§ The result
Textkernel leads Fetcher on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Textkernel sits 14 points above Fetcher under rubric v1.0, 51 against 37, with both filed under Sourcing. Textkernel leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Fetcher is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Textkernel leads is Post-Market Monitoring, Fetcher 35 to Textkernel 40. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Fetcher 27, Textkernel 55 — and at a 20% weight it carries 41% of the weighted advantage Textkernel holds across the 6 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
Textkernel
Textkernel provides AI-powered CV/resume and job parsing, semantic search, and candidate-job matching technology (including the acquired Sovren engine) embedded inside ATS, job board, and HR systems.
§ The record
Fetcher and Textkernel are both filed under Candidate sourcing 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.
| Record | Fetcher | Textkernel |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | NL |
| Founded | 2014 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 41% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Fetcher 27 · Textkernel 55
5.6 weighted points to Textkernel
18% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Fetcher 28 · Textkernel 55
4.9 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 84% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Fetcher 25 · Textkernel 32
1.1 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Fetcher 52 · Textkernel 60
1.0 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Fetcher 35 · Textkernel 40
0.6 weighted points to Textkernel
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Fetcher 55 · Textkernel 62
0.6 weighted points to Textkernel
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -13.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -14 beside that -13.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Fetcher minus Textkernel.
| Category | Weight | Fetcher | Textkernel | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 27 | 55 | -28 | -5.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 55 | -27 | -4.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 32 | -7 | -1.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 60 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 40 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 62 | -7 | -0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 51 (F) | -14 | -13.6 |
§ 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 | Textkernel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 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 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Fetcher has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Textkernel has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 37 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Fetcher, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for Textkernel, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Fetcher last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Textkernel last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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