# Radford/Aon: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/radford-aon

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 130 | 50% | 4 |
| [Compensation management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-management/index.md) | 0% | 49 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Look for platforms that use employer-submitted, HRIS-verified data (e.g., Pave, Radford/Aon, Mercer, or Carta)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation management)
- "Best for B2B technology or SaaS: Radford/Aon as a supplement." (Perplexity Sonar, Compensation benchmarkin)

## And against it

- "avoid traditional enterprise survey providers (like Radford/Aon, Mercer, or Willis Towers Watson, which can cost $5,000–$20,000+ per year)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "better suited to larger, multinational, regulated, or board-facing compensation programs" (Perplexity Sonar, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Radford/Aon, from 6 of the 11 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ravio.com: 6
- comprehensive.io: 4
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 4
- gane.ai/index: 3
- salarycube.com: 3
- aeqium.com: 2
- salary.com: 2
- wtwco.com: 2
- axiobench.com: 1
- beri.net: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ravio.com/blog/salary-survey-providers: 5
- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 4
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/services/best-compensation-benchmarking-companies: 4
- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 4
- https://ravio.com/blog/compensation-benchmarking-companies: 3
- https://salarycube.com/compensation/best-salary-benchmarking-tools: 3
- https://aeqium.com/post/best-market-pricing-software: 2
- https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/enterprise: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.