§ The result
Rippling leads Keka on all 7 criteria.
The ATS-integrated cohort pairing of Rippling and Keka comes out 56 to 37 under rubric v1.0, a 19-point lead for Rippling. Rippling takes all 7 criteria and Keka none of them; the nearest contest is Post-Market Monitoring, Keka 40 to Rippling 47. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (Keka 30, Rippling 73) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 44% of the weighted advantage Rippling holds 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
Rippling
Rippling Recruiting is an applicant tracking system within Rippling's all-in-one HR/IT/finance platform that uses AI to review and screen job applications, summarize interviewer feedback, transcribe video interviews, flag application fraud, and automate interview scheduling.
§ The record
Keka and Rippling are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Keka is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Keka | Rippling |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | High |
| Headquarters | IN | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 2016 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 44% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Keka 30 · Rippling 73
8.6 weighted points to Rippling
18% weight · 64% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Keka 20 · Rippling 42
4.0 weighted points to Rippling
15% weight · 75% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Keka 30 · Rippling 45
2.3 weighted points to Rippling
15% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Keka 50 · Rippling 64
2.1 weighted points to Rippling
12% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Keka 50 · Rippling 60
1.2 weighted points to Rippling
12% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Keka 40 · Rippling 47
0.8 weighted points to Rippling
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Keka 55 · Rippling 64
0.7 weighted points to Rippling
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -19.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 19.7 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -19 beside that -19.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Keka minus Rippling.
| Category | Weight | Keka | Rippling | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 30 | 73 | -43 | -8.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 42 | -22 | -4.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 45 | -15 | -2.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 50 | 64 | -14 | -2.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 60 | -10 | -1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 47 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 64 | -9 | -0.7 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 56 (F) | -19 | -19.7 |
§ 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 | Keka | Rippling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 7 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 12 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Keka has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Rippling has 13 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 12 with a source URL, 1 documented absence.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 48 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Keka, across 1 distinct source domain, and 13 for Rippling, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Keka last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Rippling last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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