§ The result
Phenom takes the total, Paycom takes more of the criteria.
Phenom (Sourcing) edges Paycom (ATS-integrated) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 52 to 50. Paycom leads more of the criteria than Phenom — 5 to 2 — but Bias Audit Transparency, which Phenom leads, carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Phenom. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Paycom 38, Phenom 75 — and at an 18% weight it carries 92% of the weighted advantage Phenom holds across the 2 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Paycom
Paycom is a single-database human capital management and payroll platform whose applicant tracking system automates recruiting with resume parsing, keyword/knockout candidate filtering, automated correspondence, generative job-description writing, and a command-driven AI data-query engine (IWant).
Vendor profile
Phenom
Talent experience platform combining a career site CMS, candidate CRM, internal mobility, and conversational AI for screening and scheduling.
§ The record
Paycom is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Phenom under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and Scheduling.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Paycom | Phenom |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1998 | 2010 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 54% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Paycom 38 · Phenom 75
6.7 weighted points to Phenom
20% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Paycom 68 · Phenom 55
2.6 weighted points to Paycom
12% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Paycom 38 · Phenom 30
1.0 weighted points to Paycom
15% weight · 89% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Paycom 30 · Phenom 25
0.8 weighted points to Paycom
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Paycom 55 · Phenom 60
0.6 weighted points to Phenom
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Paycom 60 · Phenom 55
0.4 weighted points to Paycom
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Paycom 62 · Phenom 60
0.3 weighted points to Paycom
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -2.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -2 beside that -2.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Paycom minus Phenom.
| Category | Weight | Paycom | Phenom | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 68 | 55 | +13 | +2.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 75 | -37 | -6.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 25 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 60 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 60 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 30 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 55 | +5 | +0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 50 (F) | 52 (F) | -2 | -2.3 |
§ 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 | Paycom | Phenom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | — |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 8 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Paycom has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Phenom has 10 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 8 with a source URL, 2 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 30 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Paycom, across 1 distinct source domain, and 10 for Phenom, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Paycom last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Phenom last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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