§ The result
4 points separate Fetcher and Pulsifi.
Fetcher (Sourcing) edges Pulsifi (Assessment) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 37 to 33. The 7 criteria split 4 to 2 in favour of Fetcher, with 1 level: Fetcher is ahead on Data Governance Disclosure and Pulsifi on Article 11 Technical Documentation. One criterion, Data Governance Disclosure, is both the widest raw gap (Fetcher 55, Pulsifi 40) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 15% weight it makes up 43% of the weighted advantage Fetcher holds across the 4 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
Pulsifi
Pulsifi gives candidates and employees 0-100 Role Fit and Organizational Fit scores that combine personality, work-interest, work-culture and cognitive assessments with AI resume and skills analysis, and uses the scores to rank people for hiring, internal mobility and succession.
§ The record
Fetcher is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Pulsifi under Assessment 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 Pulsifi is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Fetcher | Pulsifi |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | SG |
| Founded | 2014 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 36% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · Pulsifi 40
2.3 weighted points to Fetcher
18% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Pulsifi 20
1.4 weighted points to Fetcher
12% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Pulsifi 28
0.8 weighted points to Fetcher
8% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · Pulsifi 46
0.7 weighted points to Fetcher
20% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Pulsifi 30
0.6 weighted points to Pulsifi
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Pulsifi 55
0.4 weighted points to Pulsifi
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +4.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +4 beside that +4.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Pulsifi.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Pulsifi | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 30 | -3 | -0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 20 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 40 | +15 | +2.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 55 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 28 | +7 | +0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 46 | +9 | +0.7 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 33 (F) | +4 | +4.3 |
§ 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 | Fetcher | Pulsifi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 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 | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 2 | 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 | 26 | 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; Pulsifi has 33 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 26 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 52 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 33 for Pulsifi, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Pulsifi last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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