§ The result
The Predictive Index leads Paradox by 7 points.
The Predictive Index scores 48 and Paradox 41 under rubric v1.0, a 7-point gap across the Assessment and Scheduling cohorts. The Predictive Index leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Paradox leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: Customer Documentation (Paradox 45, The Predictive Index 60) and Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Paradox 40, The Predictive Index 50), the second being 27% of the weighted advantage The Predictive Index holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Paradox
Conversational AI ("Olivia") that screens, schedules, and engages candidates over chat and SMS, often deployed on top of an existing ATS.
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
Paradox is filed under Scheduling AI, The Predictive Index under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only The Predictive Index is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Paradox | The Predictive Index |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2016 | 1955 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 24% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Paradox 40 · The Predictive Index 50
2.0 weighted points to The Predictive Index
15% weight · 42% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Paradox 25 · The Predictive Index 35
1.5 weighted points to The Predictive Index
15% weight · 60% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Paradox 45 · The Predictive Index 55
1.5 weighted points to The Predictive Index
8% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Paradox 45 · The Predictive Index 60
1.2 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Paradox 35 · The Predictive Index 43
1.0 weighted points to The Predictive Index
18% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Paradox 50 · The Predictive Index 45
0.9 weighted points to Paradox
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Paradox 50 · The Predictive Index 52
0.2 weighted points to The Predictive Index
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -6.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 8.3 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 -6.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Paradox minus The Predictive Index.
| Category | Weight | Paradox | The Predictive Index | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 40 | 50 | -10 | -2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 50 | 45 | +5 | +0.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 35 | -10 | -1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 45 | 55 | -10 | -1.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 52 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 43 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 45 | 60 | -15 | -1.2 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 48 (F) | -7 | -6.5 |
§ 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 | Paradox | The Predictive Index | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 8 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 18 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Paradox has 10 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 8 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; The Predictive Index has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Paradox sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 34 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 10 for Paradox, across 2 distinct source domains, and 24 for The Predictive Index, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Paradox last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- The Predictive Index last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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