§ The result
Fountain takes the total, BambooHR takes more of the criteria.
Fountain (Screening) edges BambooHR (ATS-integrated) by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 44 to 43. BambooHR leads more of the criteria than Fountain — 4 to 3 — but Article 11 Technical Documentation, which Fountain leads, carries 20% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Fountain. Fountain takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (BambooHR 42, Fountain 50), which is 55% of the weighted advantage Fountain holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Customer Documentation, BambooHR 62 to Fountain 52.
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
Fountain
AI-powered high-volume hiring platform that automates sourcing, applicant screening (including a voice-based AI Recruiter), interview scheduling, and onboarding for frontline workforces.
§ The record
BambooHR is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Fountain 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 Fountain is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | Fountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · Fountain 50
1.6 weighted points to Fountain
12% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · Fountain 58
1.0 weighted points to Fountain
8% weight · 68% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · Fountain 52
0.8 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 80% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · Fountain 30
0.6 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 90% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · Fountain 40
0.5 weighted points to BambooHR
18% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · Fountain 30
0.4 weighted points to Fountain
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · Fountain 55
0.1 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -0.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -1 beside that -0.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus Fountain.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Fountain | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 50 | -8 | -1.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 30 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 55 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 58 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 40 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 52 | +10 | +0.8 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 44 (F) | -1 | -0.9 |
§ 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 | Fountain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 14 | 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; Fountain has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 14 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 41 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 20 for Fountain, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Fountain last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next