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Compensation benchmarking data · November 2026 Edition

Pave vs Glassdoor

Three of fourteen models named Pave first on the direct prompt; zero named Glassdoor. Pave was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Glassdoor by ten and Pave carries 36 labels and Glassdoor 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Pave

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Glassdoor

criticized challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share15%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%38%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3616A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Pave reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Payscale was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Payscale vs Pave · Payscale vs Glassdoor · Pave vs Comprehensive.io

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the compensation benchmarking data page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PaveFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGlassdoor
Direct301 against Glassdoor
Paraphrase00
Comparative10
Budget-constrained42
Scale-constrained104 against Glassdoor
Negative001 against Glassdoor
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Pave and Glassdoor stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Pave Glassdoor first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Pave on the left and Glassdoor on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Pave and Glassdoor stood in it.

Pave first, Glassdoor not the choice

3 of 14 modelsGlassdoor was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Pave, SalaryCube alternatives: CompUp, OpenComp, Payscale Ascent
Gemini 3.5 FlashPave alternatives: Carta Total Compensation, Payscale, Salary.com CompAnalyst
Mistral SmallPave alternatives: Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Payscale

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSalary.com CompAnalyst alternatives: Compensation-IQ, Pave, Payscale Ascent
Perplexity SonarPayscale alternatives: Pave, Ravio, SalaryCube
Grok 4.20Payscale alternatives: Pave, Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalyst
DeepSeek V4 FlashPayscale alternatives: Mercer Benchmark Database, Pave, Ravio, SalaryCube
Llama 4 MaverickSalaryCube alternatives: Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Pave, Payscale
Qwen 3.7 FlashComprehensive.io alternatives: Figures, Pave, Payscale, Salary.com CompAnalyst
Kimi K2Payscale alternatives: Mercer Total Remuneration Survey, Pave, Radford, Salary.com CompAnalyst
GLM 4.7 FlashXFigures, SalaryCube Comp Planning alternatives: Pave, Salary.com CompAnalyst
MiniMax M2.5CompAnalyst, Payscale alternatives: Pave
GPT-6 LunaPayscale alternatives: Pave
Muse Glimmer 30BPayscale alternatives: CompAnalyst, Comprehensive.io, Pave, Salary.com CompAnalyst, SalaryCube

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Pave leads by sixteen points.
Pave19%#1 of 10
Glassdoor3%#5 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Pave leads by eleven points.
Pave15%#2 of 9
Glassdoor4%#5 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Pave leads by three points.
Pave3%#7 of 9
Glassdoor0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Pave

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Pave's free Market Data Lite tier and Comprehensive's free salary data both give small teams real numbers at no cost” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Glassdoor

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.

“Avoid those relying heavily on unverified crowdsourced data (e.g., from Glassdoor or Levels.fyi), as it can be biased or inflated.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · hard negative
“you're too large for free/consumer tools (Glassdoor, BLS) — those won't have the granularity or credibility you need” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · hard negative
“start with BLS + Glassdoor combined. This combination provides accurate, defensible data for most common positions at zero cost.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“start with free tools (BLS OEWS + Glassdoor) to get a solid baseline” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Best For: Quick market checks, especially for office jobs and white-collar roles.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.