§ The result
Rippling leads Versant by Pearson on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Rippling scores 56 and Versant by Pearson 49 under rubric v1.0, a 7-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Assessment cohorts. Rippling leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Versant by Pearson is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Rippling leads is Customer Documentation, Rippling 64 to Versant by Pearson 61. FRIA Support is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Rippling 45, Versant by Pearson 30, 15% weight), but it accounts for only 32% of the weighted advantage Rippling holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Rippling
Rippling Recruiting is an applicant tracking system within Rippling's all-in-one HR/IT/finance platform that uses AI to review and screen job applications, summarize interviewer feedback, transcribe video interviews, flag application fraud, and automate interview scheduling.
Vendor profile
Versant by Pearson
Versant by Pearson is a suite of AI-scored English proficiency tests (plus spoken Spanish, French, Arabic and Dutch) that automatically score candidates' spoken and written responses on Pearson's Global Scale of English within minutes, used by employers such as contact centres and BPOs to screen applicants and benchmark staff through the ScoreKeeper dashboard.
§ The record
Rippling is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Versant by Pearson under Assessment AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Versant by Pearson is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Rippling | Versant by Pearson |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2016 | 1844 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 32% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Rippling 45 · Versant by Pearson 30
2.3 weighted points to Rippling
20% weight · 60% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Rippling 73 · Versant by Pearson 63
2.0 weighted points to Rippling
15% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Rippling 64 · Versant by Pearson 53
1.6 weighted points to Rippling
12% weight · 90% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Rippling 60 · Versant by Pearson 56
0.5 weighted points to Rippling
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Rippling 47 · Versant by Pearson 43
0.5 weighted points to Rippling
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Rippling 64 · Versant by Pearson 61
0.2 weighted points to Rippling
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +7.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +7 beside that +7.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Rippling minus Versant by Pearson.
| Category | Weight | Rippling | Versant by Pearson | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 73 | 63 | +10 | +2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 42 | 42 | - | - |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 45 | 30 | +15 | +2.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 64 | 53 | +11 | +1.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 56 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 43 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 61 | +3 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 49 (F) | +7 | +7.1 |
§ 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 | Rippling | Versant by Pearson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 12 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 23 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Rippling has 13 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 12 with a source URL, 1 documented absence; Versant by Pearson has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 23 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Versant by Pearson sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 42 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 13 for Rippling, across 1 distinct source domain, and 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Rippling last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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