§ The result
4 points separate HiBob and Zoho Recruit.
Under rubric v1.0, HiBob and Zoho Recruit finish 4 points apart, 46 to 42, as two ATS-integrated entries. Zoho Recruit takes 1 of the 7 criteria, Bias Audit Transparency among them, against 6 for HiBob, whose share includes Article 11 Technical Documentation. Human Oversight Design is the widest raw gap (HiBob 63, Zoho Recruit 50) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (HiBob 55, Zoho Recruit 45), 36% of the weighted advantage HiBob builds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
HiBob
HiBob's Bob is an all-in-one HR platform whose Bob Hiring applicant tracking module uses AI to give each application an explainable match score against recruiter-defined criteria (AI CV Matching) and to draft job descriptions, interview scorecards and candidate emails.
Vendor profile
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
HiBob and Zoho Recruit are both filed 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. Only Zoho Recruit is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HiBob | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | GB | IN |
| Founded | 2015 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HiBob 55 · Zoho Recruit 45
2.0 weighted points to HiBob
12% weight · 57% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HiBob 63 · Zoho Recruit 50
1.6 weighted points to HiBob
12% weight · 70% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
HiBob 47 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.8 weighted points to HiBob
15% weight · 82% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HiBob 35 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.8 weighted points to HiBob
18% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HiBob 20 · Zoho Recruit 24
0.7 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HiBob 57 · Zoho Recruit 55
0.3 weighted points to HiBob
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HiBob 61 · Zoho Recruit 60
0.1 weighted points to HiBob
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +4.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +4 beside that +4.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HiBob minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | HiBob | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 55 | 45 | +10 | +2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 24 | -4 | -0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 30 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 55 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 50 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 40 | +7 | +0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 61 | 60 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 42 (F) | +4 | +4.8 |
§ 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 | HiBob | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 29 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
HiBob has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 29 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 53 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 36 for HiBob, across 4 distinct source domains, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HiBob last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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