§ The result
1 point separates Ceipal and SeekOut.
Ceipal (ATS-integrated) edges SeekOut (Sourcing) by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 35 to 34. Ceipal leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including Data Governance Disclosure, while SeekOut leads 2, including Bias Audit Transparency, and 1 is level. Bias Audit Transparency is at once the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing, and it belongs to SeekOut — Ceipal 20, SeekOut 40, on an 18% weight — which is 78% of the weighted advantage SeekOut holds across the 2 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
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Ceipal is filed under ATS-integrated AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act.
| Record | Ceipal | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2015 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 38% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Ceipal 20 · SeekOut 40
3.6 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 56% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Ceipal 46 · SeekOut 35
1.6 weighted points to Ceipal
12% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Ceipal 38 · SeekOut 25
1.6 weighted points to Ceipal
8% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Ceipal 53 · SeekOut 35
1.4 weighted points to Ceipal
20% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Ceipal 30 · SeekOut 35
1.0 weighted points to SeekOut
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Ceipal 46 · SeekOut 45
0.1 weighted points to Ceipal
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +0.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.4 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 +0.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Ceipal minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Ceipal | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 30 | 35 | -5 | -1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 40 | -20 | -3.6 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 46 | 35 | +11 | +1.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 46 | 45 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 25 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 53 | 35 | +18 | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 35 (F) | 34 (F) | +1 | +0.2 |
§ 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 | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 4 | 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; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 29 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Ceipal, across 1 distinct source domain, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Ceipal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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