§ The result
The Predictive Index leads Mercer | Mettl on 6 of the 7 criteria.
The Predictive Index scores 48 and Mercer | Mettl 42 under rubric v1.0 — a 6-point gap inside the Assessment cohort. The Predictive Index leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Mercer | Mettl is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 The Predictive Index leads is Bias Audit Transparency, Mercer | Mettl 42 to The Predictive Index 45. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Mercer | Mettl 38, The Predictive Index 50 — and at a 20% weight it carries 40% of the weighted advantage The Predictive Index holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Mercer | Mettl
Mercer | Mettl is an online talent assessment and remote-proctoring platform offering psychometric, aptitude, coding, and skills tests plus AI-assisted exam proctoring and scoring for hiring, certification, and L&D.
Vendor profile
The Predictive Index
The Predictive Index provides validated behavioral and cognitive psychometric assessments used to screen, hire, and develop employees and design teams, alongside AI-assisted talent-management software.
§ The record
Mercer | Mettl and The Predictive Index are both filed under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Mercer | Mettl | The Predictive Index |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | IN | US |
| Founded | 2010 | 1955 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 40% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Mercer | Mettl 38 · The Predictive Index 50
2.4 weighted points to The Predictive Index
15% weight · 57% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Mercer | Mettl 28 · The Predictive Index 35
1.1 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Mercer | Mettl 45 · The Predictive Index 52
0.8 weighted points to The Predictive Index
8% weight · 81% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Mercer | Mettl 52 · The Predictive Index 60
0.6 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Mercer | Mettl 38 · The Predictive Index 43
0.6 weighted points to The Predictive Index
18% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Mercer | Mettl 42 · The Predictive Index 45
0.5 weighted points to The Predictive Index
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -6.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -6 beside that -6.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Mercer | Mettl minus The Predictive Index.
| Category | Weight | Mercer | Mettl | The Predictive Index | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 38 | 50 | -12 | -2.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 42 | 45 | -3 | -0.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 35 | -7 | -1.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 55 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 45 | 52 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 43 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 52 | 60 | -8 | -0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 42 (F) | 48 (F) | -6 | -6.1 |
§ 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 | Mercer | Mettl | The Predictive Index | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 9 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 18 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Mercer | Mettl has 14 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 9 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; The Predictive Index has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 38 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 14 for Mercer | Mettl, across 2 distinct source domains, and 24 for The Predictive Index, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Mercer | Mettl last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- The Predictive Index last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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