§ The result
Retorio takes the total, softgarden takes more of the criteria.
Retorio (Assessment) edges softgarden (ATS-integrated) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 44 to 42. softgarden leads more of the criteria than Retorio — 4 to 2 — but Bias Audit Transparency, which Retorio leads, carries 18% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Retorio. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (Retorio 40, softgarden 22) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 67% of the weighted advantage Retorio holds across the 2 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Retorio
Video-based AI that analyses words, voice, and facial expression/body language to infer Big Five (OCEAN) personality and behavioural traits.
Vendor profile
softgarden
softgarden is a German cloud applicant tracking system (multiposting, career sites, applicant management and onboarding) with optional AI features: AI-Assisted Applicant Matching, which highlights applicants who closely match a job's requirements, and a newer LLM-based Screening Assistant, which scores each applicant against screening criteria.
§ The record
Retorio is filed under Assessment AI, softgarden under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only Retorio is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Retorio | softgarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | DE | DE |
| Founded | 2018 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 41% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Retorio 40 · softgarden 22
3.2 weighted points to Retorio
20% weight · 62% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Retorio 50 · softgarden 42
1.6 weighted points to Retorio
12% weight · 79% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Retorio 33 · softgarden 44
1.3 weighted points to softgarden
12% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Retorio 52 · softgarden 58
0.7 weighted points to softgarden
8% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Retorio 50 · softgarden 58
0.6 weighted points to softgarden
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Retorio 52 · softgarden 54
0.3 weighted points to softgarden
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +1.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.8 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 +1.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Retorio minus softgarden.
| Category | Weight | Retorio | softgarden | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 50 | 42 | +8 | +1.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 40 | 22 | +18 | +3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 54 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 58 | -6 | -0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 33 | 44 | -11 | -1.3 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 50 | 58 | -8 | -0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 44 (F) | 42 (F) | +2 | +1.9 |
§ 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 | Retorio | softgarden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 16 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 31 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Retorio has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; softgarden has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 31 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Retorio sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 58 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 22 for Retorio, across 4 distinct source domains, and 36 for softgarden, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Retorio last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- softgarden last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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