§ The result
Cornerstone OnDemand leads RippleMatch by 10 points.
Cornerstone OnDemand sits 10 points above RippleMatch under rubric v1.0 — 56 against 46 — with Cornerstone OnDemand filed under ATS-integrated and RippleMatch under Sourcing. RippleMatch takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Human Oversight Design among them, against 5 for Cornerstone OnDemand, whose share includes Article 11 Technical Documentation, and 1 is level. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (Cornerstone OnDemand 72, RippleMatch 46) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 53% of the weighted advantage Cornerstone OnDemand holds across the 5 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
RippleMatch
RippleMatch is an early-career recruiting platform that sources students and recent graduates for employers' roles, ranks applicants with a 0-100 Fit Score built from criteria the recruiter configures, and adds verified skill badges, applicant review, interview scheduling and campus-event tools.
§ The record
Cornerstone OnDemand is filed under ATS-integrated AI, RippleMatch under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
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 | RippleMatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1999 | 2016 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Cornerstone OnDemand 72 · RippleMatch 46
5.2 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 67% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · RippleMatch 50
1.5 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 79% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cornerstone OnDemand 35 · RippleMatch 27
1.2 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cornerstone OnDemand 45 · RippleMatch 37
1.0 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
18% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Cornerstone OnDemand 58 · RippleMatch 53
0.9 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cornerstone OnDemand 55 · RippleMatch 57
0.2 weighted points to RippleMatch
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +9.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +10 beside that +9.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cornerstone OnDemand minus RippleMatch.
| Category | Weight | Cornerstone OnDemand | RippleMatch | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 72 | 46 | +26 | +5.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 53 | +5 | +0.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 27 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 50 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 57 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 37 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 46 (F) | +10 | +9.5 |
§ 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 | RippleMatch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 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 | 5 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate 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 | 7 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 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 | 35 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Cornerstone OnDemand has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; RippleMatch has 42 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 35 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Cornerstone OnDemand and RippleMatch sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 62 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Cornerstone OnDemand, across 2 distinct source domains, and 42 for RippleMatch, across 5 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cornerstone OnDemand last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- RippleMatch last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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