§ The result
Dayforce leads Versant by Pearson on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Dayforce scores 57 and Versant by Pearson 49 under rubric v1.0, an 8-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Assessment cohorts. Dayforce leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Versant by Pearson is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Dayforce leads is Post-Market Monitoring, Dayforce 47 to Versant by Pearson 43. Human Oversight Design is the widest raw gap (Dayforce 68, Versant by Pearson 56) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Dayforce 74, Versant by Pearson 63), 28% of the weighted advantage Dayforce builds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Dayforce
Dayforce is an enterprise human capital management platform whose Dayforce Recruiting module uses AI to assign letter grades to external job applicants, generate job descriptions, and automate screening and hiring workflows alongside HR, payroll, time, talent, and analytics.
Vendor profile
Versant by Pearson
Versant by Pearson is a suite of AI-scored English proficiency tests (plus spoken Spanish, French, Arabic and Dutch) that automatically score candidates' spoken and written responses on Pearson's Global Scale of English within minutes, used by employers such as contact centres and BPOs to screen applicants and benchmark staff through the ScoreKeeper dashboard.
§ The record
Dayforce is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Versant by Pearson 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 Versant by Pearson is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Dayforce | Versant by Pearson |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 1992 | 1844 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 28% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Dayforce 74 · Versant by Pearson 63
2.2 weighted points to Dayforce
15% weight · 47% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Dayforce 40 · Versant by Pearson 30
1.5 weighted points to Dayforce
15% weight · 66% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Dayforce 63 · Versant by Pearson 53
1.5 weighted points to Dayforce
12% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Dayforce 68 · Versant by Pearson 56
1.4 weighted points to Dayforce
8% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Dayforce 70 · Versant by Pearson 61
0.7 weighted points to Dayforce
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Dayforce 47 · Versant by Pearson 43
0.5 weighted points to Dayforce
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +7.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +8 beside that +7.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Dayforce minus Versant by Pearson.
| Category | Weight | Dayforce | Versant by Pearson | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 74 | 63 | +11 | +2.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 42 | 42 | - | - |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 40 | 30 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 63 | 53 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 68 | 56 | +12 | +1.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 43 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 70 | 61 | +9 | +0.7 |
| Total | 100% | 57 (F) | 49 (F) | +8 | +7.8 |
§ 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 | Dayforce | Versant by Pearson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 23 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Dayforce has 34 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Versant by Pearson has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 23 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Versant by Pearson sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 63 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 34 for Dayforce, across 1 distinct source domain, and 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Dayforce last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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