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Pay equity · November 2026 Edition

Payscale vs CompUp

Two of fourteen models named Payscale first on the direct prompt; zero named CompUp. Payscale was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and CompUp by eleven and Payscale carries 33 labels and CompUp 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Payscale

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

CompUp

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share12%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3317A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Payscale 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 Payscale · Figures vs CompUp · Payscale vs Syndio

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.
PayscaleFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCompUp
Direct20
Paraphrase32
Comparative00
Budget-constrained111 against Payscale
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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 Payscale and CompUp 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
Payscale CompUp first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Payscale on the left and CompUp on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Payscale first, CompUp not the choice

2 of 14 modelsCompUp was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniPayscale alternatives: Syndio, beqom Pay Equity
DeepSeek V4 FlashPayscale alternatives: Aeqium, CompAnalyst Pay Equity Suite, Pave, PayAnalytics, Syndio

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSyndio alternatives: PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity
Grok 4.20Figures alternatives: Aeqium, CompUp, HiBob, Pave
Mistral SmallCompport, Figures alternatives: Payscale, Syndio
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

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Workleap Compensation alternatives: Compport, Ravio, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio
Perplexity SonarPayAnalytics alternatives: Affirmity, CandorIQ, EEOPay, Figures
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashPayAnalytics alternatives: Pave, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
Kimi K2Syndio alternatives: HiBob, Parity Software, Salary.com Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParity
GLM 4.7 FlashXSyndio alternatives: Figures, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity

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
Payscale leads by four points.
Payscale9%#2 of 13
CompUp6%#5 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Payscale leads by six points.
Payscale12%#2 of 15
CompUp6%#7 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Payscale leads by two points.
Payscale2%#5 of 7
CompUp0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Payscale

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about CompUp

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.