§ The result
4 points separate Cezanne Recruitment and Fetcher.
Cezanne Recruitment holds a 4-point edge over Fetcher under rubric v1.0, 41 to 37, across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Cezanne Recruitment leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Fetcher leads 2, including Bias Audit Transparency. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Cezanne Recruitment 40, Fetcher 27 — and at a 20% weight it carries 52% of the weighted advantage Cezanne Recruitment holds across the 5 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Cezanne Recruitment
Cezanne Recruitment (formerly Occupop) is an applicant tracking system for SMEs that handles job posting, candidate management and interview scheduling. In its Recruitment PLUS+ tier it uses AI to score each CV from 0 to 100 against the job description, alongside weighted screening-question scores, knockout filters and optional AI anonymisation of CVs for hiring-manager review.
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
Cezanne Recruitment 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 | Cezanne Recruitment | Fetcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | GB | US |
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 44% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Cezanne Recruitment 40 · Fetcher 27
2.6 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
12% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cezanne Recruitment 44 · Fetcher 35
1.1 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
18% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Cezanne Recruitment 24 · Fetcher 28
0.7 weighted points to Fetcher
12% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cezanne Recruitment 58 · Fetcher 52
0.7 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cezanne Recruitment 28 · Fetcher 25
0.4 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
8% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Cezanne Recruitment 57 · Fetcher 55
0.2 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cezanne Recruitment 54 · Fetcher 55
0.1 weighted points to Fetcher
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +4.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +4 beside that +4.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cezanne Recruitment minus Fetcher.
| Category | Weight | Cezanne Recruitment | Fetcher | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 40 | 27 | +13 | +2.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 24 | 28 | -4 | -0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 25 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 55 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 52 | +6 | +0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 35 | +9 | +1.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 57 | 55 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 37 (F) | +4 | +4.1 |
§ 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 | Cezanne Recruitment | Fetcher | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Cezanne Recruitment has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 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 50 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for Cezanne Recruitment, across 1 distinct source domain, and 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cezanne Recruitment last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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