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Edition 01 · September 2026Function 06

Compensation and total rewards

Pay and what surrounds it: compensation planning, benchmarking data, pay equity, earned wage access and flexible benefits. 5 of 7 categories scored, 2 planned.

Standing in compensation and total rewards

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all twelve models, for the five compensation and total rewards categories scored in the September 2026 Edition.
Compensation and total rewards
Flexible benefits and lifestyle spending accounts
One leader in all three segments
Compensation and total rewards
Earned wage access
A different leader in every segment
Compensation and total rewards
Compensation benchmarking data
A different leader in every segment
Compensation and total rewards
Compensation management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Compensation and total rewards
Pay equity
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.

Next in compensation and total rewards

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.
Equity compensation administration plannedTotal rewards statements planned