§ The result
Textkernel leads TestDome on all 7 criteria.
Textkernel sits 14 points above TestDome under rubric v1.0 — 51 against 37 — with Textkernel filed under Sourcing and TestDome under Assessment. Of the 7 criteria TestDome wins none, and the narrowest lead Textkernel holds is on Customer Documentation, TestDome 60 to Textkernel 62. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (TestDome 15, Textkernel 55) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 52% of the weighted advantage Textkernel holds across the 7 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
TestDome
TestDome sells pay-per-candidate online skills tests for coding, Excel and more than 100 other skills. The tests are scored automatically, and open-ended answers can be scored by AI. AI analysis of webcam and screen proctoring recordings flags possible cheating, and a live code-interview tool is included.
Vendor profile
Textkernel
Textkernel provides AI-powered CV/resume and job parsing, semantic search, and candidate-job matching technology (including the acquired Sovren engine) embedded inside ATS, job board, and HR systems.
§ The record
TestDome is filed under Assessment AI, Textkernel under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only TestDome is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | TestDome | Textkernel |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | HR | NL |
| Founded | 2013 | 2001 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
TestDome 15 · Textkernel 55
7.2 weighted points to Textkernel
20% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
TestDome 40 · Textkernel 55
3.0 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
TestDome 30 · Textkernel 40
1.2 weighted points to Textkernel
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
TestDome 52 · Textkernel 60
1.0 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
TestDome 50 · Textkernel 55
0.8 weighted points to Textkernel
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
TestDome 28 · Textkernel 32
0.6 weighted points to Textkernel
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
TestDome 60 · Textkernel 62
0.2 weighted points to Textkernel
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -13.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 13.9 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -14 beside that -13.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is TestDome minus Textkernel.
| Category | Weight | TestDome | Textkernel | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 40 | 55 | -15 | -3.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 15 | 55 | -40 | -7.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 32 | -4 | -0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 50 | 55 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 60 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 30 | 40 | -10 | -1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 62 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 51 (F) | -14 | -13.9 |
§ 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 | TestDome | Textkernel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 27 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 13 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
TestDome has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 27 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Textkernel has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 5 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 49 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for TestDome, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for Textkernel, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- TestDome last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Textkernel last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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