§ The result
Keka leads Ceipal on 5 of the 7 criteria.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, Keka edges Ceipal by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 37 to 35. Ceipal is ahead on none of the 7 criteria: Keka takes 5, the remaining 2 are level, and the nearest of those 5 is Post-Market Monitoring, Ceipal 38 to Keka 40. FRIA Support is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Ceipal 25, Keka 30, 15% weight), but it accounts for only 34% of the weighted advantage Keka holds across the 5 criteria on that side of the table.
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.
Vendor profile
Keka
Keka is an HR and payroll suite whose Keka Hire ATS scores each applicant against recruiter-defined role requirements and runs an AI screening conversation that decides which candidates reach the shortlist.
§ The record
Ceipal and Keka are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Keka is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Ceipal | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | IN |
| Founded | 2015 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 34% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Ceipal 25 · Keka 30
0.8 weighted points to Keka
15% weight · 61% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Ceipal 46 · Keka 50
0.6 weighted points to Keka
12% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Ceipal 46 · Keka 50
0.5 weighted points to Keka
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Ceipal 38 · Keka 40
0.2 weighted points to Keka
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Ceipal 53 · Keka 55
0.2 weighted points to Keka
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 5 figures above sum to -2.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 2.2 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 -2.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Ceipal minus Keka.
| Category | Weight | Ceipal | Keka | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 46 | 50 | -4 | -0.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 46 | 50 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 40 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 53 | 55 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 35 (F) | 37 (F) | -2 | -2.2 |
§ 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 | Ceipal | Keka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 28 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Ceipal has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Keka has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 55 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Ceipal, across 1 distinct source domain, and 35 for Keka, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Ceipal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Keka last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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