Pay equity for enterprise buyers
Asked as “pay equity analysis software”, and as “pay transparency compliance tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 43 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
SyndioBy 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.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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.
One product takes 53% of first choices here, so the chart would put six markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Zero products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing
02What they warned about
Seven of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash 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.
Payscale13%
3 of 23 labels negative · 3 of 12 models
“Not as deeply specialized in complex international regulations as Trusaic or Syndio; better suited for US-centric or simpler global operations.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
Barley50%
2 of 4 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid for your scale: Smaller tools like Barley ($5/user/month) or Deel lack enterprise depth” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt
Deel50%
2 of 4 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid for your scale: Smaller tools like Barley ($5/user/month) or Deel lack enterprise depth” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt
Pave67%
2 of 3 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“**Examples to Avoid:** **Pave**, **Barley**, **Equity.com** (basic tiers).” Qwen 3.7 Flash, 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
68 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. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 954 links across 175 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Guideflow43 answers · 44 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gartner41 answers · 54 citations · 10 models
vendor site · People Managing People38 answers · 51 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Trusaic34 answers · 62 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 42 citations · 9 models
27 answers · 38 citations · 8 models
25 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
vendor site · PayAnalytics21 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 29 citations · 8 models
vendor site · beqom18 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 25 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.
43 answers · 10 models
41 answers · 10 models
35 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 7 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which pay transparency compliance tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade pay equity tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best pay equity analysis software for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a pay equity analysis software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which pay equity tools should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Syndio, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay EquityCompportChangedSyndioSyndioSyndionothing named
Two alternatives
PayAnalytics, VisierTwo alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, beqom PaySuiteThree alternatives
PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity, beqomTwo alternatives
PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParitySix alternatives
Barley, CompUp, Compport, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay EquityGPT-5.4 miniPayscaleagainst: OpenComp, Salary.comPayscaleHeldSyndioPequityno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, Workday HCM, beqom PaySuiteOne alternative
Trusaic PayParityEight alternatives
Compport, Comprehensive.io, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Salary.com, Workday Compensation, Workday HCM, beqomOne alternative
SyndioGemini 3.5 FlashSyndioSyndioHeldSyndioSyndiono first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParityTwo alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, beqomFour alternatives
Affirmity, PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParityTwo alternatives
Pihr Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParityPerplexity Sonarbeqombeqom PaySuiteChangedSyndiobeqomno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Compport, HRSoft, PayscaleTwo alternatives
Sysarb, Trusaic PayParitySix alternatives
Affirmity, Compport, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity, beqom, beqom Pay EquityThree alternatives
PayAnalytics, Payscale / Salary.com, SyndioGrok 4.1 FastSyndioSyndioHeldSyndioSyndioagainst: Barley, DeelSyndio, Trusaic PayParitynothing named
Three alternatives
PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParityThree alternatives
Sysarb, Trusaic PayParity, beqomFour alternatives
PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, VisierFour alternatives
Compport, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity, VisierTwo alternatives
Payscale, VisierMistral SmallCompport, SyndioTrusaic PayParityChangedSyndioPave, Salary.comno first choicenothing named
One alternative
StrideOne alternative
beqomFour alternatives
Aeqium, PayAnalytics, Salary.com Pay Equity, Trusaic PayParityOne alternative
SyndioDeepSeek V4 FlashSyndioagainst: PayscaleSyndioHeldSyndio, Trusaic PayParityPayAnalytics, Syndiono first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParityThree alternatives
Sysarb, Trusaic PayParity, beqomThree alternatives
PayAnalytics, Payscale, beqomTwo alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, beqomLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Assemble, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParityQwen 3.7 FlashCompportagainst: SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCMSyndioChangedSyndio, Trusaic PayParityChartHopagainst: Orbiq, PayEquity.ai, Syndiono first choiceagainst: Barley, Equity.com, Oracle HCM Cloud, Pave, Payscale, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM
Two alternatives
Payscale, RemedysetTwo alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, beqomThree alternatives
Aeqium, PayAnalytics, PayscaleKimi K2SyndioSyndioHeldSyndioSyndioagainst: PayscaleSyndio, Trusaic PayParityagainst: ADP, Pave, SAP SuccessFactors, Syndio, Workday HCM, Workleap Compensation
Two alternatives
Payscale, Trusaic PayParityTwo alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay EquityFour alternatives
PayAnalytics, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay EquityOne alternative
beqomTwo alternatives
Aeqium, PayscaleGLM 4.7 FlashXSyndioSyndioHeldPayAnalytics, SyndioEquityPathagainst: Deelno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
PayAnalytics, beqomThree alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, Workday Pay Equity, beqom PaySuiteSix alternatives
Aeqium, Affirmity, Payscale, Trusaic PayParity, Visier, beqom Pay EquityOne alternative
Trusaic PayParityMiniMax M2.5no first choiceSyndio, Trusaic PayParityChangedSyndioSyndiono first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Sysarb, beqomThree alternatives
PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity, beqom Pay EquityTwo alternatives
Trusaic PayParity, beqomBold 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 20:38 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:02 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:01 | yes | 17 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:26 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:13 | yes | 25 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:18 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:44 | yes | 22 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 8 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:26 | yes | 17 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:15 | yes | 22 | 49 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:26 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:22 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:12 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:01 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:18 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 19:03 | yes | 26 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:17 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:03 | yes | 17 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:02 | yes | 7 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:59 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:43 | yes | 26 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:51 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:27 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 17:55 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:00 | yes | 32 | 70 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:23 | yes | 20 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:45 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:56 | yes | 7 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:52 | yes | 17 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 17:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:05 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:41 | yes | 23 | 49 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:55 | yes | 12 | 52 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:15 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:46 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:12 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:00 | yes | 21 | 65 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:05 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 18:49 | yes | 27 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:51 | yes | 25 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:54 | yes | 27 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:40 | yes | 24 | 82 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:01 | yes | 17 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:30 | yes | 22 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:56 | yes | 16 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:53 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:38 | yes | 2 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:01 | no | 0 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:42 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 19:57 | yes | 19 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:12 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:23 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:53 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:02 | yes | 14 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:20 | yes | 22 | 74 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:42 | no | 0 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:29 | yes | 28 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:29 | yes | 4 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:05 | yes | 17 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:50 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:38 | yes | 26 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:24 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:53 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:28 | yes | 14 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:29 | yes | 27 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:01 | yes | 26 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:28 | yes | 14 | 47 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
Payscale Ascent read as Payscale
SAP read as SAP SuccessFactors
Syndio PayEQ read as Syndio
Trusaic read as Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic (PayParity & Salary Range Finder) read as Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic (PayParity) read as Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic (PayParity® & R.O.S.A.®) read as Trusaic PayParity
Trusaic (PayParity™) read as Trusaic PayParity
Workday read as Workday HCM
Workleap read as Workleap Compensation
Unresolved, counted raw
Applied Analytics Lens
Bloomberg PH
Dandi
Equity.com
EquityPath
Mercer Comptryx
Orbiq
PayEquity.ai
Pihr Pay Equity
Remedyset
Workday Analytics
Workday or SAP SuccessFactors Pay Equity
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.