Radford vs Salary.com
Zero of twelve models named Radford first on the direct prompt; zero named Salary.com. Radford was named by eleven of the twelve models and Salary.com by nine and Radford carries 27 labels and Salary.com 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the compensation benchmarking data page.
By framing
RadfordFirst choices, of twelve modelsSalary.com
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Radford and Salary.com were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 83 answers naming Radford and the 141 naming Salary.com. In those answers Salary.com took the first choice zero times and Radford five.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |
Radford Salary.com first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Radford on the left and Salary.com on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Salary.com6%#3 of 10Radford0%#10 of 10Radford4%#5 of 8Salary.com2%#6 of 8Radford16%#2 of 10Salary.com3%#6 of 10What the models said about Radford
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget ... enterprise-grade pricing with far more data than most small/mid-market companies need” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid traditional surveys (Mercer/Radford: $10k+/year) unless scaling.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“it requires active participation (submitting your own data) and can be expensive and labor-intensive to manage compared to automated tools” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd typically recommend starting with Radford if you're in tech/SaaS, or Mercer for broader B2B sectors” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Mercer or Radford-style benchmark data is often the strongest foundation” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Tech-First / Specialized Platforms (Radford, Pave, CompAnalyst, Option Impact) — Best for: Scalability, ease of use, and equity/tech-heavy roles.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
What the models said about Salary.com
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Best all-around for mid-sized companies: Compdata Max / Salary.com” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.