§ The result
HiringBranch leads Vervoe by 6 points.
HiringBranch scores 52 and Vervoe 46 under rubric v1.0 — a 6-point gap inside the Assessment cohort. HiringBranch leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Vervoe leads 1, including Human Oversight Design, and 1 is level. Article 11 Technical Documentation is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (HiringBranch 60, Vervoe 45, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 38% of the weighted advantage HiringBranch holds across the 5 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
HiringBranch
HiringBranch is an AI skills-assessment platform that measures 50+ communication and soft skills from candidates' open-ended, conversational job-simulation responses (text and voice) to screen and rank applicants for customer-facing roles.
Vendor profile
Vervoe
AI-powered skills-assessment platform that grades and ranks candidates on performance in role-specific, task-based assessments.
§ The record
HiringBranch and Vervoe are both filed under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HiringBranch | Vervoe |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | CA | AU |
| Founded | 2014 | 2016 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 34% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HiringBranch 60 · Vervoe 45
3.0 weighted points to HiringBranch
15% weight · 51% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HiringBranch 35 · Vervoe 25
1.5 weighted points to HiringBranch
18% weight · 67% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HiringBranch 60 · Vervoe 52
1.4 weighted points to HiringBranch
12% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
HiringBranch 40 · Vervoe 28
1.4 weighted points to HiringBranch
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HiringBranch 52 · Vervoe 60
1.0 weighted points to Vervoe
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HiringBranch 64 · Vervoe 58
0.5 weighted points to HiringBranch
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +6.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 8.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +6 beside that +6.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HiringBranch minus Vervoe.
| Category | Weight | HiringBranch | Vervoe | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 60 | 45 | +15 | +3.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 60 | 52 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 60 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 28 | +12 | +1.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 58 | +6 | +0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 52 (F) | 46 (F) | +6 | +6.9 |
§ 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 | HiringBranch | Vervoe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources 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 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 15 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
HiringBranch has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Vervoe has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for HiringBranch, across 1 distinct source domain, and 20 for Vervoe, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HiringBranch last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Vervoe last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next