Three of twelve models named Pave first on the direct prompt; zero named Ravio. Pave was named by twelve of the twelve models and Ravio by eleven and Pave carries 66 labels and Ravio 28, 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 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 management page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Pave and Ravio were named in the same answer 102 times, of the 213 answers naming Pave and the 128 naming Ravio. In those answers Ravio took the first choice one time and Pave forty-four.
| 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 |
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. Four of four in this category shown.
“Note: benchmark-first, so execution is lighter.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“or the equity focus of tools like Pave” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Pave disrupted this by integrating directly with companies' HRIS, ATS, and cap tables to offer real-time, crowdsourced salary and equity benchmarking” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Pave: Excellent if you want built-in, real-time market benchmarking data, tech-forward integrations, and polished total rewards templates.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale 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.
“Ravio is mentioned as being suitable for global tech companies, but not for companies with few tech roles” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Pave, Comprehensive, and Ravio all offer free tiers for small teams” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Pave/Ravio/Comprehensive free tiers” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget 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.