§ The result
Cezanne Recruitment leads SeekOut by 7 points.
Cezanne Recruitment scores 41 and SeekOut 34 under rubric v1.0, a 7-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. SeekOut takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Bias Audit Transparency among them, against 6 for Cezanne Recruitment, whose share includes Data Governance Disclosure. SeekOut takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (Cezanne Recruitment 24, SeekOut 40), 100% of the weighted advantage it builds, while the widest raw gap is on Customer Documentation, Cezanne Recruitment 57 to SeekOut 35.
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
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Cezanne Recruitment 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. Only Cezanne Recruitment is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Cezanne Recruitment | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | GB | US |
| Founded | 2012 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 23% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Cezanne Recruitment 24 · SeekOut 40
2.9 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cezanne Recruitment 54 · SeekOut 35
2.9 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
12% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cezanne Recruitment 44 · SeekOut 25
2.3 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
8% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Cezanne Recruitment 57 · SeekOut 35
1.8 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cezanne Recruitment 58 · SeekOut 45
1.6 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
20% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Cezanne Recruitment 40 · SeekOut 35
1.0 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cezanne Recruitment 28 · SeekOut 25
0.4 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +7.0 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +7 beside that +7.0.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cezanne Recruitment minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Cezanne Recruitment | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 40 | 35 | +5 | +1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 24 | 40 | -16 | -2.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 25 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 35 | +19 | +2.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 45 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 25 | +19 | +2.3 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 57 | 35 | +22 | +1.8 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 34 (F) | +7 | +7.0 |
§ 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 | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 4 | 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; 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 40 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for Cezanne Recruitment, across 1 distinct source domain, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cezanne Recruitment last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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