§ The result
Factorial leads SeekOut by 12 points.
Factorial sits 12 points above SeekOut under rubric v1.0 — 46 against 34 — with Factorial filed under ATS-integrated and SeekOut under Sourcing. SeekOut takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Bias Audit Transparency among them, against 6 for Factorial, whose share includes Article 11 Technical Documentation. Customer Documentation is the widest raw gap (Factorial 60, SeekOut 35) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Factorial 52, SeekOut 35), 23% of the weighted advantage Factorial builds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Factorial
Factorial is a Barcelona-based all-in-one HR, finance and IT platform for small and mid-sized businesses. Its applicant tracking system has optional AI matching, which shows a percentage fit for applicants it recommends interviewing, plus CV summaries, AI-written job posts and AI Calls, where a voice agent phone-screens candidates and gives each a match label that can move them to the next stage automatically.
Vendor profile
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Factorial is filed under ATS-integrated AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Factorial is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Factorial | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | ES | US |
| Founded | 2016 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 20% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Factorial 52 · SeekOut 35
3.4 weighted points to Factorial
15% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Factorial 57 · SeekOut 35
3.3 weighted points to Factorial
12% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Factorial 48 · SeekOut 25
2.8 weighted points to Factorial
18% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Factorial 25 · SeekOut 40
2.7 weighted points to SeekOut
8% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Factorial 60 · SeekOut 35
2.0 weighted points to Factorial
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Factorial 58 · SeekOut 45
1.6 weighted points to Factorial
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Factorial 35 · SeekOut 25
1.5 weighted points to Factorial
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +11.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 17.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +12 beside that +11.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Factorial minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Factorial | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 52 | 35 | +17 | +3.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 25 | 40 | -15 | -2.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 35 | +22 | +3.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 45 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 48 | 25 | +23 | +2.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 35 | +25 | +2.0 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 34 (F) | +12 | +11.8 |
§ 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 | Factorial | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 27 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Factorial has 34 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 27 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 43 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 34 for Factorial, across 3 distinct source domains, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Factorial last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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