§ The result
Zoho Recruit takes the total, Manatal takes more of the criteria.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, Zoho Recruit edges Manatal by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 42 to 41. Manatal leads more of the criteria than Zoho Recruit — 4 to 3 — but Article 11 Technical Documentation, which Zoho Recruit leads, carries 20% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Zoho Recruit. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Manatal 33, Zoho Recruit 45 — and at a 20% weight it carries 75% of the weighted advantage Zoho Recruit holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
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
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
Manatal and Zoho Recruit are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act, Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Manatal | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Low |
| Headquarters | TH | IN |
| Founded | 2019 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Manatal 33 · Zoho Recruit 45
2.4 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 67% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Manatal 60 · Zoho Recruit 50
1.2 weighted points to Manatal
15% weight · 75% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Manatal 33 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
15% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Manatal 52 · Zoho Recruit 55
0.4 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
18% weight · 90% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Manatal 22 · Zoho Recruit 24
0.4 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Manatal 43 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.4 weighted points to Manatal
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Manatal 62 · Zoho Recruit 60
0.2 weighted points to Manatal
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -1.0 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -1 beside that -1.0.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Manatal minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | Manatal | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 33 | 45 | -12 | -2.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 22 | 24 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 33 | 30 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 55 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 50 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 43 | 40 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 60 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 42 (F) | -1 | -1.0 |
§ 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 | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 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 | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Manatal has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 37 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Manatal, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Manatal last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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