# Willis Towers Watson: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 13 judge labels across 1 category by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/willis-towers-watson

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 2% | 28 | 46% | 13 |

## What the models said for it

- "Need HR, compensation, or talent data? | Mercer, Korn Ferry, Aon/WTW" (Kimi K2, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Best all-around: Mercer or WTW" (GPT-5.4 mini, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Highly trusted by board compensation committees and HR executives worldwide." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)

## And against it

- "explicitly advise skipping these providers unless you have a significant budget and need deep integration capabilities" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "avoid traditional enterprise survey providers (like Radford/Aon, Mercer, or Willis Towers Watson" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Avoid for Mid-Market: Radford (Aon), Mercer, or Willis Towers Watson" (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "gold-standard but more expensive and better for larger enterprises. Avoid over-relying on them for mid-sized firms due to cost." (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Willis Towers Watson, from 30 of the 36 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ravio.com: 17
- comprehensive.io: 12
- salary.com: 11
- g2.com: 10
- figures.hr: 8
- reddit.com: 8
- gane.ai/index: 7
- salarycube.com: 7
- payscale.com: 6
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 6

### Pages cited

- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 12
- https://ravio.com/blog/compensation-benchmarking-companies: 10
- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 7
- https://salary.com/data: 7
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/services/best-compensation-benchmarking-companies: 6
- https://salary.com/: 6
- https://reddit.com/r/humanresources/comments/1mni0bg/compensation_data_na: 5
- https://salarycube.com/compensation/best-compensation-benchmarking-companies-for-2026-complete-guide: 5

## 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.