§ The result
3 points separate Recruit CRM and Fetcher.
Recruit CRM holds a 3-point edge over Fetcher under rubric v1.0, 40 to 37, across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. The 7 criteria split 5 to 2 in favour of Recruit CRM: Recruit CRM is ahead on Article 11 Technical Documentation and Fetcher on Bias Audit Transparency. The heaviest weighted swing runs the other way — Fetcher takes Bias Audit Transparency at 18%, Fetcher 28 to Recruit CRM 20, 91% of the weighted advantage Fetcher holds — while the widest raw gap sits on FRIA Support, Fetcher 25 to Recruit CRM 34.
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
Recruit CRM
Recruit CRM is an ATS and CRM for recruitment agencies and executive search firms, with AI resume parsing, AI sourcing from an 800M+ profile Global Database, and AI candidate matching that scores and ranks candidates 0–100 with explanations for each dimension.
§ The record
Fetcher is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Recruit CRM under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only Fetcher is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Fetcher | Recruit CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | Not recorded |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 23% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Recruit CRM 20
1.4 weighted points to Fetcher
20% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Recruit CRM 34
1.4 weighted points to Recruit CRM
15% weight · 67% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · Recruit CRM 34
1.3 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Recruit CRM 42
0.8 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Recruit CRM 58
0.7 weighted points to Recruit CRM
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · Recruit CRM 60
0.4 weighted points to Recruit CRM
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · Recruit CRM 54
0.1 weighted points to Fetcher
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -3.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.3 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 -3.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Recruit CRM.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Recruit CRM | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 34 | -7 | -1.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 20 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 34 | -9 | -1.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 54 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 58 | -6 | -0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 42 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 60 | -5 | -0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 40 (F) | -3 | -3.1 |
§ 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 | Recruit CRM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 domainSources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 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 | 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 | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 30 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Fetcher has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Recruit CRM has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 30 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Recruit CRM sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 54 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 35 for Recruit CRM, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Recruit CRM last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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