§ The result
1 point separates Indeed and Versant by Pearson.
Indeed (Sourcing) edges Versant by Pearson (Assessment) by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 50 to 49. Indeed leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including FRIA Support, while Versant by Pearson leads 3, including Article 11 Technical Documentation. One criterion, FRIA Support, is both the widest raw gap (Indeed 38, Versant by Pearson 30) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 15% weight it makes up 40% of the weighted advantage Indeed holds across the 4 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
Versant by Pearson
Versant by Pearson is a suite of AI-scored English proficiency tests (plus spoken Spanish, French, Arabic and Dutch) that automatically score candidates' spoken and written responses on Pearson's Global Scale of English within minutes, used by employers such as contact centres and BPOs to screen applicants and benchmark staff through the ScoreKeeper dashboard.
§ The record
Indeed is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Versant by Pearson under Assessment 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 Versant by Pearson is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Indeed | Versant by Pearson |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2004 | 1844 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 23% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Indeed 38 · Versant by Pearson 30
1.2 weighted points to Indeed
20% weight · 43% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Indeed 58 · Versant by Pearson 63
1.0 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Indeed 63 · Versant by Pearson 56
0.8 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Indeed 58 · Versant by Pearson 53
0.8 weighted points to Indeed
18% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Indeed 38 · Versant by Pearson 42
0.7 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Indeed 40 · Versant by Pearson 43
0.4 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Indeed 64 · Versant by Pearson 61
0.2 weighted points to Indeed
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +0.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +0.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Indeed minus Versant by Pearson.
| Category | Weight | Indeed | Versant by Pearson | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 63 | -5 | -1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 42 | -4 | -0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 30 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 53 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 56 | +7 | +0.8 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 43 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 61 | +3 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 50 (F) | 49 (F) | +1 | +0.9 |
§ 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 | Versant by Pearson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 2 | Sources on a separate domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| 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 | 5 | 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 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 36 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 23 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Indeed has 40 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 36 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Versant by Pearson has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 23 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Indeed and Versant by Pearson sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 69 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 40 for Indeed, across 5 distinct source domains, and 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Indeed last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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