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SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting vs Versant by Pearson
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4 points separate SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting and Versant by Pearson.
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting holds a 4-point edge over Versant by Pearson under rubric v1.0, 53 to 49, across the ATS-integrated and Assessment cohorts. Versant by Pearson takes 2 of the 7 criteria, Bias Audit Transparency among them, against 5 for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, whose share includes Article 11 Technical Documentation. Article 11 Technical Documentation is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 70, Versant by Pearson 63, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 35% of the weighted advantage SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting holds across the 5 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting is the recruiting module of SAP's cloud HCM suite, using AI (career-site skills matching, job-description generation, resume skills extraction and stack-ranking of applicants) delivered under SAP Business AI and the Joule assistant.
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
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Versant by Pearson under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Versant by Pearson is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting | Versant by Pearson |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | DE | GB |
| Founded | 1972 | 1844 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 30% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 70 · Versant by Pearson 63
1.4 weighted points to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
15% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 60 · Versant by Pearson 53
1.1 weighted points to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
15% weight · 68% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 35 · Versant by Pearson 30
0.8 weighted points to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
12% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 62 · Versant by Pearson 56
0.7 weighted points to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
18% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 40 · Versant by Pearson 42
0.4 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 40 · Versant by Pearson 43
0.4 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 62 · Versant by Pearson 61
0.1 weighted points to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +3.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.7 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +4 beside that +3.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting minus Versant by Pearson.
| Category | Weight | SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting | Versant by Pearson | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 70 | 63 | +7 | +1.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 40 | 42 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 30 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 53 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 56 | +6 | +0.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 43 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 61 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 53 (F) | 49 (F) | +4 | +3.3 |
§ 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 | SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting | Versant by Pearson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on a separate 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% | 3 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 17 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 23 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 17 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; 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 SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting and Versant by Pearson sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 51 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 22 for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, across 3 distinct source domains, and 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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