§ The result
SmartRecruiters leads Workstream on all 7 criteria.
Under rubric v1.0, SmartRecruiters (ATS-integrated) opens a 23-point lead on Workstream (Screening), 62 (D) to 39 (F). Of the 7 criteria Workstream wins none, and the narrowest lead SmartRecruiters holds is on Human Oversight Design, SmartRecruiters 62 to Workstream 61. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — SmartRecruiters 78, Workstream 20 — and at an 18% weight it carries 44% of the weighted advantage SmartRecruiters holds across the 7 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters is an enterprise applicant tracking system and talent acquisition suite whose AI layer (the Winston assistant plus SmartAssistant/Winston Match) screens, ranks, and matches candidates to requisitions to support recruiter decisions.
Vendor profile
Workstream
Workstream is a mobile-first HR, payroll and hiring platform for hourly, multi-location employers such as QSR franchisees. Its hiring suite pairs a text-to-apply applicant tracking system with VoiceAI phone screens and VideoAI asynchronous video interviews, which return transcripts, AI summaries, pass/fail results for each question and match scores.
§ The record
SmartRecruiters is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Workstream under Screening AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Workstream is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | SmartRecruiters | Workstream |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2010 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 44% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
SmartRecruiters 78 · Workstream 20
10.4 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
20% weight · 70% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
SmartRecruiters 70 · Workstream 40
6.0 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
15% weight · 81% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
SmartRecruiters 45 · Workstream 27
2.7 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
15% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
SmartRecruiters 62 · Workstream 47
2.3 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
SmartRecruiters 48 · Workstream 35
1.6 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
8% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
SmartRecruiters 63 · Workstream 56
0.6 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
SmartRecruiters 62 · Workstream 61
0.1 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +23.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 23.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +23 beside that +23.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is SmartRecruiters minus Workstream.
| Category | Weight | SmartRecruiters | Workstream | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 70 | 40 | +30 | +6.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 78 | 20 | +58 | +10.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 45 | 27 | +18 | +2.7 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 47 | +15 | +2.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 61 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 48 | 35 | +13 | +1.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 63 | 56 | +7 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 62 (D) | 39 (F) | +23 | +23.6 |
§ 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 | SmartRecruiters | Workstream | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own 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 | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 7 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate 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% | 11 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 28 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
SmartRecruiters has 13 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Workstream has 34 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for SmartRecruiters and Workstream sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 47 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 13 for SmartRecruiters, across 2 distinct source domains, and 34 for Workstream, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- SmartRecruiters last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Workstream last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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