§ The result
3 points separate Jobvite and Zoho Recruit.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, Jobvite edges Zoho Recruit by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 45 to 42. Jobvite leads 3 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while Zoho Recruit leads 2, including Post-Market Monitoring, and 2 are level. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Jobvite 38, Zoho Recruit 24 — and at an 18% weight it carries 61% of the weighted advantage Jobvite holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Jobvite
Jobvite is an enterprise applicant tracking and talent acquisition suite (part of Employ Inc.) that uses AI for candidate matching, intelligent messaging, and screening, with explanations of why candidates fit a role.
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
Jobvite and Zoho Recruit are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Sourcing and Screening.
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 | Jobvite | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Low |
| Headquarters | US | IN |
| Founded | 2006 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 56% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Jobvite 38 · Zoho Recruit 24
2.5 weighted points to Jobvite
20% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Jobvite 50 · Zoho Recruit 45
1.0 weighted points to Jobvite
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Jobvite 55 · Zoho Recruit 50
0.6 weighted points to Jobvite
12% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Jobvite 38 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.2 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Jobvite 58 · Zoho Recruit 60
0.2 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 5 figures above sum to +3.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +3 beside that +3.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Jobvite minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | Jobvite | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 50 | 45 | +5 | +1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 24 | +14 | +2.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 50 | +5 | +0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 40 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 60 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 45 (F) | 42 (F) | +3 | +3.7 |
§ 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 | Jobvite | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 2 | — | 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% | 2 | 0 | — | 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 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 10 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Jobvite has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 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 Jobvite sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 36 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for Jobvite, across 3 distinct source domains, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Jobvite last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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