§ The result
hackajob takes the total, BambooHR takes more of the criteria.
hackajob (Sourcing) edges BambooHR (ATS-integrated) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 45 to 43. BambooHR leads more of the criteria than hackajob — 4 to 3 — but Article 11 Technical Documentation, which hackajob leads, carries 20% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to hackajob. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (BambooHR 42, hackajob 60) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 80% of the weighted advantage hackajob 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
hackajob
Archer, hackajob's AI sourcing agent, is calibrated by a recruiter on a hiring brief, then finds, engages and qualifies passive candidates from a 1.5m-member pool and 800m+ indexed profiles and invites those who meet the bar to apply through the employer's existing ATS.
§ The record
BambooHR is filed under ATS-integrated AI, hackajob 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 hackajob is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | hackajob |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · hackajob 60
3.6 weighted points to hackajob
18% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · hackajob 20
1.4 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 81% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · hackajob 38
0.7 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · hackajob 55
0.6 weighted points to hackajob
15% weight · 94% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · hackajob 32
0.3 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · hackajob 58
0.3 weighted points to hackajob
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · hackajob 60
0.2 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -1.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.1 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 -1.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus hackajob.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | hackajob | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 60 | -18 | -3.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 20 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 32 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 58 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 55 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 38 | +6 | +0.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 60 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 45 (F) | -2 | -1.9 |
§ 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 | hackajob | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 8 | 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 | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 38 | 4 | 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; hackajob has 42 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 38 with a source URL, 4 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 63 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 42 for hackajob, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- hackajob last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next