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# Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) Reviews & Product Details

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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 Collective.

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Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)
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Discussions
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Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by
Heather Kruger

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## Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

### Time to Implement

3 months

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## Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) Integrations
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What do users say about integrations?

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 ![Verified User in Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Manufacturing")
UM

Verified User in Manufacturing

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

9/19/2024

"Senior Compensation Analyst"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

I use Marketpay every day in my job, updating market matches Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

The search function in the market pricing is not the most effiecient. It does not sort by relevancy, or matching the search items Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

How are we staying competitive in the steel industry backed by data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

 ![Verified User in Maritime](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Maritime")
AM

Verified User in Maritime

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/18/2024

"Great Product"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

The ease of use is great. Anytime I've had a support issue, its been very easy to work with customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

Nothing that I can really think of for the system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making sure that we are being competitive with our office employees compensation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

 ![Verified User in Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Manufacturing")
AM

Verified User in Manufacturing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/3/2024

"Market Pay is a great investment!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

I love that there are so many different markets to consider as we have remote employees in different states. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

I wish there were more job titles so we did not have to work so hard to draw the comparison. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping us when poeple ask for a salary review and is helping us budget our labor expenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

 ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services")
AF

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

9/17/2024

"Good, Reliable, Easy to use MarketPay"

4/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

MarketPay customer support team is super great to work with! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

Survey season can be difficult due to the different requirements with each survey provider. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ensuring that our pay is remaining competitive in the marketplace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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DP

David P.

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/29/2024

"Marketpay review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

Very robust yet easy to use. Even if using minimal features of the system, it has a tremendous value add. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

Some challenges with converting part-time salary info, but still easy to workaround. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Consolidated survey management and market pricing features makes new benchmarking much easier. Consolidated job description repository to easily find job documentation for existing jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

 ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care")
AH

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

9/17/2024

"Great platform and easy to use!"

4/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

How easy it is for survey participation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

Sometimes it seems difficult to search for data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy participation for surveys. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

BD

Bridget D.

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

10/25/2023

"User for several years now"

5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

MarketPay makes collecting market data for pay so much easier. It has reduced the number of hours our team has had to spend verifying data and salary survey results. Previously, we spent hours and hours organizing and maintaining all of our salary survey submission and results, and now most of it is managed through MarketPay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

There are honestly no negative things to say from my experience with MarketPay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

All of our results are in one spot, nothing falls through the cracks. Our market research and job pricing are something we can firmly stand behind with the expertise and trust we have through MarketPay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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10/27/2023
Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

PG

Pam G.

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

10/17/2022

"Proficient user, uses MarketPay weekly."

5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

I love that our own data can be uploaded so we can easily see if there are any employees in a job we are reviewing market data on. Also love that we can create an ADHOC job while working on a range for a new job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

When working in Market Price a Job (NEW), would like to see company job summary in screen after selecting job and our salary range.

Would like to be able to also see more than one job in the Market Price a Job (NEW).

When in the (NEW) and searching market data and select the next screen would like it to automatically start at the top. Right now you have to scroll back to the top for each page you go to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ensuring that our salary ranges are inline with industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Brooke Grimes of Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)

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We are so happy to hear that the Report Library and Salary Ranges are helpful for you. Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. I am passing along the feedback about Price a Job to our Product Management team as they think about future development. Thank you for your continued support!

10/25/2023
Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: In-app

AS

Allison S.

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

3/4/2024

"Great"

4/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

I appreciate how user friendly it is and also the survey help it provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

Wish it was a little more detailed sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Market rates for our roles and survey help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite

AW

Alisa W.

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

10/25/2023

"Senior Total Rewards Advisor"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

The fact that MarketPay holds all of our survey results and updates the data each year is an incredible time saver to our team. We also love the various filters available in the system so that we can dig deep into the data for specific regional cuts. Additionally, the reports available through MarketPay which allow us to cost out projections and run various scenarios based on market data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)?

We would love to have a bit more detail on each job match. For example, can we more easily find/review the educational requirements for each job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) solving and how is that benefiting you?

MarketPay allows us to ensure we have equity within job families. For example, when we add levels to various job families we are able slot jobs as needed to ensure jobs within the same family are benched together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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## Questions about Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay)? Ask real users or explore answers from the community

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Last activity over 6 years ago

Can you build structures from scratch? If so, how easy is this?

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Jagadeeshwaran Rajendran
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Last activity 5 months ago

What is the best way to utilize rule based pricing or job matching if you organization follows a matching metrics depending on the number of survey used for a country?

2 Upvotes

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## Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

### Time to Implement

3 months

### Return on Investment

15 months

### Average Discount

8%

### Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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## How much does Payscale Ascent (formerly Marketpay) cost?

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### $$k - $$k

Per Year

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