Side-by-side · Rubric v1.0
Paylocity vs SmartRecruiters
Side-by-side scores and evidence under the HireAIScore rubric v1.0. Click a vendor name to jump to the full profile and the cited evidence behind each score.
Vendor profile
Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based HCM and payroll platform whose talent suite includes an applicant tracking system with generative-AI job-description and invite drafting, one-way video interviews, candidate self-scheduling, and a conversational "AI Assistant."
Vendor profile
SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters is an enterprise applicant tracking system and talent acquisition suite whose AI layer (the Winston assistant plus SmartAssistant/Winston Match) screens, ranks, and matches candidates to requisitions to support recruiter decisions.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Paylocity minus SmartRecruiters.
| Category | Weight | Paylocity | SmartRecruiters | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 44 | 70 | -26 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 33 | 78 | -45 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 45 | -15 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 62 | -8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 62 | -12 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 48 | -6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 63 | -5 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 62 (D) | -19 |
§ Evidence summary
Evidence count
Paylocity
18 rows across 7 categories
- documentation
- 7
- public statement
- 3
- absence
- 7
- audit report
- 1
Evidence count
SmartRecruiters
13 rows across 7 categories
- documentation
- 5
- public statement
- 3
- audit report
- 3
- absence
- 2