§ The result
2 points separate Brainner and Retorio.
Brainner (Screening) edges Retorio (Assessment) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 46 to 44. Retorio takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Human Oversight Design among them, against 5 for Brainner, whose share includes Post-Market Monitoring, and 1 is level. One criterion, Post-Market Monitoring, is both the widest raw gap (Brainner 45, Retorio 33) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 12% weight it makes up 48% of the weighted advantage Brainner holds 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
Retorio
Video-based AI that analyses words, voice, and facial expression/body language to infer Big Five (OCEAN) personality and behavioural traits.
§ The record
Brainner is filed under Screening AI, Retorio 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 Retorio is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Brainner | Retorio |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | DE |
| Founded | 2023 | 2018 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Brainner 45 · Retorio 33
1.4 weighted points to Brainner
8% weight · 64% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Brainner 58 · Retorio 50
0.6 weighted points to Brainner
20% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Brainner 52 · Retorio 50
0.4 weighted points to Brainner
18% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Brainner 42 · Retorio 40
0.4 weighted points to Brainner
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Brainner 50 · Retorio 52
0.2 weighted points to Retorio
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Brainner 53 · Retorio 52
0.1 weighted points to Brainner
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +2.8 — 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 +2 beside that +2.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Brainner minus Retorio.
| Category | Weight | Brainner | Retorio | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 42 | 40 | +2 | +0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 53 | 52 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 52 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 33 | +12 | +1.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 44 (F) | +2 | +2.8 |
§ 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 | Retorio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 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 | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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 | 16 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Brainner has 37 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 33 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; Retorio has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Brainner and Retorio sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 59 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 37 for Brainner, across 2 distinct source domains, and 22 for Retorio, across 4 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Brainner last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Retorio last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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