§ The result
2 points separate The Predictive Index and Brainner.
The Predictive Index (Assessment) edges Brainner (Screening) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 48 to 46. The 7 criteria split 5 to 2 in favour of The Predictive Index: The Predictive Index is ahead on FRIA Support and Brainner on Article 11 Technical Documentation. The advantage The Predictive Index holds is spread out: FRIA Support is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing (Brainner 30, The Predictive Index 35, 15% weight), yet it supplies only 38% of the weighted points The Predictive Index gains across the 5 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Brainner
Brainner is an AI screening layer for applicant tracking systems that scores and ranks applicants against recruiter-weighted criteria with per-criterion justifications, and flags suspected fake applicants using third-party identity and fraud data.
Vendor profile
The Predictive Index
The Predictive Index provides validated behavioral and cognitive psychometric assessments used to screen, hire, and develop employees and design teams, alongside AI-assisted talent-management software.
§ The record
Brainner is filed under Screening AI, The Predictive Index under Assessment AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only The Predictive Index is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Brainner | The Predictive Index |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2023 | 1955 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 29% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Brainner 30 · The Predictive Index 35
0.8 weighted points to The Predictive Index
18% weight · 49% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Brainner 42 · The Predictive Index 45
0.5 weighted points to The Predictive Index
20% weight · 64% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Brainner 52 · The Predictive Index 50
0.4 weighted points to Brainner
15% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Brainner 53 · The Predictive Index 55
0.3 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Brainner 50 · The Predictive Index 52
0.2 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Brainner 45 · The Predictive Index 43
0.2 weighted points to Brainner
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Brainner 58 · The Predictive Index 60
0.2 weighted points to The Predictive Index
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -1.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 2.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -2 beside that -1.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Brainner minus The Predictive Index.
| Category | Weight | Brainner | The Predictive Index | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 42 | 45 | -3 | -0.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 35 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 53 | 55 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 52 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 43 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 60 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 48 (F) | -2 | -1.3 |
§ 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 | Brainner | The Predictive Index | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 33 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 18 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Brainner has 37 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 33 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; The Predictive Index has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Brainner sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 61 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 37 for Brainner, across 2 distinct source domains, and 24 for The Predictive Index, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Brainner last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- The Predictive Index last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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