§ The result
Prevue HR takes the total, softgarden takes more of the criteria.
Prevue HR (Assessment) edges softgarden (ATS-integrated) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 44 to 42. softgarden leads more of the criteria than Prevue HR — 4 to 2 — but Bias Audit Transparency, which Prevue HR leads, carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Prevue HR. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (Prevue HR 44, softgarden 22) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 87% of the weighted advantage Prevue HR holds across the 2 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Prevue HR
Prevue HR's psychometric platform tests candidates' aptitude, personality and motivations and compares the results with a custom role benchmark to produce a percentage Job Suitability score and Job-Fit report, alongside an optional applicant tracking system (APS Pro).
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
Prevue HR is filed under Assessment AI, softgarden under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Prevue HR is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Prevue HR | softgarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | CA | DE |
| Founded | 1994 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 58% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Prevue HR 44 · softgarden 22
4.0 weighted points to Prevue HR
15% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Prevue HR 48 · softgarden 54
0.9 weighted points to softgarden
20% weight · 79% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Prevue HR 45 · softgarden 42
0.6 weighted points to Prevue HR
12% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Prevue HR 54 · softgarden 58
0.5 weighted points to softgarden
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Prevue HR 40 · softgarden 44
0.5 weighted points to softgarden
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Prevue HR 27 · softgarden 30
0.4 weighted points to softgarden
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +2.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +2 beside that +2.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Prevue HR minus softgarden.
| Category | Weight | Prevue HR | softgarden | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 45 | 42 | +3 | +0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 44 | 22 | +22 | +4.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 27 | 30 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 48 | 54 | -6 | -0.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 54 | 58 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 44 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 58 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 44 (F) | 42 (F) | +2 | +2.3 |
§ 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 | Prevue HR | softgarden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 31 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Prevue HR has 34 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 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; some documentation or audit rows for Prevue HR sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 70 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 34 for Prevue HR, across 2 distinct source domains, and 36 for softgarden, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Prevue HR last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- softgarden last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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