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Mercer Benchmark Database

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–Too few to rank
4/14Models named it
0First choices
1Warnings
November 2026 Edition · all company sizes counted.
Ranked inCompensation benchmarking data #39 mid-market
What AI models recommend

Named, too few times to rank.

A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Mercer Benchmark Database has 3.

Why models recommend it

“Layer in: Mercer Benchmark Database — for formal job architecture and executive benchmarking as you mature”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Highly trusted by board compensation committees and HR executives worldwide.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Best for Formal Job Architecture”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · alternative

What gives them pause

No model argued against it.

Also on the shortlist

The products named in the same answers as Mercer Benchmark Database, over the 6 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.

A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.

At a glance

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How this is measured

Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.

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Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages the answers that named Mercer Benchmark Database came back with. A fact about retrieval, not a cause of the answer.

Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 5 of the 6 answers that named Mercer Benchmark Database and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

comprehensive.io5
ravio.com5
marketintelligencetools.com4
figures.hr3
g2.com3
github.com3
pave.com3
payscale.com3
salary.com3
salarycube.com3

Thirty-five of the thirty-five domain citations in answers naming Mercer Benchmark Database came from a third party's page.

Pages cited

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

By model

How each model answered on Mercer Benchmark Database across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionWarningLabels
Claude Haiku 4.500000
GPT-5.4 mini00000
Gemini 3.5 Flash01001
Perplexity Sonar00000
Grok 4.2000000
Mistral Small00000
DeepSeek V4 Flash02002
Llama 4 Maverick00000
Qwen 3.7 Flash00000
Kimi K200000
GLM 4.7 FlashX00000
MiniMax M2.500000
GPT-6 Luna00000
Muse Glimmer 30B00000