§ The result
Indeed leads Manatal by 9 points.
Indeed scores 50 and Manatal 41 under rubric v1.0, a 9-point gap across the Sourcing and ATS-integrated cohorts. Indeed leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Manatal leads 1, including Post-Market Monitoring. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (Indeed 58, Manatal 33) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 50% of the weighted advantage Indeed holds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Indeed
Job marketplace whose employer-side AI (the Talent Scout agent, Sourcing Assistant, Smart Screening and candidate matching) sources, ranks and scores candidates from Indeed's profile pool and applicant flow and drafts outreach to them.
Vendor profile
Manatal
Cloud-based applicant tracking system and recruitment CRM for agencies and HR teams, featuring an AI engine that scores and ranks candidates against job requirements and an asynchronous AI video Interviewer.
§ The record
Indeed is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Manatal under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Illinois HB 3773. Only Manatal is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Indeed | Manatal |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | US | TH |
| Founded | 2004 | 2019 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 48% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Indeed 58 · Manatal 33
5.0 weighted points to Indeed
18% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Indeed 38 · Manatal 22
2.9 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Indeed 58 · Manatal 52
0.9 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 92% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Indeed 38 · Manatal 33
0.8 weighted points to Indeed
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Indeed 63 · Manatal 60
0.4 weighted points to Indeed
12% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Indeed 40 · Manatal 43
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Indeed 64 · Manatal 62
0.2 weighted points to Indeed
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +9.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +9 beside that +9.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Indeed minus Manatal.
| Category | Weight | Indeed | Manatal | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 33 | +25 | +5.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 22 | +16 | +2.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 33 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 52 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 60 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 43 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 62 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 50 (F) | 41 (F) | +9 | +9.7 |
§ 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 | Indeed | Manatal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 2 | Sources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 36 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 15 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Indeed has 40 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 36 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Manatal has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Indeed sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 60 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 40 for Indeed, across 5 distinct source domains, and 20 for Manatal, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Indeed last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Manatal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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