# Glassdoor alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 483 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Glassdoor holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/glassdoor/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Appcast: 46
- JobTarget: 35
- Joveo: 32
- Mercer Total Remuneration Survey: 25
- Indeed: 22
- Pave: 22

## Compensation benchmarking data

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Glassdoor (Glassdoor is #5 of 10 at 3%).

- Pave: first choice in 14 of those 74
- Payscale: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Salary.com CompAnalyst: first choice in 7 of those 74
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Comprehensive.io: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Databox: first choice in 2 of those 74
- OpenComp: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Ravio: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Glassdoor (Glassdoor is #5 of 9 at 4%).

- Payscale: first choice in 10 of those 80
- Pave: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Comprehensive.io: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Mercer Total Remuneration Survey: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Korn Ferry Pay: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Aon Radford: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Figures: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Glassdoor.

- Mercer Total Remuneration Survey: first choice in 20 of those 84
- Salary.com CompAnalyst: first choice in 5 of those 84
- WTW: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Payscale: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Radford: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Willis Towers Watson: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Aon Radford McLagan: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Aon's Radford McLagan Compensation Database: first choice in 2 of those 84

## Job advertising and distribution

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Glassdoor.

- JobTarget: first choice in 17 of those 83
- Indeed: first choice in 11 of those 83
- Joveo: first choice in 8 of those 83
- ZipRecruiter: first choice in 8 of those 83
- LinkedIn Jobs: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Appcast: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Betterteam: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Workable: first choice in 3 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Glassdoor (Glassdoor is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- Appcast: first choice in 12 of those 80
- JobTarget: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Indeed: first choice in 11 of those 80
- Joveo: first choice in 11 of those 80
- LinkedIn Jobs: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Workable: first choice in 8 of those 80
- JobTarget Programmatic+: first choice in 4 of those 80
- ZipRecruiter: first choice in 4 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Glassdoor.

- Appcast: first choice in 30 of those 82
- Joveo: first choice in 13 of those 82
- JobTarget: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Broadbean: first choice in 4 of those 82
- eQuest: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Phenom: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Radancy: first choice in 2 of those 82
- JobTarget Programmatic+: first choice in 1 of those 82

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