{ "updated": "2026-11-07", "what": "One row per company on the map. `cat` is its one category, what its own headline sells; `ph` scores the map's stages 0 (not found on its site), 1 (partial) or 2 (core); `caps` lists the AI capabilities it sells today; `flags` marks who it is built for, from the vendor's own pages; `home` names the map a cross-listed row's name, site, category, scale and funding come from; `v` says where the row's facts come from: `primary` (the vendor's own release or changelog), `site` (the vendor's own site) or `reported` (trade press, where the vendor's site would not open); `src` lists every page the researcher opened for the row.", "categories": { "comp": { "n": "Compensation planning and pay equity", "d": "Pay data, pay ranges, merit cycles and bonuses, and pay equity analysis, with AI that recommends pay and explains it." }, "icm": { "n": "Sales compensation and commissions", "d": "Design incentive plans, calculate commissions and show reps what they will earn, with AI that reads plans and answers disputes." }, "spm": { "n": "Sales planning, quotas and territories", "d": "Set sales capacity, quotas and territories, with AI that models coverage and fairness." }, "equity": { "n": "Equity management", "d": "Run cap tables, grants and vesting, and plan equity as part of total pay." }, "bizplan": { "n": "Business planning platforms", "d": "Finance and connected-planning platforms that model headcount, quotas or supply alongside the budget, now with AI forecasts and agents." }, "hcm": { "n": "HR suites and HRIS", "d": "Payroll, HR records and talent suites that now build or buy AI recruiting and HR agents." } }, "phases": [ { "k": "bench", "n": "Benchmark", "d": "Price the job: market pay data, job levels and pay ranges." }, { "k": "plan", "n": "Plan pay", "d": "Run merit cycles, bonuses and equity grants, budgets, approvals and offers." }, { "k": "fair", "n": "Pay equity", "d": "Find and fix unexplained pay gaps, and meet pay transparency rules." }, { "k": "quota", "n": "Quotas", "d": "Set sales capacity, quotas, territories and incentive plan design." }, { "k": "pay", "n": "Commissions", "d": "Calculate commissions and incentives, handle disputes, pay out and accrue." } ], "caps": [ { "k": "pay_data", "n": "Market pay data", "d": "Benchmarks from surveys, payroll or job-post data, matched to roles with AI." }, { "k": "leveling", "n": "Job leveling", "d": "AI-built job architecture, levels and job matching." }, { "k": "ranges", "n": "Pay ranges and offers", "d": "AI-recommended pay ranges or offer amounts." }, { "k": "cycles", "n": "Comp cycles", "d": "Merit cycle, bonus and equity planning with AI recommendations or guidance for managers." }, { "k": "pay_equity", "n": "Pay equity analysis", "d": "Statistical pay gap analysis and remediation." }, { "k": "transparency", "n": "Pay transparency", "d": "Pay transparency reporting and compliance, such as the EU directive." }, { "k": "rewards", "n": "Total rewards", "d": "Total rewards statements or communication of pay, equity and benefits." }, { "k": "quota", "n": "Quota setting", "d": "AI-assisted quota setting and capacity planning." }, { "k": "territory", "n": "Territory planning", "d": "AI-assisted territory design and account assignment." }, { "k": "plan_design", "n": "Plan design", "d": "Build and model incentive plans, or read plan documents with AI." }, { "k": "commissions", "n": "Commission calculation", "d": "Calculate commissions and incentives from CRM and billing data." }, { "k": "rep_view", "n": "Rep earnings view", "d": "Show sellers their earnings, forecasts and what-ifs, or answer their questions." }, { "k": "equity_admin", "n": "Equity administration", "d": "Cap tables, grants, vesting and equity reporting." }, { "k": "analytics", "n": "Pay analytics", "d": "AI analytics or natural-language questions on pay and incentive data." }, { "k": "copilot", "n": "Assistant", "d": "A general AI assistant or chat over the product's data." }, { "k": "agent", "n": "Named agent", "d": "A named agent that completes multi-step work on its own." }, { "k": "mcp", "n": "MCP or agent API", "d": "An MCP server, agent API, or apps inside ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot." } ], "flags": [], "modes": { "assist": { "n": "Assistive", "d": "Drafts, forecasts, ranks or suggests when a person asks. The person does each step." }, "agent": { "n": "Agent", "d": "Completes multi-step work on its own once a person sets it going, such as building a commission plan from a description or working through a pay dispute." }, "always_on": { "n": "Always-on", "d": "Runs continuously without a prompt, such as checking every commission statement for errors before payout." } }, "scale_tiers": { "1": "Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue", "2": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base", "3": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed", "4": "No disclosed scale" }, "companies": [ { "n": "Aon Radford McLagan Compensation Database", "u": "https://www.aon.com/en/capabilities/human-capital-analytics/radford-mclagan-compensation-database", "w": "Aon sells the Radford McLagan Compensation Database, a validated pay database that comp teams query for market pay, with HRIS and ATS connections through APIs. Aon says more than 8,500 organizations rely on it. In 2026 it added an AI Compensation Assistant for on-demand data access and a job-matching agent that sets up role matches from plain-language instructions.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "provides on-demand access to compensation data", "url": "https://aon.mediaroom.com/2026-03-31-Aon-Launches-Radford-McLagan-Compensation-Database-Enhancements-as-AI-Redefines-Workforce-Skills-and-Compensation" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "copilot", "leveling", "pay_data" ], "ai": "An AI Compensation Assistant for on-demand access to compensation data, and a job-matching agent that automates role matching and report setup from plain-language instructions. The database also added AI-specific job families.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Aon plc is a public company; Aon's release says the database covers over 30 million employees in 115 countries and is relied on by more than 8,500 organizations" }, "hq": "Dublin, Ireland (press release dateline)", "owner": "Aon plc", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://aon.mediaroom.com/2026-03-31-Aon-Launches-Radford-McLagan-Compensation-Database-Enhancements-as-AI-Redefines-Workforce-Skills-and-Compensation", "https://www.aap.com.au/aapreleases/cision20260331ae22822/", "https://www.aon.com/en/capabilities/human-capital-analytics/radford-mclagan-compensation-database" ] }, { "n": "Mercer Talent All Access Portal (TAAP)", "u": "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/solutions/talent-and-rewards/rewards-strategy/talent-all-access-portfolio/", "w": "Mercer's Talent All Access Portal is a subscription portal where HR and rewards teams run Mercer's compensation, benefits and workforce data and research themselves. Mercer calls it \"Mercer's game-changing HR insights platform\". Aida, a chat assistant inside the portal, answers questions on benchmarks and compensation trends, and Workforce Insights adds AI-built benchmarks.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Mercer's game-changing HR insights platform", "url": "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/solutions/talent-and-rewards/rewards-strategy/talent-all-access-portfolio/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "pay_data" ], "ai": "Aida (Artificial Intelligence Digital Assistant), a proprietary chat assistant in the portal that surfaces data, summarizes content and compares policy documents, and which Mercer says is built on Mercer research. Workforce Insights is an AI-powered benchmarking platform.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Mercer is part of Marsh, a public company, per Mercer pages that carry the Marsh brand; Workforce Insights cites benchmarks across 100+ countries and 20,000 organizations" }, "hq": "New York, US (press release dateline)", "owner": "Marsh", "price": { "note": "not published; demo request only. Aida is part of the TAAP+ tier" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/solutions/talent-and-rewards/rewards-strategy/talent-all-access-portfolio/", "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/about/newsroom/mercer-embraces-ai-to-deliver-better-outcomes-for-clients-launches-ai-talent-capabilities-workforce-insights-and-aida/", "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/solutions/talent-and-rewards/rewards-strategy/global-compensation-and-benefits-data", "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/about/newsroom/mercer-and-compa-join-forces-to-bring-compensation-insights-into-everyday-workflows/" ] }, { "n": "WTW Rewards AI", "u": "https://www.wtwco.com/en-us/solutions/products/rewards-ai", "w": "WTW sells Rewards AI, a generative AI tool for HR and compensation teams. Users ask questions in plain language and get answers from WTW's own rewards data, and each recommendation can be traced to its source data. WTW's own product page was not readable, so this row rests on trade copies of its release.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "human-led, machine-powered", "url": "https://insurance-canada.ca/2026/03/05/wtw-launch-rewards-ai-compensation-intelligence/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 1, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "pay_data" ], "ai": "Rewards AI, a conversational generative AI product built on WTW's proprietary data, with recommendations traceable to source data.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Part of WTW, a global advisory firm" }, "price": { "note": "not published" }, "v": "reported", "src": [ "https://insurance-canada.ca/2026/03/05/wtw-launch-rewards-ai-compensation-intelligence/", "https://www.bettercomp.com/blog/what-our-partnership-with-wtw-means-for-comp/" ] }, { "n": "Pave", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.pave.com/", "w": "\"The AI compensation platform.\" HR and total rewards teams use Market Data Lite (free to start) and Market Data Pro for benchmarks from 9,000+ integrated clients, Market Pricing to build pay ranges and equity targets, Compensation Planning for merit cycles with manager guidance, Team View dashboards that flag flight risks, and a Total Rewards portal. The Pave Agent runs merit-cycle simulations on the company's own data. Pay equity and pay transparency are not named products on the homepage.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "The AI compensation platform", "url": "https://www.pave.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "mcp", "pay_data", "ranges", "rewards" ], "ai": "The Pave Agent: \"Build and manage an AI agent that automates your most complex compensation workflows.\" It works on the company's own compensation data plus Pave's benchmarks, runs merit cycle simulations, and connects to outside AI tools over MCP and API.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "\"9,000+ integrated Pave clients\"; Series C of $100M led by Index Ventures in 2022 at a reported $1.6B valuation." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Series C, $100M, 2022-06-28", "investors": "Index Ventures", "src": "https://prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/pave-raises-100m-series-c-led-by-index-ventures-and-acquires-option-impact-801347226.html" }, "price": { "note": "Market Data Lite offered free (\"Get Started for Free\"); Market Data Pro and other plans not priced on the homepage" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.pave.com/", "https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/pave-agent-mcp" ] }, { "n": "Payscale", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.payscale.com/", "w": "\"Confident pay decisions. Real business impact.\" Compensation teams buy Benchmarking (\"Defensible pay benchmarks powered by AI-guided data\", 60M+ jobs priced in 2024), JobNav for job architecture and pay ranges, Paycycle for merit cycles and raises, and Ascent. The homepage also lists pay equity analysis with \"auditable methodology\" and auto-generated \"compliant pay range language for every jurisdiction\".", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Confident pay decisions. Real business impact.", "url": "https://www.payscale.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 2, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "leveling", "pay_data", "pay_equity", "ranges", "transparency" ], "ai": "AI-guided benchmarking data and \"AI-assisted matching for complex skill variations\" on the homepage; Smart Price is agentic job pricing, and Smart Reporting builds compensation reports from chat requests (November 2025 and May 2026 releases).", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "\"16K+ customers worldwide\" and $2.3T in salaries managed through its data (homepage); majority-owned by Francisco Partners." }, "owner": "Francisco Partners", "price": { "note": "not published on the homepage; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.payscale.com/", "https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/", "https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/payscale-launches-smart-price-and-compass", "https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/payscale-transforms-paycycle" ] }, { "n": "Pequity", "u": "https://www.pequity.com/", "w": "\"Compensation made simple. Decisions made powerful.\" Compensation teams at mid-size, enterprise and multinational companies run comp cycles in a spreadsheet-style tool with Market Pulse benchmarks, Range Management, Approvals, Employee Portals, People Insights and a Salary Board for sharing ranges with candidates or in job posts. ADP bought Pequity in October 2025 and the homepage now reads \"Pequity joins ADP\". Pay equity appears as a benefit claim, not a named analysis module.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Compensation made simple. Decisions made powerful.", "url": "https://www.pequity.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "ranges", "transparency" ], "ai": "An AI Copilot lets users build compensation formulas, get mid-cycle explanations and make changes in natural language; AI insights generate custom people analytics and reports. The pricing page marks Comp Cycle and People Insights \"AI Enabled\".", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Owned by ADP, a public company, since 2025-10-29." }, "owner": "ADP", "price": { "note": "not published; custom quote. A free start option is offered." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.pequity.com/", "https://www.pequity.com/pricing", "https://www.pequity.com/blog/pequity-joins-adp", "https://www.pequity.com/blog", "https://blog.pequity.com/pequity-joins-adp" ] }, { "n": "Salary.com", "u": "https://www.salary.com/", "w": "Salary.com sells a total compensation platform to HR and comp teams: CompAnalyst for job pricing, pay ranges and scenario modeling, CompXL for merit cycles, bonuses and equity grants, a Pay Equity Suite, and market data. Its AI layer, Max, runs agents that match jobs, price roles and build salary structures. In 2026 it added SalaryTalent, an AI talent platform built on compensation.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Finally, AI that knows compensation.", "url": "https://www.salary.com/business/ai/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 2, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "leveling", "pay_data", "ranges" ], "ai": "Max, a comp-trained AI layer built into the products. Named agents include Job Match Agent, Market Pricing Agent, Salary Structures Agent, Import Agent, Insights Agent (pay anomalies, equity gaps, retention risks) and, in JobArchitect, a Job Description Writer and FLSA Agent. SalaryTalent adds AI Chat and HR Agent Orchestration.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Salary.com's March 2026 release says \"More than 10,000 customers worldwide trust Salary.com\"; its CompAnalyst page cites 800M+ HR-reported data points and 1.4M+ roles" }, "hq": "Waltham, Massachusetts, US", "price": { "note": "not published; free trial and demo offered" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.salary.com/", "https://www.salary.com/business/ai/", "https://www.salary.com/solutions/ai/agents", "https://www.salary.com/platform/companalyst", "https://www.salary.com/company/newsroom", "https://www.salary.com/company/newsroom/press-releases", "https://www.salary.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/salary-com-expands-into-talent-management-to-bring-compensation-intelligence-to-talent-decisions", "https://www.salary.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/salary-com-completes-workday-design-approved-integration-giving-workday-customers-access-to-global-compensation-management-software-data", "https://www.accel-kkr.com/the-new-salary-com-launches-max-autonomous-agents-and-real-time-market-intelligence-for-the-ai-era-of-compensation-management/", "https://hrtechfeed.com/?p=437273" ] }, { "n": "Syndio", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://synd.io/", "w": "\"The pay equity foundation.\" Essentials covers pay equity analysis, pay gap reporting, continuous pay gap reporting across jurisdictions, responses to employee pay information requests and documentation for the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Decisions governs offers, promotions, raises and transfers against policy, internal equity and market data (\"Govern in real time\"). Predict, which models the cost of a pay decision first, is listed as coming soon. Buyers are pay equity, compensation and legal teams.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "The pay equity foundation", "url": "https://synd.io/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 1, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "pay_equity", "ranges", "transparency" ], "ai": "Syndi is Syndio's AI. It powers Decisions, shows the reasoning behind each recommendation and does not make pay decisions itself. The October 2025 release says it pairs adaptive AI with deterministic rules so recommendations are \"precise, competitive, and compliant\".", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Homepage says Syndio governs over $1 trillion in pay for 350+ global enterprises, including 30+ of the Fortune 100; Syndi is trained on more than 10 million employee pay records." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Series C, $50M, 2021-09-28", "investors": "not named in the cited article; Series B of $17.1M in January 2021", "src": "https://frontiervc.com/news/2021/9/28/seattle-based-syndio-raises-50m-on-heels-of-funding-round-just-months-ago" }, "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://synd.io/", "https://synd.io/press-release/syndio-launches-syndi/" ] }, { "n": "beqom PaySuite", "u": "https://www.beqom.com/", "w": "beqom sells PaySuite, \"Fair, Explainable Compensation at Scale\", to HR and total rewards teams at large employers. It joins compensation planning, long-term incentives, performance, pay equity and pay transparency, and sits on top of the existing HR system. Its beqom AI layer adds agents for pay questions, pay gap analysis and raise allocation, with people making the final call.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Intelligent pay decisions. Compliant, controllable, connected.", "url": "https://www.beqom.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "pay_equity", "ranges", "transparency" ], "ai": "beqom AI, which the vendor calls \"Intentional AI\": specialized agents including Knowledge Hive (expert agent with cited answers), Formula Builder, Bias-Checker, Pay Gap Analyzer, Comp Navigator (pay suggestions), Pay Explainability, and Pay Predictor (machine-learning pay recommendations). A beqom post says the agent never sees real salaries; a deterministic engine computes every number.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$300M strategic investment from Sumeru Equity Partners in 2022; beqom says it \"nearly doubles its customer base\" (2024) and saw \"80% growth in new customers\" (2026), with no customer total stated" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 300, "last": "Strategic investment, $300M, 2022-04-12", "investors": "Sumeru Equity Partners", "src": "https://salestechstar.com/?p=185187" }, "founded": 2009, "hq": "Nyon, Switzerland", "price": { "note": "not published; demo-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.beqom.com/", "https://www.beqom.com/products/beqom-ai", "https://www.beqom.com/products/pay-intelligence", "https://www.beqom.com/news", "https://www.beqom.com/about", "https://www.beqom.com/blog/the-ai-that-never-saw-your-salary", "https://www.beqom.com/news/novo-insights-recognizes-beqom-pay-transparency-tool", "https://thetopvoices.com/news/beqom-launches-ai-powered-paysuite-compensation-management", "https://www.comparethecloud.net/news/beqom-launches-paysuite-to-replace-spreadsheet-led-compensation-planning", "https://www.onrec.com/news/hr-recruitment-tech/beqom-launches-intelligent-paysuite-to-end-spreadsheet-led-compensation", "https://salestechstar.com/?p=185187" ] }, { "n": "Bettercomp", "u": "https://www.bettercomp.com/", "w": "Bettercomp sells market pricing software to comp teams: it matches jobs to survey data, models pay ranges and reports on pay. Its headline is \"Market pricing built on your compensation strategy.\" Ask Bettercomp answers plain-language comp questions from the customer's own data, and AI job recommendations suggest survey matches that can be applied in one click. WTW named it a preferred market pricing technology partner.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Market pricing built on your compensation strategy.", "url": "https://www.bettercomp.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 1, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "leveling", "pay_data" ], "ai": "Ask Bettercomp, an AI interface for comp questions grounded in the customer's data and pay strategy, with exportable tables and saved chats. AI-powered Job Recommendations match jobs to survey data. The vendor says customer data is \"never used to train external models\".", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$33M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital, published 2025-07-22; customer count is not on its pages" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 33, "last": "Series A, $33M, 2025-07-22", "investors": "Ten Coves Capital (lead)", "src": "https://builtin.com/articles/bettercomp-raises-33m-series-a-20250722" }, "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.bettercomp.com/", "https://www.bettercomp.com/ai/", "https://www.bettercomp.com/about/", "https://www.bettercomp.com/blog/welcome-to-the-new-bettercomp/", "https://www.bettercomp.com/blog/what-our-partnership-with-wtw-means-for-comp/", "https://builtin.com/articles/bettercomp-raises-33m-series-a-20250722" ] }, { "n": "Compa", "u": "https://www.compa.ai/", "w": "Compa sells compensation intelligence to enterprise comp teams: live market data on offers, employees, stock, skills and frontline pay, plus AI agents on top. Its hero headline is \"AI for Enterprise Compensation Teams\". The Analyst Agent automates compensation analysis. The Partner Agent helps recruiters and HR partners use comp guidance on pay decisions.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Expert-level comp work, delivered at scale", "url": "https://www.compa.ai/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 1, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "copilot", "pay_data" ], "ai": "Two named agents: Analyst Agent (analyzes the market for the comp team) and Partner Agent (comp guidance for recruiting and HR stakeholders). Compa Connect brings Compa into tools such as Slack and Claude. An Evals product measures AI performance.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "Series B of $35M announced 2026-01-26 and about $50M raised in total, per the Orange County Business Journal; customer count is not stated on its pages" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 50, "last": "Series B, $35M, 2026-01-26", "investors": "Jump Capital (lead), Crosslink Capital, Storm Ventures, Permanent Capital", "src": "https://www.ocbj.com/oc-homepage/compa-in-newport-beach-gets-35-million-to-expand-ai-compensation-software/" }, "founded": 2020, "hq": "Irvine, California, US", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.compa.ai/", "https://www.compa.ai/news", "https://www.compa.ai/about", "https://www.compa.ai/blog/compa-raises-35m-series-b-to-accelerate-ai-for-enterprise-compensation", "https://www.compa.ai/blog/mercer-and-compa-join-forces-to-bring-compensation-insights-into-everyday-workflows", "https://www.compa.ai/blog/introducing-compas-market-intelligence-platform", "https://www.ocbj.com/oc-homepage/compa-in-newport-beach-gets-35-million-to-expand-ai-compensation-software/" ] }, { "n": "Complete", "u": "https://www.complete.so/", "w": "Complete sells compensation software for people teams: comp planning, job levels and bands, total rewards statements and interactive offers, with 100+ HRIS, ATS and equity integrations. Its headline is \"AI Native Compensation Without the Complication\". Compy, its AI agent layer, prepares merit cycles, builds bands, drafts offers and writes rewards statements for a person to review.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "AI Native Compensation Without the Complication", "url": "https://www.complete.so/" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "cycles", "ranges", "rewards" ], "ai": "Compy, an agent layer with a Cycle Prep Agent (syncs data, flags retention risks and pay equity gaps, pre-fills recommendations), Offer Agent, Band Builder Agent (drafts bands from benchmark data for human approval) and Total Rewards Agent.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "Its blog lists a $4M seed round; the post prints no date or investors on the listing I opened" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 4, "last": "Seed, $4M (date not published)", "investors": "Accel (lead), Y Combinator; angels from Calm, Opendoor and Stripe", "src": "https://www.complete.so/blog" }, "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.complete.so/", "https://www.complete.so/blog" ] }, { "n": "Bridgit Pay", "u": "https://www.bridgitpay.com/", "w": "\"Know what to do about your pay gaps.\" Software for pay gap reporting and EU pay transparency: reporting by category of worker, handling of employee pay requests, and flagging unexplained gaps of 5% or more that could trigger a joint pay assessment. It lists an EU Pay Transparency Directive tracker under Resources. HR and reward teams buy it; organisations under 250 employees can buy a one-time report.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Know what to do about your pay gaps.", "url": "https://www.bridgitpay.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "pay_equity", "transparency" ], "ai": "An \"AI data wizard\" that maps and cleans uploaded payroll exports, and plain-language narratives that explain what the pay gap numbers mean. The page says the AI works from aggregated figures only and client data does not train models.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customer count or funding disclosed; the site carries customer testimonials." }, "price": { "note": "no prices on the homepage; pricing page linked; one-time report option under 250 employees" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.bridgitpay.com/", "https://www.bridgitpay.com/eu-pay-transparency-tracker" ] }, { "n": "Comprehensive", "u": "https://www.comprehensive.io/", "w": "\"The AI-powered, fully-customizable compensation platform.\" Compensation and total rewards teams run comp cycles, a total rewards dashboard for employees and pay range management in one system, on benchmarking data that includes startup pay data from 550+ VC-backed companies, Mercer and Salary.com, plus a free tool for current pay ranges at 6,000+ U.S. tech companies. Pay equity analytics and auto-outlier detection surface pay gaps. It is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and integrates with HRIS, performance and cap table tools.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "The AI-powered, fully-customizable compensation platform", "url": "https://www.comprehensive.io/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 2, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "pay_data", "pay_equity", "ranges", "rewards" ], "ai": "AI-powered insights from compensation data, manager coaching with personalized talking points for each employee, and AI-matched jobs across benchmark data sources.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customer count or funding published; funding figures in third-party profiles conflict." }, "price": { "note": "not published on the homepage" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.comprehensive.io/", "https://www.comprehensive.io/blog" ] }, { "n": "Decusoft Compose", "u": "https://www.decusoft.com/", "w": "Decusoft sells Compose, a no-code compensation management platform for HR, finance and comp teams. It covers merit cycles and salary, bonus, short- and long-term incentives, equity and executive pay. Its headline is \"The Industry's Most Flexible Compensation Management Platform\". Compose Insights answers plain-language questions on comp data, and Predictive Compensation simulates pay scenarios.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "The Industry's Most Flexible Compensation Management Platform", "url": "https://www.decusoft.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "cycles" ], "ai": "Compose Insights, a generative conversational AI tool over a customer's own Compose data (pay equity analysis, budget scenarios, outliers, ad hoc reports), and Predictive Compensation, which simulates pay scenarios in real time from variables the customer chooses and which the vendor calls transparent rather than black box.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No funding, revenue or customer count published on its site" }, "hq": "Ramsey, New Jersey, US (press release dateline)", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.decusoft.com/", "https://www.decusoft.com/?p=21187", "https://www.decusoft.com/decusoft-introduces-compose-predictive-compensation/" ] }, { "n": "EquiPay AI", "u": "https://equipayai.com/", "w": "\"Pay equity compliance in minutes, not months.\" AI-powered pay equity audits for EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance, aimed at companies with 100 to 1,000 employees. The platform runs regression-based pay gap analysis, produces one-click Article 9 gender pay gap reports and Joint Pay Assessments, keeps a timestamped audit trail and connects to Personio, SAP SuccessFactors, DATEV and Sage or takes CSV and Excel files.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Pay equity compliance in minutes, not months", "url": "https://equipayai.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "pay_equity", "transparency" ], "ai": "AI flags gender pay gaps and drafts recommendations; reviewers approve, modify or reject each AI recommendation (human-in-the-loop), and every action goes to the audit log.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customers named and no funding disclosed; the page lists Brain Station 23 PLC as owner." }, "owner": "Brain Station 23 PLC", "price": { "note": "Starter EUR 3 per employee per month (up to 250 employees); Professional EUR 5 (up to 1,000); Enterprise custom. 14-day free trial." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://equipayai.com/", "https://equipayai.com/pricing" ] }, { "n": "Levels.fyi", "u": "https://www.levels.fyi/employers/", "w": "Levels.fyi sells employers compensation data by company, level and location, offer letters that show candidates the full package, talent branding and a talent pool. Its newest employer product is an API and MCP server: \"Pay data for your agents and apps, through MCP or our API.\" Buyers are recruiting and comp teams, mostly in tech.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "Pay data for your agents and apps, through MCP or our API.", "url": "https://www.levels.fyi/employers/" }, "ph": { "bench": 2, "plan": 1, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "mcp", "pay_data" ], "ai": "A Levels.fyi MCP server, tagged \"New\" on its employer page: \"Give Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent live compensation data.\" No assistant or agent of its own is named on the page.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No revenue or funding on its pages; its About page says 3M+ professionals use Levels.fyi monthly and 1M+ salaries are shared" }, "founded": 2017, "hq": "San Francisco, California, US", "price": { "note": "not published; API and MCP access is sales-led per the page" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.levels.fyi/employers/", "https://www.levels.fyi/about/" ] }, { "n": "Trusaic", "u": "https://trusaic.com/", "w": "Pay equity and EU pay transparency software. Compliance, HR and legal teams use PayParity, which uses \"advanced statistical modeling to identify pay gaps\" and supports remediation and progress monitoring. Trusaic describes itself as \"the global leader in pay equity and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance software\" and says its pay equity suite is \"augmented by Trusaic AI agents\" that simplify pay equity and transparency reporting.", "cat": "comp", "cat_src": { "quote": "the global leader in pay equity and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance software", "url": "https://gradar.com/blog/trusaic-and-gradar-announce-strategic-partnership-to-help-enterprises-build-transparent-defensible-pay-programs-amid-global-pay-transparency-regulations" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "pay_equity", "transparency" ], "ai": "The pay equity suite is \"augmented by Trusaic AI agents\" that simplify pay equity and transparency reporting, and Trusaic lists \"AI-Powered Insights\" and \"Trusaic AI\" among its offerings. Trusaic does not say what the agents do.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customer count or funding published." }, "price": { "note": "not published on pages opened; sales-led" }, "v": "reported", "src": [ "https://gradar.com/blog/trusaic-and-gradar-announce-strategic-partnership-to-help-enterprises-build-transparent-defensible-pay-programs-amid-global-pay-transparency-regulations", "https://www.payscale.com/marketplace/trusaic", "https://techintelpro.com/news/hr/workforce-management/trusaic-gradar-partner-for-defensible-pay-equity-compliance" ] }, { "n": "Oracle Incentive Compensation", "u": "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/incentive-compensation/setup-and-user-content.html", "w": "Oracle's incentive compensation module in its Fusion Cloud Sales offering, named \"Oracle Incentive Compensation\" in Oracle's documentation, for plan administrators and compensation analysts. Generative AI writes a plain-language summary of each performance measure and each plan component for administrators; it is switched on through Oracle's opt-in generative AI features for Sales.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Generative AI analyzes incentive compensation performance measures and provides an easy to understand functional summary for plan administrators.", "url": "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/sales/25b/salm-25b/25B-spm-wn-f36941.htm" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "plan_design" ], "ai": "\"Generative AI analyzes incentive compensation performance measures and provides an easy to understand functional summary for plan administrators.\" A second feature does the same for plan components. Both need the Use Generative AI Features in Sales privilege.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Product of Oracle Corporation, a public company." }, "hq": "Austin, Texas, United States", "owner": "Oracle Corporation", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/incentive-compensation/setup-and-user-content.html", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/sales/25b/salm-25b/25B-spm-wn-f36941.htm", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/sales/25b/salm-25b/25B-spm-wn-f36942.htm" ] }, { "n": "Salesforce Spiff", "u": "https://www.salesforce.com/sales/incentive-compensation-management/", "w": "Salesforce's incentive compensation product, sold inside Sales Cloud or on its own as Salesforce Spiff. Sales leaders, finance and sellers get real-time commission views, a commission estimator, dispute handling and an audit trail on Salesforce data. The AI today is Spiff Assistant, which explains plan logic, errors and filters and helps with formulas in natural language, and Agentforce, named on the product page for plan changes and for manager views of trends and outliers.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Make it simple for sales leaders to adapt incentive plans as the business evolves, with Agentforce turning strategy into automation in minutes.", "url": "https://www.salesforce.com/sales/incentive-compensation-management/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "plan_design", "rep_view" ], "ai": "Spiff Assistant gives logic, error and filter explanations and formula optimization in natural language (Salesforce launch story, 24 April 2024). The product page names Agentforce for turning strategy into plan changes and for manager views of trends, outliers and forecast pacing.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Sold by Salesforce, a public company." }, "hq": "San Francisco, United States", "owner": "Salesforce", "price": { "note": "$75 per user per month, published on Salesforce's pricing page" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.salesforce.com/sales/incentive-compensation-management/", "https://www.salesforce.com/sales/incentive-compensation-management/pricing/", "https://www.salesforce.com/sales/incentive-compensation-management/guide/", "https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-spiff-launch/", "https://www.salesforce.com/blog/sales/salesforce-spiff-migration/" ] }, { "n": "SAP Incentive Management", "u": "https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/joule-with-sap-successfactors-incentive-management.html", "w": "SAP's incentive compensation and commissions product (earlier SAP Commissions, also written SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management), sold to large enterprises. Joule, SAP's AI copilot, is an optional add-on: payees ask questions about their compensation results in natural language and get payments, credits, transactions and adjustments in a chat on their incentive dashboard.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "ask questions about their compensation results using natural language", "url": "https://learning.sap.com/courses/implementing-and-administering-sap-incentive-management/using-ai-capabilities-in-sap-incentive-management_b4691589-f7b2-4885-8199-63c8ecd7302d" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "copilot", "rep_view" ], "ai": "Joule for Incentive Management: an optional add-on in which a Joule icon appears on the payee's Incentive Dashboard and answers questions on payments, deposits and credits, commissions, transaction and order details, and adjustments.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Product of SAP SE, a public company." }, "hq": "Walldorf, Germany", "owner": "SAP SE", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led. SAP's learning material says Joule is an optional add-on." }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://learning.sap.com/courses/implementing-and-administering-sap-incentive-management/using-ai-capabilities-in-sap-incentive-management_b4691589-f7b2-4885-8199-63c8ecd7302d" ] }, { "n": "Kennect", "u": "https://kennect.io/", "w": "\"Empowering enterprises to Compound growth with Agentic sales performance management\": incentive compensation management, sales performance management and secondary sales automation for enterprise sales, distributor and field teams, strongest in pharma, insurance and lending in India. KennectAI includes KAI insights, KAI nudges with next-best action, and an \"Ask Kai\" chat for payout questions.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Empowering enterprises to Compound growth with Agentic sales performance management", "url": "https://www.kennect.io/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 1, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "rep_view" ], "ai": "KAI assistant answers payout questions, KAI insights show which scheme moved sales, and nudges with next-best action are ranked from a rep's gap to the next slab. Predictive incentive analytics projects each payee's attainment so finance can accrue against a forecast.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "About page: 3L+ monthly users in 9+ countries, 10%+ of India's pharma field force, 4.7/5 from 21 G2 reviews; investors named, amounts not disclosed." }, "founded": 2017, "hq": "Mumbai, India", "price": { "note": "not published; two parts, a one-time implementation fee and a recurring seat-based fee." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.kennect.io/", "https://kennect.io/about", "https://kennect.io/ai-powered-nudges" ] }, { "n": "Varicent", "u": "https://www.varicent.com/", "w": "\"The Only AI-Native SPM Platform on the Market.\" Varicent sells sales planning, incentive compensation and seller insights to large enterprise sales, finance and revenue operations teams. Its assistants build data pipelines, design territories and quotas, build and test incentive plans, and answer seller and admin questions, including disputes.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "The Only AI-Native SPM Platform on the Market", "url": "https://www.varicent.com/products/ai-for-sales" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "plan_design", "quota", "rep_view", "territory" ], "ai": "Four named assistants: ELT Assistant (data pipelines), Sales Planning Assistant (territory and quota scenario modeling and capacity balancing), Designer Assistant (builds and tests incentive plans) and Research Assistant (explains calculations and speeds up dispute resolution), plus an Algorithm Library of machine learning and simulation techniques for anomaly detection, prediction and forecasting.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Varicent's company page says it has \"helped thousands of companies improve their revenue performance\" and dates its start to 2005; bought back from IBM by Great Hill Partners and Spectrum Equity in 2019" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Strategic investment, amount undisclosed, 2024-07-16", "investors": "Warburg Pincus (lead), Great Hill Partners, Spectrum Equity", "src": "https://www.paulweiss.com/insights/client-news/warburg-pincus-leads-investment-in-varicent" }, "founded": 2004, "hq": "Toronto, Canada", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.varicent.com/", "https://www.varicent.com/products/ai-for-sales", "https://www.varicent.com/company", "https://www.varicent.com/news", "https://www.varicent.com/news/varicent-and-servicenow-collaboration", "https://www.varicent.com/news/varicent-ai-native-architecture-unlock-innovation-forum", "https://www.varicent.com/news/varicent-introduces-foresight-new-architecture-for-revenue-performance", "https://salestechstar.com/?p=256243", "https://finsmes.com/2024/07/varicent-receives-strategic-investment.html" ] }, { "n": "Xactly", "u": "https://www.xactlycorp.com/", "w": "Xactly sells an \"Intelligent Revenue Platform\" that joins territory and quota planning, incentive compensation and forecasting for enterprise sales, finance and revenue operations teams. Its AI builds and configures incentive plans from natural language, lets sellers ask about earnings and open disputes in conversation, and runs a fleet of agents that customers can extend in Intelligence Studio.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Xactly delivers the first AI-powered, composable platform for Sales Performance Management and Revenue Intelligence.", "url": "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/Xactly-releases-fleet-of-agents" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "mcp", "plan_design", "quota", "rep_view", "territory" ], "ai": "Incent AI Agents (early access from December 2025) for plan configuration by prompt and seller Q&A and disputes; a Dispute Management AI Agent that works with ServiceNow Now Assist over MCP; a Fleet of Agents (builder, workflow and optimization agents, including an Incent Plan Configuration Agent) and Intelligence Studio for building custom agents; an MCP server through Intelligence Connect.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Owned by Vista Equity Partners since 2017 (Xactly about page); 21+ years of proprietary pay data; boilerplate says \"Trusted by enterprises worldwide\"; no customer count stated" }, "founded": 2005, "hq": "Los Gatos, United States", "owner": "Vista Equity Partners", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.xactlycorp.com/", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/press-releases", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/about-us", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/node/3836", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/node/13161", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/xactly-and-servicenow-launch-agent-agent-ai-integration-revenue-operations", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/Xactly-releases-fleet-of-agents", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/xactly-partners-with-servicenow", "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/xactly-named-ai-excellence-award-winner-sales-performance-ai" ] }, { "n": "CaptivateIQ", "u": "https://www.captivateiq.com/", "w": "\"Planning and incentives agents that simply work.\" CaptivateIQ sells incentive compensation and sales planning on one data set to sales operations, finance and HR teams. Its AI reads plan requirements and writes plan formulas, explains payouts to reps in plain language, flags payout anomalies, and builds revenue plans with territory and account assignments, with a person approving each change.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Planning and incentives agents that simply work.", "url": "https://www.captivateiq.com/ai-agents" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "plan_design", "quota", "rep_view", "territory" ], "ai": "Comp Builder Agent writes formulas and configuration from a described rule or uploaded requirements and traces broken calculations; Rev Planning Agent builds a sales plan from territory goals; Comp Ops Agent (listed as coming soon) checks payouts and explains them to reps and managers; AI Payee Agents (Plan Doc Explainer, Statement Explainer); Assist AI for formula and plan help; Catalyst predictive models that flag payout anomalies. An MCP Server is announced but listed as coming soon.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$164.6M disclosed funding and a $1.25B valuation at the 2022 Series C; the vendor's about page claims 1,000+ customers" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 164.6, "last": "Series C, $100M, 2022-01-26", "investors": "ICONIQ, Sequoia, Accel, Sapphire Ventures", "src": "https://venturebeat.com/business/captivateiq-which-is-developing-software-to-automate-sales-commission-payments-raises-100m" }, "founded": 2017, "hq": "San Francisco, United States", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led quote based on payees, plan complexity and integrations" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.captivateiq.com/", "https://www.captivateiq.com/ai-agents", "https://www.captivateiq.com/about", "https://www.captivateiq.com/pricing", "https://www.captivateiq.com/blog/top-10-moments-of-captivate-2026", "https://www.captivateiq.com/blog/whats-new-at-ciq-december-2025", "https://www.captivateiq.com/blog/whats-new-at-ciq-july-2026", "https://www.captivateiq.com/events/see-how-ai-is-transforming-the-payee-experience", "https://www.martechcube.com/captivateiq-launches-captivateiq-agents/", "https://itbrief.com.au/story/captivateiq-launches-ai-agents-for-compensation-planning", "https://salestechstar.com/?p=250361", "https://venturebeat.com/business/captivateiq-which-is-developing-software-to-automate-sales-commission-payments-raises-100m" ] }, { "n": "Dolfin", "u": "https://www.heydolfin.com/", "w": "\"Loved by sales reps. Trusted by Finance. Easy for RevOps.\" Dolfin is an AI-native sales commission platform for mid-market B2B teams with roughly 50 to 500 quota-carrying reps. It automates commission calculation, tracking and payouts for RevOps, finance and HR, and shows reps their earnings. Its agent Flipper designs and adjusts plans, runs scenario simulations and helps resolve commission disputes.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Loved by sales reps. Trusted by Finance. Easy for RevOps.", "url": "https://www.heydolfin.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "commissions", "copilot", "plan_design", "rep_view" ], "ai": "Flipper, 'The AI agent redefining sales compensation', designs and adjusts comp plans, runs scenario simulations and helps resolve commission disputes. Copilot-style assistants answer questions for RevOps, finance, HR and sales leaders and tell reps which deals move them toward their next payout.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "EUR 2.1M ($2.5M) seed round in May 2026 led by Swanlaab, reported by Inforcapital." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 2.5, "last": "Seed, EUR 2.1M ($2.5M), 2026-05-13", "investors": "Swanlaab (lead), Archipelago Next, Inveready, Dozen", "src": "https://inforcapital.com/news/barcelonas-dolfin-raises-21-million-seed-round-to-scale-its-ai-native-platform-for-sales-compensation/" }, "founded": 2023, "hq": "Barcelona, Spain", "price": { "note": "not published; pricing page linked but no figures on the homepage" }, "v": "reported", "src": [ "https://www.heydolfin.com/", "https://inforcapital.com/news/barcelonas-dolfin-raises-21-million-seed-round-to-scale-its-ai-native-platform-for-sales-compensation/", "https://capital-riesgo.es/en/articles/swanlaab-leads-dolfin-s-2-1m-seed-round-joined-by-inveready-archip-lago-next-and-dozen-investments/" ] }, { "n": "Everstage", "u": "https://www.everstage.com/", "w": "\"The Agentic Revenue Execution Platform for incentives, CPQ, and planning.\" Everstage sells commission calculation, sales planning and quoting to comp, RevOps and finance teams. Its Eva assistant drafts plans from plain language, catches payout errors, explains commissions to reps and builds dashboards, and it runs inside Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot through an MCP server.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "the Agentic Revenue Execution Platform for incentives, CPQ, and planning", "url": "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-eva-for-incentive-compensation" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 1, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "mcp", "plan_design", "rep_view" ], "ai": "Eva (ICM): plain-language plan drafting, payout error checks, user lifecycle updates routed for approval, commission explanations for reps and AI-built dashboards in Analytics Studio. Agent Core (August 2025) hosts Databook, Onboarding, Admin and Commission assistants. AI-driven CPQ guardrails link quotes to commission impact. Everstage says Eva queries set business definitions instead of calculating on its own.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$45M total funding after a $30M Series B led by Eight Roads Ventures; the vendor's funding release names GrayTV, Wiley, Diligent, Trimble and Paychex as customers" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 45, "last": "Series B, $30M, led by Eight Roads Ventures (date not published)", "investors": "Eight Roads Ventures, Elevation Capital, 3one4 Capital", "src": "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-raises-30-million-to-scale-its-commission-tracking-platform" }, "founded": 2020, "hq": "New York, United States", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.everstage.com/", "https://www.everstage.com/press", "https://www.everstage.com/everstage-agent-core", "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-eva-for-incentive-compensation", "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-agent-core-the-agentic-intelligence-layer", "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-cpq-completing-the-quote-to-commission-connection-for-revenue-transformation", "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-modern-sales-planning-product", "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-gartner-magic-quadrant-2026", "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-raises-30-million-to-scale-its-commission-tracking-platform", "https://inc42.com/?p=482420" ] }, { "n": "Forma.ai", "u": "https://www.forma.ai/", "w": "\"AI-powered sales compensation software for true GTM agility.\" Forma.ai sells enterprise sales planning (territories and quotas) and incentive compensation on one data platform to sales ops, compensation, finance and HR teams. Its AI turns plain-language plan logic into reusable, validated plan components, and its machine learning models and data science team assess territory, quota and comp plan effects.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "AI-powered sales compensation software for true GTM agility", "url": "https://www.forma.ai/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "plan_design", "quota", "territory" ], "ai": "AI plan configuration from plain-language logic into reusable plan components; machine learning models and advanced analytics for forecasts, coverage and plan effects through its Prophet service. The vendor's pages name no agent, assistant or MCP server.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$45M Series B led by ACME Capital in 2022; the vendor names Autodesk as a customer" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Series B, $45M, 2022-05-17", "investors": "ACME Capital (lead)", "src": "https://www.privateequityinternational.com/forma-ai-grabs-45m-series-b" }, "hq": "Toronto, Canada", "price": { "note": "not published; tailored proposal with a one-time onboarding fee" }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://www.forma.ai/", "https://www.forma.ai/about", "https://www.forma.ai/pricing", "https://www.forma.ai/product/incentive-compensation-management", "https://www.forma.ai/solutions/sales-compensation-planning-software", "https://www.forma.ai/resources/topic/forma-ai-news", "https://www.forma.ai/resources/article/forma-ai-acquires-fatstax-ai", "https://www.forma.ai/resources/article/forma-ai-acquires-seamonster", "https://www.forma.ai/resources/article/ai-driven-sales-performance", "https://www.privateequityinternational.com/forma-ai-grabs-45m-series-b", "https://betakit.com/forma-ai-quadruples-annual-revenue-sets-out-to-disrupt-sales-compensation/" ] }, { "n": "Performio", "u": "https://www.performio.co/", "w": "\"AI-first incentive compensation management (ICM) platform built for enterprise complexity.\" Performio sells commission calculation, a no-code plan builder and analytics to comp, finance and revenue operations teams. Its AI Admin Assistant traces payout problems, AI Implementation Agents build and test configuration, and an MCP Server lets admins run calculations from Claude or Copilot.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "the AI-first incentive compensation management (ICM) platform built for enterprise complexity", "url": "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-cuts-icm-implementation-timelines-from-months-to-weeks-with-ai-agents" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "mcp", "plan_design" ], "ai": "Davo, the AI Admin Assistant, traces payouts to transactions and plan rules, explains plans and helps process adjustments; AI Implementation Agents (Discovery, Configuration and UAT agents) build and test customer environments; Analytics Studio uses AI to find trends; an MCP Server connects Performio to Claude and Copilot.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$75M growth investment led by JMI Equity in 2022; the vendor says its platform serves large global enterprises" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 75, "last": "Growth investment, $75M, 2022-06-14", "investors": "JMI Equity (lead)", "src": "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-raises-75-million-growth-investment-led-by-jmi-equity" }, "founded": 2006, "hq": "Santa Monica, United States", "price": { "note": "not published; demos and quotes are customized" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.performio.co/", "https://www.performio.co/news", "https://www.performio.co/news/page/2", "https://www.performio.co/capabilities/ai", "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-launches-ai-icm", "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-cuts-icm-implementation-timelines-from-months-to-weeks-with-ai-agents", "https://www.performio.co/news/linen-cloud-performio-sales-planning-icm-partnership", "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-raises-75-million-growth-investment-led-by-jmi-equity", "https://www.performio.co/news/flow-capital-announces-investment-in-performio", "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/performio-launches-ai-tools-for-incentive-compensation" ] }, { "n": "Qobra", "u": "https://www.qobra.co/", "w": "\"The sales compensation platform for finance and RevOps teams\": design plans, automate payouts, show reps their earnings and approve commissions before payroll. Three named AI agents sit on top: The Architect builds, edits and simulates plans, The Analyst catches commission errors before payout, and The Sales Coach answers reps' questions. An MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants work with Qobra data.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "The sales compensation platform for finance and RevOps teams", "url": "https://www.qobra.co/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 1, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "commissions", "mcp", "plan_design", "rep_view" ], "ai": "Three named agents: The Architect (builds and edits plans in natural language), The Analyst (reconciles commission data and flags errors before payout), The Sales Coach (answers rep questions such as how much they will earn on a deal). The Qobra MCP server exposes 65 actions (45 read, 20 write); agents cannot edit statements or payouts.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "About page: 350+ companies, 30K+ users, $15M raised (seed and Series A) from Breega, Singular and Revenue Syndicate." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 15, "last": "Series A, $10M, 2023-09", "investors": "Breega, Singular, Revenue Syndicate", "src": "https://www.qobra.co/about-us" }, "founded": 2020, "hq": "Paris, France", "price": { "note": "not published; demo-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.qobra.co/", "https://www.qobra.co/ai-agents-sales-compensation", "https://www.qobra.co/about-us", "https://www.qobra.co/blog", "https://www.qobra.co/blog/qobra-dust-partnership", "https://www.qobra.co/blog/qobra-hibob-partnership" ] }, { "n": "QuotaPath", "u": "https://www.quotapath.com/", "w": "\"Commissions handled. Outcomes delivered.\" QuotaPath sells commission tracking and plan design to RevOps, finance and sales teams, mostly growth-stage and mid-market, with native CRM and payroll integrations. Its AI Plan Builder turns a document or a typed description into a plan, Atlas acts as an AI revenue strategist that checks plans against benchmarks and models scenarios, and an MCP lets users manage plans from their own LLM.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Commissions handled. Outcomes delivered.", "url": "https://www.quotapath.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 1, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "mcp", "plan_design" ], "ai": "AI-Powered Plan Builder (launched Q1 2025) builds plans from prompts or uploaded plan documents; Atlas (June 2026) is an AI Revenue Strategist trained on QuotaPath's own comp plan data that validates plans, models scenarios and detects commission anomalies; a QuotaPath MCP lets users manage plans from the LLM of their choice.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$21.3M Series A (2021) and $41M Series B (2022), $67.3M total funding per Built In" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 67.3, "last": "Series B, $41M, 2022-04-26", "investors": "Tribe Capital (lead), Insight Partners, ATX Venture Partners, Stage 2 Capital, Integr8d Capital", "src": "https://builtin.com/articles/sales-commission-quotapath-raises-41m-series-b" }, "founded": 2018, "hq": "Austin, United States", "price": { "note": "not published; free trial, Atlas can be tried free, pricing page by request" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.quotapath.com/", "https://www.quotapath.com/about", "https://www.quotapath.com/blog/introducing-ai-powered-plan-builder", "https://www.quotapath.com/blog/product-year-review/", "https://lifestyle.filmtelevisionauditions.com/?p=159053", "https://techintelpro.com/Marketing/Sales/quotapath-launches-atlas-ai-revenue-strategist-platform", "https://builtin.com/articles/sales-commission-quotapath-raises-41m-series-b" ] }, { "n": "Driven", "u": "https://www.driven.work/", "w": "\"The AI-native way to run commissions\": a sales commission platform that calls itself the \"#1 sales commission agent\". An agent designs or updates compensation plans, a Performance Agent gives insights on which behaviors drive revenue, and AI answers rep questions with explanations and interactive flowcharts, reviews deal disputes and sends nudges. It integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce and Slack and offers a Start for free sign-up.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "The AI-native way to run commissions", "url": "https://www.driven.work/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "commissions", "plan_design", "rep_view" ], "ai": "Agentic Design (an agent designs or updates plans), Performance Agent (insights), Autopilot Reviews (deal comments and disputes), 24/7 rep support with explanations and interactive flowcharts, and proactive nudges.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customers, revenue or funding published." }, "hq": "Antwerp, Belgium", "price": { "note": "Starter free (3 seats, 1 plan); Pro and Enterprise custom, Enterprise from 35 seats." }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://www.driven.work/", "https://www.driven.work/pricing" ] }, { "n": "Optymyze", "u": "https://optymyze.com/", "w": "\"Optymyze provides a unified, no-code platform for enterprise sales performance management\": compensation, quota, territory and objective management plus an app gallery. The AI is described as \"AI-enhanced, not AI-dependent\": plain-language help to build or adjust no-code flows, change roadmaps, and a read-only MCP server so a buyer's own agents can query Optymyze data.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Optymyze provides a unified, no-code platform for enterprise sales performance management", "url": "https://www.optymyze.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp", "plan_design" ], "ai": "AI answers questions to build or adjust no-code flows, recommends change roadmaps from metadata and usage, and surfaces audit trails. The Optymyze MCP server lets a customer's own agents (Copilot Studio is the example) query attainment data read-only, scoped to the governed data set.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customer count, revenue or funding published." }, "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.optymyze.com/", "https://optymyze.com/why-optymyze/ai-powered/", "https://optymyze.com/about/" ] }, { "n": "Sales Cookie", "u": "https://salescookie.com/", "w": "\"Sales Commissions Solved\": cloud commission software for small and mid-size sales teams, sold per user per month with a free trial. The \"AI Everywhere\" feature set has an AI wizard that builds incentive plans and checks them for problems, an AI assistant that answers payee questions around the clock, an AI assistant for admins that finds anomalies and builds reports, and AI commands that edit commission logic.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Sales Commissions Solved", "url": "https://www.salescookie.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "plan_design", "rep_view" ], "ai": "AI plan creation wizard, AI assistant for payees (self-service, 24/7), AI assistant for admins (plan logic, reports, anomalies, transaction lookup) and AI commands to add or update commission logic. A chat widget is labeled \"Sales Cookie AI Chat\". No named agents.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "Vendor claims \"Trusted by thousands\" and 95% retention on its pricing page, no customers named and no funding disclosed." }, "hq": "Spokane, Washington, United States", "price": { "note": "Published per user per month: Business $40, Business+ $60, 14-day free trial, no setup fees." }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://www.salescookie.com/", "https://salescookie.com/Home/AI", "https://salescookie.com/Home/Pricing" ] }, { "n": "Visdum", "u": "https://www.visdum.com/", "w": "\"Rated #1 Easiest To Use Sales Compensation Software\": commission calculation and reporting for high-growth and mid-market sales teams, priced per payee (a per-payee license with support and hosting included). The \"Visdum AI Suite\" includes an AI Copilot that explains commissions and traces errors, an AI Nudge Generator, an AI Report Builder and an MCP server for Claude.", "cat": "icm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Rated #1 Easiest To Use Sales Compensation Software", "url": "https://www.visdum.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "commissions", "copilot", "mcp", "rep_view" ], "ai": "AI Copilot (read-only chat over live compensation data that traces a commission through each step), AI Nudge Generator (drafts a coaching email per rep, sent only after approval), AI Report Builder (plain-English reports) and an MCP server (OAuth 2.1, 10 of 11 tools read-only).", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customer count or funding published; the homepage shows six named customer case studies" }, "price": { "note": "Per-payee annual subscription plus a one-time setup fee; \"Typical first-year investment starts in the low five figures.\" No list prices." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.visdum.com/", "https://www.visdum.com/pricing", "https://visdum.com/blog/ai-copilot", "https://www.visdum.com/blog/visdum-ai-nudge-generator", "https://www.visdum.com/blog/visdum-mcp", "https://www.visdum.com/blog/ai-report-builder" ] }, { "n": "Fullcast", "u": "https://www.fullcast.ai/", "w": "\"One Connected System, from Plan to Pay\": territory and quota planning (Fullcast Plan), forecasting (Fullcast Revenue Intelligence) and commissions (Fullcast Pay) for revenue operations teams. Agents in Revenue Intelligence read live deal signals, and an MCP server lets Claude, OpenAI and Gemini query and change territory, quota and commission data. It bought Atrium and Copy.ai in 2025.", "cat": "spm", "cat_src": { "quote": "One Connected System, from Plan to Pay", "url": "https://www.fullcast.ai/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 2 }, "caps": [ "agent", "commissions", "mcp", "quota", "territory" ], "ai": "MCP server gives AI platforms such as Claude, OpenAI and Gemini two-way access to territory and quota management, incentive and commissions management and analytics. Revenue Intelligence agents read live deal signals and flag at-risk forecasts.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "The vendor's site carries testimonials from executives at Degreed, Sprout Social, Copado and Diligent; no revenue or round sizes are disclosed." }, "hq": "Salt Lake City, Utah, United States", "price": { "note": "not published; a Plans and Pricing page is linked" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.fullcast.ai/", "https://www.fullcast.ai/company/about/", "https://www.fullcast.ai/content/fullcast-announces-the-release-of-its-model-context-protocol-mcp-server/", "https://www.fullcast.ai/content/fullcast-announces-the-acquisition-of-copy-ai/", "https://techintelpro.com/news/marketing/ai/fullcast-acquires-atrium-for-ai-driven-sales-performance-solution" ] }, { "n": "Gradient Works", "u": "https://www.gradient.works/", "w": "\"The territory planning platform for commercial sales\", working with Salesforce and HubSpot. Carve designs territory scenarios, collects leader feedback, deploys account ownership to the CRM and keeps plans current; Market Map scores accounts against the best customers; AI Researchers enrich accounts. Carve is run by an AI agent, and an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor drive the whole process.", "cat": "spm", "cat_src": { "quote": "The territory planning platform for commercial sales", "url": "https://www.gradient.works/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "mcp", "territory" ], "ai": "\"Describe your territory plan in plain language, and Carve builds it.\" The Carve agent designs and adjusts plans and acts on stakeholder feedback; Market Map and AI Researcher are credit-metered AI features; MCP integration lets outside agents design scenarios and deploy plans.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$2M seed round in October 2021 led by Integr8d Capital; no later round or customer count found." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 2, "last": "Seed, $2M, 2021-10-20", "investors": "Integr8d Capital (lead), Valley Oak Investments, New York Technology Capital Partners", "src": "https://salestechstar.com/?p=158688" }, "price": { "note": "Free plan (1,000 credits, 5 rep users); Growth $799 per month paid annually; Enterprise custom. Credits meter AI features." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.gradient.works/", "https://www.gradient.works/pricing", "https://www.gradient.works/blog", "https://www.gradient.works/blog/end-to-end-territory-planning-with-the-new-carve", "https://www.gradient.works/blog/ai-agents-territory-planning", "https://salestechstar.com/?p=158688" ] }, { "n": "EasyTerritory", "u": "https://www.easyterritory.com/", "w": "\"Territory Intelligence Made Easy.\": territory design tools for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power BI users (Territory Designer, EasyMap, Rep Locator). Its MCP Server, in early access, brings territory capability to a buyer's AI agent: it geocodes data, builds and rebalances territories, routes, schedules and analyzes coverage, and \"asks before it guesses\".", "cat": "spm", "cat_src": { "quote": "AI Territory Planning MCP Server", "url": "https://www.easyterritory.com/?p=6179" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 1, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "mcp", "territory" ], "ai": "MCP Server (early access) with 55 tools and an ExpertPack knowledge layer; the homepage lists it with no further description.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customers, revenue or funding published." }, "price": { "note": "not published; a Pricing page is linked" }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://www.easyterritory.com/", "https://www.easyterritory.com/?p=6179" ] }, { "n": "Shareworks", "u": "https://www.morganstanley.com/atwork/shareworks", "w": "Shareworks, from Morgan Stanley at Work, administers equity plans for private and public companies. Finance, legal and HR teams buy it. CNBC reported in June 2026 that Morgan Stanley at Work is opening Shareworks and Equity Edge to outside AI agents over the Model Context Protocol, with early access for 'a handful of clients'.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "Equity Administration", "url": "https://www.morganstanley.com/atwork/shareworks" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "equity_admin", "mcp" ], "ai": "Per CNBC (June 3, 2026): outside AI agents can connect directly to Shareworks and Equity Edge over the Model Context Protocol. A handful of clients have early agentic access, and the firm plans to open it to its 3,400 administration clients by next year.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Owned by Morgan Stanley, a public company. CNBC quotes 3,400 administration clients." }, "hq": "New York, United States", "owner": "Morgan Stanley", "price": { "note": "Not published on the pages read; sales-led." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.morganstanley.com/atwork/shareworks", "https://www.morganstanley.com/atwork/articles/ai-enabled-workplace-benefits", "https://www.morganstanley.com/press-releases/morgan-stanley-at-work-enhances-technology", "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/ai-agents-morgan-stanley-wealth-management-funnel.html" ] }, { "n": "Cake Equity", "u": "https://cakeequity.com/", "w": "\"The equity platform for growing startups.\" Cake Equity runs cap tables, option and RSU grants, SAFEs and convertible notes, 409A valuations and an employee app, and sells to founders, finance and HR teams at startups. The AI is Cake MCP, which answers cap table questions in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor, Cake Intelligence, which watches deadlines and drafts reminders, and an AI document scanner for equity contracts.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "The equity platform for growing startups.", "url": "https://cakeequity.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "equity_admin", "mcp" ], "ai": "Cake MCP (live) gives answers from the live cap table inside the user's AI tool. Cake Intelligence \"watches your equity data, flags what needs your attention, and drafts the next step\" such as an 83(b) reminder, and a person reviews it; the page says some parts are coming soon. The AI Document Scanner flags errors in equity contracts on upload.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Own pages claim 10,000+ companies and a 4.8/5 G2 rating from 145+ reviews. Funding amount not disclosed." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "2022, amount not stated (Cake's about page: \"Raised funding with Jason Calacanis\")", "investors": "Jason Calacanis", "src": "https://cakeequity.com/about" }, "founded": 2017, "hq": "Venice, California, United States", "price": { "note": "Published: free up to 5 stakeholders; Build $1,000 a year; Team $2,750 a year, which adds AI access (MCP); higher plan is custom." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://cakeequity.com/", "https://cakeequity.com/cake-intelligence", "https://cakeequity.com/features/mcp", "https://cakeequity.com/features/ai-document-scanner", "https://cakeequity.com/changelog", "https://cakeequity.com/pricing", "https://cakeequity.com/about" ] }, { "n": "Carta", "u": "https://carta.com/", "w": "Carta runs cap tables, equity and 409A records for private companies and publishes salary and equity benchmarks in its Total Compensation product. The AI is Carta Plugins for Claude: the Cap Table Plugin pulls live cap table summaries and 409A records, drafts board presentations, generates 18 report types for Excel and flags expiring valuations, low option pools and maturing SAFEs.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital", "url": "https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "equity_admin", "mcp" ], "ai": "Carta Plugins for Claude launched in April 2026 and reached broad availability in July 2026, with 1,500+ companies and firms using them. The Cap Table Plugin pulls live cap table summaries and 409A records, drafts board presentations, builds 18 report types and flags expiring valuations, low option pools and maturing SAFEs, under each user's Carta permissions.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Carta's July 2026 press release says 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs. Revenue not opened." }, "hq": "San Francisco, United States", "price": { "note": "Not recorded. carta.com blocked automated reads. Total Compensation is sold to companies off Carta's cap table or as an add-on (Carta FAQ, Nov 2025 archive)." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739", "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/carta-rearchitects-private-capital-operations-with-plugins-for-claude", "https://pulse2.com/carta-launches-carta-law-with-acquisition-of-avantia/", "https://releasenotes.carta.com/date/2026/6", "https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://carta.com/", "https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://carta.com/blog/plugins-for-claude/", "https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://carta.com/ai/connector/cap-table-plugin/", "https://web.archive.org/web/20251110125647/https://carta.com/equity-management/compensation/", "https://web.archive.org/web/20261010140717/https://carta.com/product-updates/", "https://carta-com-marketing.netlify.app/blog/change-agents-briefing/", "https://releasenotes.carta.com/quarterly-benchmark-refresh---q2-2026-37RSw" ] }, { "n": "EquityList", "u": "https://www.equitylist.co/", "w": "\"Your Equity Agent at work.\" EquityList is an AI-native cap table and compliance system for private and listed companies, covering ownership ledgers, grants, exercises, buybacks and filings. Finance, legal and HR teams buy it. Its AI reads the ESOP scheme, shareholders' agreement and board resolutions, answers from them and carries out workflows within the scheme's rules.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "An AI-native cap table and compliance operating system for private and public companies.", "url": "https://www.equitylist.co/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "equity_admin" ], "ai": "Homepage names a Compliance Agent that checks records against policy, a Scheduler Agent that manages calendars and chases approvals, and a CFO Agent that tracks pool health, dilution and burn. The Nov 2, 2026 post says policies act as 'hard guardrails, not suggestions'.", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "Own blog (2026-11-02): 650+ companies, 80,000+ stakeholders, 16 countries. Its pages give different securities totals ($20B in the post, $4B in a sign-up box)." }, "price": { "note": "Published: Free $0 with 1,000 AI credits; Build $1,200 a year; Growth $3,500 a year; credit top-ups sold separately." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.equitylist.co/", "https://www.equitylist.co/blog-post/ai-native-evolution-of-equitylist", "https://www.equitylist.co/pricing" ] }, { "n": "Ledgy", "u": "https://www.ledgy.com/", "w": "\"Equity and executive compensation management, unified.\" Ledgy runs cap tables, share plans, vesting, employee equity dashboards, financial reporting and deferred compensation for private and public companies. Finance, legal and HR teams buy it. The AI is Ledgy Agent, which completes equity admin tasks in one request after a person approves each action, and Ledgy MCP, a read-only link from Claude, Cursor, Codex and ChatGPT.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "Equity and executive compensation management, unified", "url": "https://www.ledgy.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "equity_admin", "mcp" ], "ai": "Ledgy Agent (beta per the help centre) finds stakeholders, adds joiners and grants options, offboards employees and syncs HR data; it requires approval before every action and logs entries as 'via Agent'. Ledgy MCP (beta, read-only) answers questions on cap tables, option pools and vesting.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "$22M Series B led by NEA in September 2022 (total capital $33.5M then), per Startupticker. Own about page: 75+ team members, backed by Sequoia and NEA, cash-flow positive since 2025." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": 33.5, "last": "Series B, $22M, 2022-09-21 (total capital as of that date)", "investors": "NEA (lead), Speedinvest, Sequoia Capital, 20VC, btov, VI Partners", "src": "https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/ledgy-banks-22-million-in-series-b-round" }, "founded": 2017, "hq": "Zurich, Switzerland", "price": { "note": "Plans are tiered; amounts not published on the pages read. Ledgy MCP is on the Scale plan and above (help centre)." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.ledgy.com/", "https://www.ledgy.com/ai-equity-management", "https://www.ledgy.com/blog", "https://www.ledgy.com/blog/ai-powered-equity-management-platform", "https://www.ledgy.com/about-us", "https://help.ledgy.com/en/collections/1449306-ai", "https://help.ledgy.com/en/articles/726864-how-does-ledgy-mcp-work-beta", "https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/ledgy-banks-22-million-in-series-b-round" ] }, { "n": "Vestd", "u": "https://www.vestd.com/", "w": "\"Equity at scale. Make ownership feel real.\" Vestd is a UK equity management platform for cap tables, EMI and other share schemes, HMRC filings, valuations and fundraising workflows, sold to founders, finance and HR teams. The AI is the Vestd MCP, which lets Claude and ChatGPT answer questions about a company's cap table, shares, options and filings from live data, plus an AI help assistant on its site.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "Equity at scale. Make ownership feel real.", "url": "https://www.vestd.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "equity_admin", "mcp" ], "ai": "Vestd MCP: \"your AI agent can pull your actual, live data and answer with the real numbers\", under the user's own permissions. The site also runs \"Vestd AI\" for search and questions, which was down when read. The funding post says AI is \"already deployed tactically across the business\" and a broader plan is under way.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "First institutional round, a growth investment from Foresight Group, announced June 2026; amount not disclosed. Own AI page says FCA-authorised and ISO 27001 certified." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Growth investment, amount not disclosed, 2026-06-15", "investors": "Foresight Group", "src": "https://www.vestd.com/blog/vestd-raises-its-first-institutional-round-with-foresight-group" }, "founded": 2014, "hq": "London, United Kingdom", "price": { "note": "Not published on the pages read." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.vestd.com/", "https://www.vestd.com/ai-information", "https://www.vestd.com/mcp-server", "https://www.vestd.com/blog/vestd-mcp-release", "https://www.vestd.com/blog/vestd-raises-its-first-institutional-round-with-foresight-group" ] }, { "n": "Mantle Equity", "u": "https://www.withmantle.com/equity", "w": "\"Everything your company needs to manage equity, all in one place.\" Mantle Equity runs cap tables, SAFEs, option and RSU grants, board resolutions and 409A valuations for startups. The AI is Mantle Clerk, an assistant inside the cap table that answers questions, reads documents and drafts grants and board actions, plus AI Assist, a document-reading extractor and a read-only MCP connector.", "cat": "equity", "cat_src": { "quote": "Everything your company needs to manage equity, all in one place.", "url": "https://www.withmantle.com/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 2, "fair": 0, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "copilot", "equity_admin", "mcp" ], "ai": "Mantle Clerk (\"our AI assistant\") drafts grants and RSAs, updates board actions, creates and merges stakeholders, edits share valuations and links securities on request. AI Assist turns a plain-language vesting description or an uploaded employment letter into a draft. The MCP connector is read-only and respects existing permissions.", "scale": { "tier": 4, "basis": "No customer count or funding opened on Mantle's own pages." }, "price": { "note": "Published: Starter $0, Essentials $1,200 a year, Growth $3,000 a year, Enterprise custom; unlimited stakeholders. Mantle Clerk Basic is on the free plan; full AI tooling starts at Essentials." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.withmantle.com/", "https://www.withmantle.com/equity/mantle-clerk", "https://www.withmantle.com/equity/pricing", "https://www.withmantle.com/changelog", "https://www.withmantle.com/company" ] }, { "n": "Anaplan", "home": "workforce-planning-software", "u": "https://www.anaplan.com/", "w": "Anaplan's sales planning: go-to-market capacity planning, territory planning, quota planning and management (\"Set targets, allocate quotas, and manage goals to motivate GTM teams\"), with incentive compensation linked in the revenue performance suite. Anaplan Sales Analyst is the AI agent for revenue performance management; Gartner named Anaplan a Leader in its 2026 sales performance management Magic Quadrant.", "cat": "bizplan", "cat_src": { "quote": "Maximize revenue with intelligent, data-driven territory coverage.", "url": "https://www.anaplan.com/solutions/sales-planning-software/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 1 }, "caps": [ "agent", "quota", "territory" ], "ai": "Anaplan Sales Analyst 'surfaces risks and opportunities, runs scenarios, and orchestrates decisive action' for revenue performance management; the sales planning page also lists an AI-powered chat assistant for quota decisions.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Revenue of US$592.2 million in 2022 and more than 2,200 employees in January 2022 (Wikipedia); taken private by Thoma Bravo in 2022." }, "founded": 2006, "hq": "Miami, Florida, USA", "owner": "Thoma Bravo (acquisition completed 2022-06-22, about US$10.4 billion)", "price": { "note": "not published on the pages opened" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.anaplan.com/solutions/sales-planning-software/", "https://www.anaplan.com/platform/intelligent-role-based-agents/", "https://www.anaplan.com/news/anaplan-named-leader-in-2026-gartner-mq-for-sales-performance-management/", "https://www.anaplan.com/news/anaplan-introduces-new-suite-role-based-ai-agents/" ] }, { "n": "Pigment", "home": "workforce-planning-software", "u": "https://www.pigment.com/", "w": "\"Smarter Territory & Quota Planning\": Pigment's sales planning use case sets quotas from market potential, historical data and sales trends, rebalances territories and tests incentive scenarios. Its Modeler Agent builds or updates a territory and quota model from a plain-language description, its Analyst Agent tracks results against the plan, and its MCP Server lets ChatGPT and other tools query the plan.", "cat": "bizplan", "cat_src": { "quote": "Smarter Territory & Quota Planning", "url": "https://www.pigment.com/use-case/quota-planning" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 0, "fair": 0, "quota": 2, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "mcp", "quota", "territory" ], "ai": "Modeler Agent (builds a model from a plain-language description, human approves the plan first), Analyst Agent (tracks actuals against plan) and the Pigment MCP Server for ChatGPT.", "scale": { "tier": 3, "basis": "Series E of $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation reported 2026-10-21 (PYMNTS)." }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Series E, $250M at $2.3B valuation, 2026-10-21 (reported)", "investors": "not confirmed from a page opened", "src": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=4328721" }, "price": { "note": "14-day free trial; paid pricing not published on the pages opened" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.pigment.com/use-case/quota-planning", "https://www.pigment.com/use-case/territory-planning", "https://www.pigment.com/blog/what-a-modern-ai-enabled-approach-to-spm-looks-like", "https://community.pigment.com/events/drive-autonomous-spm-planning-with-ai-agents-126" ] }, { "n": "ADP", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.adp.com/", "w": "ADP sells pay data more than comp planning. \"Real Income powered by ADP\" benchmarks pay against \"39+ million ADP U.S. payroll records\" across 9,000+ job titles and can \"quantify pay gaps down to dollars and cents and estimate the cost to close them\". Enhanced Insights powered by ADP DataCloud adds compensation benchmarks, natural-language questions through ADP Assist and a predictive turnover model. ADP's pay transparency page points to DataCloud for pay gap analysis. Buyers are HR teams on ADP payroll.", "cat": "hcm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Tap into the power of accurate, real-time compensation benchmarking.", "url": "https://www.adp.com/what-we-offer/products/real-income.aspx" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 0, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "pay_data", "pay_equity" ], "ai": "ADP Assist answers natural-language analytics questions in DataCloud, and a predictive model flags turnover risk by understanding compensation. The Real Income page names no AI feature and ADP's comp benchmark pages call the data \"aggregated and anonymized\", so the AI claim rests on the DataCloud app page.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Public company (NASDAQ: ADP); 1.1 million clients, 42 million wage earners" }, "price": { "note": "Real Income: free trial of 3 job benchmarks over 7 days, then \"schedule a demo or get pricing\"; DataCloud app: \"Login to see prices\"" }, "v": "site", "src": [ "https://www.adp.com/what-we-offer/products/real-income.aspx", "https://apps.adp.com/en-US/apps/397988/enhanced-insights-powered-by-adp-datacloud", "https://www.adp.com/resources/pay-transparency.aspx" ] }, { "n": "Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/", "w": "Oracle Compensation, part of Oracle Talent Management in Fusion Cloud HCM, runs worksheets, plans and total compensation statements for large employers. Oracle pitches \"AI-powered compensation reviews\" for year-round pay equity, with AI agents for managers and employees: Compensation Advisor (My Team) answers questions on team pay, bonuses, stock and market composites; a peer-group benchmark compares a report's salary to similar grades; a Workforce Compensation Analyst answers plan status questions; a Total Compensation Statement agent explains statements.", "cat": "hcm", "cat_src": { "quote": "The Compensation Advisor (My Team) is an AI-powered digital assistant designed for managers, providing rapid and secure access to detailed compensation insights for your team.", "url": "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25c/comp-25c/25C-compensation-wn-f39450.htm" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 1, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "pay_data", "pay_equity", "rewards" ], "ai": "Compensation AI agents built on Oracle AI Agent Studio and large language models: Compensation Advisor (employee), Compensation Advisor (My Team) with peer-group salary benchmarking and market composites, Workforce Compensation Analyst, Total Compensation Statement agent, and AI Assist that writes compensation plan instructions and market composite explanations. Oracle says its agents \"identify and address pay gaps\" across cycles.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Public company (NYSE: ORCL)" }, "owner": "Oracle Corporation", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led. Diginomica reported in September 2025 that Oracle embeds Fusion HCM agents at no additional charge." }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/talent-management/", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/fusion-ai/aiafl/ai-hcm.html", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25c/comp-25c/25C-compensation-wn-f39450.htm", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25c/comp-25c/25C-compensation-wn-f39472.htm", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/26a/comp-26a/26A-compensation-wn-f41768.htm", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/26b/comp-26b/26B-compensation-wn-f46536.htm", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/26c/comp-26c/26C-compensation-wn-f49766.htm", "https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25a/comp-25a/25A-compensation-wn-f36019.htm", "https://diginomica.com/node/29346" ] }, { "n": "SAP SuccessFactors", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.sap.com/products/hcm.html", "w": "SAP SuccessFactors Compensation sits in the HCM suite. In 2026 SAP added EU Pay Transparency Insights to People Intelligence in SAP Business Data Cloud, which it calls \"an intelligent, AI-powered application\" that lets organizations analyze compensation, find outliers and address pay gaps, and supports EU pay transparency reporting.", "cat": "hcm", "cat_src": { "quote": "new capabilities that help organizations bring greater clarity and rigor to pay practices", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-successfactors-1h-2026-release/" }, "ph": { "bench": 0, "plan": 1, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "pay_equity", "transparency" ], "ai": "EU Pay Transparency Insights in the People Intelligence package, which SAP calls \"an intelligent, AI-powered application\".", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Public parent SAP SE (NYSE: SAP); SuccessFactors has over 10,000 customers; SmartRecruiters serves more than 4,000 organizations" }, "owner": "SAP SE", "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://news.sap.com/2026/02/new-capabilities-advance-pay-equity-aeu-pay-transparency-compliance/", "https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-successfactors-1h-2026-release/", "https://learning.sap.com/courses/sap-successfactors-employee-central-core-administration/utilizing-joule-in-sap-successfactors", "https://sapinsider.org/blogs/sap-launches-eu-pay-transparency-insights-tool-for-directive-compliance/" ] }, { "n": "Workday", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.workday.com/", "w": "\"Workday's AI platform transforms compensation into a strategic financial lever.\" Workday Compensation runs merit cycles, bonuses and equity grants inside its HCM suite, with a Pay Equity Discovery Board for gaps by gender, ethnicity and age, personalized total rewards statements, and a Compensation Benchmark feature that matches survey data to the job catalog by machine learning. Pay Transparency Analyzer, built with Kainos, uses AI to find root causes of pay gaps for EU rules. Compa adds offers-based market data.", "cat": "hcm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Workday's AI platform transforms compensation into a strategic financial lever.", "url": "https://www.workday.com/en-us/products/human-resource-management/compensation.html" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "cycles", "pay_data", "pay_equity", "transparency" ], "ai": "Pay Transparency Analyzer powered by Kainos \"uses AI to help identify root causes of pay gaps and offer budgeted recommendations for closing them.\" A Payroll Agent \"proactively monitors minimum wage updates and flags anomalies, catching pay disparities before finalizing awards.\" Compensation Benchmark imports survey results \"via machine learning matching\". The Compa integration brings in real-time market data and Compa's comp agents, which run under Workday's Agent System of Record.", "scale": { "tier": 1, "basis": "Public company (NASDAQ: WDAY); paid about $1.1B for Sana alone" }, "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.workday.com/en-us/products/human-resource-management/compensation.html", "https://en-gb.newsroom.workday.com/2025-10-02-Workday-Launches-Pay-Transparency-Solution-To-Help-Organisations-Meet-New-EU-Rules-And-Achieve-Pay-Equity", "https://en-gb.newsroom.workday.com/2026-06-11-Workday-Customers-Move-From-Compliance-to-Competitive-Edge-With-AI-as-EU-Pay-Transparency-Directive-Deadline-for-Transposition-Passes", "https://techrseries.com/payroll-and-compensation-management/compa-completes-workday-certified-integration-giving-workday-customers-access-to-real-time-compensation-data/" ] }, { "n": "HiBob", "home": "hiring-software", "u": "https://www.hibob.com/", "w": "\"Make compensation fair, confident, and data-driven.\" Bob Planning & Compensation sets pay bands by role, level and site, runs comp cycles with budget simulation, and gives managers \"smart, explainable pay suggestions\" grounded in performance, market benchmarks and budget. An AI-powered equity analyzer finds pay gaps by role, level, gender and location. Bob's AI job catalog builds a job catalog from existing role data. Sold to mid-sized and global companies as part of Bob.", "cat": "hcm", "cat_src": { "quote": "Make compensation fair, confident, and data-driven", "url": "https://www.hibob.com/platform/planning/compensation/" }, "ph": { "bench": 1, "plan": 2, "fair": 2, "quota": 0, "pay": 0 }, "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "cycles", "leveling", "pay_equity", "ranges" ], "ai": "AI comp recommendations (\"smart, explainable pay suggestions\"), an AI-powered pay equity analyzer, budget scenario simulation, and an AI job catalog that turns current role data into a structured catalog (HiBob blog, 3 May 2026).", "scale": { "tier": 2, "basis": "5,500+ customers (Salesforce quote in HiBob release, Sep 2026); about $3.2B valuation per Bloomberg via Reworked" }, "funding": { "total_usd_m": null, "last": "Strategic round, $166M, 2026-09-01 (about $3.2B valuation)", "investors": "Salesforce (lead), Farallon Capital", "src": "https://www.reworked.co/talent-management/salesforce-leads-166m-investment-in-hibob/" }, "price": { "note": "not published; sales-led" }, "v": "primary", "src": [ "https://www.hibob.com/platform/planning/compensation/", "https://www.hibob.com/platform/core/ai/", "https://www.hibob.com/webinars/build-your-job-architecture-in-minutes-with-ai/" ] } ] }