# Scale: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/scale

## 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% | 82 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "using private-set evaluators like Vals AI and Scale's leaderboards as a contamination check instead" (Muse Glimmer 30B, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Scale, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aerospike.com: 1
- beri.net: 1
- cmswire.com: 1
- gane.ai/index: 1
- giallostudio.it: 1
- github.com: 1
- gmicloud.ai: 1
- hostlist.io: 1
- ibm.com: 1
- itu.int: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aerospike.com/blog/best-practices-for-database-benchmarking: 1
- https://beri.net/article/vendor-ai-benchmark-claims-buyers-guide-independent-evals-contamination-50-task-replication: 1
- https://cmswire.com/digital-marketing/the-many-pitfalls-of-digital-marketing-benchmarks: 1
- https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/smb: 1
- https://giallostudio.it/en/blog/vendor-benchmarks-not-comparable: 1
- https://github.com/Chekhovin/awesome-llm-benchmarks/blob/main/README-en.md: 1
- https://github.com/ombharatiya/ai-system-design-guide/blob/main/14-evaluation-and-observability/03-benchmarks-and-leaderboards.md: 1
- https://gmicloud.ai/en/blog/benchmarking-ai-inference-providers: 1

## What it publishes

Every page scale.jobs exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1838 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1156 pages, 42 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- case study: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-02
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-29
- conference or event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-22
- report or ebook: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-01
- comparison: 226 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- template or tool: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-26
- glossary or explainer: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-08
- podcast or video: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-01
- Recent: 2026-09-22 comparison: Green card options eb 2 niw vs eb 3 vs h1b https://scale.jobs/blog/green-card-options-eb-2-niw-vs-eb-3-vs-h1b
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Best ai job search tools land dream job 2026 https://scale.jobs/blog/best-ai-job-search-tools-land-dream-job-2026
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: We compared 20 h1b sponsors actual 2026 filing data https://scale.jobs/blog/we-compared-20-h1b-sponsors-actual-2026-filing-data
- Recent: 2026-09-04 comparison: Scale jobs vs every other job apply tool we compared 18 of them https://scale.jobs/blog/scale-jobs-vs-every-other-job-apply-tool-we-compared-18-of-them
- Recent: 2026-08-29 blog: Career change for senior professionals https://scale.jobs/blog/career-change-for-senior-professionals
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: Executive job search in 2026 https://scale.jobs/blog/executive-job-search-in-2026

## 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.
