# What is the most accurate salary benchmarking dashboard for a B2B software firm that wants to compare developer pay against other companies of similar size and stage?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The question behind this post is a specific one: what is the most accurate salary benchmarking dashboard for a B2B software firm that wants to compare developer pay against other companies of similar size and stage? Accuracy here depends on current data and the ability to narrow to a genuine peer set, not just tech in general. I have ordered the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/salary-benchmarking">salary benchmarking tools</a> based on their G2 Grid standing and the latest reviews.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/salary-com-salary-com/reviews"><strong>Salary.com</strong></a>: Reviewers value filtering by company size, industry, and geography to build accurate ranges, along with the SalaryIQ view that draws on live job postings for a current read on the market.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/pave/reviews"><strong>Pave</strong></a>: Its reviewer base skews heavily to software and IT, and users cite real-time data pulled from peer companies plus equity modeling, which fits stage-based comparisons for startups and growth-stage firms. Some question whether the sample is deep enough for narrower engineering roles.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/opencomp/reviews"><strong>OpenComp</strong></a>: Software and startup reviewers value the city-level ranges and speed, though at least one notes that without a company-size filter, the ranges can lean toward large tech.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For B2B software teams, which dashboard gave you the most confidence that you were comparing against companies genuinely like yours? And how do you factor in stage, given that a Series B company and a public one can both describe themselves as software?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;Confidence came from being able to show the filter, not just the number. Pave&#39;s software-heavy base matched our stage best; we&#39;re Series C, and comparing against software at large kept dragging ranges toward public-company pay, which is the size-filter problem you flagged in another costume. We handle stage by cutting on headcount plus funding stage where the tool allows it, and by dropping public comps entirely for equity-heavy roles. If a dashboard can&#39;t tell a Series B from a public company, it&#39;s a market report, not a peer comparison.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: 25 days ago





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