Compa Review, Pricing & Features

Compa gives enterprise comp teams live, verified market pay data and AI agents for offers, equity, and skills-based benchmarking. Used by Apple, NVIDIA.

Category
HR
Pricing
Subscription, from $35,000/year
Verified
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Last updated
July 18, 2026
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Irvine, California, USA
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Overview

Compa is an AI-driven compensation intelligence platform founded in 2020 by Charlie Franklin, Joe Malandruccolo, and Taylor Cone, headquartered in Irvine, California. It replaces traditional, periodic compensation surveys with continuous, live market pay data pulled directly from a company's HR, ATS, and equity systems.

The platform is aimed at enterprise compensation, total rewards, and recruiting teams that need to benchmark pay decisions in real time rather than against stale survey data.

Key Features

Compa's market data covers Offers, Employees, Stock, Skills, and Frontline pay categories, drawn from more than 9 million observations across 50+ countries, and supports skills-based benchmarking rather than relying solely on standardized job titles.

Two AI agents extend the core data product: an Analyst Agent that helps compensation teams analyze the market and produce executive-ready answers, and a Partner Agent that lets recruiting and HR stakeholders self-serve pay guidance for individual hiring decisions.

Pricing

Compa's Market Data tier starts at $35,000 per year, with multi-year discounts and pilot pricing available on request. The Agents tier, which adds the Analyst and Partner AI agents, is priced through a direct sales conversation rather than published rate cards.

This positions Compa firmly as an enterprise tool rather than a self-serve product for small teams.

Key Features

Pros & Cons

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

Pricing

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Compa do?

Compa is an AI-driven compensation intelligence platform that gives enterprise comp and recruiting teams live, continuously updated market pay data for offers, employees, and equity, instead of relying on periodic manual surveys.

How much does Compa cost?

The Market Data tier starts at $35,000 per year, with multi-year discounts and pilot pricing available. The Agents tier is custom-priced through sales.

Who uses Compa?

Compa is used by enterprise compensation, total rewards, and recruiting teams, with reported customers including Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, Mastercard, T-Mobile, Sanofi, Moderna, and Gilead Sciences.

What systems does Compa integrate with?

Compa integrates with HR, ATS, and equity systems such as Workday, Oracle, Greenhouse, Carta, and E*TRADE to keep pay data continuously synced.

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