§ The result
3 points separate BambooHR and Paycor.
BambooHR holds a 3-point edge over Paycor under rubric v1.0, 43 to 40, with both scored in the ATS-integrated cohort. Paycor takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Human Oversight Design among them, against 6 for BambooHR, whose share includes FRIA Support. Even FRIA Support, the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing (BambooHR 34, Paycor 27, 15% weight), is only 25% of the weighted advantage BambooHR builds across the 6 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
Paycor
Paycor, a Paychex company, sells a mid-market HR and payroll suite whose recruiting tools include the Paycor Recruiting ATS, Paycor Smart Sourcing (formerly Talenya), which uses AI to build a prioritized list of passive and active candidates for each role and automate outreach, and a WISE assistant that phone-screens candidates and scores their answers.
§ The record
BambooHR and Paycor 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 Paycor is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | Paycor |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 1990 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 22% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · Paycor 27
1.1 weighted points to BambooHR
15% weight · 41% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
BambooHR 56 · Paycor 50
0.9 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 56% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · Paycor 38
0.7 weighted points to BambooHR
12% weight · 69% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · Paycor 55
0.6 weighted points to Paycor
8% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · Paycor 55
0.6 weighted points to BambooHR
18% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · Paycor 25
0.5 weighted points to BambooHR
20% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · Paycor 40
0.4 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +3.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +3 beside that +3.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus Paycor.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Paycor | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 40 | +2 | +0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 25 | +3 | +0.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 27 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 50 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 55 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 38 | +6 | +0.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 55 | +7 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 40 (F) | +3 | +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 | Paycor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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 domainSources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 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 | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate 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 | 24 | 6 | Audit reportSources 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; Paycor has 30 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Paycor sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 51 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 30 for Paycor, across 6 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Paycor last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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