§ The result
Manatal leads Keka on all 7 criteria.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, Manatal edges Keka by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 41 to 37. Manatal takes all 7 criteria from Keka without a 20-point raw gap on any of them; the closest is Bias Audit Transparency, Keka 20 to Manatal 22. Even Human Oversight Design, the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing (Keka 50, Manatal 60, 12% weight), is only 31% of the weighted advantage Manatal builds across the 7 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Keka
Keka is an HR and payroll suite whose Keka Hire ATS scores each applicant against recruiter-defined role requirements and runs an AI screening conversation that decides which candidates reach the shortlist.
Vendor profile
Manatal
Cloud-based applicant tracking system and recruitment CRM for agencies and HR teams, featuring an AI engine that scores and ranks candidates against job requirements and an asynchronous AI video Interviewer.
§ The record
Keka and Manatal 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 Manatal is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Keka | Manatal |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Low |
| Headquarters | IN | TH |
| Founded | 2014 | 2019 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 31% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Keka 50 · Manatal 60
1.2 weighted points to Manatal
20% weight · 47% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Keka 30 · Manatal 33
0.6 weighted points to Manatal
8% weight · 62% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Keka 55 · Manatal 62
0.6 weighted points to Manatal
15% weight · 73% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Keka 30 · Manatal 33
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
18% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Keka 20 · Manatal 22
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
12% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Keka 40 · Manatal 43
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Keka 50 · Manatal 52
0.3 weighted points to Manatal
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -3.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 3.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -4 beside that -3.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Keka minus Manatal.
| Category | Weight | Keka | Manatal | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 30 | 33 | -3 | -0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 22 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 33 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 50 | 52 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 60 | -10 | -1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 43 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 62 | -7 | -0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 41 (F) | -4 | -3.8 |
§ 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 | Keka | Manatal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 7 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 15 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Keka has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Manatal has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 55 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Keka, across 1 distinct source domain, and 20 for Manatal, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Keka last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Manatal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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