§ The result
1 point separates Zoho Recruit and Cezanne Recruitment.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, Zoho Recruit edges Cezanne Recruitment by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 42 to 41. The 7 criteria split 4 to 2 in favour of Zoho Recruit, with 1 level: Zoho Recruit is ahead on Article 11 Technical Documentation and Cezanne Recruitment on Human Oversight Design. Zoho Recruit takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Cezanne Recruitment 40, Zoho Recruit 45), which is 59% of the weighted advantage Zoho Recruit holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Human Oversight Design, Cezanne Recruitment 58 to Zoho Recruit 50.
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
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
Cezanne Recruitment and Zoho Recruit are both filed under ATS-integrated 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. Only Zoho Recruit is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Cezanne Recruitment | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | GB | IN |
| Founded | 2012 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Cezanne Recruitment 40 · Zoho Recruit 45
1.0 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cezanne Recruitment 58 · Zoho Recruit 50
1.0 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
12% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cezanne Recruitment 44 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.5 weighted points to Cezanne Recruitment
15% weight · 88% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cezanne Recruitment 28 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.3 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
8% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Cezanne Recruitment 57 · Zoho Recruit 60
0.2 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cezanne Recruitment 54 · Zoho Recruit 55
0.1 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -0.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 3.1 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 -0.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cezanne Recruitment minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | Cezanne Recruitment | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 40 | 45 | -5 | -1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 24 | 24 | - | - |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 55 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 40 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 57 | 60 | -3 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 42 (F) | -1 | -0.3 |
§ 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 | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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 | 10 | 7 | Audit reportSources 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; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 48 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for Cezanne Recruitment, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cezanne Recruitment last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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