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Pay equity

Asked as “pay equity analysis software”, and as “pay transparency compliance tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 42 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Syndio
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 businessGusto21%ContestedStanding →Mid-marketSyndio17%ContestedThis pageEnterpriseSyndio53%Clear leaderStanding →

01The standing

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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Syndio17%19%36accepted challenger
02Payscale14%3%34accepted challenger
03PayAnalytics14%4%26accepted challenger
04Pave10%0%12accepted challenger
05Trusaic PayParity5%9%32accepted challenger
06Aeqium2%6%17accepted challenger
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09beqom0%27%11criticized challenger
07Salary.com0%7%14accepted challenger
08Compport0%0%10accepted 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
Syndio vs PayscaleSyndio vs PayAnalyticsPayscale vs PayAnalytics

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
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
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01Syndio17%
02Payscale14%
03PayAnalytics14%
04Pave10%
05Trusaic PayParity5%
06Aeqium2%
07Salary.com0%
08Compport0%
09beqom0%

02What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
Syndio
19%
7 of 36 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“When to Avoid Enterprise Tools (Like Syndio or Beqom) ... usually **overkill and cost-prohibitive**” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
beqom
27%
3 of 11 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“When to Avoid Enterprise Tools (Like Syndio or Beqom)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Trusaic PayParity
9%
3 of 32 labels negative · 3 of 12 models
“Enterprise statistical audit giants (such as Syndio and Trusaic) are highly robust, but they generally require custom enterprise contracts” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool
100%
1 of 1 labels negative · 1 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Simple Calculators or Basic Online Tools (e.g., state-provided ones like Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool) - **Why avoid/caution:** They often produce misleading or incomplete results” Grok 4.1 Fast, 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

67 of 72 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. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 824 links across 142 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

gartner.com
vendor site · Gartner42 answers · 48 citations · 11 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com
vendor site · People Managing People39 answers · 55 citations · 10 models
worldmetrics.org
29 answers · 41 citations · 9 models
guideflow.com
vendor site · Guideflow27 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
pay-equity-software.com
24 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
compensationtools.net
20 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
soteriahr.com
vendor site · Soteria HR20 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
payanalytics.com
vendor site · PayAnalytics18 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
trusaic.com
vendor site · Trusaic17 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
wifitalents.com
16 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
hr.software
15 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
synd.io
15 answers · 20 citations · 8 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.

gartner.com/reviews/market/pay-equity-software
41 answers · 10 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-pay-equity-software
38 answers · 10 models
guideflow.com/blog/pay-equity-software
27 answers · 9 models
worldmetrics.org/best/pay-equity-software
25 answers · 9 models
pay-equity-software.com/tools
22 answers · 9 models
soteriahr.com/pay-equity-analysis-software
20 answers · 9 models
compensationtools.net/best-pay-equity-software
15 answers · 8 models
compport.com/blog/best-pay-equity-software
14 answers · 6 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-ai-pay-equity-software
14 answers · 9 models
wifitalents.com/best/pay-equity-software
14 answers · 9 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 pay equity analysis software for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which pay transparency compliance tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top pay equity tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best pay equity analysis software for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a pay equity analysis software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which pay equity tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5OpenComp
Six alternativesBarley, CompUp, Compport, Comprehensive.io, HRSoft, Ravio
CompUpChanged
Three alternativesDeel, Payscale, Ravio
no first choice
Two alternativesPayscale, Syndio
OpenComp
Two alternativesHRSoft, Workleap Compensation
no first choiceagainst: Parity Software
GPT-5.4 miniSyndio
Three alternativesPayAnalytics, Payscale, beqom
against: Workday HCMPayscaleChanged
Three alternativesPayAnalytics, PayTransparency, Salary.com
Pihr, Syndio
Four alternativesPayscale, Salary.com, Workday HCM, beqom
no first choiceno first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashPayAnalytics, Pequity
Two alternativesSyndio, Workleap Compensation
Workleap CompensationChanged
Four alternativesOpenComp, Pave, Payscale, Ravio
against: Syndio, beqomno first choiceParity Software
Three alternativesCompUp, SalaryCube, Workleap Compensation
against: Syndio, Trusaic PayParityno first choicenothing named
Perplexity SonarPayscale
Three alternativesAeqium, Compport, PayAnalytics
RavioChanged
Four alternativesAxios Analytics, Sysarb, Trusaic PayParity, beqom
Syndio
Seven alternativesAffirmity, Compport, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, Workday Pay Equity, beqom Pay Equity
PayAnalytics
Two alternativesSalary.com, SalaryCube
against: Syndio, Trusaic PayParityno first choicenothing named
Grok 4.1 FastPayscale
Four alternativesBarley, Compport, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio
PayscaleHeld
One alternativeTrusaic PayParity
against: Gusto, SyndioPayAnalytics, Syndio
Three alternativesPayscale, Trusaic PayParity, Visier
Pave, Salary Equity Analyzer
Two alternativesDeel Compensation/Pay Equity, Salary.com Pay Equity
against: ChartHop, Excel/Google Sheets templatesSyndio
Three alternativesAeqium, Affirmity, Trusaic PayParity
against: Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool
Mistral SmallPayAnalytics
Five alternativesBarley, Payscale, Salary.com, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
Axios AnalyticsChanged
Two alternativesRavio, Sysarb
Visier
Nine alternativesAeqium, ChartHop, Deel, Pave, Payscale, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio, Workday Pay Equity, Workleap Compensation
Gusto
Two alternativesCompport, Trusaic PayParity
no first choicenothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashSyndio
Five alternativesAeqium, HiBob, Pave, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
SyndioHeld
Four alternativesPayscale, Ravio, Sysarb, Trusaic PayParity
Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
Five alternativesAeqium, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Sysarb, beqom
Pave, Payscale
Seven alternativesAeqium, BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, Comprehensive.io, Levels.fyi, OpenComp, Salary.com, Workleap Compensation
against: PayAnalytics, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity, beqomno first choiceagainst: Payscale, Salary.com, Syndio
Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choicePave
Two alternativesAeqium, ChartHop
no first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashPayAnalytics, Syndio
Three alternativesChartHop, Pave, Trusaic PayParity
PayAnalyticsChanged
Three alternativesBarley, Deel, Trusaic PayParity
Syndio
Six alternativesAeqium, Deel, OpenComp, Pave, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
OpenComp
Two alternativesPave, Salary.com
against: Aeqium, SyndioPave
Three alternativesFcomp, Payscale, PeopleSphere
nothing named
Kimi K2Syndio
Two alternativesPayscale, Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic PayParityChanged
Two alternativesPayscale, Syndio
Syndio
Seven alternativesAeqium, ChartHop, Deel, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Total Compensation
Salary Equity Analyzer, Vermont Women's Fund LEEP Toolkit
Three alternativesGusto, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
no first choicenothing named
GLM 4.7 FlashXAeqium
Eight alternativesChartHop, Compport, Figures, HiBob, Pave, PayAnalytics, Salary.com CompAnalyst, Syndio
Payscale, SysarbChanged
Two alternativesPayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
against: beqomSyndio
Four alternativesAeqium, Payscale, SalaryCube, beqom
Trusaic PayParity
Three alternativesGusto, Payscale, Soteria HR
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5PayAnalytics, Syndio
Two alternativesPayscale, Trusaic PayParity
against: BarleySysarbChanged
Four alternativesAxios Analytics, PayGap, Trusaic PayParity, beqom
Syndio
Five alternativesAeqium, Deel, Pave, Payscale, Visier
Gusto
Four alternativesCompport, OpenComp Market Pulse, Payscale, Salary.com
no first choicenothing named
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.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 17:57yes1710 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:24yes36 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 17:53yes2123 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:17yes206 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 20:03yes3020 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:34yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:15yes1321 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:32yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:22yes746 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:25yes1020 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:45yes1153 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:12yes514 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:15yes179 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:48yes37 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:24yes2520 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:45yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 20:58yes3822 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:27yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:01yes1422 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:46yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:35yes860 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:02yes1027 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:23yes1423 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:40yes1025 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:23yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:32yes66 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:54yes2143 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:11yes2011 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 20:41yes2414 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:30yes78 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:38yes2242 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:34yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:49yes1030 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:24yes625 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:04yes2467 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:57yes826 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:51yes96 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:57no05 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:59yes1557 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:07yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 20:16yes3721 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:30yes1511 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:35yes1916 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:37yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:05yes2657 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:10yes2328 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:00yes26115 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:40yes713 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:57no08 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:14no07 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:21yes1226 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:38yes208 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:32yes1110 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:04no09 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 19:47yes715 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:39yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:44no031 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:04yes753 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:08yes11119 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:53yes533 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:29yes167 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:39yes57 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:15yes1324 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:02yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:04yes2213 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:12yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:42yes2527 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:25yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:17yes937 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:23yes2334 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:18yes12125 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:28yes1848 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
Comprehensive read as Comprehensive.io
Figures.hr read as Figures
Parity read as Parity Software
PayScale Ascent read as Payscale
Payscale Ascent read as Payscale
Payscale Ascent (formerly Payfactors) read as Payscale
Syndio PayEQ read as Syndio
Trusaic read as Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic (PayParity) read as Trusaic PayParity
Workday read as Workday HCM
Workleap read as Workleap Compensation
Unresolved, counted raw
Acterys
Deel Compensation/Pay Equity (Entry Tier)
Fcomp
HiBob Pay Equity Audit Template
Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Tool
Melius
PayGap
PayTransparency
PeopleSphere
Pihr
Sourcetable Pay Equity Analysis Template
Vermont Women's Fund LEEP Toolkit
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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