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Compensation management for small business buyers

Asked as “compensation management software”, and as “salary planning and compensation review software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 107 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Pave

Contested

17% of first choices, contested.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

Pave17%ContestedThis page Mid-market

Pave18%ContestedStanding →Enterprise

beqom19%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Pave4%69accepted challenger

BambooHR9%65accepted challenger

Compease0%28accepted challenger

QuotaPath0%38accepted challenger

Comprehensive3%38accepted challenger

Salary.com11%37accepted challenger

Ravio0%28accepted challenger

Gusto14%29accepted challenger

Salary.com CompAnalyst7%28accepted challenger

CaptivateIQ52%25criticized challenger

Aeqium0%15accepted challenger

Lattice7%15accepted challenger

Rippling5%20accepted challenger

Paycom21%28accepted challenger

15Five0%13accepted challenger

OpenComp0%14accepted challenger

Comprehensive.io13%15accepted challenger

Payscale29%14criticized challenger

Lattice Compensate63%19criticized challenger

Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Paychex100%11criticized challenger

ADP82%11criticized challenger

HiBob8%13accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Pave vs Comprehensive Pave vs Aeqium Comprehensive vs Aeqium

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%

Key

Pave17%

BambooHR13%

Compease12%

QuotaPath11%

Comprehensive7%

Salary.com4%

Ravio4%

Gusto4%

Salary.com CompAnalyst4%

CaptivateIQ3%

Aeqium2%

Lattice2%

Rippling1%

Paycom1%

15Five1%

OpenComp1%

Comprehensive.io1%

Payscale1%

Lattice Compensate1%

HiBob0%

ADP0%

Paychex0%

02What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Paychex

100%

11 of 11 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 9 hard negative

“Recurring payroll and billing errors — owners report mistakes "every time," plus incorrect tax filings and unexpected charges.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

ADP

82%

9 of 11 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 8 hard negative

“platforms to approach with caution... **Opaque pricing**: Frequently cited for hidden fees that "nickel and dime" users” Kimi K2, negative prompt

CaptivateIQ

52%

13 of 25 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 4 hard negative

“has no published pricing (~$660/seat/year, ~$35K median ACV), adds integration and professional-services costs” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

Workday

89%

8 of 9 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 4 hard negative

“The clearest categories to avoid or scrutinize are: - **Enterprise compensation-planning suites** like **Workday**” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

129 of 144 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 12 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 1716 links across 252 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

comprehensive.io

vendor site · Comprehensive96 answers · 116 citations · 10 models

hibob.com

vendor site · HiBob73 answers · 73 citations · 11 models

learn.g2.com

72 answers · 80 citations · 11 models

gartner.com

vendor site · Gartner71 answers · 73 citations · 10 models

g2.com

70 answers · 133 citations · 11 models

bamboohr.com

vendor site · BambooHR48 answers · 78 citations · 9 models

firsthr.app

vendor site · FirstHR43 answers · 43 citations · 9 models

ravio.com

vendor site · Ravio42 answers · 63 citations · 10 models

quotapath.com

vendor site · QuotaPath42 answers · 44 citations · 10 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com

vendor site · People Managing People39 answers · 47 citations · 10 models

fitsmallbusiness.com

35 answers · 36 citations · 10 models

aeqium.com

vendor site · Aeqium29 answers · 30 citations · 9 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-management-software

95 answers · 10 models

hibob.com/blog/best-compensation-management-software

73 answers · 11 models

gartner.com/reviews/market/compensation-management-software

71 answers · 10 models

learn.g2.com/best-compensation-management-software

70 answers · 11 models

firsthr.app/compare/payroll/compensation-management-tools

43 answers · 9 models

quotapath.com/blog/best-compensation-management-software

38 answers · 10 models

bamboohr.com/blog/compensation-management-tools

37 answers · 8 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-compensation-management-software

36 answers · 9 models

g2.com/categories/compensation-management/small-business

34 answers · 10 models

fitsmallbusiness.com/best-compensation-management-software

29 answers · 10 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best compensation management software for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which salary planning and compensation review software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top compensation platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best compensation management software for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a compensation management software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which compensation platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5BambooHR

Seven alternatives

Compease, Deel Payroll, HiBob HRIS, OpenComp, Paycom, Rippling, Salary.com

15Five, Comprehensive, LatticeChanged

Seven alternatives

Aeqium, Anaplan, Cornerstone, Dayforce, Excel/Google Sheets, Pave, Salesforce Compensation Cloud

15Five, BambooHR, Comprehensive

Six alternatives

HiBob HRIS, OpenComp, Pave, Salary.com, Salary.com's CompAnalyst, Stello AI

BambooHR, Deel Payroll

Five alternatives

15Five, Compease, Comprehensive, HiBob HRIS, OpenComp

no first choiceagainst: HiBob, Patriot Software, Paycom, Personio, QuickBooks Payroll, Square Payroll, Workday, beqom

GPT-5.4 miniLattice, Pave, Visdum

Five alternatives

CaptivateIQ, CompLogix, Compaas, Compport, HiBob

against: Salary.comCaptivateIQ, Salary.comChanged

Three alternatives

Lattice, OpenComp, Payscale Ascent

against: CaptivateIQPave, Payscale

Seven alternatives

BetterComp, Carta Equity Suite, Deel Payroll, HiBob HRIS, Mercer Belong, Paycom, Salary.com

against: Anaplan, CompportGusto

Two alternatives

Deel, Deel Payroll

against: Payscale, Salary.comno first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashComprehensive, OpenComp, QuotaPath

Eight alternatives

Aeqium, Barley, EasyComp, Everstage, Pave, Ravio, Rippling, SimplyMerit

against: XactlyPave, QuotaPathChanged

Five alternatives

Aeqium, EasyComp, Sales Cookie, SimplyMerit, Workleap Compensation

against: CaptivateIQ, XactlyComprehensive.io, Gusto, Pave

Eleven alternatives

Aeqium, Carta, ChartHop, Deel, EasyComp, Figures, Lattice, OpenComp, QuotaPath, Ravio, Rippling

against: Carta, Pave, PulleyAeqium, ChartHop, Pave

Fourteen alternatives

BambooHR, Barley, Comprehensive.io, Deel, Google Sheets, Gusto, Justly, Lattice, OnPay, OpenComp, Quota Queue, QuotaPath, Rippling, TalentHR

against: CompLogix, Comprehensive.io, HRSoft, Pave, Salary.com, beqomPave

Ten alternatives

Aeqium, BambooHR, Barley, ChartHop, Compport, Comprehensive, Gusto, HiBob, QuotaPath, Rippling

against: Mercer, Radfordagainst: CaptivateIQ, Carta, HRSoft, Lattice Compensate, Mercer, Oracle HCM Cloud, Payscale, Radford, SAP SuccessFactors, Salary.com, Salesforce Spiff, Spiff, Varicent, Willis Towers Watson, Workday Compensation, Xactly, beqom

Perplexity SonarBambooHR, QuotaPath

Four alternatives

15Five, Compease, Comprehensive, Salary.com

against: PaycomBambooHR, QuotaPathHeld

Four alternatives

Aeqium, Comprehensive, Pave, Sales Cookie

Comprehensive, Pave, Ravio

Five alternatives

BambooHR, CaptivateIQ, Lattice Compensate, QuotaPath, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: Lattice CompensateCompease, QuotaPath

Four alternatives

BambooHR, Comprehensive, Salary.com, Salary.com CompAnalyst

no first choiceagainst: CURO, CaptivateIQ, CompLogix, CompTrak, HRSoft, Workday, Xactly Incent, beqom

Grok 4.1 FastCompease

Five alternatives

BambooHR, Lattice Compensate, Pave, Paycom, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: ADP Workforce Now, PaycorCompease, PaveChanged

Five alternatives

BambooHR, BambooHR Compensation Module, Payfactors, Salary.com, Salary.com CompAnalyst

Comprehensive, Pave

Six alternatives

15Five, BambooHR, Comprehensive.io, Figures.hr, Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: Payscale, SimplyMeritCompease, Pave

Nine alternatives

BambooHR, Comprehensive.io, Deel HR, Gusto, Lattice, OnPay, Patriot Software, Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: Lattice Compensate, Oracle, Salary.com CompAnalyst, WorkdayComprehensive, Figures.hr, Ravio

Four alternatives

BambooHR, Bob, Deel, Rippling

against: Comprehensive.io, SalaryCubeagainst: ADP, Gusto, Oracle HCM modules, Paychex, Paycom, QuickBooks Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday

Mistral SmallCompease, Salary.com

Two alternatives

Paycom, QuotaPath

BambooHR, Pave, RavioChanged

Three alternatives

Barley, Compease, Soteria

Pave, Ravio, Salary.com

Eight alternatives

15Five, BambooHR, CompAnalyst, Compease, Comprehensive, Paycom, QuotaPath, SimplyMerit

BambooHR, Compease

Two alternatives

Paycom, Salary.com

no first choice

Five alternatives

CURO, Compa, Deel, Payscale, Trusaic

against: ADP, ADP Workforce Now, Deel Payroll, Gusto, Paychex, Paycor, Rippling

DeepSeek V4 FlashPave, Salary.com CompAnalyst

Six alternatives

BambooHR, COMPackage, CaptivateIQ, CompAnalyst, OpenComp, Qobra

against: ChartHop, Comprehensive, HRSoft, Payscale MarketPay, beqomBambooHR, QuotaPathChanged

Seven alternatives

Everstage, Pave, Payscale, Salary.com, Salary.com CompAnalyst, Sales Cookie, Visdum

against: CaptivateIQ, Oracle, SAP, Spiff, WorkdayPave

Four alternatives

Comprehensive.io, QuotaPath, Ravio, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: BambooHR, CaptivateIQ, Lattice, Lattice Compensate, Payscale / PathwayCompease, Pave, Ravio

Six alternatives

BambooHR, Comprehensive, Paycom, QuotaPath, Sage HR, Salary.com

against: BambooHR, CaptivateIQ, CompAnalyst, HRSoft COMPview, Lattice Compensate, Payfactors, Payscaleno first choiceagainst: Payfactors, beqomagainst: ADP, BambooHR, BambooHR Compensation Module, CaptivateIQ, Employment Hero, Lattice Compensate, Pave, PayScale/Payfactors, Paychex, Paycom, Xactly

Llama 4 MaverickBambooHR, CompLogix, Paycom, Salary.comno first choiceChangedPave

Seven alternatives

15Five, BambooHR, Compease, Comprehensive, QuotaPath, Salary.com CompAnalyst, SimplyMerit

CompAnalyst, Salary.com CompAnalyst

Six alternatives

BambooHR, CaptivateIQ, CompXL, Compease, Paycom, Payfactors

Comprehensive

Four alternatives

15Five, Deel HR, Lattice, Pave

nothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashComprehensive, Spiff

Eight alternatives

BambooHR, Deel HR, Gusto, Lattice, Lighthouse, Pave, Paycom, Qobra

CaptivateIQ, PaveChanged

Four alternatives

Alcorn McCulloch, Payscale, Salary.com, Spiff

Comprehensive.io, Pave

Nine alternatives

Carta Total Comp, Figures, Gust, Levels.fyi, OpenComp, Personio, QuotaPath, Ravio, SimplyMerit

against: BambooHRComprehensive.ai, Gusto, Pave

Five alternatives

BambooHR, Eqvista, Lattice, Payscale, QuickBooks Online

against: Capshield, Carta, GustoPave, Rippling

Two alternatives

Gloat, Wagepoint

against: Paylocity, SAP, Sage, Workdayagainst: ADP, BambooHR, Paychex, QuickBooks Payroll, Savvy.com, Wave Payroll

Kimi K2Payscale, Salary.com

Four alternatives

BambooHR, Carta Total Compensation, HiBob, Paycom

BambooHR, Compease, Salary.com CompAnalystChanged

Three alternatives

Aeqium, Lattice Compensate, Pave

Comprehensive, Pave

Six alternatives

BambooHR, BambooHR Compensation, Gusto, Lattice Compensate, Ravio, Square Payroll

against: Lattice CompensateCompLogix, Empxtrack, Gusto, Pave

Four alternatives

COMPackage, OpenComp, QuotaPath, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: Lattice CompensateAeqium, Comprehensive, Lattice Compensate, Pave, Ravio

Three alternatives

BambooHR, HiBob, QuotaPath

against: CaptivateIQ, Lattice Compensate, Xactlyagainst: ADP, BambooHR, CaptivateIQ, Lattice Compensate, Paychex, Paychex Flex, Paycor, Salesforce Spiff

GLM 4.7 FlashXBambooHR, QuotaPath

Five alternatives

Deel Payroll, HiBob, Lattice, Paycom, Salary.com

against: CaptivateIQ, XactlyBambooHR, QuotaPathHeld

Five alternatives

EasyComp, Everstage, Lattice, Salary.com, Salesforce Spiff

Comprehensive, Gusto, Pave, Ravio

Ten alternatives

BambooHR, Deel, Factorial, HRSoft, HiBob, Oyster HR, Paycor, Personio, Salary.com, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: Workday HCM, beqomPave, Pave Market Data Lite

Eight alternatives

Aeqium, BambooHR – Elite Plan, Comprehensive, Comprehensive.io, Deel HR, Pequity, QuotaPath, Ravio

against: CaptivateIQ, CompAnalyst, Salary.com CompAnalyst, Xactlyno first choiceagainst: ADP, Gusto, Paychex

MiniMax M2.5BambooHR, Comprehensive.io

Three alternatives

HiBob, Paycom, Salary.com

BambooHR Compensation, CaptivateIQ, Salary.com CompAnalystChanged

Four alternatives

Figures, HiBob, Lattice Compensation, Salary.com

Gusto, Pave

Five alternatives

15Five, Comprehensive, QuotaPath, Rippling, Salary.com CompAnalyst

against: PaycomCompease, Pave

Six alternatives

Aeqium, BambooHR, Gusto, Patriot Software, Salary.com CompAnalyst, Zoho People

no first choiceagainst: ADP, ADP（尤其是 ADP RUN）, Heartland Payroll, Paychex, Paycom, Paylocity, QuickBooks Payroll, SurePayroll（已被 Paychex 收购）

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:34	yes	13	8 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:04	yes	4	6 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:51	yes	19	21 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:04	yes	20	6 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:20	yes	32	19 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 21:26	yes	5	4 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:46	yes	25	24 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:46	yes	5	2 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:15	no	0	30 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 17:53	yes	8	21 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:53	yes	22	294 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:03	yes	5	18 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:14	yes	9	9 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:05	yes	2	7 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:57	yes	16	24 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:45	yes	20	9 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:18	yes	32	24 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:24	yes	5	4 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 20:24	yes	28	70 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:06	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:57	yes	9	35 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:49	yes	26	45 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:19	yes	23	162 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:14	yes	5	16 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:15	yes	16	10 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:38	yes	2	8 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:59	yes	13	69 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:29	yes	20	11 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:44	yes	37	20 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 21:02	yes	5	6 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 18:34	yes	24	69 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:11	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:50	yes	8	20 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:01	yes	17	39 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:37	yes	27	58 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:53	yes	11	22 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:14	yes	9	8 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:50	yes	2	5 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:48	yes	21	20 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:35	yes	18	6 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:24	yes	32	16 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:34	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:47	yes	9	10 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:38	yes	5	2 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:37	yes	9	32 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:24	yes	11	22 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:52	yes	12	27 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:23	yes	8	27 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 21:05	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:26	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:34	yes	11	20 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	20	10 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:52	yes	12	11 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:34	no	0	7 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:10	yes	9	15 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	5	4 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:32	no	0	29 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:41	yes	18	41 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:13	yes	13	61 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:10	no	0	53 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 21:30	yes	26	9 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:52	no	0	4 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:23	yes	20	20 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:24	yes	20	7 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:13	yes	33	17 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:11	yes	5	7 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:37	yes	29	28 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:13	yes	5	3 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:03	yes	12	41 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:42	yes	18	40 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:28	yes	24	91 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:18	yes	21	37 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

None. Every name in this category resolved on its own.

Unresolved, counted raw

ADP（尤其是 ADP RUN）

Alcorn McCulloch

BLS.gov

BambooHR – Elite Plan

Cake Equity

Capshield

CompTrak

Comprehensive.ai (Comprehensive)

Heartland Payroll

Justly

Lighthouse

Mercer Belong

Oracle HCM modules

Payscale / Pathway

Playroll Salary Benchmarking Calculator

Quota Queue

Salesforce Compensation Cloud

Savvy.com

Soteria

SurePayroll（已被 Paychex 收购）

Wagepoint

Workday-based solutions

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Compensation management for small business buyers

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

Also in compensation and total rewards