§ The result
1 point separates UKG and BambooHR.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, UKG edges BambooHR by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 44 to 43. UKG leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while BambooHR leads 2, including Post-Market Monitoring, and 1 is level. UKG takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (BambooHR 42, UKG 48), which is 62% of the weighted advantage UKG holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Customer Documentation, BambooHR 62 to UKG 55.
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
UKG
UKG is an enterprise HCM and workforce-management suite whose UKG Pro Recruiting applicant-tracking module, augmented by the embedded Bryte AI layer, drafts job descriptions and produces profile-match candidate scores to rank and shortlist applicants.
§ The record
BambooHR and UKG 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 UKG is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | BambooHR | UKG |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 2020 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 37% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
BambooHR 42 · UKG 48
1.2 weighted points to UKG
12% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
BambooHR 44 · UKG 38
0.7 weighted points to BambooHR
8% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
BambooHR 62 · UKG 55
0.6 weighted points to BambooHR
18% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
BambooHR 28 · UKG 30
0.4 weighted points to UKG
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
BambooHR 50 · UKG 52
0.2 weighted points to UKG
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
BambooHR 34 · UKG 35
0.1 weighted points to UKG
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -0.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 3.2 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 -0.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus UKG.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | UKG | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 48 | -6 | -1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 35 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 56 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 52 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 38 | +6 | +0.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 55 | +7 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 44 (F) | -1 | -0.7 |
§ 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 | UKG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 2 | — |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 2 | — |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 8 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; UKG has 14 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 6 with a source URL, 8 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 35 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 14 for UKG, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- UKG last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next