§ The result
4 points separate SeekOut and XOR.
SeekOut (Sourcing) edges XOR (Screening) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 34 to 30. SeekOut and XOR each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split SeekOut holds (headed by Bias Audit Transparency) adds up to more weighted points. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — SeekOut 40, XOR 18 — and at an 18% weight it carries 52% of the weighted advantage SeekOut holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
Vendor profile
XOR
XOR is a text-first conversational-AI recruiting platform that pre-screens and scores high-volume and hourly candidates with recruiter-defined knockout/scoring questions over SMS, WhatsApp, and Messenger, then auto-schedules interviews on the recruiter's calendar.
§ The record
SeekOut is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, XOR under Screening AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only XOR is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | SeekOut | XOR |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2016 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 37% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
SeekOut 40 · XOR 18
4.0 weighted points to SeekOut
20% weight · 66% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
SeekOut 35 · XOR 20
3.0 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
SeekOut 35 · XOR 42
1.1 weighted points to XOR
8% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
SeekOut 35 · XOR 48
1.0 weighted points to XOR
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
SeekOut 25 · XOR 33
1.0 weighted points to XOR
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
SeekOut 45 · XOR 40
0.6 weighted points to SeekOut
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +4.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.6 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 +4.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is SeekOut minus XOR.
| Category | Weight | SeekOut | XOR | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 35 | 20 | +15 | +3.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 40 | 18 | +22 | +4.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 35 | 42 | -7 | -1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 45 | 40 | +5 | +0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 25 | 33 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 35 | 48 | -13 | -1.0 |
| Total | 100% | 34 (F) | 30 (F) | +4 | +4.5 |
§ 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 | SeekOut | XOR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 11 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; XOR has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 27 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for XOR, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- XOR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
HireAIScore scores are editorial research, not legal advice, and no vendor pays for placement, scoring or removal — see the methodology, conflicts policy and terms.
§ Where next