§ The result
Textkernel takes the total, Jobylon takes more of the criteria.
Textkernel (Sourcing) edges Jobylon (ATS-integrated) by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 51 to 48. Jobylon leads more of the criteria than Textkernel — 3 to 2 — but Bias Audit Transparency, which Textkernel leads, carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Textkernel. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (Jobylon 28, Textkernel 55) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 97% of the weighted advantage Textkernel holds across the 2 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Jobylon
Jobylon is a Stockholm-based applicant tracking system and talent CRM for enterprise employers whose optional AI features score each applicant's CV against the job description, suggest existing candidates for other open roles, draft job ads and screening questions, and run candidate screening and interview scheduling over WhatsApp, SMS and email.
Vendor profile
Textkernel
Textkernel provides AI-powered CV/resume and job parsing, semantic search, and candidate-job matching technology (including the acquired Sovren engine) embedded inside ATS, job board, and HR systems.
§ The record
Jobylon is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Textkernel under Candidate sourcing 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.
| Record | Jobylon | Textkernel |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | SE | NL |
| Founded | 2011 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Jobylon 28 · Textkernel 55
4.9 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 82% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Jobylon 36 · Textkernel 32
0.6 weighted points to Jobylon
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Jobylon 45 · Textkernel 40
0.6 weighted points to Jobylon
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Jobylon 58 · Textkernel 55
0.4 weighted points to Jobylon
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Jobylon 60 · Textkernel 62
0.2 weighted points to Textkernel
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 5 figures above sum to -3.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.7 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 -3.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Jobylon minus Textkernel.
| Category | Weight | Jobylon | Textkernel | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 55 | -27 | -4.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 36 | 32 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 58 | 55 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 40 | +5 | +0.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 62 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 48 (F) | 51 (F) | -3 | -3.4 |
§ 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 | Jobylon | Textkernel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Jobylon has 33 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Textkernel has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 51 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 33 for Jobylon, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for Textkernel, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Jobylon last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Textkernel last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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