§ The result
Phenom leads Recruiterflow by 16 points.
Under rubric v1.0, Phenom (Sourcing) opens a 16-point lead on Recruiterflow (ATS-integrated), 52 to 36. Phenom leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while Recruiterflow leads 3, including FRIA Support. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Phenom 75, Recruiterflow 18 — and at an 18% weight it carries 59% of the weighted advantage Phenom holds across the 4 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Phenom
Talent experience platform combining a career site CMS, candidate CRM, internal mobility, and conversational AI for screening and scheduling.
Vendor profile
Recruiterflow
Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM for recruiting agencies and executive search firms. Its AIRA AI layer ranks candidates already in a firm's database against each job with an explainable 0–100 Criteria Score (AIRA Matchmaker, shown as the 'AI Matches' card), and adds natural-language candidate search, external profile sourcing and an AI call notetaker that fills in interview scorecards.
§ The record
Phenom is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Recruiterflow under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Phenom is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Phenom | Recruiterflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2010 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Phenom 75 · Recruiterflow 18
10.3 weighted points to Phenom
20% weight · 79% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Phenom 55 · Recruiterflow 33
4.4 weighted points to Phenom
15% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Phenom 60 · Recruiterflow 44
2.4 weighted points to Phenom
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Phenom 25 · Recruiterflow 30
0.8 weighted points to Recruiterflow
12% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Phenom 30 · Recruiterflow 33
0.4 weighted points to Recruiterflow
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Phenom 60 · Recruiterflow 58
0.2 weighted points to Phenom
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Phenom 55 · Recruiterflow 56
0.1 weighted points to Recruiterflow
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +16.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 18.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +16 beside that +16.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Phenom minus Recruiterflow.
| Category | Weight | Phenom | Recruiterflow | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 55 | 33 | +22 | +4.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 75 | 18 | +57 | +10.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 44 | +16 | +2.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 58 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 30 | 33 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 56 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 52 (F) | 36 (F) | +16 | +16.1 |
§ 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 | Phenom | Recruiterflow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 0 | 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 the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources 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 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 0 | 1 | — | 3 | 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 domain | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Phenom has 10 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 8 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Recruiterflow has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 41 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 10 for Phenom, across 1 distinct source domain, and 31 for Recruiterflow, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Phenom last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Recruiterflow last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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