§ The result
3 points separate Testlify and softgarden.
Testlify (Assessment) edges softgarden (ATS-integrated) by 3 points under rubric v1.0, 45 to 42. softgarden takes 2 of the 7 criteria, Human Oversight Design among them, against 5 for Testlify, whose share includes Article 11 Technical Documentation. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (softgarden 42, Testlify 52) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 48% of the weighted advantage Testlify holds across the 5 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
softgarden
softgarden is a German cloud applicant tracking system (multiposting, career sites, applicant management and onboarding) with optional AI features: AI-Assisted Applicant Matching, which highlights applicants who closely match a job's requirements, and a newer LLM-based Screening Assistant, which scores each applicant against screening criteria.
Vendor profile
Testlify
Testlify is a skills-assessment and AI-interviewing platform that ranks candidates on a scored leaderboard from pre-built or AI-generated tests, with an AI résumé screener, AI-scored video, voice and chat interviews, and AI-assisted proctoring.
§ The record
softgarden is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Testlify 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 Testlify is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | softgarden | Testlify |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Low |
| Headquarters | DE | US |
| Founded | 2001 | 2022 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
softgarden 42 · Testlify 52
2.0 weighted points to Testlify
18% weight · 72% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
softgarden 22 · Testlify 30
1.4 weighted points to Testlify
15% weight · 81% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
softgarden 30 · Testlify 33
0.4 weighted points to Testlify
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
softgarden 58 · Testlify 55
0.4 weighted points to softgarden
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
softgarden 44 · Testlify 42
0.2 weighted points to softgarden
8% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
softgarden 58 · Testlify 60
0.2 weighted points to Testlify
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
softgarden 54 · Testlify 55
0.1 weighted points to Testlify
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -3.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -3 beside that -3.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is softgarden minus Testlify.
| Category | Weight | softgarden | Testlify | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 52 | -10 | -2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 22 | 30 | -8 | -1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 33 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 55 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 58 | 55 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 42 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 60 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 42 (F) | 45 (F) | -3 | -3.6 |
§ 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 | softgarden | Testlify | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 7 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 5 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 31 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 31 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
softgarden has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 31 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Testlify has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 31 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 72 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 36 for softgarden, across 3 distinct source domains, and 36 for Testlify, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- softgarden last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Testlify last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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