§ The result
1 point separates ClearCo (ClearCompany) and Dover.
ClearCo (ClearCompany) holds a 1-point edge over Dover under rubric v1.0, 46 to 45, across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. The 7 criteria split 3 to 2 in favour of ClearCo (ClearCompany), with 2 level: ClearCo (ClearCompany) is ahead on Article 11 Technical Documentation and Dover on Bias Audit Transparency. ClearCo (ClearCompany) takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (ClearCo (ClearCompany) 56, Dover 34), which is 73% of the weighted advantage ClearCo (ClearCompany) holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, ClearCo (ClearCompany) 28 to Dover 52.
Vendor profile
ClearCo (ClearCompany)
ClearCo (formerly ClearCompany) is a unified talent-management suite built around an applicant tracking system. Its AI Talent Match scores and ranks new applicants against a requisition's skills and job titles, and its Sourcing Agent runs AI-conducted phone screening calls and returns applicants ranked by score.
Vendor profile
Dover
Dover is an AI recruiting platform for startups offering a free applicant tracking system, candidate sourcing via a LinkedIn/Copilot browser extension, OpenAI/Anthropic-powered 0-100 applicant scoring, and a fractional-recruiter marketplace.
§ The record
ClearCo (ClearCompany) is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Dover 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 ClearCo (ClearCompany) is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | ClearCo (ClearCompany) | Dover |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2004 | 2019 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 56 · Dover 34
4.4 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
18% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 28 · Dover 52
4.3 weighted points to Dover
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 57 · Dover 50
1.1 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 37 · Dover 44
0.8 weighted points to Dover
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 63 · Dover 58
0.6 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 5 figures above sum to +0.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 11.2 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 +0.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is ClearCo (ClearCompany) minus Dover.
| Category | Weight | ClearCo (ClearCompany) | Dover | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 56 | 34 | +22 | +4.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 52 | -24 | -4.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 50 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 58 | +5 | +0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 37 | 44 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 45 (F) | +1 | +0.9 |
§ 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 | ClearCo (ClearCompany) | Dover | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 2 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 31 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 13 | 4 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
ClearCo (ClearCompany) has 38 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 31 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Dover has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for ClearCo (ClearCompany) and Dover sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 55 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 38 for ClearCo (ClearCompany), across 3 distinct source domains, and 17 for Dover, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- ClearCo (ClearCompany) last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Dover last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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