§ The result
2 points separate BambooHR and Cezanne Recruitment.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, BambooHR edges Cezanne Recruitment by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 43 to 41. The 7 criteria split 5 to 1 in favour of BambooHR, with 1 level: BambooHR is ahead on FRIA Support and Cezanne Recruitment on Human Oversight Design. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing are the same criterion, Human Oversight Design, and Cezanne Recruitment holds it (BambooHR 50, Cezanne Recruitment 58, 12% weight), worth 100% of the weighted advantage Cezanne Recruitment builds across the 1 criterion 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
Cezanne Recruitment
Cezanne Recruitment (formerly Occupop) is an applicant tracking system for SMEs that handles job posting, candidate management and interview scheduling. In its Recruitment PLUS+ tier it uses AI to score each CV from 0 to 100 against the job description, alongside weighted screening-question scores, knockout filters and optional AI anonymisation of CVs for hiring-manager review.
§ The record
BambooHR and Cezanne Recruitment 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 Cezanne Recruitment is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | Cezanne Recruitment |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2008 | 2012 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 26% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · Cezanne Recruitment 58
1.0 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
15% weight · 51% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · Cezanne Recruitment 28
0.9 weighted points to BambooHR
18% weight · 70% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · Cezanne Recruitment 24
0.7 weighted points to BambooHR
20% weight · 81% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · Cezanne Recruitment 40
0.4 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · Cezanne Recruitment 57
0.4 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · Cezanne Recruitment 54
0.3 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +1.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 3.7 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 +1.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus Cezanne Recruitment.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Cezanne Recruitment | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 40 | +2 | +0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 24 | +4 | +0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 28 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 54 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 58 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 44 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 57 | +5 | +0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 41 (F) | +2 | +1.8 |
§ 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 | Cezanne Recruitment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| 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% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 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 | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Cezanne Recruitment has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 52 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 31 for Cezanne Recruitment, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Cezanne Recruitment last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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