§ The result
3 points separate Gem and HiredScore.
Within the Sourcing cohort, Gem edges HiredScore by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 55 to 52. Gem leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while HiredScore leads 1, including Article 11 Technical Documentation. Gem takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (Gem 66, HiredScore 55), which is 42% of the weighted advantage Gem holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Post-Market Monitoring, Gem 47 to HiredScore 35.
Vendor profile
Gem
Gem is an AI-first recruiting platform combining a talent CRM, AI sourcing and outreach automation, candidate engagement, and a newer applicant tracking system with AI-powered application review and ranking.
Vendor profile
HiredScore
AI-driven talent orchestration layer that ranks and routes candidates within an existing ATS. Acquired by Workday in 2024.
§ The record
Gem and HiredScore are both filed under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 1 secondary category: ATS-integrated.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Gem is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Gem | HiredScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2012 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Gem 66 · HiredScore 55
2.0 weighted points to Gem
12% weight · 56% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Gem 47 · HiredScore 35
1.4 weighted points to Gem
20% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Gem 58 · HiredScore 65
1.4 weighted points to HiredScore
15% weight · 91% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Gem 35 · HiredScore 30
0.8 weighted points to Gem
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Gem 57 · HiredScore 55
0.3 weighted points to Gem
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Gem 62 · HiredScore 60
0.2 weighted points to Gem
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Gem 61 · HiredScore 60
0.1 weighted points to Gem
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +3.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.2 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 +3.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Gem minus HiredScore.
| Category | Weight | Gem | HiredScore | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 65 | -7 | -1.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 66 | 55 | +11 | +2.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 30 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 55 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 61 | 60 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 35 | +12 | +1.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 60 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 55 (F) | 52 (F) | +3 | +3.4 |
§ 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 | Gem | HiredScore | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 19 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 7 | 2 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
Gem has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; HiredScore has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 7 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Gem and HiredScore sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 30 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for Gem, across 2 distinct source domains, and 9 for HiredScore, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Gem last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- HiredScore last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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