§ The result
4 points separate Knockri and Paylocity.
Knockri (Video interview) edges Paylocity (ATS-integrated) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 47 to 43. Knockri leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Paylocity leads 2, including Post-Market Monitoring. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (Knockri 55, Paylocity 44) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 47% of the weighted advantage Knockri holds across the 5 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Knockri
Knockri runs asynchronous structured behavioural interviews that candidates answer by audio, video or text; it transcribes the answers, uses NLP models to score the work-related behaviours they describe against a skills framework, and produces per-skill scores and ranked shortlists.
Vendor profile
Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based HCM and payroll platform whose talent suite includes an applicant tracking system with generative-AI job-description and invite drafting, one-way video interviews, candidate self-scheduling, and a conversational "AI Assistant."
§ The record
Knockri is filed under Video interview AI, Paylocity under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act, Mobley v. Workday, Illinois HB 3773 and Colorado AI Act.
| Record | Knockri | Paylocity |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | CA | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 1997 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 38% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Knockri 55 · Paylocity 44
2.2 weighted points to Knockri
12% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Knockri 60 · Paylocity 50
1.2 weighted points to Knockri
12% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Knockri 35 · Paylocity 42
0.8 weighted points to Paylocity
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Knockri 35 · Paylocity 30
0.8 weighted points to Knockri
18% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Knockri 35 · Paylocity 33
0.4 weighted points to Knockri
8% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Knockri 55 · Paylocity 58
0.2 weighted points to Paylocity
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Knockri 55 · Paylocity 54
0.1 weighted points to Knockri
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +3.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.7 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 +3.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Knockri minus Paylocity.
| Category | Weight | Knockri | Paylocity | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 55 | 44 | +11 | +2.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 35 | 33 | +2 | +0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 30 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 54 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 50 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 42 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 58 | -3 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 47 (F) | 43 (F) | +4 | +3.6 |
§ 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 | Knockri | Paylocity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 6 | 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% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 7 | 0 | 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% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 7 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 36 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 11 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Knockri has 41 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 36 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Paylocity has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Knockri sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 59 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 41 for Knockri, across 7 distinct source domains, and 18 for Paylocity, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Knockri last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Paylocity last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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