# Pay equity: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "pay equity analysis software" and as "pay transparency compliance tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/pay-equity

**Standing:** Figures leads with 14% of first choices; verdict contested. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Figures](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/figures/index.md) | 14% | 5% | 22 |
| 2 | [Payscale](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/payscale/index.md) | 12% | 3% | 33 |
| 3 | [Syndio](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/syndio/index.md) | 10% | 27% | 49 |
| 4 | [PayAnalytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/payanalytics/index.md) | 10% | 0% | 24 |
| 5 | [Gusto](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gusto/index.md) | 10% | 0% | 12 |
| 6 | [Salary.com Pay Equity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/salary-com-pay-equity/index.md) | 6% | 16% | 25 |
| 7 | [CompUp](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/compup/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 17 |
| 8 | [Trusaic PayParity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/trusaic-payparity/index.md) | 4% | 16% | 44 |
| 9 | [Compport](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/compport/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 12 |
| 10 | [Pave](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pave/index.md) | 4% | 17% | 12 |
| 12 | [Ravio](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ravio/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 14 | [Workleap Compensation](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workleap-compensation/index.md) | 2% | 10% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 91 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Workleap Compensation; alternatives Compport, Ravio, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio
- GPT-5.4 mini: Payscale; alternatives Syndio, beqom Pay Equity
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Syndio; alternatives PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity
- Perplexity Sonar: PayAnalytics; alternatives Affirmity, CandorIQ, EEOPay, Figures
- Grok 4.20: Figures; alternatives Aeqium, CompUp, HiBob, Pave
- Mistral Small: Compport, Figures; alternatives Payscale, Syndio
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Payscale; alternatives Aeqium, CompAnalyst Pay Equity Suite, Pave, PayAnalytics
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: PayAnalytics; alternatives Pave, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
- Kimi K2: Syndio; alternatives HiBob, Parity Software, Salary.com Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParity
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Syndio; alternatives Figures, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
- MiniMax M2.5: PayAnalytics, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity; alternatives Figures, Payscale
- GPT-6 Luna: PayAnalytics; alternatives Payscale, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Figures, Pave; alternatives ChartHop, CompUp, PayAnalytics, Syndio

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 31 answers, 43 citations
- leadchangegroup.com: 30 answers, 46 citations
- effy.ai: 30 answers, 32 citations
- hrtechsaas.com: 29 answers, 34 citations
- synd.io: 28 answers, 48 citations
- salary.com: 21 answers, 27 citations
- sourceforge.net: 18 answers, 25 citations
- compensationtools.net: 18 answers, 18 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://effy.ai/blog/pay-equity-software (30 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-pay-equity-software (29 answers)
- https://compensationtools.net/best-pay-equity-software (16 answers)
- https://salary.com/online-store/product/pay-equity (16 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/pay-equity-software (15 answers)
- https://hrtechsaas.com/blog/best-pay-equity-audit-software (15 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-ai-pay-equity-software (14 answers)
- https://hrtechsaas.com/blog/best-pay-transparency-compliance-software (12 answers)
- https://leadchangegroup.com/pay-equity-software/compare (12 answers)
- https://soteriahr.com/pay-equity-analysis-software (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Syndio: 13 of 49 labels negative. "Small businesses should avoid enterprise-grade, complex tools (like Syndio) that demand dedicated rewards staff and quote-based pricing." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Trusaic PayParity: 7 of 44 labels negative. "Avoid starting with enterprise platforms such as Syndio, Trusaic, or Affirmity" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt)
- Salary.com Pay Equity: 4 of 25 labels negative. "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)
- beqom Pay Equity: 3 of 21 labels negative. "This is an enterprise total-compensation management suite that can cost $100,000–$500,000+ per year." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Syndio (12%) to Figures (14%). Margin 4 points, within noise.

- Figures: 7% to 14%, +7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 5 → 1 of 91.
- Salary.com Pay Equity: 0% to 6%, +6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 22 → 6 of 91.
- Workleap Compensation: 7% to 2%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 7 → 14 of 91.
- Compport: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 23 → 9 of 91.
- beqom Pay Equity: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 21 of 91.
- Aeqium: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 10 → 24 of 91.
- Syndio: 12% to 10%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 1 → 3 of 91.
- PayAnalytics: 12% to 10%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 2 → 4 of 91.
- Ravio: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 20 → 12 of 91.
- Payscale: 11% to 12%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 3 → 2 of 91.
- Gusto: 9% to 10%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 4 → 5 of 91.
- CompUp: 7% to 6%, −1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 6 → 7 of 91.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.