§ The result
1 point separates Pinpoint and Cornerstone OnDemand.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, Pinpoint edges Cornerstone OnDemand by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 57 to 56. Pinpoint leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Data Governance Disclosure, while Cornerstone OnDemand leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency, and 1 is level. Bias Audit Transparency is at once the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing, and it belongs to Cornerstone OnDemand — Cornerstone OnDemand 58, Pinpoint 42, on an 18% weight — which is 100% of the weighted advantage Cornerstone OnDemand holds across the 1 criterion on that side of the table.
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
Pinpoint
Pinpoint is an applicant tracking system for in-house talent teams that layers AI-assisted screening onto core hiring workflows - candidate match scores, AI filters, anonymized screening, an interview notetaker, and a hiring copilot for outreach and rejections.
§ The record
Cornerstone OnDemand and Pinpoint are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Cornerstone OnDemand is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Cornerstone OnDemand | Pinpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | JE |
| Founded | 1999 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Cornerstone OnDemand 58 · Pinpoint 42
2.9 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · Pinpoint 68
1.2 weighted points to Pinpoint
12% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cornerstone OnDemand 55 · Pinpoint 64
1.1 weighted points to Pinpoint
12% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cornerstone OnDemand 45 · Pinpoint 52
0.8 weighted points to Pinpoint
8% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · Pinpoint 66
0.5 weighted points to Pinpoint
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cornerstone OnDemand 35 · Pinpoint 38
0.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -1.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.9 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 -1.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cornerstone OnDemand minus Pinpoint.
| Category | Weight | Cornerstone OnDemand | Pinpoint | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 72 | 72 | - | - |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 42 | +16 | +2.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 38 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 68 | -8 | -1.2 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 64 | -9 | -1.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 52 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 66 | -6 | -0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 57 (F) | -1 | -1.2 |
§ 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 | Pinpoint | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 18 | 2 | 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; Pinpoint has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 2 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 40 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Cornerstone OnDemand, across 2 distinct source domains, and 20 for Pinpoint, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cornerstone OnDemand last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Pinpoint last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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