§ The result
Talview leads Fetcher by 5 points.
Talview scores 42 and Fetcher 37 under rubric v1.0, a 5-point gap across the Video interview and Sourcing cohorts. Fetcher and Talview each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Talview holds (headed by Article 11 Technical Documentation) adds up to more weighted points. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Fetcher 27, Talview 50 — and at a 20% weight it carries 68% of the weighted advantage Talview holds across the 3 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
Talview
AI-powered hiring and exam-integrity platform spanning video interviewing, skills assessments, identity verification, and AI proctoring.
§ The record
Fetcher is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Talview under Video interview 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 Talview is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Fetcher | Talview |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 2012 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Talview 50
4.6 weighted points to Talview
18% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Talview 38
1.8 weighted points to Talview
15% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Fetcher 55 · Talview 48
1.1 weighted points to Fetcher
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Talview 55
0.4 weighted points to Talview
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Talview 32
0.4 weighted points to Fetcher
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · Talview 52
0.2 weighted points to Fetcher
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -5.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 8.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -5 beside that -5.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Talview.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Talview | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 50 | -23 | -4.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 38 | -10 | -1.8 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 48 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 55 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 32 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 52 | +3 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 42 (F) | -5 | -5.1 |
§ 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 | Talview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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 | 11 | 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; Talview has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 36 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Talview, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Talview last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next