§ The result
Recruit CRM leads SeekOut by 6 points.
Recruit CRM scores 40 and SeekOut 34 under rubric v1.0, a 6-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. The 7 criteria split 5 to 2 in favour of Recruit CRM: Recruit CRM is ahead on Data Governance Disclosure and SeekOut on Bias Audit Transparency. SeekOut takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (Recruit CRM 20, SeekOut 40), 95% of the weighted advantage it builds, while the widest raw gap is on Customer Documentation, Recruit CRM 60 to SeekOut 35.
Vendor profile
Recruit CRM
Recruit CRM is an ATS and CRM for recruitment agencies and executive search firms, with AI resume parsing, AI sourcing from an 800M+ profile Global Database, and AI candidate matching that scores and ranks candidates 0–100 with explanations for each dimension.
Vendor profile
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Recruit CRM is filed under ATS-integrated AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act.
| Record | Recruit CRM | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | Not recorded | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 26% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Recruit CRM 20 · SeekOut 40
3.6 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 47% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Recruit CRM 54 · SeekOut 35
2.9 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 62% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Recruit CRM 42 · SeekOut 25
2.0 weighted points to Recruit CRM
8% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Recruit CRM 60 · SeekOut 35
2.0 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Recruit CRM 58 · SeekOut 45
1.6 weighted points to Recruit CRM
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Recruit CRM 34 · SeekOut 25
1.3 weighted points to Recruit CRM
20% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Recruit CRM 34 · SeekOut 35
0.2 weighted points to SeekOut
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 13.6 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 Recruit CRM minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Recruit CRM | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 34 | 35 | -1 | -0.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 40 | -20 | -3.6 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 25 | +9 | +1.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 35 | +19 | +2.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 45 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 25 | +17 | +2.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 35 | +25 | +2.0 |
| Total | 100% | 40 (F) | 34 (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 | Recruit CRM | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 30 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Recruit CRM has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 30 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Recruit CRM sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 44 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Recruit CRM, across 2 distinct source domains, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Recruit CRM last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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