# Pave Market Data Lite: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/pave-market-data-lite/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation benchmarking data | 2% | 16 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Pave Market Data Lite – best for small tech/startups ... Free tier for companies with 1-200 employees" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation benchmarkin)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Compensation benchmarking data: 0% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 70 → 16 of 148.

## In its own words

What Pave Market Data Lite's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Free Base Salary & Equity Compensation Benchmarks (https://www.pave.com/products/market-data-lite)
- For: Compensation leaders (https://www.pave.com/products/market-data-lite)
- Price stated: Free access (https://www.pave.com/products/market-data-lite)
- Starting price: 0 (https://www.pave.com/products/market-data-lite)
- Free plan or trial: Free trial (https://www.pave.com/products/market-data-lite)
- Certifications: SOC 2
- Customers named: Handshake AI, Grammarly, Enveda Biosciences, Clio, Ramp, Workato, Ancestry, Databricks

## What it publishes

Every page pave.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 903 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 384 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-22
- webinar or virtual event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-16
- conference or event: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-11
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-03-23
- comparison: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-10
- glossary or explainer: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-22
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-10-25
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Compensation analysis https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/compensation-analysis
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Equity grant https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/equity-grant
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Putting the pave agent to work https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/putting-the-pave-agent-to-work
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Eu pay transparency directive https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/eu-pay-transparency-directive
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: The pave agent web sourced compensation insights https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/the-pave-agent-web-sourced-compensation-insights
- Recent: 2026-09-14 blog: Market data release aerospace defense expanded equity coverage https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/market-data-release-aerospace-defense-expanded-equity-coverage

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.