§ The result
1 point separates Zoho Recruit and Willo.
Zoho Recruit (ATS-integrated) edges Willo (Video interview) by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 42 to 41. Zoho Recruit leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Willo leads 2, including Human Oversight Design. Human Oversight Design is at once the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing, and it belongs to Willo — Willo 62, Zoho Recruit 50, on a 12% weight — which is 57% of the weighted advantage Willo holds across the 2 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Willo
Willo is a browser-based asynchronous (one-way) video interview platform that lets employers collect recorded video, audio, multiple-choice and written candidate responses, then uses AI to transcribe, summarize, rank candidates against employer-defined "Blueprint" criteria, and flag scripted or AI-generated answers.
Vendor profile
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform whose Zia AI assistant performs resume parsing, skills-based candidate-to-job matching, match scoring, sourcing, and AI-assisted screening and assessments.
§ The record
Willo is filed under Video interview AI, Zoho Recruit under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and Assessment.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act, Illinois HB 3773, Mobley v. Workday and Colorado AI Act.
| Record | Willo | Zoho Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Low |
| Headquarters | GB | IN |
| Founded | 2018 | 1996 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 24% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Willo 62 · Zoho Recruit 50
1.4 weighted points to Willo
20% weight · 48% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Willo 38 · Zoho Recruit 45
1.4 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
18% weight · 66% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Willo 30 · Zoho Recruit 24
1.1 weighted points to Willo
15% weight · 79% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Willo 25 · Zoho Recruit 30
0.8 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
12% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Willo 36 · Zoho Recruit 40
0.5 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
8% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Willo 54 · Zoho Recruit 60
0.5 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Willo 53 · Zoho Recruit 55
0.3 weighted points to Zoho Recruit
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 5.9 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 Willo minus Zoho Recruit.
| Category | Weight | Willo | Zoho Recruit | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 38 | 45 | -7 | -1.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 30 | 24 | +6 | +1.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 53 | 55 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 50 | +12 | +1.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 36 | 40 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 54 | 60 | -6 | -0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 41 (F) | 42 (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 | Willo | Zoho Recruit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 9 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Willo has 14 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 9 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Zoho Recruit has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 31 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 14 for Willo, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Zoho Recruit, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Willo last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Zoho Recruit last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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