§ The result
3 points separate Pin and Fetcher.
Within the Sourcing cohort, Pin edges Fetcher by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 40 to 37. Fetcher takes 2 of the 7 criteria, Data Governance Disclosure among them, against 4 for Pin, whose share includes Bias Audit Transparency, and 1 is level. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: Post-Market Monitoring (Fetcher 35, Pin 45) and Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (Fetcher 28, Pin 35), the second being 33% of the weighted advantage Pin holds across the 4 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
Pin
Pin is an AI recruiting agent that searches a database of 850M+ candidate profiles, scores and ranks candidates for fit, can automatically screen out non-matches (each with a one-line reason), and runs outreach and interview scheduling.
§ The record
Fetcher and Pin are both filed under Candidate sourcing 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 | Pin |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 2024 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 26% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Pin 35
1.3 weighted points to Pin
12% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Pin 45
1.2 weighted points to Pin
15% weight · 67% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · Pin 30
0.8 weighted points to Pin
15% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · Pin 50
0.8 weighted points to Fetcher
20% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Pin 30
0.6 weighted points to Pin
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Pin 50
0.2 weighted points to Fetcher
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -2.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -3 beside that -2.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Pin.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Pin | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 30 | -3 | -0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 35 | -7 | -1.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 50 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 45 | -10 | -1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 40 (F) | -3 | -2.8 |
§ 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 | Fetcher | Pin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources 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 | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 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 | 32 | 5 | 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; Pin has 37 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 32 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 56 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 37 for Pin, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Pin last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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