Brightmine Compensation Planning vs Pave Market Data

Brightmine Compensation Planning is a web-based tool for HR and reward teams benchmarking pay, reviewing salaries and designing market-aligned pay structures with UK employer-reported data. Its dataset has over 1 million records, refreshed every 30 days, covering 425 job functions and 27 sectors. Users can compare roles by industry, location and company size, then assess employee pay against benchmarks using tailored filters and comparator groups. Pay review reports can be exported. Pay grading tools support salary band design and analysis, employee placement and cost assessment. The product also includes automated job matching, pay trend articles and reports, and employee benefits benchmarking. Brightmine says the tool is designed for teams of different sizes and is widely used by organisations with fewer than 500 employees. Brightmine is part of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a RELX business. Its information security management system is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022; the certificate is valid from 8 September 2025 to 8 September 2028, subject to surveillance audits. Pricing is available on request, and the product page offers a demo and quote request.

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.