The result

1 point separates iCIMS and Bullhorn.

iCIMS holds a 1-point edge over Bullhorn under rubric v1.0, 55 to 54, with both scored in the ATS-integrated cohort. Bullhorn and iCIMS each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split iCIMS holds (headed by Bias Audit Transparency) adds up to more weighted points. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (Bullhorn 58, iCIMS 68) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 64% of the weighted advantage iCIMS holds across the 3 criteria it leads.

Criteria won

7 criteria

  • Bullhorn3
  • iCIMS3
  • Level1
Widest raw gap
Bias Audit Transparency58 vs 68
Heaviest weighted swing
Bias Audit Transparency18% weight

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The record

Categories, scope and company facts.

Bullhorn and iCIMS are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Sourcing and Screening.

RecordBullhorniCIMS
Price tierHighEnterprise
HeadquartersUSUS
Founded19992000

What decides it

The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.

  1. Bias Audit Transparency

    18% weight41% of the movement so far

    Bullhorn58
    iCIMS68

    1.8 weighted points to iCIMS

  2. Post-Market Monitoring

    12% weight59% of the movement so far

    Bullhorn35
    iCIMS42

    0.8 weighted points to iCIMS

  3. Article 11 Technical Documentation

    20% weight77% of the movement so far

    Bullhorn62
    iCIMS58

    0.8 weighted points to Bullhorn

  4. Data Governance Disclosure

    15% weight91% of the movement so far

    Bullhorn60
    iCIMS56

    0.6 weighted points to Bullhorn

  5. Human Oversight Design

    12% weight96% of the movement so far

    Bullhorn60
    iCIMS58

    0.2 weighted points to Bullhorn

  6. Customer Documentation

    8% weight100% of the movement so far

    Bullhorn60
    iCIMS62

    0.2 weighted points to iCIMS

Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -1.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.4 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 -1.2.

Category-by-category

Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.

Δ is Bullhorn minus iCIMS, coloured for whichever of the two it favours.

CategoryWeightBullhorniCIMSΔ rawΔ weighted
Article 11 Technical Documentation20%6258+4+0.8
Bias Audit Transparency18%5868-10-1.8
FRIA Support15%3838--
Data Governance Disclosure15%6056+4+0.6
Human Oversight Design12%6058+2+0.2
Post-Market Monitoring12%3542-7-0.8
Customer Documentation8%6062-2-0.2
Total100%54F55F-1-1.2

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.

CriterionWeightBullhorniCIMS
CitedAbsencesAudit / hostingCitedAbsencesAudit / hosting
Article 11 Technical Documentation20%21Sources on the vendor's own domain30Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain
Bias Audit Transparency18%31Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain31Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain
FRIA Support15%11—11Sources on the vendor's own domain
Data Governance Disclosure15%30Sources on the vendor's own domain40Sources on the vendor's own domain
Human Oversight Design12%21Sources on the vendor's own domain30Sources on the vendor's own domain
Post-Market Monitoring12%11Sources on the vendor's own domain31Sources on the vendor's own domain
Customer Documentation8%31Sources on the vendor's own domain40Sources on the vendor's own domain
All criteria100%156Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain213Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain

Bullhorn has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; iCIMS has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 21 with a source URL, 3 documented absences.

Provenance

The scores above are documented by 44 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Bullhorn, across 2 distinct source domains, and 24 for iCIMS, across 2 distinct source domains.

Rubric
v1.0
Bullhorn last reviewed
June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
iCIMS last reviewed
June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team

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