§ The result
4 points separate Gloat and BambooHR.
Gloat (Sourcing) edges BambooHR (ATS-integrated) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 47 to 43. Gloat leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while BambooHR leads 2, including FRIA Support, and 1 is level. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: Human Oversight Design (BambooHR 50, Gloat 62) and Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (BambooHR 28, Gloat 38), the second being 38% of the weighted advantage Gloat holds across the 4 criteria on that side of the table.
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
Gloat
Gloat is an AI-powered internal talent marketplace and "agentic HR" platform that matches an employer's existing employees to internal job openings, gigs, projects, mentorships, and learning based on inferred skills and career goals.
§ The record
BambooHR is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Gloat under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Gloat is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | BambooHR | Gloat |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2015 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 31% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · Gloat 38
1.8 weighted points to Gloat
12% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · Gloat 62
1.4 weighted points to Gloat
20% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · Gloat 48
1.2 weighted points to Gloat
15% weight · 91% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · Gloat 28
0.9 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · Gloat 58
0.3 weighted points to Gloat
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · Gloat 42
0.2 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -3.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -4 beside that -3.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus Gloat.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Gloat | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 48 | -6 | -1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 38 | -10 | -1.8 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 28 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 58 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 62 | -12 | -1.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 42 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 62 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 47 (F) | -4 | -3.6 |
§ 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 | Gloat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 2 | 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 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | 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 | 21 | 8 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Gloat has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 21 with a source URL, 8 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 50 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 29 for Gloat, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Gloat last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next