§ The result
Zoho Recruit leads SeekOut by 8 points.
Zoho Recruit scores 42 and SeekOut 34 under rubric v1.0, an 8-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Zoho Recruit leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Data Governance Disclosure, while SeekOut leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: Customer Documentation (SeekOut 35, Zoho Recruit 60) and Data Governance Disclosure at 15% (SeekOut 35, Zoho Recruit 55), the second being 30% of the weighted advantage Zoho Recruit holds across the 6 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
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
SeekOut is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Zoho Recruit under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only Zoho Recruit is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | SeekOut | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Low |
| Headquarters | US | IN |
| Founded | 2017 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 23% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
SeekOut 35 · Zoho Recruit 55
3.0 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
18% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
SeekOut 40 · Zoho Recruit 24
2.9 weighted points to SeekOut
20% weight · 60% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
SeekOut 35 · Zoho Recruit 45
2.0 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
8% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
SeekOut 35 · Zoho Recruit 60
2.0 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 90% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
SeekOut 25 · Zoho Recruit 40
1.8 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
SeekOut 25 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.8 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
SeekOut 45 · Zoho Recruit 50
0.6 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -7.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -8 beside that -7.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is SeekOut minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | SeekOut | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 35 | 45 | -10 | -2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 40 | 24 | +16 | +2.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 35 | 55 | -20 | -3.0 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 45 | 50 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 25 | 40 | -15 | -1.8 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 35 | 60 | -25 | -2.0 |
| Total | 100% | 34 (F) | 42 (F) | -8 | -7.3 |
§ 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 | SeekOut | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 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 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 26 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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