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What it is

Pave Market Data provides compensation benchmarks for companies making pay decisions. It covers base salary, bonus and variable pay, total cash compensation, and new-hire and ongoing equity. Pave collects information through persistent connections to HRIS, ATS, and equity management systems, then uses machine learning to match employee records to job architecture before aggregating and de-identifying the data. Collection occurs daily, while benchmark updates are published monthly. Coverage includes more than 200 job families; Pro includes more than 55 countries and 90 cities or metros. Pro adds custom peer groups, advanced equity data, and customized reports. Lite is described for startups with 1–200 employees and includes the overall U.S. market plus one additional market. Access requires customers to connect HR platforms, with supported providers including ADP, BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling, and Workday. Lite is free; Pro pricing is by quote. Pave says users cannot access competitor-specific compensation data and describes its data as aggregated and de-identified.

Spec sheet

What it does
Pave provides compensation benchmarking, job pricing, merit-cycle workflows and total-rewards communication through connected HR data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Purpose
Pave Market Data provides compensation benchmarks to help companies make pay decisions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Integrations
Supported connections include ADP, Ashby, BambooHR, Carta CSV, Culture Amp, Deel, Greenhouse, Gusto, HiBob, Lever, Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, Workday and Zenefits.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Security
Pave says it is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 compliant.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Support
Pave’s help center lets users search for answers or submit a support ticket.Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.pave.com
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Advanced equity insights
Pro provides equity vehicle and vesting practices, burn rates, and comparisons such as annualized versus total grants and intended versus current values.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
API access limits
The Help Center says API endpoints are read-only and expose merit cycles, employee compensation data and exchange rates.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.pave.com
API design
Pave documents a REST API with resource URLs, JSON responses and cursor pagination.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.pave.com
Benchmark refresh
Pave generally publishes updated compensation benchmarks monthly, usually on the first Monday.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Benchmark types
The product benchmarks base salary, bonus and variable pay, total cash compensation, and new-hire and ongoing equity.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Benchmark updates
Pave collects data daily and publishes updated benchmarks monthly.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Calculated Benchmarks
Pave uses regression models over observed data to estimate equity benchmarks where sample sizes are thin.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Company facts
LinkedIn lists Pave as privately held, founded in 2019, headquartered in San Francisco and employing 51–200 people.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company identity
The legal entity is Trove Information Technologies, Inc., doing business as Pave.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Compensation measures
Benchmarks cover base salary, variable pay, bonus percentages, total cash, new-hire equity, ongoing equity and unvested equity, with some equity measures Pro-only.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Coverage
Market Data benchmarks cover more than 200 job families and, in Pro, more than 55 countries and 90 cities or metros, according to the methodology guide.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Data collection
Market Data continuously collects data from HRIS, ATS and equity-management systems, then matches jobs with machine learning and aggregates and de-identifies records.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Data safeguards
Pave says Market Data uses aggregated and de-identified data and that users cannot access competitor-specific compensation data.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Developer onboarding
Developers need a Pave account with API access, generate a key in Connections, and can test with a GET request to api.pave.com/ping.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.pave.com
Documentation depth
Developer documentation includes overview, getting-started, core-concepts, use-case, support, API-reference and changelog sections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.pave.com
Funding
Pave says it has raised $160 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures, Index Ventures and Y Combinator.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Geographic filters
The methodology guide lists more than 55 countries and filters for over 90 major cities or metropolitan areas.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Hosting
Pave states that customer data is stored in the United States on Google Data Centers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Integration requirement
Access to Market Data requires customers to connect their HR platforms, including HRIS, ATS, and EMS systems.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Intended customers
Pave describes Market Data Pro as compensation benchmarks for the modern enterprise and says all companies are eligible for Pro.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Job coverage
Pave reports benchmarks for more than 200 broad-based and executive job families as of January 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Job matching
Pave uses machine learning to match employee records to its job architecture before aggregating and de-identifying the data.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Licence
Pave's legal terms identify the service and website content as owned by Trove Information Technologies, Inc. dba Pave and restrict copying or redistribution, indicating proprietary software.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Limit: coverage and granularity
G2 reviewers report uneven regional or role coverage, smaller samples than Radford or Culpepper, and missing distinctions such as individual-contributor versus leadership roles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: international and complex workflows
HR Software reviewers cite lower European data density and weaker support for highly complex enterprise sales-commission logic.Read 15 Oct 2026 · hr.software
Limit: scaling cost and data dependence
PeopleOpsClub warns that paid plans can become expensive at scale and benchmark quality depends on peer-company contributions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · peopleopsclub.com
Lite eligibility
The methodology guide says Market Data Lite is for startups with 1–200 employees and includes the overall U.S. market plus one additional market.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Market Data Lite eligibility
Startups with 1–200 employees can access free benchmarks for the overall United States and one additional market.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Market Data Pro coverage
Pro covers more than 55 countries and 90 cities or metropolitan areas, with all available locations and advanced reporting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Mobile availability
TrustRadius lists Pave's mobile application as unavailable, supporting a web-focused deployment.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Praise: startup fit
HR Software reviewers describe Pave as especially strong for U.S. technology startups needing real-time HRIS data and equity modeling.Read 15 Oct 2026 · hr.software
Praise: usability and organization
G2 reviewers repeatedly praise Pave's clean interface, understandable compensation comparisons and replacement of spreadsheet-heavy planning.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Privacy approach
Pave says Market Data uses aggregated and de-identified data rather than personally identifiable information and that it follows GDPR and CCPA requirements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Pro features
Market Data Pro includes custom peer groups, advanced equity data, and customized reports.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Product launch
Pave launched its direct HR-platform compensation benchmarking model in March 2021.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Public API purpose
The Pave API supports programmatic access to compensation data for HRIS writeback, analytics, reporting and data-quality automation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.pave.com
Rating on G2
4.7 out of 5 from 46 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
4.8 out of 5 from 4 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Rating on Trustpilot
4.4 out of 5 from 16 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Rating on TrustRadius
8.3 out of 10 from 3 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Security certifications
Pave states that it is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and compliant with SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Security controls
Pave says it offers SSO, role-based access, encryption in transit and at rest, biannual third-party penetration tests and a paid bug-bounty program.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com

Plans and prices

Market Data Lite Priced on request Free 1-200 employees · Overall U.S. market · 1 additional market Read 21 Sep 2026 · pave.com
Market Data Lite Free 290+ job families · U.S. overall plus one additional market · automated data collection · AI job matching Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com
Market Data Pro Priced on request Everything in Lite · custom peer groups · 60+ countries and 90+ metros · recent-hire filter · advanced equity data · unlimited exports and customized reports Read 15 Oct 2026 · pave.com

Every Pave Market Data plan and price →

Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Benchmarks salary, cash compensation, and equity
  • Monthly benchmark updates
  • More than 200 job families covered
  • Pro offers custom peer groups and reports
  • Free Lite plan listed

Limits

  • HR platform connections are required
  • Pro pricing is by quote
  • Lite is limited to the U.S. and one additional market

Who it suits

Lite is aimed at startups with 1–200 employees seeking U.S. benchmarks plus one additional market. Pro is described for enterprises, though all companies are eligible; it adds global coverage and peer-group and reporting options.

Pave Market Data in depth

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Overview

Pave Market Data is a compensation benchmarking product for employers setting pay across roles and markets. It is best suited to teams prepared to connect their HR systems and seeking salary, cash-compensation, and equity comparisons. Its broad coverage and monthly refreshes are compelling; mandatory integrations and custom-priced Pro access narrow its appeal.

Key features

Pave draws data through ongoing HRIS, ATS, and equity-management connections, collects it daily, and publishes benchmarks monthly. Machine learning maps employee records to its job architecture before aggregation and de-identification. This gives compensation teams a consistent basis for comparing roles, though the published benchmarks update monthly rather than daily.

Coverage spans more than 200 job families and includes base salary, bonus and variable pay, total cash compensation, and new-hire and ongoing equity. Pro adds benchmarks across more than 55 countries and 90 cities or metros, plus custom peer groups, advanced equity data, and customized reports. That package is more useful to organizations making cross-market or specialized-role decisions than to employers needing only a narrow domestic comparison.

Market Data requires customers to connect HR platforms, including HRIS, ATS, and equity-management systems. Supported HRIS providers include ADP, BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling, and Workday. The breadth of supported providers helps, but the connection requirement remains a poor fit for companies unable or unwilling to link these systems. Pave says the resulting data is aggregated and de-identified, and users cannot access competitor-specific compensation data.

Pave states that it is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 compliant. Its help center offers searchable answers and support tickets.

Pricing

Market Data Lite costs nothing and is limited to startups with 1–200 employees. It provides the overall U.S. market plus one additional market, making it a useful starting point for eligible smaller companies, but not a substitute for broad global coverage.

Market Data Pro has custom pricing. It includes global benchmarks, advanced reports, peer groups, advanced equity data, and customized reports. Pave describes Pro as an enterprise-oriented product while making it available to all companies; the absence of a fixed price means buyers must obtain a quote to assess fit. The strongest reason to pay for Pro is its expanded geography and comparison tools, rather than simply access to the core benchmark categories.

Platforms

Pave Market Data runs on the web. Access requires connected HR platforms, so a web interface alone does not make it a standalone option for organizations that cannot provide the required workforce-system connections.

Who it's for

Market Data Lite fits startups with 1–200 employees that need U.S. benchmarks and one additional market. Pro is better suited to compensation teams working across countries or cities, comparing custom peer groups, or analyzing equity in greater depth. Employers seeking real-time published figures, a fixed Pro price, or benchmarking without HR-system connections should look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

Pros

More than 200 job families and multiple cash and equity measures give teams a wide basis for pay decisions.

Daily collection and monthly publication provide a recurring refresh cycle.

Pro adds global reach, custom peer groups, advanced equity data, and tailored reports.

Eligible startups can begin with free benchmarks covering the U.S. and one additional market.

Cons

Required HR-platform connections rule out teams that cannot or do not want to connect HRIS, ATS, and equity systems.

Pro is custom-priced, making the cost harder to evaluate before requesting a quote.

Lite is restricted to startups with 1–200 employees and only two markets in total.

Benchmarks publish monthly, so the product does not provide daily published updates.

Alternatives

For a broad starting point, compare Salary Benchmarking Software. Teams evaluating wider pay programs can also review Compensation Management Software, Pay Transparency Software, Workforce Planning Software, and Total Rewards Software.

Aon Radford McLagan Compensation Database is worth considering when you need benchmarking participation tailored from one country to multi-market decisions and 24/7 platform access; its fees vary by need.

PayPulse is another paid option with a free plan and web and API platforms.

SalaryCube may suit qualifying startups and small businesses seeking benchmarking modules for a published starting price of $1,995 a year; it also offers a free trial.

Culpepper Compensation Surveys is an alternative with jobs and countries tailored to the organization.

Payscale Salary Benchmarking offers Core and Premier plans, with custom reporting and certain datasets as Core add-ons.

Salary.com CompXL is an alternative when you are willing to get pricing through a personalized demo.

CompAce may fit teams seeking compensation management alongside benchmarking, with Starter at A$1,250 a month for up to 250 employees.

Compensation IQ offers a free plan and annual paid options, including global salary benchmarking.

Verdict

Pave Market Data is a strong choice for compensation teams that can connect their HR platforms and need recurring benchmarks across broad job-family, pay-component, and geographic coverage. Choose Lite if your startup fits the 1–200 employee limit and its two-market scope; choose Pro when peer groups, global reach, and advanced equity justify a custom quote. If HR connections are a blocker or a fixed Pro price is essential, look elsewhere.

Verdict

Pave Market Data combines recurring benchmark updates with broad compensation categories and job-family coverage. The HR platform connection requirement and quote-based Pro pricing are important considerations.

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