Figures vs PayStandards PayAudit

Figures is a compensation-management platform for mid-market and enterprise companies. Figures Benchmark provides 500,000+ compensation data points, including real-time fixed and variable pay, company-profile filters, and data-quality indicators; setup requires job levels. Structure adds salary bands, Pay Equity Foundations, compliant gender-pay-gap reports, automated employee information letters, and analytics. Companion adds annual and off-cycle compensation reviews, decision-history tracking, secure manager access, and advanced analytics showing review impact on pay equity. Pay Equity Expert provides advanced pay-gap analysis, worker-category breakdowns, remediation scenarios, and, depending on plan, automated remediation review campaigns. Figures connects with 30+ HRIS and review systems and supports SSO, role-based access, and least-privilege controls. The company says data is stored in Europe through AWS using aggregated de-identified benchmark data. Figures states SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certification and GDPR compliance.

PayStandards PayAudit is web software for organizations making compensation decisions, including year-end reviews. It generates tailored pay recommendations using employee performance, internal job value, market benchmarks, and compliance. Its predicted-pay algorithm is designed to surface pay risks and support defensible decisions, while risk assessment helps organizations shape mitigation strategies for their pay systems and budgets. The platform can use employee data to optimize pay decisions; PayStandards lists zero budget impact as a benefit. For analysis, users can apply more than 30 in-platform data transformations and organize employees into workspaces by country, level, or other criteria, helping audits account for local regulations. On-demand refreshes can keep analyses current. PayStandards says its platform connects with any HCM platform and HR data source, with tailored integration support available. The product is positioned to detect non-compliance and reduce legal and reputational exposure. PayStandards says it is certified and audited for SOC 2 Type 2, and customer data is isolated per customer and encrypted in transit and at rest. PayAudit runs on the web; pricing is on request.