§ The result
Indeed leads ZipRecruiter on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Indeed sits 10 points above ZipRecruiter under rubric v1.0, 50 against 40, with both filed under Sourcing. Indeed leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so ZipRecruiter is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Indeed leads is Data Governance Disclosure, Indeed 58 to ZipRecruiter 52. Article 11 Technical Documentation is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Indeed 58, ZipRecruiter 40, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 35% of the weighted advantage Indeed holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
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
ZipRecruiter
ZipRecruiter is an online employment marketplace whose AI matching engine sends employers' job postings out, alerts matched job seekers and invites them to apply, and labels and ranks applicants (for example as 'Great Match') in the employer's candidate dashboard.
§ The record
Indeed and ZipRecruiter are both filed under Candidate sourcing 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.
| Record | Indeed | ZipRecruiter |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2004 | 2010 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 35% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Indeed 58 · ZipRecruiter 40
3.6 weighted points to Indeed
18% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Indeed 38 · ZipRecruiter 24
2.5 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 74% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Indeed 38 · ZipRecruiter 27
1.6 weighted points to Indeed
12% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Indeed 63 · ZipRecruiter 55
1.0 weighted points to Indeed
15% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Indeed 58 · ZipRecruiter 52
0.9 weighted points to Indeed
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Indeed 64 · ZipRecruiter 54
0.8 weighted points to Indeed
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +10.4 — 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 +10 beside that +10.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Indeed minus ZipRecruiter.
| Category | Weight | Indeed | ZipRecruiter | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 40 | +18 | +3.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 24 | +14 | +2.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 27 | +11 | +1.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 52 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 55 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 40 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 54 | +10 | +0.8 |
| Total | 100% | 50 (F) | 40 (F) | +10 | +10.4 |
§ 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 | ZipRecruiter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 2 | Sources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 28 | 5 | 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; ZipRecruiter has 33 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Indeed and ZipRecruiter sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 73 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 40 for Indeed, across 5 distinct source domains, and 33 for ZipRecruiter, across 6 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Indeed last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- ZipRecruiter last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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