§ The result
Eightfold AI leads Thomas International on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Eightfold AI finishes 16 points clear of Thomas International under rubric v1.0 — 64 (D) against 48 (F) — across the Sourcing and Assessment cohorts. Eightfold AI leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Thomas International is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Eightfold AI leads is Data Governance Disclosure, Eightfold AI 60 to Thomas International 57. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Eightfold AI 85, Thomas International 43 — and at an 18% weight it carries 46% of the weighted advantage Eightfold AI holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Eightfold AI
Talent intelligence platform offering candidate matching, internal mobility, and career-site personalization on top of a deep-learning talent graph.
Vendor profile
Thomas International
Thomas International provides psychometric and aptitude assessments (behaviour/DISC, cognitive ability, personality and emotional intelligence) with an AI coaching layer, used for hiring, candidate selection and employee development.
§ The record
Eightfold AI is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Thomas International under Assessment AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only Thomas International is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Eightfold AI | Thomas International |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2016 | 1981 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 46% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Eightfold AI 85 · Thomas International 43
7.6 weighted points to Eightfold AI
20% weight · 72% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Eightfold AI 75 · Thomas International 54
4.2 weighted points to Eightfold AI
15% weight · 83% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Eightfold AI 45 · Thomas International 33
1.8 weighted points to Eightfold AI
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Eightfold AI 50 · Thomas International 40
1.2 weighted points to Eightfold AI
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Eightfold AI 60 · Thomas International 51
1.1 weighted points to Eightfold AI
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Eightfold AI 60 · Thomas International 57
0.4 weighted points to Eightfold AI
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +16.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 16.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +16 beside that +16.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Eightfold AI minus Thomas International.
| Category | Weight | Eightfold AI | Thomas International | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 75 | 54 | +21 | +4.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 85 | 43 | +42 | +7.6 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 45 | 33 | +12 | +1.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 57 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 51 | +9 | +1.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 50 | 40 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 64 (D) | 48 (F) | +16 | +16.3 |
§ 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 | Eightfold AI | Thomas International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 11 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Eightfold AI has 15 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Thomas International has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Eightfold AI sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 32 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 15 for Eightfold AI, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Thomas International, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Eightfold AI last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Thomas International last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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