§ The result
BambooHR leads micro1 by 7 points.
BambooHR scores 43 and micro1 36 under rubric v1.0, a 7-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Screening cohorts. micro1 takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Article 11 Technical Documentation among them, against 6 for BambooHR, whose share includes Post-Market Monitoring. Post-Market Monitoring is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (BambooHR 44, micro1 25, 12% weight), but it accounts for only 26% of the weighted advantage BambooHR holds across the 6 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
micro1
Zara, micro1's LLM-based AI interviewer, runs recorded, adaptive spoken interviews (with optional coding exercises and automated proctoring) and returns per-skill proficiency ratings, soft-skill ratings and a proctoring score; micro1 uses it to certify experts for its own AI-training talent network, and employers can use it through a client portal and API.
§ The record
BambooHR is filed under ATS-integrated AI, micro1 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 micro1 is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | BambooHR | micro1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2022 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 22% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · micro1 25
2.3 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 39% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · micro1 22
1.8 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · micro1 45
1.6 weighted points to BambooHR
20% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · micro1 50
1.6 weighted points to micro1
18% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · micro1 20
1.4 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · micro1 45
1.4 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · micro1 48
0.2 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +7.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +7 beside that +7.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus micro1.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | micro1 | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 50 | -8 | -1.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 20 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 22 | +12 | +1.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 45 | +11 | +1.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 48 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 25 | +19 | +2.3 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 45 | +17 | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 36 (F) | +7 | +7.2 |
§ 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 | micro1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 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 | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 2 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 2 | 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 domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 25 | 8 | 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; micro1 has 33 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 8 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for micro1 sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 54 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 33 for micro1, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- micro1 last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next