§ The result
Thomas International leads Ceipal on all 7 criteria.
Thomas International sits 13 points above Ceipal under rubric v1.0 — 48 against 35 — with Thomas International filed under Assessment and Ceipal under ATS-integrated. Thomas International leads every one of the 7 criteria, Ceipal none of them, and the closest of the 7 is Post-Market Monitoring, Ceipal 38 to Thomas International 40. Article 11 Technical Documentation is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Ceipal 30, Thomas International 54, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 36% of the weighted advantage Thomas International holds across the 7 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
Thomas International
Thomas International provides psychometric and aptitude assessments (behaviour/DISC, cognitive ability, personality and emotional intelligence) with an AI coaching layer, used for hiring, candidate selection and employee development.
§ The record
Ceipal is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Thomas International under Assessment AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Thomas International is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Ceipal | Thomas International |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2015 | 1981 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 36% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Ceipal 30 · Thomas International 54
4.8 weighted points to Thomas International
18% weight · 68% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Ceipal 20 · Thomas International 43
4.1 weighted points to Thomas International
15% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Ceipal 46 · Thomas International 57
1.6 weighted points to Thomas International
15% weight · 89% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Ceipal 25 · Thomas International 33
1.2 weighted points to Thomas International
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Ceipal 46 · Thomas International 51
0.6 weighted points to Thomas International
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Ceipal 53 · Thomas International 60
0.6 weighted points to Thomas International
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Ceipal 38 · Thomas International 40
0.2 weighted points to Thomas International
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -13.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -13 beside that -13.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Ceipal minus Thomas International.
| Category | Weight | Ceipal | Thomas International | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 30 | 54 | -24 | -4.8 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 43 | -23 | -4.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 33 | -8 | -1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 46 | 57 | -11 | -1.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 46 | 51 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 40 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 53 | 60 | -7 | -0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 35 (F) | 48 (F) | -13 | -13.2 |
§ 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 | Thomas International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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% | 13 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 11 | 6 | 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; Thomas International has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 37 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Ceipal, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Thomas International, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Ceipal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Thomas International last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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