Index › HR › Compensation and total rewards › Compensation benchmarkin › Small business · September 2026 Edition
Compensation benchmarking data for small business buyers
Asked as “salary benchmarking data provider”, and as “compensation survey data”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
32%
Contested · Salary.com CompAnalyst 9%
32Pave09Salary.com CompAnalyst06Bureau of Labor Statistics53others
32% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Payscale vs RadfordPayscale vs Salary.com CompAnalystPave vs Comprehensive.ioPave vs Mercer Total Remuneration SurveyPave vs RadfordPave vs Salary.com CompAnalystComprehensive.io vs Mercer Total Remuneration SurveyComprehensive.io vs RadfordComprehensive.io vs Salary.com CompAnalystMercer Total Remuneration Survey vs RadfordMercer Total Remuneration Survey vs Salary.com CompAnalystRadford vs Salary.com CompAnalyst
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Pave32%
Pave32%02Salary.com CompAnalyst9%
Salary.com CompAnalyst9%03Bureau of Labor Statistics6%
04Payscale4%
Payscale4%05Ravio2%
Ravio2%06Comprehensive.io2%
Comprehensive.io2%07Culpepper Compensation Surveys2%
Culpepper Compensation Surveys2%08Levels.fyi2%
Levels.fyi2%09Glassdoor0%
Glassdoor0%10Mercer Total Remuneration Survey0%
Mercer Total Remuneration Survey0%11Radford0%
What they warned about
One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Radford
83%
10 of 12 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“What to avoid on a tight budget - Mercer / Radford / Willis Towers Watson” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Mercer Total Remuneration Survey77%
10 of 13 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Platforms: Skip heavyweights like Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, or Radford” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
Willis Towers Watson
80%
4 of 5 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Skip heavyweights like Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, or Radford unless you have an HRIS integration budget of $10k+ annually” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
Payscale22%
5 of 23 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid: Large annual subscriptions from providers like PayScale (~$13,888+/year median for SMBs)” Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
68 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1013 links across 311 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Ravio43 answers · 110 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Comprehensive25 answers · 38 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Pin22 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
18 answers · 40 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Salary.com17 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Reddit14 answers · 24 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G213 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
12 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
11 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Pave11 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Payscale11 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
29 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 11 models
13 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “benchmarking providers”, “best salary benchmarking data provider”, “salary benchmarking data provider”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pave pave.com Pave 32%, Pave Market Data Lite 2% | 34% | 191 | 27,100 | 28,423 | 7,645 | $91 | 7 | |
| Salary.com CompAnalyst salary.com Salary.com CompAnalyst 9%, Salary.com Compdata Surveys 2% | 11% | 148 | 260 | 3 | 1,069,118 | $1,642 | 70 | |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics | 6% | 110,000 | 393 | |||||
| SHRM CompAnalyst Market Data shrm.org SHRM Compensation Data Center 4%, SHRM CompAnalyst Market Data 2% | 6% | 2 | ||||||
| Payscale payscale.com | 4% | 209 | 9,900 | 299 | 1,408,989 | $26 | 33 | 3 |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 4% | |||||||
| Ravio ravio.com | 2% | 119 | 1,900 | 181 | 8,419 | 1 | ||
| Comprehensive.io comprehensive.io | 2% | 60 | 50 | 0 | 2,021 | 3 | ||
| BLS Occupational Employment Statistics | 2% | |||||||
| Carta Total Compensation carta.com | 2% | 9 | 260 | 14 | 506,905 | $2,839 | 29 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 25 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comprehensive.io, g2.com, payscale.com, ravio.com, reddit.com). The first result for “benchmarking providers” is thehackettgroup.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best salary benchmarking data provider for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which compensation survey data would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top benchmarking providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best salary benchmarking data provider for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a salary benchmarking data provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which benchmarking providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5PaveBureau of Labor StatisticsChangedPayscalePaveno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, Compease, Salary.com CompAnalystTwo alternatives
CompAnalyst, RCReportsOne alternative
CompeaseThree alternatives
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, Comprehensive.io, RavioGPT-5.4 miniSalary.com CompAnalystSHRM Compensation Data CenterChangedPayscaleagainst: Option Impact, RadfordSalary.com Compdata Surveysno first choiceagainst: Benchmark My Plan LLC, BestMark
Two alternatives
Payscale Ascent, SalaryCubeOne alternative
BLS wage dataOne alternative
Carta Total CompensationOne alternative
PayscaleGemini 3.5 FlashPaveagainst: Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, RadfordCarta Total Compensation, PaveChangedagainst: Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Radford, Willis Towers WatsonPavePaveagainst: Glassdoor, Indeed, Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Radford, Salary.com CompAnalystPaveagainst: Forrester, Gartner, Glassdoor, Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Radford, Salary.com CompAnalyst, The Hackett Group
Six alternatives
Carta Total Compensation, Comprehensive.io, Figures, Pavilion GTM Benchmarks, Payscale, RavioFour alternatives
Culpepper Compensation Surveys, Pavilion's GTM Compensation Benchmarks, Payscale, The Bridge GroupThree alternatives
Carta Total Compensation, Comprehensive.io, RavioSix alternatives
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Comptool, ERI, Figures, O*NET, RavioSix alternatives
Carta Total Compensation, Comprehensive.io, Figures, Payscale, Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalystPerplexity SonarPave, RavioMercer Benchmark Database, SHRM CompAnalyst Market DataChangedPave, RavioBureau of Labor Statisticsagainst: Payscale, Salary.com CompAnalystno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
BLS, Payscale, Salary.com CompAnalystTwo alternatives
Culpepper’s Sales Compensation Survey, WTW salary surveysOne alternative
Mercer Total Remuneration SurveyTwo alternatives
Comprehensive.io, PaveGrok 4.20Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Salary.com CompAnalystagainst: Payscale, Radford, WTWU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsChangedGeckoboard, SimpleKPIagainst: Deloitte, Jellyfish, KPMG, WaydevBureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statisticsagainst: Mercer Total Remuneration Surveyno first choiceagainst: Glassdooragainst: BCG, Bench Accounting, Birdeye, Deloitte, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, PwC, Trustpilot
Two alternatives
Comprehensive.io, PaveFive alternatives
CompData Surveys, Culpepper Compensation Surveys, Payscale, SHRM Compensation Data Center, Salary.com Free ToolsThree alternatives
Databox, Klipfolio, Zoho AnalyticsTwo alternatives
Comprehensive.io, Pave Market Data LiteMistral SmallBrightmine, Salary.com CompAnalystCulpepper Compensation Surveys, SHRM Compensation Data CenterChangedSalary.com CompAnalystBureau of Labor Statisticsno first choiceagainst: Benchmark / benchmark.co.com, Fortunebusinessinsights.com
Two alternatives
Bureau of Labor Statistics, IndeedThree alternatives
Comprehensive.io, Pave, SalaryExpertDeepSeek V4 FlashComprehensive.io, Paveagainst: Levels.fyi, Salary.com CompAnalystBLS Occupational Employment & Wage StatisticsChangedagainst: PayscaleDatabox, Government Toolsagainst: Jellyfish, Klipfolio, SimilarwebPaveagainst: Levels.fyi, Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Payscale, Radford, Willis Towers WatsonPaveagainst: Culpepper Compensation Surveys, Glassdoor, Korn Ferry Pay, Levels.fyi, Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Radford, WTWagainst: Benchmark / benchmark.co.com, MarketResearch.com, ResearchandMarkets.com, Transparency Market Research
Two alternatives
Bureau of Labor Statistics, RavioFive alternatives
CompData Surveys, Culpepper Compensation Surveys, Glassdoor, Mercer MarketPricer, Option ImpactSix alternatives
Cyfe, DX, Geckoboard, LivePlan, PlanGuru, WaydevFive alternatives
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Comprehensive.io, Payfactors, Ravio, SalaryExpertTwo alternatives
BLS OEWS, RavioLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choicePaveno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
BLS OEWS, Comprehensive.io, Ravio, SalaryExpertQwen 3.7 FlashLevels.fyi, Paveagainst: Korn Ferry Pay, Mercer Total Remuneration SurveySalary.com CompAnalystChangedDataboxPaveagainst: Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Radford, Willis Towers Watsonno first choiceagainst: Dun & Bradstreet, Seek Capital, The Better Business Bureau
Five alternatives
Compensation-IQ, Payscale, Ravio, Robert Half Salary Guide, Salary.com CompAnalystThree alternatives
Mercer MarketPricer, Payscale, U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsThree alternatives
Klipfolio, PlanGuru, WhatagraphThree alternatives
BLS OEWS, Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalystThree alternatives
Mercer"s MarketPricer, Pave, RavioKimi K2Payscaleagainst: Culpepper Compensation Surveys, Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, RadfordBureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) OEWSChangedagainst: Korn Ferry Pay, Payscale, Willis Towers WatsonDataboxPave Market Data Liteno first choiceagainst: BizMiner, IBISWorld, Sageworks
Five alternatives
BLS, Glassdoor, Mercer MarketPricer, Pave, RavioFour alternatives
CompData Surveys, Culpepper Compensation Surveys, Glassdoor, Mercer MarketPricerThree alternatives
ClientCues, Klipfolio, SemrushThree alternatives
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, Comprehensive.io, SalaryExpertGLM 4.7 FlashXPaveSalesCookie, SyncGTMChangedagainst: Pearl Meyer Compensation SurveysPave, Salary.com CompAnalystBLS Occupational Employment Statistics, CheckSalary.usno first choiceagainst: 451 Research, Everest Group, Forrester, Gartner, IDC
Three alternatives
Comprehensive.io, LaborIQ, SalaryCubeSix alternatives
CompTool Salary Survey Marketplace, Mercer Salary Surveys, O*NET Online, Pave Market Data Lite, SHRM Compensation Data Center, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Salary SurveysFive alternatives
Pave, Payfactors, Playroll Salary Benchmarking Tool, Ravio, SalaryExpertMiniMax M2.5Pave, PayscaleSalary.com Industry Compensation DataChangedPaveBLS OEWSno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, Figures, Salary.com CompAnalystThree alternatives
Mercer's Remuneration Survey for SMEs, NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) Survey, WTW (Willis Towers Watson) Salary SurveysTwo alternatives
Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalystOne alternative
GlassdoorBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:49 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:10 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:11 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:13 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:26 | yes | 33 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:17 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:13 | yes | 12 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:55 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:30 | yes | 15 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:23 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:03 | yes | 27 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:32 | yes | 17 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:43 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:22 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:29 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:25 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:39 | yes | 36 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:23 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:03 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:04 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:44 | yes | 15 | 65 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:08 | yes | 27 | 51 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:18 | yes | 18 | 70 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:04 | yes | 5 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:42 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:31 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 20:00 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:33 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:09 | yes | 31 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:08 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:52 | yes | 28 | 52 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:41 | yes | 9 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:28 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:08 | yes | 20 | 100 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:24 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:34 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:20 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:38 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:14 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 18:40 | yes | 34 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:18 | yes | 17 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:25 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:03 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:41 | yes | 28 | 50 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:14 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:12 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:47 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 21:55 | yes | 13 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:03 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:54 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:46 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:00 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:51 | yes | 8 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:50 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:15 | yes | 14 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:14 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:09 | yes | 28 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:59 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:49 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:41 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:48 | yes | 33 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:17 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:12 | yes | 30 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:13 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:18 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:54 | yes | 28 | 85 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:01 | yes | 19 | 36 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Carta Total Comp read as Carta Total Compensation
CompData read as CompData Surveys
Comprehensive read as Comprehensive.io
Culpepper read as Culpepper Compensation Surveys
Culpepper Surveys read as Culpepper Compensation Surveys
Korn Ferry read as Korn Ferry Pay
McKinsey read as McKinsey & Company
Mercer read as Mercer Total Remuneration Survey
Robert Half read as Robert Half Salary Guide
Salary.com read as Salary.com CompAnalyst
Salary.com (CompAnalyst) read as Salary.com CompAnalyst
Salary.com's Benchmark Pro read as Salary.com Compdata Surveys
Salary.com's CompAnalyst read as Salary.com CompAnalyst
Unresolved, counted raw
ATO small-business benchmarks
Allstacks
Altura Consulting Group
Australian Bureau of Statistics
BLS wage data
Bench Accounting (bench.co)
Benchmark My Plan LLC
BestMark
CheckSalary.us
ClientCues
Clutch
CompBenchmark
CompTool Salary Survey Marketplace
Culpepper’s Sales Compensation Survey
Cyfe
DealStats
Fortunebusinessinsights.com
Glassdoor for Employers
Government Tools (ATO, BDC, SizeUp)
IRS Statistics of Income
Indeed Salary Search
Indeed's Hiring Insights
Knowledgelib
Mercer Salary Surveys (imercer.com)
Mercer"s MarketPricer
Mercer's Remuneration Survey for SMEs
NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) Survey
ONet
Pavilion's GTM Compensation Benchmarks (Annual Report)
Payscale free tools
Pearl Meyer Compensation Surveys
Playing
Playroll Salary Benchmarking Tool
Playroll's Free Salary Benchmarking Tool
ProfitCents / Fathom
RCReports
RMA (Risk Management Association)
RMA's Annual Statement Studies
RankedVendors
Ravio’s Buyer’s Guide
ReferenceUSA
SBA Size Standards & Industry Data
SHRM Benchmark Job Report
Sageworks (now part of Abrigo)
Salary.com Free Tools
Salary.com Industry Compensation Data
Salary.com Wizard
Seek Capital
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WTW (Willis Towers Watson) Salary Surveys
WTW salary surveys
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Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Salary Surveys
ZipRecruiter Salary Calculator
Discontinued, still offered
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