§ The result
1 point separates UKG and Paylocity.
Within the ATS-integrated cohort, UKG edges Paylocity by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 44 to 43. UKG leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Paylocity leads 3, including Bias Audit Transparency. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: FRIA Support (Paylocity 30, UKG 35) and Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Paylocity 44, UKG 48), the second being 38% of the weighted advantage UKG holds across the 4 criteria on that side of the table.
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
UKG
UKG is an enterprise HCM and workforce-management suite whose UKG Pro Recruiting applicant-tracking module, augmented by the embedded Bryte AI layer, drafts job descriptions and produces profile-match candidate scores to rank and shortlist applicants.
§ The record
Paylocity and UKG are both filed under ATS-integrated 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 Paylocity is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Paylocity | UKG |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1997 | 2020 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 24% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Paylocity 44 · UKG 48
0.8 weighted points to UKG
15% weight · 46% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Paylocity 30 · UKG 35
0.8 weighted points to UKG
18% weight · 62% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Paylocity 33 · UKG 30
0.5 weighted points to Paylocity
12% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Paylocity 42 · UKG 38
0.5 weighted points to Paylocity
15% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Paylocity 54 · UKG 56
0.3 weighted points to UKG
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Paylocity 50 · UKG 52
0.2 weighted points to UKG
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Paylocity 58 · UKG 55
0.2 weighted points to Paylocity
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -0.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 3.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -1 beside that -0.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Paylocity minus UKG.
| Category | Weight | Paylocity | UKG | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 44 | 48 | -4 | -0.8 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 33 | 30 | +3 | +0.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 35 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 56 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 52 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 38 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 55 | +3 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 43 (F) | 44 (F) | -1 | -0.8 |
§ 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 | Paylocity | UKG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 2 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 2 | — |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 11 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 8 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Paylocity has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; UKG has 14 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 6 with a source URL, 8 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 32 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 18 for Paylocity, across 2 distinct source domains, and 14 for UKG, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Paylocity last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- UKG last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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