§ The result
Paylocity leads Fetcher by 6 points.
Paylocity scores 43 and Fetcher 37 under rubric v1.0, a 6-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Paylocity leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Fetcher leads 2, including Human Oversight Design. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Fetcher 27, Paylocity 44 — and at a 20% weight it carries 55% of the weighted advantage Paylocity holds across the 5 criteria on that side of the table.
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
Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based HCM and payroll platform whose talent suite includes an applicant tracking system with generative-AI job-description and invite drafting, one-way video interviews, candidate self-scheduling, and a conversational "AI Assistant."
§ The record
Fetcher is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Paylocity 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. Only Paylocity is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Fetcher | Paylocity |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 1997 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Paylocity 44
3.4 weighted points to Paylocity
18% weight · 66% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Paylocity 33
0.9 weighted points to Paylocity
12% weight · 79% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Paylocity 42
0.8 weighted points to Paylocity
15% weight · 90% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · Paylocity 30
0.8 weighted points to Paylocity
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Paylocity 50
0.2 weighted points to Fetcher
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · Paylocity 58
0.2 weighted points to Paylocity
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · Paylocity 54
0.1 weighted points to Fetcher
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -5.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -6 beside that -5.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Paylocity.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Paylocity | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 44 | -17 | -3.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 33 | -5 | -0.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 54 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 42 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 58 | -3 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 43 (F) | -6 | -5.7 |
§ 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 | Paylocity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 11 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Fetcher has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Paylocity has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 37 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for Paylocity, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Paylocity last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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