§ The result
Indeed leads SeekOut by 16 points.
Indeed finishes 16 points clear of SeekOut inside the Sourcing cohort under rubric v1.0: 50 against 34. Indeed leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while SeekOut leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. Customer Documentation is the widest raw gap (Indeed 64, SeekOut 35) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Indeed 58, SeekOut 35), 28% of the weighted advantage Indeed builds 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
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Indeed and SeekOut are both filed under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only Indeed is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Indeed | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2004 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 28% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Indeed 58 · SeekOut 35
4.6 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 48% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Indeed 58 · SeekOut 35
3.4 weighted points to Indeed
8% weight · 62% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Indeed 64 · SeekOut 35
2.3 weighted points to Indeed
12% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Indeed 63 · SeekOut 45
2.2 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Indeed 38 · SeekOut 25
1.9 weighted points to Indeed
12% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Indeed 40 · SeekOut 25
1.8 weighted points to Indeed
18% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Indeed 38 · SeekOut 40
0.4 weighted points to SeekOut
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +15.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 16.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +16 beside that +15.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Indeed minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Indeed | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 35 | +23 | +4.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 40 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 25 | +13 | +1.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 35 | +23 | +3.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 45 | +18 | +2.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 25 | +15 | +1.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 35 | +29 | +2.3 |
| Total | 100% | 50 (F) | 34 (F) | +16 | +15.9 |
§ 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 | Indeed | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 36 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 4 | 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; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 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 49 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 40 for Indeed, across 5 distinct source domains, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Indeed last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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