§ The result
JazzHR takes the total, BambooHR takes more of the criteria.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, JazzHR edges BambooHR by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 44 to 43. BambooHR leads more of the criteria than JazzHR — 4 to 3 — but Bias Audit Transparency, which JazzHR leads, carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to JazzHR. JazzHR takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (BambooHR 28, JazzHR 35), which is 45% of the weighted advantage JazzHR holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Human Oversight Design, BambooHR 50 to JazzHR 58.
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
JazzHR
JazzHR is a small-business applicant tracking system that manages job posting, applications and hiring workflows, and layers on AI "Talent Fit" scoring that ranks candidates against a job description plus automated knockout screening questions.
§ The record
BambooHR and JazzHR 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 JazzHR is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | JazzHR |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2009 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 25% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · JazzHR 35
1.3 weighted points to JazzHR
12% weight · 44% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · JazzHR 58
1.0 weighted points to JazzHR
15% weight · 62% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · JazzHR 28
0.9 weighted points to BambooHR
20% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · JazzHR 45
0.6 weighted points to JazzHR
15% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · JazzHR 52
0.6 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · JazzHR 56
0.5 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · JazzHR 42
0.2 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -0.6 — 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 -0.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus JazzHR.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | JazzHR | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 45 | -3 | -0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 35 | -7 | -1.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 28 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 52 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 58 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 42 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 56 | +6 | +0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 44 (F) | -1 | -0.6 |
§ 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 | JazzHR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 domainSources on a separate 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 17 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; JazzHR has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 17 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for JazzHR sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 45 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 24 for JazzHR, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- JazzHR last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next