§ The result
Cornerstone OnDemand leads HireQuotient by 22 points.
Cornerstone OnDemand finishes 22 points clear of HireQuotient under rubric v1.0 — 56 against 34 — across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Cornerstone OnDemand leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while HireQuotient leads 1, including Human Oversight Design. Bias Audit Transparency is the widest raw gap (Cornerstone OnDemand 58, HireQuotient 18) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Cornerstone OnDemand 72, HireQuotient 35), 33% of the weighted advantage Cornerstone OnDemand builds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand is an enterprise talent-management and learning suite whose Cornerstone Galaxy platform uses AI-driven skills extraction and matching (including the acquired SkyHive Skills Models) to power recruiting, candidate screening, and workforce development.
Vendor profile
HireQuotient
EasySource by HireQuotient is an AI recruiting platform for North American frontline employers that sources and scores candidates from LinkedIn, the open web and partner databases, verifies licences, automates outreach including AI voice calls, and adds an ATS, interview scheduling, and skills, cognitive and AI-scored video assessments.
§ The record
Cornerstone OnDemand is filed under ATS-integrated AI, HireQuotient under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Assessment.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act, Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Cornerstone OnDemand | HireQuotient |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Low |
| Headquarters | US | SG |
| Founded | 1999 | 2021 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 33% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Cornerstone OnDemand 72 · HireQuotient 35
7.4 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
18% weight · 65% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Cornerstone OnDemand 58 · HireQuotient 18
7.2 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 79% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · HireQuotient 40
3.0 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cornerstone OnDemand 35 · HireQuotient 22
1.9 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cornerstone OnDemand 45 · HireQuotient 30
1.8 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
8% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · HireQuotient 50
0.8 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cornerstone OnDemand 55 · HireQuotient 57
0.2 weighted points to HireQuotient
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +21.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 22.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +22 beside that +21.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cornerstone OnDemand minus HireQuotient.
| Category | Weight | Cornerstone OnDemand | HireQuotient | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 72 | 35 | +37 | +7.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 18 | +40 | +7.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 22 | +13 | +1.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 40 | +20 | +3.0 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 57 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 30 | +15 | +1.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 50 | +10 | +0.8 |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 34 (F) | +22 | +21.9 |
§ 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 | Cornerstone OnDemand | HireQuotient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 24 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Cornerstone OnDemand has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; HireQuotient has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Cornerstone OnDemand sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 49 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Cornerstone OnDemand, across 2 distinct source domains, and 29 for HireQuotient, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cornerstone OnDemand last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- HireQuotient last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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