§ The result
Ashby leads Korn Ferry on all 7 criteria.
Ashby sits 10 points above Korn Ferry under rubric v1.0 — 56 against 46 — with Ashby filed under ATS-integrated and Korn Ferry under Assessment. Ashby is ahead of Korn Ferry on all 7 criteria but on none of them by as much as 20 raw points, the closest being Article 11 Technical Documentation at Ashby 63 to Korn Ferry 58. FRIA Support is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Ashby 42, Korn Ferry 25, 15% weight), but it accounts for only 25% of the weighted advantage Ashby holds across the 7 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
Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry provides psychometric talent assessments (Korn Ferry Assess, the KF4D Four Dimensional assessment, KFALP leadership-potential assessment, and the Leadership Architect competency framework) used to evaluate candidates' personality, competencies, drivers, and cognitive ability for selection, promotion, and development decisions.
§ The record
Ashby is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Korn Ferry 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 Korn Ferry is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Ashby | Korn Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2018 | 1969 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 25% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Ashby 42 · Korn Ferry 25
2.5 weighted points to Ashby
18% weight · 50% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Ashby 62 · Korn Ferry 48
2.5 weighted points to Ashby
12% weight · 62% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Ashby 62 · Korn Ferry 52
1.2 weighted points to Ashby
12% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Ashby 42 · Korn Ferry 33
1.1 weighted points to Ashby
20% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Ashby 63 · Korn Ferry 58
1.0 weighted points to Ashby
15% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Ashby 58 · Korn Ferry 52
0.9 weighted points to Ashby
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Ashby 63 · Korn Ferry 52
0.9 weighted points to Ashby
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +10.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +10 beside that +10.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Ashby minus Korn Ferry.
| Category | Weight | Ashby | Korn Ferry | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 63 | 58 | +5 | +1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 62 | 48 | +14 | +2.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 42 | 25 | +17 | +2.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 52 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 52 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 33 | +9 | +1.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 63 | 52 | +11 | +0.9 |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 46 (F) | +10 | +10.1 |
§ 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 | Korn Ferry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 16 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | 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; Korn Ferry has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 22 for Ashby, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Ashby last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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