Two categories · what the models named insteadAlternatives to Mercer, as AI models named them
In the September 2026 Edition, 384 of the 432 answers collected in the two categories where Mercer holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.
Compensation benchmarking data
Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Mercer; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, thirty-four products in all, the eight most named:
Sixty of the seventy-two answers did not name Mercer; it was the first choice in five. The first choices in those sixty answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:
Forty-five of the seventy-two answers did not name Mercer; it was the first choice in sixteen. The first choices in those forty-five answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:
Compensation management
Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Mercer; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, thirty-three products in all, the eight most named:
Sixty-seven of the seventy-two answers did not name Mercer; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-seven answers, thirty-five products in all, the eight most named:
Sixty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Mercer; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, thirty-three products in all, the eight most named:
How to read this
A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Mercer neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Mercer only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Mercer's side.
Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Mercer was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.