.2 weighted points to Ashby
12% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Ashby 62 · BambooHR 50
1.4 weighted points to Ashby
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Ashby 42 · BambooHR 34
1.2 weighted points to Ashby
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Ashby 58 · BambooHR 56
0.3 weighted points to Ashby
12% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Ashby 42 · BambooHR 44
0.2 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Ashby 63 · BambooHR 62
0.1 weighted points to Ashby
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +13.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +13 beside that +13.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Ashby minus BambooHR.
| Category | Weight | Ashby | BambooHR | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 63 | 42 | +21 | +4.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 62 | 28 | +34 | +6.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 42 | 34 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 56 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 50 | +12 | +1.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 44 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 63 | 62 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 43 (F) | +13 | +13.1 |
§ 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 | Ashby | BambooHR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 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 | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 16 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Ashby has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 43 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 22 for Ashby, across 1 distinct source domain, and 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Ashby last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next