Payscale vs Gusto
Two of fourteen models named Payscale first on the direct prompt; zero named Gusto. Payscale was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Gusto by ten and Payscale carries 33 labels and Gusto 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in twenty-one categories this edition.
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
PayscaleFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGusto
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | |
Payscale Gusto first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Payscale on the left and Gusto on the right.The direct prompt
Payscale first, Gusto not the choice
2 of 14 modelsGusto was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Payscale12%#2 of 15Gusto10%#5 of 15What the models said about Payscale
No label in this category carried a quote.
What the models said about Gusto
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.