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Pay equity · September 2026 Edition

Pave vs Aeqium

Zero of twelve models named Pave first on the direct prompt; one named Aeqium. Pave was named by eight of the twelve models and Aeqium by ten and Pave carries 12 labels and Aeqium 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Pave

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Aeqium

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1217A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Pave reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Syndio was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Syndio vs Pave · Syndio vs Aeqium · Payscale vs Pave

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 pay equity page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PaveFirst choices, of twelve modelsAeqium
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained301 against Aeqium
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Pave and Aeqium stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Pave Aeqium first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Pave on the left and Aeqium on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Pave and Aeqium stood in it.

Aeqium first, Pave an alternative

1 of 12 modelsPave was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXAeqium alternatives: ChartHop, Compport, Figures, HiBob, Pave, PayAnalytics, Salary.com CompAnalyst, Syndio

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarPayscale alternatives: Aeqium, Compport, PayAnalytics
DeepSeek V4 FlashSyndio alternatives: Aeqium, HiBob, Pave, PayAnalytics, Trusaic PayParity
Qwen 3.7 FlashPayAnalytics, Syndio alternatives: ChartHop, Pave, Trusaic PayParity

Neither was named

8 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5OpenComp alternatives: Barley, CompUp, Compport, Comprehensive.io, HRSoft, Ravio
GPT-5.4 miniSyndio alternatives: PayAnalytics, Payscale, beqom
Gemini 3.5 FlashPayAnalytics, Pequity alternatives: Syndio, Workleap Compensation
Grok 4.1 FastPayscale alternatives: Barley, Compport, Salary.com Pay Equity, Syndio
Mistral SmallPayAnalytics alternatives: Barley, Payscale, Salary.com, Syndio, Trusaic PayParity
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Syndio alternatives: Payscale, Trusaic PayParity
MiniMax M2.5PayAnalytics, Syndio alternatives: Payscale, Trusaic PayParity

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Pave leads by five points.
Pave7%#2 of 8
Aeqium2%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Pave leads by seven points.
Pave10%#4 of 9
Aeqium2%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Pave leads by two points.
Pave2%#– of 7
Aeqium0%#7 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Pave

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Aeqium

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“a full regression analysis suite like Aeqium or Syndio (which are powerful but typically reserved for much larger budgets)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Best overall dedicated platform: Aeqium – strong statistical rigor, traceable variance, and governance‑ready reporting.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.