Pay equity · November 2026 Edition
Syndio vs Salary.com Pay Equity
Four of fourteen models named Syndio first on the direct prompt; zero named Salary.com Pay Equity. Syndio was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Salary.com Pay Equity by thirteen and Syndio carries 49 labels and Salary.com Pay Equity 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category 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 rate27%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels4925A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Syndio reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.PayAnalytics was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Figures vs Syndio · Figures vs Salary.com Pay Equity · 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.
SyndioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSalary.com Pay Equity
Direct402 against Syndio
Paraphrase113 against Syndio
Comparative91
Budget-constrained024 against Syndio · 3 against Salary.com Pay Equity
Scale-constrained001 against Syndio
Negative103 against Syndio · 1 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.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Syndio and Salary.com Pay Equity were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 150 answers naming Syndio and the 63 naming Salary.com Pay Equity. In those answers Salary.com Pay Equity took the first choice two times and Syndio twenty-one.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Syndio 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 | | | | |
Syndio Salary.com Pay Equity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Syndio on the left and Salary.com Pay Equity on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Syndio and Salary.com Pay Equity stood in it.
Syndio first, Salary.com Pay Equity an alternative
4 of 14 modelsSalary.com Pay Equity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashSyndio alternatives: PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity
Kimi K2Syndio alternatives: HiBob, Parity Software, Salary.com Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParity
GLM 4.7 FlashXSyndio alternatives: Figures, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
MiniMax M2.5PayAnalytics, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity alternatives: Figures, Payscale
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 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
GPT-5.4 miniPayscale alternatives: Syndio, beqom Pay Equity
Mistral SmallCompport, Figures alternatives: Payscale, Syndio
DeepSeek V4 FlashPayscale alternatives: Aeqium, CompAnalyst Pay Equity Suite, Pave, PayAnalytics, Syndio
Qwen 3.7 FlashPayAnalytics alternatives: Pave, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
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
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarPayAnalytics alternatives: Affirmity, CandorIQ, EEOPay, Figures
Grok 4.20Figures alternatives: Aeqium, CompUp, HiBob, Pave
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
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
Syndio leads by two points.
Syndio4%#7 of 13Salary.com Pay Equity2%#9 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
Syndio leads by four points.
Syndio10%#3 of 15Salary.com Pay Equity6%#6 of 15Enterprise
Syndio leads by fifty points.
Syndio56%#1 of 7Salary.com Pay Equity6%#4 of 7What the models said about Syndio
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Small businesses should avoid enterprise-grade, complex tools (like Syndio) that demand dedicated rewards staff and quote-based pricing.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid starting with enterprise platforms such as Syndio, Trusaic, or Affirmity” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Several enterprise-grade tools (like Syndio) are explicitly noted as poor fits for small businesses due to complexity, cost” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Syndio (PayEQ) — Best Overall Pure-Play Pay Equity Software ... If you want the top-rated dedicated tool with real-time decisioning: Choose Syndio.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for large enterprise pay equity automation. Marketed as the leading pay equity technology for enterprises” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“If compliance and regulatory reporting are top priorities, Trusaic or Syndio are leading choices.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
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 SyndioFigures vs Salary.com Pay EquityPayscale vs SyndioPayscale vs Salary.com Pay EquitySyndio vs PayAnalyticsSyndio vs GustoSyndio vs CompUpSyndio vs Trusaic PayParityPayAnalytics vs Salary.com Pay EquityGusto vs Salary.com Pay EquitySalary.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.