Compa vs Figures

Compa and Figures both sell compensation intelligence to enterprise HR and total rewards teams, but they start from different data foundations and price…

Best for Compa: Compa fits large enterprises that want continuously updated, granular market data (down to 1.2M+ offers and 1.2M+ stock grants) surfaced directly inside Slack, ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, or Gemini via Compa Connect, and that are prepared to budget from $35,000/year for Market Data.
Best for Figures: Figures fits HR and comp teams that need a structured, collaborative process — salary bands as a documented source of truth, annual/off-cycle compensation review workflows with budget tracking, and built-in Pay Equity Analysis and EU Pay Transparency Directive support — and are comfortable with a custom quote after a demo.

At a Glance

 CompaFigures
Primary categoryHRHR
RatingNot documentedNot documented
Pricing modelSubscriptionCustom
Starting price$35,000/yearContact for pricing
Free planNot documentedNot documented
Free trialNot documentedNot documented
PlatformsWebWeb
Team collaborationNot documentedNot documented
AI featuresYesNot documented
Public APIYesYes

Key Differences

Data Foundation

Compa: Compa's Live market data feature tracks 9M+ observations, including 1.2M+ offers, 4.8M+ employees, and 1.2M+ stock grants across 42+ countries.

Figures: Figures' Benchmark feature gives access to 3,500,000+ compensation datapoints for salary comparison.

Teams that need granular, frequently refreshed offer- and equity-level data may prefer Compa's dataset scope, while teams focused on broad market salary comparison get that from Figures' benchmark library.

AI Delivery Model

Compa: Compa ships an Analyst Agent and a Partner Agent that automate internal compensation analysis and guide external-facing pay decisions, plus Compa Connect embedding that intelligence into Slack, Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini.

Figures: Figures does not list AI agents or chat-tool integrations among its documented features; its workflows center on Structure, Companion, and the standalone Pay Transparency module.

Organizations standardizing on conversational AI workflows may value having compensation data queryable inside tools employees already use daily.

Pricing Transparency

Compa: Compa publishes a starting price of $35,000/year for its Market Data plan; the Agents plan requires contacting sales.

Figures: Figures publishes no starting price at all — Structure, Companion, and Pay Transparency are all listed as Custom, requiring a demo for a quote.

Knowing a floor price helps buyers pre-qualify budget fit before entering a sales process.

Pay Equity & Compliance Depth

Compa: Compa's documented feature set centers on market data and AI agents; pay equity or EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance tooling is not listed among its features.

Figures: Figures includes a dedicated Pay Equity Analysis feature and Compliance tools supporting the EU Pay Transparency Directive, plus an optional Pay Equity Expert add-on and a standalone Pay Transparency module.

Companies with EU workforces face binding pay transparency reporting obligations that require purpose-built compliance workflows, not just market data.

HRIS & System Integrations

Compa: Compa integrates with ATS and stock systems including Workday, Oracle, Greenhouse, Carta, and E*TRADE.

Figures: Figures connects with 30+ HRIS and review systems.

The breadth and type of integrations determine how much manual data reconciliation a comp team will need to do.

Feature-by-Feature

Market Data & Benchmarking

FeatureCompaFigures
Live/continuously updated market dataAvailableNot documented
Benchmark datapointsNot documentedAvailable
Equity/stock grant dataAvailableNot documented
Salary bandsNot documentedAvailable

AI & Workflow Automation

FeatureCompaFigures
AI agents for compensation analysisAvailableUnavailable
Chat-tool integrations (Slack, ChatGPT, etc.)AvailableUnavailable
Collaborative compensation review workflowNot documentedAvailable

Compliance & Governance

FeatureCompaFigures
Pay equity analysisNot documentedAvailable
EU Pay Transparency Directive supportNot documentedAvailable
Public starting priceAvailableUnavailable

Pricing Compared

Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.

Compa

Market Data — $35,000/year Annual
Agents — Custom Annual

Figures

Structure — Contact for pricing Custom
Companion — Contact for pricing Custom
Pay Transparency — Contact for pricing Custom
Pay Equity Expert (add-on) — Contact for pricing Custom

Pros & Cons

Compa

Pros

  • Continuous, live pay data instead of slow, periodic manual compensation surveys
  • Skills-based benchmarking better reflects fast-changing roles in tech and life sciences
  • Used by well-known large enterprises (Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, Mastercard) across multiple industries
  • SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR/CCPA compliant for enterprise data requirements

Cons

  • Entry pricing starts at $35,000/year, out of reach for small and mid-sized businesses
  • Agents tier pricing is not public and requires a sales conversation
  • Best value requires deep HRIS/ATS/equity system integration, adding implementation effort
  • Small vendor (~50-60 employees) relative to larger HR-tech platforms

Figures

Pros

  • Strong focus on European compensation data and compliance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive
  • Real-time benchmarking data rather than reliance on periodic annual salary surveys
  • Broad integration coverage with more than thirty HRIS platforms reduces manual data entry
  • Established customer base including recognizable names like Doctolib, KPMG, and Duolingo

Cons

  • No published pricing; every quote requires booking a sales demo, which slows initial evaluation
  • Reported customer counts and dataset sizes vary meaningfully across different sources
  • Smaller company size (roughly 30-40 employees) relative to some global compensation platform competitors
  • Primary strength is European market compliance, which may be less relevant for companies operating mainly outside Europe

Use Cases

Choose Compa: Compa fits large enterprises that want continuously updated, granular market data (down to 1.2M+ offers and 1.2M+ stock grants) surfaced directly inside Slack, ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, or Gemini via Compa Connect, and that are prepared to budget from $35,000/year for Market Data.
Choose Figures: Figures fits HR and comp teams that need a structured, collaborative process — salary bands as a documented source of truth, annual/off-cycle compensation review workflows with budget tracking, and built-in Pay Equity Analysis and EU Pay Transparency Directive support — and are comfortable with a custom quote after a demo.
Need both: A multinational company preparing for EU Pay Transparency Directive audits could use Figures for its salary bands, pay equity analysis, and review workflows, while pulling Compa's live offer and stock-grant data into Slack or Copilot to sanity-check specific competitive offers before finalizing them — the two tools cover market-truth data and internal governance from different angles.

Compa

  • Real-time offer benchmarking — Check a candidate's offer against live market data before extending it, instead of relying on last year's survey data.
  • Skills-based pay strategy — Benchmark fast-evolving technical and AI roles against skills rather than static job titles.

Figures

  • Benchmarking salaries against the market — HR and Total Rewards teams use Figures' real-time benchmarking data to ensure compensation offers remain competitive within their industry and region.
  • Preparing for EU Pay Transparency compliance — European companies use Figures' Pay Transparency plan and pay equity analysis to meet the reporting requirements of the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
  • Running structured compensation review cycles — People teams use Figures' review cycle tooling to manage budgets and track manager-proposed raises consistently across the organization.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Compa and Figures cost?

Compa publishes a starting price of $35,000/year for its Market Data plan, with the Agents plan requiring a custom quote. Figures does not publish any pricing; all three of its plans (Structure, Companion, Pay Transparency) are listed as Custom and require booking a demo.

Which tool has more compensation data?

Both cite large but different datasets: Compa tracks 9M+ live observations including 1.2M+ offers and 1.2M+ stock grants across 42+ countries, while Figures gives access to 3,500,000+ benchmark datapoints.

Does either tool support EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance?

Figures explicitly documents compliance tools for the EU Pay Transparency Directive plus a standalone Pay Transparency module. Compa's documented features do not mention this compliance area.

Can I use Compa or Figures inside Slack or ChatGPT?

Compa Connect integrates compensation intelligence into Slack, Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini. Figures does not list similar chat-tool integrations among its documented features.

Which tool integrates with more HR systems?

Figures documents 30+ HRIS and review system integrations. Compa documents integrations with specific ATS and stock platforms including Workday, Oracle, Greenhouse, Carta, and E*TRADE.

Do Compa and Figures offer AI agents?

Compa offers an Analyst Agent for internal analysis and a Partner Agent for external-facing decision guidance. Figures does not document AI agent features; its AI capabilities are not listed in the facts available.

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