§ The result
Bullhorn leads Ceipal by 19 points.
Bullhorn finishes 19 points clear of Ceipal inside the ATS-integrated cohort under rubric v1.0: 54 against 35. Bullhorn leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while Ceipal leads 1, including Post-Market Monitoring. Bias Audit Transparency is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Bullhorn 58, Ceipal 20, 18% weight), but it accounts for only 35% of the weighted advantage Bullhorn holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Bullhorn
Bullhorn is a cloud-based applicant tracking system and CRM for staffing and recruiting agencies, with AI features (Bullhorn Copilot/Amplify, automation, and Textkernel-powered search and match) that source, screen, and rank candidates against jobs.
Vendor profile
Ceipal
AI-powered applicant tracking and workforce-management platform for staffing firms that sources, matches, and ranks candidates on a 1-to-100 scale against job requirements.
§ The record
Bullhorn and Ceipal are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Bullhorn is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Bullhorn | Ceipal |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1999 | 2015 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 34% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Bullhorn 58 · Ceipal 20
6.8 weighted points to Bullhorn
20% weight · 67% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Bullhorn 62 · Ceipal 30
6.4 weighted points to Bullhorn
15% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Bullhorn 60 · Ceipal 46
2.1 weighted points to Bullhorn
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Bullhorn 38 · Ceipal 25
1.9 weighted points to Bullhorn
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Bullhorn 60 · Ceipal 46
1.7 weighted points to Bullhorn
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Bullhorn 60 · Ceipal 53
0.6 weighted points to Bullhorn
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Bullhorn 35 · Ceipal 38
0.4 weighted points to Ceipal
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +19.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 19.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +19 beside that +19.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Bullhorn minus Ceipal.
| Category | Weight | Bullhorn | Ceipal | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 62 | 30 | +32 | +6.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 20 | +38 | +6.8 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 25 | +13 | +1.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 46 | +14 | +2.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 46 | +14 | +1.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 38 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 53 | +7 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 54 (F) | 35 (F) | +19 | +19.2 |
§ 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 | Bullhorn | Ceipal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | 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 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Bullhorn has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Ceipal has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 40 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Bullhorn, across 2 distinct source domains, and 20 for Ceipal, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Bullhorn last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Ceipal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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