§ The result
HiredScore takes the total, BambooHR takes more of the criteria.
HiredScore scores 52 and BambooHR 43 under rubric v1.0, a 9-point gap across the Sourcing and ATS-integrated cohorts. BambooHR leads more of the criteria than HiredScore — 4 to 3 — but Bias Audit Transparency, which HiredScore leads, carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to HiredScore. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — BambooHR 28, HiredScore 55 — and at an 18% weight it carries 46% of the weighted advantage HiredScore holds across the 3 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
HiredScore
AI-driven talent orchestration layer that ranks and routes candidates within an existing ATS. Acquired by Workday in 2024.
§ The record
BambooHR is filed under ATS-integrated AI, HiredScore 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.
| Record | BambooHR | HiredScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2012 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 38% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · HiredScore 55
4.9 weighted points to HiredScore
20% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · HiredScore 65
4.6 weighted points to HiredScore
12% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · HiredScore 60
1.2 weighted points to HiredScore
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · HiredScore 35
1.1 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · HiredScore 30
0.6 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · HiredScore 60
0.2 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · HiredScore 55
0.1 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -8.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.7 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -9 beside that -8.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus HiredScore.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | HiredScore | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 65 | -23 | -4.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 55 | -27 | -4.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 30 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 55 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 60 | -10 | -1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 35 | +9 | +1.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 60 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 52 (F) | -9 | -8.7 |
§ 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 | HiredScore | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 2 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; HiredScore has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 7 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for HiredScore sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 30 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 9 for HiredScore, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- HiredScore last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next