§ The result
2 points separate Zoho Recruit and Recruit CRM.
Under rubric v1.0, Zoho Recruit and Recruit CRM finish 2 points apart, 42 to 40, as two ATS-integrated entries. The criteria split evenly, 3 each to Recruit CRM and Zoho Recruit, with 1 level, and the weighted points on the side Zoho Recruit holds, headed by Article 11 Technical Documentation, settle the total. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Recruit CRM 34, Zoho Recruit 45 — and at a 20% weight it carries 72% of the weighted advantage Zoho Recruit holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
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
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
Recruit CRM and Zoho Recruit are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Zoho Recruit is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Recruit CRM | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Low |
| Headquarters | US | IN |
| Founded | Not recorded | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Recruit CRM 34 · Zoho Recruit 45
2.2 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 65% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Recruit CRM 58 · Zoho Recruit 50
1.0 weighted points to Recruit CRM
18% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Recruit CRM 20 · Zoho Recruit 24
0.7 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
15% weight · 92% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Recruit CRM 34 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.6 weighted points to Recruit CRM
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Recruit CRM 42 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.2 weighted points to Recruit CRM
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Recruit CRM 54 · Zoho Recruit 55
0.1 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -1.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.9 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 -1.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Recruit CRM minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | Recruit CRM | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 34 | 45 | -11 | -2.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 24 | -4 | -0.7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 30 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 55 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 40 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 40 (F) | 42 (F) | -2 | -1.3 |
§ 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 | Recruit CRM | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 30 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 10 | 7 | 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; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 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 52 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 35 for Recruit CRM, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Recruit CRM last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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