§ The result
Versant by Pearson takes the total, X0PA AI takes more of the criteria.
Under rubric v1.0, Versant by Pearson and X0PA AI finish 1 point apart, 49 to 48, as two Assessment entries. X0PA AI leads more of the criteria than Versant by Pearson — 4 to 3 — but Article 11 Technical Documentation, which Versant by Pearson leads, carries 20% of the rubric, and the weighted sum still falls to Versant by Pearson. One criterion, Article 11 Technical Documentation, is both the widest raw gap (Versant by Pearson 63, X0PA AI 50) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 86% of the weighted advantage Versant by Pearson holds across the 3 criteria it leads.
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.
Vendor profile
X0PA AI
X0PA AI is a Singapore-based B2B AI recruitment platform (applicant tracking system) that sources, screens, scores, and ranks candidates using proprietary predictive-scoring models (BRIQ Score and Suitability Score) plus the X0PA ROOM video-interview/assessment product, marketed around bias-reduced, "responsible and explainable" AI hiring.
§ The record
Versant by Pearson and X0PA AI 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 | Versant by Pearson | X0PA AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | High |
| Headquarters | GB | SG |
| Founded | 1844 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 50% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Versant by Pearson 63 · X0PA AI 50
2.6 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
15% weight · 74% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Versant by Pearson 30 · X0PA AI 38
1.2 weighted points to X0PA AI
15% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Versant by Pearson 53 · X0PA AI 56
0.4 weighted points to X0PA AI
18% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Versant by Pearson 42 · X0PA AI 44
0.4 weighted points to X0PA AI
12% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Versant by Pearson 43 · X0PA AI 40
0.4 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Versant by Pearson 56 · X0PA AI 57
0.1 weighted points to X0PA AI
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Versant by Pearson 61 · X0PA AI 60
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 +0.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +0.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Versant by Pearson minus X0PA AI.
| Category | Weight | Versant by Pearson | X0PA AI | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 63 | 50 | +13 | +2.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 42 | 44 | -2 | -0.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 38 | -8 | -1.2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 53 | 56 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 56 | 57 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 43 | 40 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 61 | 60 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 49 (F) | 48 (F) | +1 | +0.9 |
§ 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 | Versant by Pearson | X0PA AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 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 | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 23 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 12 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Versant by Pearson has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 23 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; X0PA AI has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 12 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Versant by Pearson and X0PA AI 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: 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains, and 18 for X0PA AI, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- X0PA AI last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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