§ The result
3 points separate RecruitBot and SeekOut.
Within the Sourcing cohort, RecruitBot edges SeekOut by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 37 to 34. SeekOut takes 2 of the 7 criteria, Bias Audit Transparency among them, against 5 for RecruitBot, whose share includes Data Governance Disclosure. SeekOut takes the heaviest weighted swing, Bias Audit Transparency at 18% (RecruitBot 22, SeekOut 40), 89% of the weighted advantage it builds, while the widest raw gap is on Customer Documentation, RecruitBot 55 to SeekOut 35.
Vendor profile
RecruitBot
RecruitBot is an AI sourcing platform that searches a proprietary database of 655M+ candidate profiles, re-ranks results with machine learning trained on each recruiter's star ratings, and automates personalized email outreach.
Vendor profile
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
RecruitBot and SeekOut are both filed under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144.
| Record | RecruitBot | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 33% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
RecruitBot 22 · SeekOut 40
3.2 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
RecruitBot 48 · SeekOut 35
1.9 weighted points to RecruitBot
12% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
RecruitBot 40 · SeekOut 25
1.8 weighted points to RecruitBot
8% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
RecruitBot 55 · SeekOut 35
1.6 weighted points to RecruitBot
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
RecruitBot 50 · SeekOut 45
0.6 weighted points to RecruitBot
20% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
RecruitBot 33 · SeekOut 35
0.4 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
RecruitBot 27 · SeekOut 25
0.3 weighted points to RecruitBot
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +2.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +3 beside that +2.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is RecruitBot minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | RecruitBot | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 33 | 35 | -2 | -0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 22 | 40 | -18 | -3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 27 | 25 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 48 | 35 | +13 | +1.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 45 | +5 | +0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 25 | +15 | +1.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 55 | 35 | +20 | +1.6 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 34 (F) | +3 | +2.6 |
§ 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 | RecruitBot | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 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% | 25 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
RecruitBot has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 6 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 RecruitBot sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 40 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for RecruitBot, across 2 distinct source domains, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- RecruitBot last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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