§ The result
Rippling leads Korn Ferry by 10 points.
Rippling sits 10 points above Korn Ferry under rubric v1.0 — 56 against 46 — with Rippling filed under ATS-integrated and Korn Ferry under Assessment. Rippling leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Korn Ferry leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: FRIA Support (Korn Ferry 25, Rippling 45) and Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Korn Ferry 58, Rippling 73), the second being 26% of the weighted advantage Rippling holds across the 6 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
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
Korn Ferry is filed under Assessment AI, Rippling 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 | Rippling |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | High |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1969 | 2016 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 24% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Korn Ferry 58 · Rippling 73
3.0 weighted points to Rippling
15% weight · 48% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Korn Ferry 25 · Rippling 45
3.0 weighted points to Rippling
15% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Korn Ferry 52 · Rippling 64
1.8 weighted points to Rippling
12% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Korn Ferry 33 · Rippling 47
1.7 weighted points to Rippling
18% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Korn Ferry 48 · Rippling 42
1.1 weighted points to Korn Ferry
12% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Korn Ferry 52 · Rippling 60
1.0 weighted points to Rippling
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Korn Ferry 52 · Rippling 64
1.0 weighted points to Rippling
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -10.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.5 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 -10.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Korn Ferry minus Rippling.
| Category | Weight | Korn Ferry | Rippling | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 73 | -15 | -3.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 48 | 42 | +6 | +1.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 45 | -20 | -3.0 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 64 | -12 | -1.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 60 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 33 | 47 | -14 | -1.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 52 | 64 | -12 | -1.0 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 56 (F) | -10 | -10.3 |
§ 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 | 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% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 12 | 1 | Audit reportSources 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; 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 30 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain, and 13 for Rippling, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Rippling last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next