§ The result
2 points separate Pinpoint and Gem.
Pinpoint (ATS-integrated) edges Gem (Sourcing) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 57 to 55. Pinpoint leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Gem leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. Bias Audit Transparency is at once the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing, and it belongs to Gem — Gem 66, Pinpoint 42, on an 18% weight — which is 100% of the weighted advantage Gem holds across the 1 criterion on that side of the table.
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
Pinpoint
Pinpoint is an applicant tracking system for in-house talent teams that layers AI-assisted screening onto core hiring workflows - candidate match scores, AI filters, anonymized screening, an interview notetaker, and a hiring copilot for outreach and rejections.
§ The record
Gem is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Pinpoint under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Gem | Pinpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | JE |
| Founded | 2017 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 41% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Gem 66 · Pinpoint 42
4.3 weighted points to Gem
20% weight · 68% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Gem 58 · Pinpoint 72
2.8 weighted points to Pinpoint
15% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Gem 57 · Pinpoint 68
1.6 weighted points to Pinpoint
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Gem 47 · Pinpoint 52
0.6 weighted points to Pinpoint
15% weight · 94% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Gem 35 · Pinpoint 38
0.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Gem 61 · Pinpoint 64
0.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Gem 62 · Pinpoint 66
0.3 weighted points to Pinpoint
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -1.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -2 beside that -1.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Gem minus Pinpoint.
| Category | Weight | Gem | Pinpoint | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 72 | -14 | -2.8 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 66 | 42 | +24 | +4.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 38 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 68 | -11 | -1.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 61 | 64 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 52 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 66 | -4 | -0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 55 (F) | 57 (F) | -2 | -1.9 |
§ 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 | Gem | Pinpoint | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 19 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 18 | 2 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Gem has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Pinpoint has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Gem sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 41 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for Gem, across 2 distinct source domains, and 20 for Pinpoint, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Gem last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Pinpoint last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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