Zero of fourteen models named Salary.com CompAnalyst first on the direct prompt; two named Ravio. Salary.com CompAnalyst was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Ravio by eleven and Salary.com CompAnalyst carries 24 labels and Ravio 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three 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 fourteen 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.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Salary.com CompAnalyst and Ravio were named in the same answer forty-six times, of the 94 answers naming Salary.com CompAnalyst and the 165 naming Ravio. In those answers Ravio took the first choice three times and Salary.com CompAnalyst one.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid expensive enterprise solutions like PayScale (~$12,000+/year) or Salary.com” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Best all-around validated survey for mid-size: Compdata Max / Salary.com. Explicitly called out as best all-around for mid-sized companies.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Balance of Depth & Accessibility ... Salary.com or Mercer will give you the broad industry coverage you need” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Europe/tech-leaning—less ideal for general B2B” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · soft negative
“Real-time compensation platforms (e.g., Ravio, Pave) that pull data directly from HRIS systems with human validation — more current and accurate than surveys” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“SalaryCube and Ravio are frequently recommended due to their comprehensive data, ease of use, and fit for mid-market needs.” Mistral Small · direct 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.