§ The result
Manatal leads Recruiterflow on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Inside the ATS-integrated cohort, rubric v1.0 puts Manatal on 41 and Recruiterflow on 36, 5 points apart. Manatal leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Recruiterflow is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Manatal leads is Human Oversight Design, Manatal 60 to Recruiterflow 58. Post-Market Monitoring is the widest raw gap (Manatal 43, Recruiterflow 33) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Data Governance Disclosure at 15% (Manatal 52, Recruiterflow 44), 28% of the weighted advantage Manatal builds across the 6 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Manatal
Cloud-based applicant tracking system and recruitment CRM for agencies and HR teams, featuring an AI engine that scores and ranks candidates against job requirements and an asynchronous AI video Interviewer.
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
Manatal and Recruiterflow are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Manatal is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Manatal | Recruiterflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | TH | US |
| Founded | 2019 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 28% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Manatal 52 · Recruiterflow 44
1.2 weighted points to Manatal
12% weight · 56% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Manatal 43 · Recruiterflow 33
1.2 weighted points to Manatal
18% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Manatal 22 · Recruiterflow 18
0.7 weighted points to Manatal
8% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Manatal 62 · Recruiterflow 56
0.5 weighted points to Manatal
15% weight · 94% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Manatal 33 · Recruiterflow 30
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Manatal 60 · Recruiterflow 58
0.2 weighted points to Manatal
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +4.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +5 beside that +4.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Manatal minus Recruiterflow.
| Category | Weight | Manatal | Recruiterflow | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 33 | 33 | - | - |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 22 | 18 | +4 | +0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 33 | 30 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 44 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 58 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 43 | 33 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 56 | +6 | +0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 36 (F) | +5 | +4.3 |
§ 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 | Manatal | Recruiterflow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Manatal has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 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 51 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Manatal, across 1 distinct source domain, and 31 for Recruiterflow, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Manatal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Recruiterflow last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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