§ The result
3 points separate Brainner and BambooHR.
Brainner (Screening) edges BambooHR (ATS-integrated) by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 46 to 43. BambooHR and Brainner each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Brainner holds (headed by Bias Audit Transparency) adds up to more weighted points. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (BambooHR 28, Brainner 42) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 54% of the weighted advantage Brainner holds across the 3 criteria it leads.
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.
Vendor profile
Brainner
Brainner is an AI screening layer for applicant tracking systems that scores and ranks applicants against recruiter-weighted criteria with per-criterion justifications, and flags suspected fake applicants using third-party identity and fraud data.
§ The record
BambooHR is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Brainner under Screening AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Brainner is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | Brainner |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2023 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · Brainner 42
2.5 weighted points to Brainner
20% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · Brainner 52
2.0 weighted points to Brainner
15% weight · 85% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · Brainner 30
0.6 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · Brainner 53
0.4 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · Brainner 58
0.3 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · Brainner 45
0.1 weighted points to Brainner
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -3.3 — 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 -3 beside that -3.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus Brainner.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Brainner | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 52 | -10 | -2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 42 | -14 | -2.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 30 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 53 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 50 | - | - |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 45 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 58 | +4 | +0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 46 (F) | -3 | -3.3 |
§ 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 | BambooHR | Brainner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 33 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Brainner has 37 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 33 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Brainner sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 58 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 37 for Brainner, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Brainner last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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