§ The result
Korn Ferry leads Recruiterflow by 10 points.
Korn Ferry, filed under Assessment, comes out 10 points above Recruiterflow, filed under ATS-integrated: 46 against 36 under rubric v1.0. The criteria split evenly, 3 each to Korn Ferry and Recruiterflow, with 1 level, and the weighted points on the side Korn Ferry holds, headed by Bias Audit Transparency, settle the total. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Korn Ferry 48, Recruiterflow 18 — and at an 18% weight it carries 47% of the weighted advantage Korn Ferry holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry provides psychometric talent assessments (Korn Ferry Assess, the KF4D Four Dimensional assessment, KFALP leadership-potential assessment, and the Leadership Architect competency framework) used to evaluate candidates' personality, competencies, drivers, and cognitive ability for selection, promotion, and development decisions.
Vendor profile
Recruiterflow
Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM for recruiting agencies and executive search firms. Its AIRA AI layer ranks candidates already in a firm's database against each job with an explainable 0–100 Criteria Score (AIRA Matchmaker, shown as the 'AI Matches' card), and adds natural-language candidate search, external profile sourcing and an AI call notetaker that fills in interview scorecards.
§ The record
Korn Ferry is filed under Assessment AI, Recruiterflow under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only Korn Ferry is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Korn Ferry | Recruiterflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1969 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 40% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Korn Ferry 48 · Recruiterflow 18
5.4 weighted points to Korn Ferry
20% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Korn Ferry 58 · Recruiterflow 33
5.0 weighted points to Korn Ferry
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Korn Ferry 52 · Recruiterflow 44
1.2 weighted points to Korn Ferry
15% weight · 92% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Korn Ferry 25 · Recruiterflow 30
0.8 weighted points to Recruiterflow
12% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Korn Ferry 52 · Recruiterflow 58
0.7 weighted points to Recruiterflow
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Korn Ferry 52 · Recruiterflow 56
0.3 weighted points to Recruiterflow
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +9.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +10 beside that +9.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Korn Ferry minus Recruiterflow.
| Category | Weight | Korn Ferry | Recruiterflow | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 33 | +25 | +5.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 48 | 18 | +30 | +5.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 44 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 58 | -6 | -0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 33 | 33 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 52 | 56 | -4 | -0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 36 (F) | +10 | +9.8 |
§ 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 | Korn Ferry | Recruiterflow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Korn Ferry has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Recruiterflow has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 48 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain, and 31 for Recruiterflow, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Recruiterflow last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next