§ The result
Textkernel leads Recruit CRM by 11 points.
Textkernel sits 11 points above Recruit CRM under rubric v1.0 — 51 against 40 — with Textkernel filed under Sourcing and Recruit CRM under ATS-integrated. Recruit CRM takes 2 of the 7 criteria, FRIA Support among them, against 5 for Textkernel, whose share includes Bias Audit Transparency. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (Recruit CRM 20, Textkernel 55) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 57% of the weighted advantage Textkernel holds across the 5 criteria it leads.
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
Textkernel
Textkernel provides AI-powered CV/resume and job parsing, semantic search, and candidate-job matching technology (including the acquired Sovren engine) embedded inside ATS, job board, and HR systems.
§ The record
Recruit CRM is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Textkernel 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. Only Textkernel is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Recruit CRM | Textkernel |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | NL |
| Founded | Not recorded | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 54% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Recruit CRM 20 · Textkernel 55
6.3 weighted points to Textkernel
20% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Recruit CRM 34 · Textkernel 55
4.2 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Recruit CRM 34 · Textkernel 32
0.3 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Recruit CRM 58 · Textkernel 60
0.2 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Recruit CRM 42 · Textkernel 40
0.2 weighted points to Recruit CRM
8% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Recruit CRM 60 · Textkernel 62
0.2 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Recruit CRM 54 · Textkernel 55
0.1 weighted points to Textkernel
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -10.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 11.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -11 beside that -10.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Recruit CRM minus Textkernel.
| Category | Weight | Recruit CRM | Textkernel | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 34 | 55 | -21 | -4.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 55 | -35 | -6.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 32 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 55 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 60 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 40 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 62 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 40 (F) | 51 (F) | -11 | -10.5 |
§ 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 | Textkernel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 30 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 13 | 5 | Audit reportSources 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; Textkernel has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 5 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 53 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Recruit CRM, across 2 distinct source domains, and 18 for Textkernel, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Recruit CRM last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Textkernel last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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