§ The result
HiBob leads Fetcher by 9 points.
HiBob scores 46 and Fetcher 37 under rubric v1.0, a 9-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. The 7 criteria split 6 to 1 in favour of HiBob: HiBob is ahead on Article 11 Technical Documentation and Fetcher on Bias Audit Transparency. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (Fetcher 27, HiBob 55) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 53% of the weighted advantage HiBob holds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Fetcher
AI-powered candidate sourcing and outbound recruiting platform that automates passive and active talent sourcing, personalized email outreach, and inbound applicant screening for corporate recruiting teams.
Vendor profile
HiBob
HiBob's Bob is an all-in-one HR platform whose Bob Hiring applicant tracking module uses AI to give each application an explainable match score against recruiter-defined criteria (AI CV Matching) and to draft job descriptions, interview scorecards and candidate emails.
§ The record
Fetcher is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, HiBob under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Fetcher | HiBob |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2014 | 2015 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 46% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · HiBob 55
5.6 weighted points to HiBob
15% weight · 59% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · HiBob 35
1.5 weighted points to HiBob
18% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · HiBob 20
1.4 weighted points to Fetcher
12% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · HiBob 47
1.4 weighted points to HiBob
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · HiBob 63
1.3 weighted points to HiBob
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · HiBob 61
0.5 weighted points to HiBob
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · HiBob 57
0.3 weighted points to HiBob
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -9.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -9 beside that -9.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus HiBob.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | HiBob | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 55 | -28 | -5.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 20 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 35 | -10 | -1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 57 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 63 | -11 | -1.3 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 47 | -12 | -1.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 61 | -6 | -0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 46 (F) | -9 | -9.2 |
§ 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 | Fetcher | HiBob | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 29 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Fetcher has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; HiBob has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 29 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 55 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 36 for HiBob, across 4 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- HiBob last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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