§ The result
SmartRecruiters leads Gem on all 7 criteria.
SmartRecruiters scores 62 (D) and Gem 55 (F) under rubric v1.0, a 7-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. SmartRecruiters is ahead of Gem on all 7 criteria but on none of them by as much as 20 raw points, the closest being Human Oversight Design at Gem 61 to SmartRecruiters 62. Article 11 Technical Documentation is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Gem 58, SmartRecruiters 70, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 34% of the weighted advantage SmartRecruiters holds across the 7 criteria 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
SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters is an enterprise applicant tracking system and talent acquisition suite whose AI layer (the Winston assistant plus SmartAssistant/Winston Match) screens, ranks, and matches candidates to requisitions to support recruiter decisions.
§ The record
Gem is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, SmartRecruiters 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 | SmartRecruiters |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2010 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 34% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Gem 58 · SmartRecruiters 70
2.4 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
18% weight · 64% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Gem 66 · SmartRecruiters 78
2.2 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
15% weight · 85% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Gem 35 · SmartRecruiters 45
1.5 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Gem 57 · SmartRecruiters 62
0.8 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Gem 61 · SmartRecruiters 62
0.1 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
12% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Gem 47 · SmartRecruiters 48
0.1 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Gem 62 · SmartRecruiters 63
0.1 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -7.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -7 beside that -7.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Gem minus SmartRecruiters.
| Category | Weight | Gem | SmartRecruiters | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 70 | -12 | -2.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 66 | 78 | -12 | -2.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 45 | -10 | -1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 62 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 61 | 62 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 48 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 63 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 55 (F) | 62 (D) | -7 | -7.1 |
§ 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 | Gem | SmartRecruiters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 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 | 11 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Gem has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; SmartRecruiters has 13 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Gem and SmartRecruiters sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 34 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for Gem, across 2 distinct source domains, and 13 for SmartRecruiters, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Gem last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SmartRecruiters last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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