§ The result
Bullhorn leads Fetcher on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Bullhorn finishes 17 points clear of Fetcher under rubric v1.0 — 54 against 37 — across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Bullhorn leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Fetcher is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Bullhorn leads is Data Governance Disclosure, Bullhorn 60 to Fetcher 55. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Bullhorn 62, Fetcher 27 — and at a 20% weight it carries 43% 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
Fetcher
AI-powered candidate sourcing and outbound recruiting platform that automates passive and active talent sourcing, personalized email outreach, and inbound applicant screening for corporate recruiting teams.
§ The record
Bullhorn is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Fetcher under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Bullhorn | Fetcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1999 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 43% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Bullhorn 62 · Fetcher 27
7.0 weighted points to Bullhorn
18% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Bullhorn 58 · Fetcher 28
5.4 weighted points to Bullhorn
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Bullhorn 38 · Fetcher 25
1.9 weighted points to Bullhorn
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Bullhorn 60 · Fetcher 52
1.0 weighted points to Bullhorn
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Bullhorn 60 · Fetcher 55
0.8 weighted points to Bullhorn
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Bullhorn 60 · Fetcher 55
0.4 weighted points to Bullhorn
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +16.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 16.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +17 beside that +16.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Bullhorn minus Fetcher.
| Category | Weight | Bullhorn | Fetcher | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 62 | 27 | +35 | +7.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 28 | +30 | +5.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 25 | +13 | +1.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 55 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 52 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 35 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 55 | +5 | +0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 54 (F) | 37 (F) | +17 | +16.5 |
§ 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 | Fetcher | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 6 | 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; Fetcher has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Bullhorn, across 2 distinct source domains, and 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Bullhorn last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next