§ The result
3 points separate Knockri and Retorio.
Knockri (Video interview) edges Retorio (Assessment) by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 47 to 44. Knockri leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Retorio leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. Human Oversight Design is the widest raw gap (Knockri 60, Retorio 52) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Knockri 55, Retorio 50), 26% of the weighted advantage Knockri builds across the 6 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
Retorio
Video-based AI that analyses words, voice, and facial expression/body language to infer Big Five (OCEAN) personality and behavioural traits.
§ The record
Knockri is filed under Video interview AI, Retorio under Assessment 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 | Retorio |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | CA | DE |
| Founded | 2017 | 2018 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 21% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Knockri 55 · Retorio 50
1.0 weighted points to Knockri
12% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Knockri 60 · Retorio 52
1.0 weighted points to Knockri
18% weight · 61% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Knockri 35 · Retorio 40
0.9 weighted points to Retorio
15% weight · 77% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Knockri 35 · Retorio 30
0.8 weighted points to Knockri
15% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Knockri 55 · Retorio 52
0.4 weighted points to Knockri
8% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Knockri 55 · Retorio 50
0.4 weighted points to Knockri
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Knockri 35 · Retorio 33
0.2 weighted points to Knockri
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +2.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.7 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 +2.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Knockri minus Retorio.
| Category | Weight | Knockri | Retorio | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 55 | 50 | +5 | +1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 35 | 40 | -5 | -0.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 30 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 52 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 52 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 33 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 50 | +5 | +0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 47 (F) | 44 (F) | +3 | +2.9 |
§ 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 | Retorio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 36 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 16 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Knockri has 41 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 36 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Retorio has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Knockri and Retorio sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 63 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 41 for Knockri, across 7 distinct source domains, and 22 for Retorio, across 4 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Knockri last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Retorio last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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