§ The result
1 point separates Recruit CRM and Workstream.
Recruit CRM holds a 1-point edge over Workstream under rubric v1.0, 40 to 39, across the ATS-integrated and Screening cohorts. The 7 criteria split 4 to 2 in favour of Recruit CRM, with 1 level: Recruit CRM is ahead on FRIA Support and Workstream on Article 11 Technical Documentation. The heaviest weighted swing runs the other way — Workstream takes Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20%, Recruit CRM 34 to Workstream 40, 77% of the weighted advantage Workstream holds — while the widest raw gap sits on FRIA Support, Recruit CRM 34 to Workstream 27.
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
Workstream
Workstream is a mobile-first HR, payroll and hiring platform for hourly, multi-location employers such as QSR franchisees. Its hiring suite pairs a text-to-apply applicant tracking system with VoiceAI phone screens and VideoAI asynchronous video interviews, which return transcripts, AI summaries, pass/fail results for each question and match scores.
§ The record
Recruit CRM is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Workstream under Screening AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Workstream is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Recruit CRM | Workstream |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | Not recorded | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 25% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Recruit CRM 34 · Workstream 40
1.2 weighted points to Workstream
15% weight · 47% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Recruit CRM 34 · Workstream 27
1.1 weighted points to Recruit CRM
15% weight · 68% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Recruit CRM 54 · Workstream 47
1.1 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Recruit CRM 42 · Workstream 35
0.8 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Recruit CRM 58 · Workstream 61
0.4 weighted points to Workstream
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Recruit CRM 60 · Workstream 56
0.3 weighted points to Recruit CRM
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +1.7 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +1.7.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Recruit CRM minus Workstream.
| Category | Weight | Recruit CRM | Workstream | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 34 | 40 | -6 | -1.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 27 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 47 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 61 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 35 | +7 | +0.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 56 | +4 | +0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 40 (F) | 39 (F) | +1 | +1.7 |
§ 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 | Workstream | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 30 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 28 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Recruit CRM has 35 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 30 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Workstream has 34 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Recruit CRM and Workstream sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 69 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Recruit CRM, across 2 distinct source domains, and 34 for Workstream, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Recruit CRM last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Workstream last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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