§ The result
Fetcher and RecruitBot tie at 37.
Fetcher and RecruitBot, both in the Sourcing cohort, tie at 37 under rubric v1.0 by different routes through the criteria. Fetcher leads 3 of the 7 criteria and RecruitBot 3, with 1 level, yet the two totals land on the same number. RecruitBot takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Fetcher 27, RecruitBot 33), which is 57% of the weighted advantage RecruitBot holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Data Governance Disclosure, Fetcher 55 to RecruitBot 48.
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
RecruitBot
RecruitBot is an AI sourcing platform that searches a proprietary database of 655M+ candidate profiles, re-ranks results with machine learning trained on each recruiter's star ratings, and automates personalized email outreach.
§ The record
Fetcher and RecruitBot are both filed under Candidate sourcing 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 | RecruitBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 27% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · RecruitBot 33
1.2 weighted points to RecruitBot
18% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · RecruitBot 22
1.1 weighted points to Fetcher
15% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · RecruitBot 48
1.1 weighted points to Fetcher
12% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · RecruitBot 40
0.6 weighted points to RecruitBot
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · RecruitBot 27
0.3 weighted points to RecruitBot
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · RecruitBot 50
0.2 weighted points to Fetcher
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +0.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads 0 beside that +0.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus RecruitBot.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | RecruitBot | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 33 | -6 | -1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 22 | +6 | +1.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 27 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 48 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 40 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 37 (F) | - | +0.3 |
§ 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 | RecruitBot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 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 domainSources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 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 | 25 | 6 | 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; RecruitBot has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for RecruitBot sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 50 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 31 for RecruitBot, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- RecruitBot last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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