§ The result
Versant by Pearson leads TestDome on all 7 criteria.
Versant by Pearson sits 12 points above TestDome under rubric v1.0, 49 against 37, with both filed under Assessment. Versant by Pearson takes all 7 criteria and TestDome none of them; the nearest contest is Customer Documentation, TestDome 60 to Versant by Pearson 61. Even Bias Audit Transparency, the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing (TestDome 15, Versant by Pearson 42, 18% weight), is only 39% of the weighted advantage Versant by Pearson builds 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
Versant by Pearson
Versant by Pearson is a suite of AI-scored English proficiency tests (plus spoken Spanish, French, Arabic and Dutch) that automatically score candidates' spoken and written responses on Pearson's Global Scale of English within minutes, used by employers such as contact centres and BPOs to screen applicants and benchmark staff through the ScoreKeeper dashboard.
§ The record
TestDome and Versant by Pearson are both filed under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | TestDome | Versant by Pearson |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | HR | GB |
| Founded | 2013 | 1844 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
TestDome 15 · Versant by Pearson 42
4.9 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
20% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
TestDome 40 · Versant by Pearson 63
4.6 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
TestDome 30 · Versant by Pearson 43
1.6 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
TestDome 52 · Versant by Pearson 56
0.5 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
15% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
TestDome 50 · Versant by Pearson 53
0.4 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
TestDome 28 · Versant by Pearson 30
0.3 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
TestDome 60 · Versant by Pearson 61
0.1 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -12.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -12 beside that -12.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is TestDome minus Versant by Pearson.
| Category | Weight | TestDome | Versant by Pearson | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 40 | 63 | -23 | -4.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 15 | 42 | -27 | -4.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 50 | 53 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 56 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 30 | 43 | -13 | -1.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 61 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 49 (F) | -12 | -12.3 |
§ 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 | TestDome | Versant by Pearson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 27 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 23 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
TestDome has 31 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 27 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Versant by Pearson has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 23 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Versant by Pearson sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 60 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 31 for TestDome, across 1 distinct source domain, and 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- TestDome last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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