§ The result
Manatal leads SeekOut by 7 points.
Manatal scores 41 and SeekOut 34 under rubric v1.0, a 7-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Manatal leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Data Governance Disclosure, while SeekOut leads 2, including Bias Audit Transparency. The heaviest weighted swing runs the other way — SeekOut takes Bias Audit Transparency at 18%, Manatal 22 to SeekOut 40, 89% of the weighted advantage SeekOut holds — while the widest raw gap sits on Customer Documentation, Manatal 62 to SeekOut 35.
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
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Manatal is filed under ATS-integrated AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
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 | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | TH | US |
| Founded | 2019 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 24% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Manatal 22 · SeekOut 40
3.2 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 43% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Manatal 52 · SeekOut 35
2.5 weighted points to Manatal
12% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Manatal 43 · SeekOut 25
2.2 weighted points to Manatal
8% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Manatal 62 · SeekOut 35
2.2 weighted points to Manatal
12% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Manatal 60 · SeekOut 45
1.8 weighted points to Manatal
15% weight · 97% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Manatal 33 · SeekOut 25
1.2 weighted points to Manatal
20% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Manatal 33 · SeekOut 35
0.4 weighted points to SeekOut
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +6.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +7 beside that +6.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Manatal minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Manatal | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 33 | 35 | -2 | -0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 22 | 40 | -18 | -3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 33 | 25 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 35 | +17 | +2.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 45 | +15 | +1.8 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 43 | 25 | +18 | +2.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 35 | +27 | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 34 (F) | +7 | +6.2 |
§ 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 | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 4 | 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; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 29 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Manatal, across 1 distinct source domain, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Manatal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next