§ The result
2 points separate JazzHR and Zoho Recruit.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, JazzHR edges Zoho Recruit by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 44 to 42. JazzHR and Zoho Recruit each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split JazzHR holds (headed by Bias Audit Transparency) adds up to more weighted points. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — JazzHR 35, Zoho Recruit 24 — and at an 18% weight it carries 62% 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
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
JazzHR and Zoho Recruit are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Zoho Recruit is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | JazzHR | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Low |
| Headquarters | US | IN |
| Founded | 2009 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 47% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
JazzHR 35 · Zoho Recruit 24
2.0 weighted points to JazzHR
12% weight · 69% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
JazzHR 58 · Zoho Recruit 50
1.0 weighted points to JazzHR
15% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
JazzHR 52 · Zoho Recruit 55
0.4 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
8% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
JazzHR 56 · Zoho Recruit 60
0.3 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
15% weight · 94% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
JazzHR 28 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.3 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
JazzHR 42 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.2 weighted points to JazzHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +2.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +2 beside that +2.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is JazzHR minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | JazzHR | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 45 | 45 | - | - |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 35 | 24 | +11 | +2.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 55 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 40 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 56 | 60 | -4 | -0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 44 (F) | 42 (F) | +2 | +2.1 |
§ 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 | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 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 | 10 | 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; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 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 41 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 24 for JazzHR, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- JazzHR last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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