§ The result
4 points separate Paycom and Talkpush.
Paycom (ATS-integrated) edges Talkpush (Screening) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 50 to 46. Paycom and Talkpush each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Paycom holds (headed by Article 11 Technical Documentation) adds up to more weighted points. Paycom takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Paycom 68, Talkpush 52), which is 50% of the weighted advantage Paycom holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Data Governance Disclosure, Paycom 62 to Talkpush 44.
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
Talkpush
Talkpush is a conversational recruitment CRM and applicant tracking system for high-volume hiring that screens candidates over WhatsApp, Messenger, SMS and voice using chatbots, automated workflows (Autoflow), an AI English-proficiency assessment (TalkScore) and an outbound AI voice agent.
§ The record
Paycom is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Talkpush under Screening AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Scheduling.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Talkpush is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Paycom | Talkpush |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | HK |
| Founded | 1998 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Paycom 68 · Talkpush 52
3.2 weighted points to Paycom
15% weight · 72% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Paycom 62 · Talkpush 44
2.7 weighted points to Paycom
12% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Paycom 38 · Talkpush 46
1.0 weighted points to Talkpush
18% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Paycom 38 · Talkpush 42
0.7 weighted points to Talkpush
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Paycom 30 · Talkpush 27
0.4 weighted points to Paycom
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Paycom 55 · Talkpush 56
0.1 weighted points to Talkpush
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +4.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 8.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +4 beside that +4.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Paycom minus Talkpush.
| Category | Weight | Paycom | Talkpush | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 68 | 52 | +16 | +3.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 38 | 42 | -4 | -0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 27 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 44 | +18 | +2.7 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 56 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 46 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 50 (F) | 46 (F) | +4 | +4.6 |
§ 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 | Talkpush | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 21 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Paycom has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Talkpush has 28 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 21 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Talkpush sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 48 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Paycom, across 1 distinct source domain, and 28 for Talkpush, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Paycom last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Talkpush last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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