Best Compensation Management Software in 2026

Deel is the all-in-one HR platform for global teams. That means end-to-end HR management for any team, anywhere. Compliantly hire, onboard, and pay full-time employees or independent contractors in minutes. For the first time, you’ll have a central view of your entire workforce in one single place. With Deel, companies make global payroll possible by leveraging Deel's in-house back office and locally-owned entities. Workers, managers, and leaders can update withdrawal details, visualize team structure, oversee total payroll spending, and complete dozens of other tasks through Deel’s modern self-serve interface. Today, Deel serves more than 35,000 customers from SMBs to publicly traded companies, helping over 500,000 workers get paid from anywhere. Create localized legal contracts, track time off, grant bonuses, manage equity, and more. Book a demo for a personal guide to Deel's platform and unlock your global workforce today.

Bob is the HR platform that simplifies people management and modernizes the work experience for every employee—driving engagement, culture, and productivity. Bob is configurable for the way you operate—onsite, remote, or hybrid work. It empowers HR and managers to increase performance and retention, leading to healthier and more productive teams. With Bob, you can streamline your core HR processes such as onboarding, performance management, and compensation management using automated workflows to increase your efficiency, cover all touchpoints, and save precious time. Bob provides real-time quantifiable data that can inform strategic decisions that impact the bottom line. Bob helps dynamic companies bring out the best in their employees. HiBob’s dedicated teams across the US, UK, Europe, Israel, and Australia are working every day to serve over 1,400 modern, fast-growing, mid-sized businesses.

As the leading provider of compensation data, software, and analytics, Salary.com empowers organizations to Get Pay Right™ with trusted market data and intuitive tools. Salary.com integrates seamlessly with ADP, UKG, Workday, and more—streamlining compensation workflows, reducing manual effort, and improving data accuracy across your existing HR and payroll systems. Serving over 30,000 survey participants, 10,000+ software subscribers, and 45 million employees worldwide, Salary.com helps HR teams stay aligned with market trends and make confident, data-driven pay decisions. Our Total Compensation Management Platform gives HR leaders everything they need to manage pay strategically—from job pricing and architecture to skills, pay equity, planning, and market intelligence. With one platform, organizations can attract top talent, retain key performers, and align compensation to business success. CompAnalyst® – AI-powered compensation management with the industry’s most trusted data Market Data – 800M+ HR-reported data points for precise, competitive job pricing JobArchitect® – AI-driven job descriptions with templates, bias checks, and approvals Skills Library – A comprehensive skills database to power hiring, upskilling, and workforce planning Pay Equity Suite – End-to-end tools to identify, close, and prevent pay gaps CompXL – Streamlined planning for merit, bonus, incentives, and total rewards SalaryIQ – Real-time competitive intelligence from global job posting data

Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE: PAYC) simplifies business and employees’ lives through automated, command-driven HR and payroll technology that revolutionizes data access. From hire to retire, Paycom’s employee-first technology leverages AI and full-solution automation to streamline processes and drive efficiencies in a truly single database, providing a seamless experience for Paycom’s clients and their employees. With its industry-first AI engine, IWant™, Paycom provides instant and accurate access to employee data without having to navigate or learn the software. For over 25 years, Paycom has been recognized for its innovative technology and workplace culture while serving businesses of all sizes in the U.S. and internationally.

Access fresh compensation data and AI-powered workflows — all within a scalable platform that delivers intelligent insights to make confident pay decisions. * Price with confidence — any job, anywhere, anytime * Stay ahead with dynamic insights into the market and your organization * Ensure consistency with job- and grade-based pay ranges * Maximize survey ROI with centralized management and participation

Marketpay is a specialized compensation platform designed to streamline diverse processes and enhance efficiency, giving compensation teams more time to grow their expertise on evolving pay legislation and compensation best practices. * Automated survey management and participation: Access your purchased data sources in one consolidated platform and leverage our partnerships with leading survey providers to automate your survey participation experience. * Configurable compensation technology to help you strategize for the future and execute across markets: Generate limitless structure and merit matrix models to optimize your compensation strategy, implement market pricing matches in bulk based on custom rules, and analyze your data using tailored reports. * Committed customer service team: Get support when you need it from our experienced services team to help with custom analytics, benchmarking, and more. You can also engage with other comp pros and access educational resources 24/7 through Payscale Connect.

Xactly Incent is a software solution that allows companies to automate and administer incentive compensation programs—from the simple to the complex—and align seller behavior with revenue goals. With Xactly Incent, customers are able to: • Reduce time spent on plan administration by 60% • Realize up to 10% higher quota attainment • Eliminate payout errors and increase payout accuracy up to 99.8% • Drive better performance with commission visibility And with seamless integrations, companies can easily unify compensation data with CRM, ERP, HCM and other critical business systems in existing stacks to provide a complete view into program effectiveness. Xactly understands the value of bringing together efficient operational capabilities with advanced intelligence to accelerate performance. That’s why we launched the Intelligent Revenue Platform, a place where finance, operations, compensation, and sales teams can collaborate more effectively on a singular platform with unified data from across the revenue ecosystem. Bringing teams together and working off shared data enables businesses to align sales planning, revenue performance, and prediction functions on one cohesive platform. This connectedness is how we empower you to make informed strategic decisions with accurate revenue data at your fingertips. Check out our other solutions with Xactly Forecasting, Xactly Plan and Xactly Manage.

Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the platform intelligently surfaces key insights — so businesses can make the right decisions, right now.​ More than 2,400 of the world’s best brands continually optimize their decision-making by planning with Anaplan. G2 categories include: Corporate Performance Management, Budgeting & Forecasting, Compensation Management, Financial Close, Sales & Ops Planning, Sales Performance Management, Sales Planning, Supply Chain Planning, and Workforce Management.

SAP SuccessFactors is a global, AI-powered cloud HR suite designed to help organizations thrive in a fast-moving world. With 100+ localizations, it delivers real-time visibility and connected solutions across core HR, payroll, talent management, learning, analytics, planning, and employee experience. More than 10,000 organizations trust SAP SuccessFactors to enhance every employee experience, workforce decision, and people process—turning each employee into a success story. With SAP SuccessFactors, you can: - Empower your workforce with AI-driven tools for self-service, learning, performance, and development to help people work faster and smarter. - Identify and develop top talent with a unified source of people and skills data that supports both HR strategies and business goals. - Stay compliant and agile with built-in legal and regulatory updates tailored to local business requirements. - Accelerate time to value by leveraging proven HR best practices and the strength of a global partner ecosystem.

isolved is a provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions that help organizations recruit, retain and elevate their workforce. More than 195,000 employers and 8 million employees rely on isolved's software and services to streamline human resource (HR) operations and deliver employee experiences that matter. isolved People Cloud™ is a unified yet modular HCM platform with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics that connects HR, payroll, benefits, and workforce and talent management into a single solution that drives better business outcomes. Through the Sidekick Advantage™, isolved also provides expert guidance, embedded services and an engaged community that empowers People Heroes™ to grow their companies and careers. Learn more at www.isolvedhcm.com.

Pay competitively, and responsibly, with Pave. Pave offers real-time data and streamlined compensation planning workflows to effectively manage your company's biggest expense. Connect your HRIS to get access to salary and equity data from roughly 8,000 companies.

HRSoft's Compensation Management is a best-of-breed compensation planning solution that helps organizations make better compensation decisions while dramatically reducing cycle times with a streamlined, accurate and auditable process.

ClearCompany is a unified talent management platform that helps organizations hire faster, develop their people, and build a high-performing workforce with clarity and confidence. Designed for modern, distributed, and deskless teams across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, construction, retail, hospitality, engineering, and education, ClearCompany connects every stage of the employee lifecycle in one centralized system. The platform brings together Applicant Tracking (ATS), Onboarding, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Learning Management (LMS), Compensation Management, and People Analytics—giving HR and talent teams a single, powerful solution that scales with them as their workforce grows. ClearCompany eliminates the complexity of managing multiple disconnected tools and provides a consistent experience for HR teams, managers, and employees. ⸻ A Unified Talent Platform Built for Modern HR Teams ClearCompany delivers a unified talent platform that connects key stages of the talent lifecycle: Hiring & Onboarding: A modern recruiting and onboarding experience that attracts the right talent, speeds time-to-hire, and delivers a guided, seamless start that sets new employees up for early success. Onboarding: A connected onboarding experience that removes friction, automates critical steps, and helps new hires reach productivity quickly — from any device or location. Performance & Engagement: Continuous performance conversations, clear expectations, real-time feedback, and meaningful recognition that strengthen alignment and elevate manager effectiveness. Employee Engagement: Insightful engagement programs that reveal sentiment and motivation in real time, enabling leaders to take action before issues become problems. Learning Management: A modern learning platform that delivers mobile- and field-ready training, AI-driven recommendations, and extended learning programs for employees, customers, and partners. Compensation Management: Compensation planning and growth pathways that help organizations reward fairly, support mobility, and retain top performers with confidence. Analytics & Intelligence: Unified analytics that connect many key aspects of talent lifecycle data — providing real-time visibility into trends, risks, and opportunities without requiring BI expertise. By bringing hiring, onboarding, learning, performance, engagement, and compensation together in one connected platform, ClearCompany helps organizations create consistency across the talent lifecycle, improve workforce alignment, and support better decisions that drive measurable business results. ⸻ Built for Medium & Large Organizations ClearCompany is built for HR professionals, talent acquisition teams, and people leaders at organizations with complex workforce needs—especially those in industries with distributed or deskless employees. Its robust integrations with leading HRIS and payroll systems streamline data flows and reduce administrative burden, helping HR teams operate with more speed and precision.

Oracle Workforce Rewards Cloud delivers the ability to create both straightforward or complex and highly differentiated pay programs while providing simplified decision-making and consistent messaging to your workforce.

Comprehensive is an all-in-one compensation management platform that helps you make efficient, transparent, and equitable compensation decisions from one centralized place. - Run compensation reviews without a single spreadsheet - Benchmark employees against market data - Help employees understand their total rewards across salary, equity, and benefits - Empower people leaders to make fully-informed decisions during compensation planning - Diagnose pay equity issues with built-in analytics - Integrates with your existing HRIS and performance management software