§ The result
2 points separate ClearCo (ClearCompany) and Retorio.
ClearCo (ClearCompany) holds a 2-point edge over Retorio under rubric v1.0, 46 to 44, across the ATS-integrated and Assessment cohorts. The 7 criteria split 5 to 1 in favour of ClearCo (ClearCompany), with 1 level: ClearCo (ClearCompany) is ahead on Human Oversight Design and Retorio on Bias Audit Transparency. Bias Audit Transparency is at once the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing, and it belongs to Retorio — ClearCo (ClearCompany) 28, Retorio 40, on an 18% weight — which is 100% of the weighted advantage Retorio holds across the 1 criterion on that side of the table.
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
Retorio
Video-based AI that analyses words, voice, and facial expression/body language to infer Big Five (OCEAN) personality and behavioural traits.
§ The record
ClearCo (ClearCompany) is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Retorio under Assessment 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 Retorio is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | ClearCo (ClearCompany) | Retorio |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | DE |
| Founded | 2004 | 2018 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 28 · Retorio 40
2.2 weighted points to Retorio
12% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 63 · Retorio 52
1.3 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
20% weight · 70% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 56 · Retorio 50
1.2 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
8% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 60 · Retorio 50
0.8 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 57 · Retorio 52
0.8 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
ClearCo (ClearCompany) 37 · Retorio 33
0.5 weighted points to ClearCo (ClearCompany)
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +2.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.7 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +2 beside that +2.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is ClearCo (ClearCompany) minus Retorio.
| Category | Weight | ClearCo (ClearCompany) | Retorio | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 56 | 50 | +6 | +1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 40 | -12 | -2.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 52 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 52 | +11 | +1.3 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 37 | 33 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 50 | +10 | +0.8 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 44 (F) | +2 | +2.4 |
§ 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) | Retorio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on a separate 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 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 31 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 16 | 6 | 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; Retorio has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for ClearCo (ClearCompany) and Retorio sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 60 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 38 for ClearCo (ClearCompany), across 3 distinct source domains, and 22 for Retorio, across 4 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- ClearCo (ClearCompany) last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Retorio last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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