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Pay equity

Asked as “pay equity analysis software”, and as “pay transparency compliance tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 42 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
17%
Contested · PayAnalytics 14%
17Syndio14PayAnalytics14Payscale55others

17% 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 mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Syndio17%19%36accepted challenger
02Payscale14%3%34accepted challenger
03PayAnalytics14%4%26accepted challenger
04Pave10%0%12accepted challenger
05Trusaic PayParity5%9%32accepted challenger
06Aeqium2%6%17accepted challenger
07Workleap Compensation2%7%14accepted challenger
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11beqom Pay Equity0%21%14accepted challenger
08Salary.com Pay Equity0%6%17accepted challenger
09Compport0%0%10accepted challenger
10Deel Compensation/Pay Equity0%0%10accepted challenger
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.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each

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
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01Syndio17%
02Payscale14%
03PayAnalytics14%
04Pave10%
05Trusaic PayParity5%
06Aeqium2%
07Workleap Compensation2%
08Salary.com Pay Equity0%
09Compport0%
10Deel Compensation/Pay Equity0%
11beqom Pay Equity0%

What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, 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.
Syndio
19%
7 of 36 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“When to Avoid Enterprise Tools (Like Syndio or Beqom) ... usually overkill and cost-prohibitive” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
beqom Pay Equity
21%
3 of 14 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“When to Avoid Enterprise Tools (Like Syndio or Beqom)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Trusaic PayParity
9%
3 of 32 labels negative · 3 of 12 models
“Enterprise statistical audit giants (such as Syndio and Trusaic) are highly robust, but they generally require custom enterprise contracts” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool
100%
1 of 1 labels negative · 1 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Simple Calculators or Basic Online Tools (e.g., state-provided ones like Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool) - Why avoid/caution: They often produce misleading or incomplete results” Grok 4.20, negative 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

67 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. 931 links across 162 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

44 answers · 62 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Gartner43 answers · 49 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Guideflow32 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
29 answers · 41 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Soteria HR24 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · PayAnalytics20 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Trusaic19 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Compport17 answers · 20 citations · 8 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.

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 “best pay equity analysis software”, “pay equity analysis software”, “pay equity tools”. 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 productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Syndio synd.io17%1461,000154
Payscale payscale.com14%2099,9002991,408,989$2633
PayAnalytics payanalytics.com14%722001,02586
Pave pave.com10%19127,10028,4237,645$917
OpenComp opencomp.com7%4639005,52451
Trusaic trusaic.com
Trusaic PayParity 5%
5%1274,187 company103
Sysarb sysarb.com5%1350222
Gusto gusto.com5%742673,00010,5601,629,483118
Salary.com Pay Equity salary.com
Salary Equity Analyzer 5%, Salary.com Pay Equity 0%
5%6001,069,118$1,642707
Aeqium aeqium.com2%7726003667

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (gartner.com, payanalytics.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com, synd.io, trusaic.com). The first result for “best pay equity analysis software” is gartner.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.
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ModelDirect“What is the best pay equity analysis software for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which pay transparency compliance tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top pay equity tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best pay equity analysis software for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a pay equity analysis software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which pay equity tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5OpenComp
Six alternativesCompUp, Compport, Comprehensive.io, HRSoft, Ravio, Workleap Compensation
CompUpChanged
Three alternativesDeel Compensation/Pay Equity, Payscale, Ravio
no first choice
Two alternativesPayscale, Syndio
OpenComp
Two alternativesHRSoft, Workleap Compensation
no first choiceagainst: Parity Software
GPT-5.4 miniSyndio
Three alternativesPayAnalytics, Payscale, beqom Pay Equity
against: Workday Pay Equity
PayscaleChanged
Three alternativesPayAnalytics, PayTransparency, Salary.com Pay Equity
Pihr Pay Equity, Syndio
Four alternativesPayscale, Salary.com Pay Equity, Workday Pay Equity, beqom Pay Equity
no first choiceno first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashPayAnalytics, Pequity
Two alternativesSyndio, Workleap Compensation
Workleap CompensationChanged
Four alternativesOpenComp, Pave, Payscale, Ravio
against: Syndio, beqom Pay Equity
no first choiceParity Software
Three alternativesCompUp, SalaryCube, Workleap Compensation
against: Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
no first choicenothing named
Perplexity SonarPayscale
Three alternativesAeqium, Compport, PayAnalytics
RavioChanged
Four alternativesAxios Analytics, Sysarb, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay Equity
Syndio
Seven alternativesAffirmity, Compport, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, Workday Pay Equity, beqom Pay Equity
PayAnalytics
Two alternativesSalary.com Pay Equity, SalaryCube
against: Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
no first choicenothing named
Grok 4.20Payscale
Four alternativesCompport, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio, Workleap Compensation
PayscaleHeld
One alternativeTrusaic PayParity
against: Gusto, Syndio
PayAnalytics, Syndio
Three alternativesPayscale, Trusaic PayParity, Visier
Pave, Salary Equity Analyzer
Two alternativesDeel Compensation/Pay Equity, Salary.com Pay Equity
against: ChartHop, Excel/Google Sheets templates
Syndio
Three alternativesAeqium, Affirmity, Trusaic PayParity
against: Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool
Mistral SmallPayAnalytics
Five alternativesPayscale, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity, Workleap Compensation
Axios AnalyticsChanged
Two alternativesRavio, Sysarb
Visier
Nine alternativesAeqium, ChartHop, Deel Compensation/Pay Equity, Pave, Payscale, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio, Workday Pay Equity, Workleap Compensation
Gusto
Two alternativesCompport, Trusaic PayParity
no first choicenothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashSyndio
Five alternativesAeqium, HiBob, Pave, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
SyndioHeld
Four alternativesPayscale, Ravio, Sysarb, Trusaic PayParity
Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
Five alternativesAeqium, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Sysarb, beqom Pay Equity
Pave, Payscale
Seven alternativesAeqium, BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, Comprehensive.io, Levels.fyi, OpenComp, Salary.com Pay Equity, Workleap Compensation
against: PayAnalytics, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay Equity
no first choiceagainst: Payscale, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio
Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choicePave
Two alternativesAeqium, ChartHop
no first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashPayAnalytics, Syndio
Three alternativesChartHop, Pave, Trusaic PayParity
PayAnalyticsChanged
Three alternativesDeel Compensation/Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParity, Workleap Compensation
Syndio
Six alternativesAeqium, Deel Compensation/Pay Equity, OpenComp, Pave, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
OpenComp
Two alternativesPave, Salary.com Pay Equity
against: Aeqium, Syndio
Pave
Three alternativesFcomp, Payscale, PeopleSphere
nothing named
Kimi K2Syndio
Two alternativesPayscale, Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic PayParityChanged
Two alternativesPayscale, Syndio
Syndio
Seven alternativesAeqium, ChartHop, Deel Compensation/Pay Equity, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay Equity
Salary Equity Analyzer, Vermont Women's Fund LEEP Toolkit
Three alternativesGusto, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
no first choicenothing named
GLM 4.7 FlashXAeqium
Eight alternativesChartHop, Compport, Figures, HiBob, Pave, PayAnalytics, Salary.com CompAnalyst, Syndio
Payscale, SysarbChanged
Two alternativesPayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
against: beqom Pay Equity
Syndio
Four alternativesAeqium, Payscale, SalaryCube, beqom Pay Equity
Trusaic PayParity
Three alternativesGusto, Payscale, Soteria HR
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5PayAnalytics, Syndio
Two alternativesPayscale, Trusaic PayParity
against: Workleap Compensation
SysarbChanged
Four alternativesAxios Analytics, PayGap, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay Equity
Syndio
Five alternativesAeqium, Deel Compensation/Pay Equity, Pave, Payscale, Visier
Gusto
Four alternativesCompport, OpenComp Market Pulse, Payscale, Salary.com Pay Equity
no first choicenothing named
Bold 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.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 17:57yes1710 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:24yes36 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 17:53yes2123 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:17yes206 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 20:03yes3020 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:34yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:15yes1321 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:32yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:22yes746 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:25yes1020 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:45yes1153 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:12yes514 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:15yes179 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:48yes37 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:24yes2520 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:45yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 20:58yes3822 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:27yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:01yes1422 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:46yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:35yes860 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:02yes1027 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:23yes1423 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:40yes1025 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:23yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:32yes66 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:54yes2143 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:11yes2011 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 20:41yes2414 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:30yes78 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:38yes2242 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:34yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:49yes1030 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:24yes625 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:04yes2467 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:57yes826 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:51yes96 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:57no05 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:59yes1557 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:07yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 20:16yes3721 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:30yes1511 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:35yes1916 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:37yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:05yes2657 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:10yes2328 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:00yes26115 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:40yes713 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:57no08 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:14no07 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:21yes1226 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:38yes208 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 18:32yes1110 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:04no09 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 19:47yes715 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:39yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:44no031 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:04yes753 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:08yes11119 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:53yes533 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:29yes167 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:39yes57 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:15yes1324 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:02yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 19:04yes2213 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:12yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:42yes2527 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:25yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:17yes937 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:23yes2334 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:18yes12125 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:28yes1848 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
Barley read as Workleap Compensation
Barley (now part of Workleap) read as Workleap Compensation
Beqom read as beqom Pay Equity
Comprehensive read as Comprehensive.io
Deel read as Deel Compensation/Pay Equity
Deel Services read as Deel Compensation/Pay Equity
Figures.hr read as Figures
Parity read as Parity Software
PayScale Ascent read as Payscale
PaySuite read as beqom Pay Equity
Payscale Ascent read as Payscale
Payscale Ascent (formerly Payfactors) read as Payscale
Pihr read as Pihr Pay Equity
Salary.com read as Salary.com Pay Equity
Salary.com (CompAnalyst) read as Salary.com Pay Equity
Syndio PayEQ read as Syndio
Trusaic read as Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic (PayParity) read as Trusaic PayParity
Workday read as Workday Pay Equity
Workday HCM read as Workday Pay Equity
Workleap read as Workleap Compensation
beqom read as beqom Pay Equity
beqom (PaySuite) read as beqom Pay Equity
beqom (featuring PayAnalytics) read as beqom Pay Equity
beqom Total Compensation read as beqom Pay Equity
Unresolved, counted raw
Acterys
Fcomp
Melius
PayTransparency
PeopleSphere
Sourcetable Pay Equity Analysis Template
Vermont Women's Fund LEEP Toolkit
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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