§ The result
4 points separate Dover and Paradox.
Dover (Sourcing) edges Paradox (Scheduling) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 45 to 41. Dover leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Customer Documentation, while Paradox leads 1, including Article 11 Technical Documentation. The heaviest weighted swing runs the other way — Paradox takes Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20%, Dover 34 to Paradox 40, 100% of the weighted advantage Paradox holds — while the widest raw gap sits on Customer Documentation, Dover 60 to Paradox 45.
Vendor profile
Dover
Dover is an AI recruiting platform for startups offering a free applicant tracking system, candidate sourcing via a LinkedIn/Copilot browser extension, OpenAI/Anthropic-powered 0-100 applicant scoring, and a fractional-recruiter marketplace.
Vendor profile
Paradox
Conversational AI ("Olivia") that screens, schedules, and engages candidates over chat and SMS, often deployed on top of an existing ATS.
§ The record
Dover is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Paradox under Scheduling AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only Paradox is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Dover | Paradox |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2019 | 2016 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 19% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Dover 34 · Paradox 40
1.2 weighted points to Paradox
8% weight · 38% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Dover 60 · Paradox 45
1.2 weighted points to Dover
12% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Dover 44 · Paradox 35
1.1 weighted points to Dover
12% weight · 70% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Dover 58 · Paradox 50
1.0 weighted points to Dover
15% weight · 82% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Dover 30 · Paradox 25
0.8 weighted points to Dover
15% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Dover 50 · Paradox 45
0.8 weighted points to Dover
18% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Dover 52 · Paradox 50
0.4 weighted points to Dover
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +3.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +4 beside that +3.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Dover minus Paradox.
| Category | Weight | Dover | Paradox | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 34 | 40 | -6 | -1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 25 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 50 | 45 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 35 | +9 | +1.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 45 | +15 | +1.2 |
| Total | 100% | 45 (F) | 41 (F) | +4 | +3.9 |
§ 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 | Dover | Paradox | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 4 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 8 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Dover has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; Paradox has 10 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 8 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Dover and Paradox sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 27 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 17 for Dover, across 3 distinct source domains, and 10 for Paradox, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Dover last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Paradox last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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