§ The result
1 point separates JazzHR and Paylocity.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, JazzHR edges Paylocity by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 44 to 43. JazzHR and Paylocity each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split JazzHR holds (headed by Human Oversight Design) adds up to more weighted points. Human Oversight Design is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — JazzHR 58, Paylocity 50 — and at a 12% weight it carries 63% of the weighted advantage JazzHR holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
JazzHR
JazzHR is a small-business applicant tracking system that manages job posting, applications and hiring workflows, and layers on AI "Talent Fit" scoring that ranks candidates against a job description plus automated knockout screening questions.
Vendor profile
Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based HCM and payroll platform whose talent suite includes an applicant tracking system with generative-AI job-description and invite drafting, one-way video interviews, candidate self-scheduling, and a conversational "AI Assistant."
§ The record
JazzHR and Paylocity are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Paylocity is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | JazzHR | Paylocity |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2009 | 1997 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
JazzHR 58 · Paylocity 50
1.0 weighted points to JazzHR
18% weight · 58% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
JazzHR 35 · Paylocity 33
0.4 weighted points to JazzHR
15% weight · 71% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
JazzHR 28 · Paylocity 30
0.3 weighted points to Paylocity
15% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
JazzHR 52 · Paylocity 54
0.3 weighted points to Paylocity
20% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
JazzHR 45 · Paylocity 44
0.2 weighted points to JazzHR
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
JazzHR 56 · Paylocity 58
0.2 weighted points to Paylocity
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +0.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 2.3 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 +0.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is JazzHR minus Paylocity.
| Category | Weight | JazzHR | Paylocity | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 45 | 44 | +1 | +0.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 35 | 33 | +2 | +0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 54 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 42 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 56 | 58 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 44 (F) | 43 (F) | +1 | +0.8 |
§ 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 | JazzHR | Paylocity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 17 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 11 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
JazzHR has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 17 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Paylocity has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for JazzHR sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 42 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 24 for JazzHR, across 2 distinct source domains, and 18 for Paylocity, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- JazzHR last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Paylocity last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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