§ The result
Fetcher takes the total, Recruiterflow takes more of the criteria.
Fetcher holds a 1-point edge over Recruiterflow under rubric v1.0, 37 to 36, across the Sourcing and ATS-integrated cohorts. Recruiterflow leads more of the criteria, 4 against 3 for Fetcher, yet Fetcher takes Bias Audit Transparency, which carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum with it. Fetcher takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (Fetcher 28, Recruiterflow 18), which is 49% of the weighted advantage Fetcher holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Data Governance Disclosure, Fetcher 55 to Recruiterflow 44.
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
Recruiterflow
Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM for recruiting agencies and executive search firms. Its AIRA AI layer ranks candidates already in a firm's database against each job with an explainable 0–100 Criteria Score (AIRA Matchmaker, shown as the 'AI Matches' card), and adds natural-language candidate search, external profile sourcing and an AI call notetaker that fills in interview scorecards.
§ The record
Fetcher is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Recruiterflow 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 | Recruiterflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 28% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Recruiterflow 18
1.8 weighted points to Fetcher
15% weight · 54% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · Recruiterflow 44
1.6 weighted points to Fetcher
20% weight · 72% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Recruiterflow 33
1.2 weighted points to Recruiterflow
15% weight · 84% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · Recruiterflow 30
0.8 weighted points to Recruiterflow
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Recruiterflow 58
0.7 weighted points to Recruiterflow
12% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Recruiterflow 33
0.2 weighted points to Fetcher
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · Recruiterflow 56
0.1 weighted points to Recruiterflow
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +0.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +0.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Recruiterflow.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Recruiterflow | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 33 | -6 | -1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 18 | +10 | +1.8 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 44 | +11 | +1.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 58 | -6 | -0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 33 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 56 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 36 (F) | +1 | +0.9 |
§ 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 | Recruiterflow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| 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 | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 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 domain |
Fetcher has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Recruiterflow has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
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 Recruiterflow, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Recruiterflow last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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