Pay equity · November 2026 Edition
Gusto vs Salary.com Pay Equity
Zero of fourteen models named Gusto first on the direct prompt; zero named Salary.com Pay Equity. Gusto was named by ten of the fourteen models and Salary.com Pay Equity by thirteen and Gusto carries 12 labels and Salary.com Pay Equity 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twenty-one categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share10%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1225A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gusto reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Syndio was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Figures vs Gusto · Figures vs Salary.com Pay Equity · Payscale vs Gusto
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 pay equity page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GustoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSalary.com Pay Equity
Direct00
Paraphrase01
Comparative01
Budget-constrained523 against Salary.com Pay Equity
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Salary.com Pay Equity
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 Gusto and Salary.com Pay Equity stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Gusto Salary.com Pay Equity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gusto on the left and Salary.com Pay Equity on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Gusto and Salary.com Pay Equity stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Workleap Compensation alternatives: Compport, Ravio, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio
Kimi K2Syndio alternatives: HiBob, Parity Software, Salary.com Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParity
Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniPayscale alternatives: Syndio, beqom Pay Equity
Gemini 3.5 FlashSyndio alternatives: PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity
Perplexity SonarPayAnalytics alternatives: Affirmity, CandorIQ, EEOPay, Figures
Grok 4.20Figures alternatives: Aeqium, CompUp, HiBob, Pave
Mistral SmallCompport, Figures alternatives: Payscale, Syndio
DeepSeek V4 FlashPayscale alternatives: Aeqium, CompAnalyst Pay Equity Suite, Pave, PayAnalytics, Syndio
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashPayAnalytics alternatives: Pave, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
GLM 4.7 FlashXSyndio alternatives: Figures, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
MiniMax M2.5PayAnalytics, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity alternatives: Figures, Payscale
GPT-6 LunaPayAnalytics alternatives: Payscale, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
Muse Glimmer 30BFigures, Pave alternatives: ChartHop, CompUp, PayAnalytics, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay Equity
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
Gusto leads by twenty-eight points.
Gusto30%#1 of 13Salary.com Pay Equity2%#9 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
Gusto leads by four points.
Gusto10%#5 of 15Salary.com Pay Equity6%#6 of 15Enterprise
Gusto is not named for this buyer.
Salary.com Pay Equity6%#4 of 7Gusto—not namedWhat the models said about Gusto
No label in this category carried a quote.
What the models said about Salary.com Pay Equity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“some Salary.com integrations, Korn Ferry, or Mercer AI features): Often criticized for embedding biases if not customized with a strong DEI lens” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“not budget-friendly for small firms: "Annual Licenses Start at $9,000/Year For 1-10 Employees"” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“Salary.com lists its Pay Equity Suite starting at $9,000 per year—a substantial step up” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“Tools like Syndio and Salary.com are often chosen when the main goal is finding, fixing, and defending pay decisions” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“CompUp (free/cheap) or Salary.com's CompAnalyst Pay Equity at $9K/year are the strongest value options” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend Salary.com as the best default choice” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Figures vs GustoFigures vs Salary.com Pay EquityPayscale vs GustoPayscale vs Salary.com Pay EquitySyndio vs GustoSyndio vs Salary.com Pay EquityPayAnalytics vs GustoPayAnalytics vs Salary.com Pay EquityGusto vs CompUpGusto vs Trusaic PayParitySalary.com Pay Equity vs CompUpSalary.com Pay Equity vs Trusaic PayParityAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full pay equity standing
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.