§ The result
Textkernel leads HireQuotient on all 7 criteria.
Under rubric v1.0, Textkernel opens a 17-point lead on HireQuotient, 51 to 34, with both scored in the Sourcing cohort. Textkernel takes all 7 criteria and HireQuotient none of them; the nearest contest is Human Oversight Design, HireQuotient 57 to Textkernel 60. Even Bias Audit Transparency, the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing (HireQuotient 18, Textkernel 55, 18% weight), is only 39% of the weighted advantage Textkernel builds across the 7 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
HireQuotient
EasySource by HireQuotient is an AI recruiting platform for North American frontline employers that sources and scores candidates from LinkedIn, the open web and partner databases, verifies licences, automates outreach including AI voice calls, and adds an ATS, interview scheduling, and skills, cognitive and AI-scored video assessments.
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
HireQuotient and Textkernel are both filed under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and ATS-integrated.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only HireQuotient is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HireQuotient | Textkernel |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | SG | NL |
| Founded | 2021 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HireQuotient 18 · Textkernel 55
6.7 weighted points to Textkernel
20% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HireQuotient 35 · Textkernel 55
4.0 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HireQuotient 40 · Textkernel 55
2.3 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 85% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HireQuotient 22 · Textkernel 32
1.5 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
HireQuotient 30 · Textkernel 40
1.2 weighted points to Textkernel
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HireQuotient 50 · Textkernel 62
1.0 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HireQuotient 57 · Textkernel 60
0.4 weighted points to Textkernel
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -16.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 16.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -17 beside that -16.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HireQuotient minus Textkernel.
| Category | Weight | HireQuotient | Textkernel | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 35 | 55 | -20 | -4.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 18 | 55 | -37 | -6.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 22 | 32 | -10 | -1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 40 | 55 | -15 | -2.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 57 | 60 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 30 | 40 | -10 | -1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 50 | 62 | -12 | -1.0 |
| Total | 100% | 34 (F) | 51 (F) | -17 | -16.9 |
§ 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 | HireQuotient | Textkernel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 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 | 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% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | 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% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 24 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
HireQuotient has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 with a source URL, 5 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 47 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 29 for HireQuotient, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for Textkernel, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HireQuotient last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Textkernel last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next