§ The result
The Predictive Index leads softgarden by 6 points.
The Predictive Index scores 48 and softgarden 42 under rubric v1.0, a 6-point gap across the Assessment and ATS-integrated cohorts. The Predictive Index leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while softgarden leads 2, including Human Oversight Design. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (The Predictive Index 45, softgarden 22) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 61% of the weighted advantage The Predictive Index holds across the 5 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
The Predictive Index
The Predictive Index provides validated behavioral and cognitive psychometric assessments used to screen, hire, and develop employees and design teams, alongside AI-assisted talent-management software.
Vendor profile
softgarden
softgarden is a German cloud applicant tracking system (multiposting, career sites, applicant management and onboarding) with optional AI features: AI-Assisted Applicant Matching, which highlights applicants who closely match a job's requirements, and a newer LLM-based Screening Assistant, which scores each applicant against screening criteria.
§ The record
The Predictive Index is filed under Assessment AI, softgarden under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only The Predictive Index is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | The Predictive Index | softgarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | DE |
| Founded | 1955 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 54% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
The Predictive Index 45 · softgarden 22
4.1 weighted points to The Predictive Index
20% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
The Predictive Index 50 · softgarden 42
1.6 weighted points to The Predictive Index
15% weight · 85% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
The Predictive Index 35 · softgarden 30
0.8 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
The Predictive Index 52 · softgarden 58
0.7 weighted points to softgarden
8% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
The Predictive Index 60 · softgarden 58
0.2 weighted points to The Predictive Index
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
The Predictive Index 55 · softgarden 54
0.1 weighted points to The Predictive Index
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
The Predictive Index 43 · softgarden 44
0.1 weighted points to softgarden
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +6.0 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +6 beside that +6.0.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is The Predictive Index minus softgarden.
| Category | Weight | The Predictive Index | softgarden | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 50 | 42 | +8 | +1.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 45 | 22 | +23 | +4.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 30 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 54 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 58 | -6 | -0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 43 | 44 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 58 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 48 (F) | 42 (F) | +6 | +6.0 |
§ 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 | The Predictive Index | softgarden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 18 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 31 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
The Predictive Index has 24 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; softgarden has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 31 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 60 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 24 for The Predictive Index, across 1 distinct source domain, and 36 for softgarden, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- The Predictive Index last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- softgarden last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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