Compensation Management Software

Get accurate equity and compensation benchmarks

Use startup-specific benchmarks for every role, level, and region to help you forecast, hire, and retain talent with Total Compensation.

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Hire competitively and strategically using salary and equity benchmarks tailored specifically to reflect the needs of your business.
  • Access the largest private market dataset
  • Utilize up-to-date benchmarks
  • Ensure accurate employee compensation
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Use personalized insights and reports to create a precise equity and compensation strategy—without over-allocating your equity.
  • Determine equity grants
  • Reduce operational burden
  • Streamline through HRIS integrations
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Forecast expenses and develop a post-fundraising plan for your company powered by your cap table integration and private market analytics.
  • Effectively manage burn rate
  • Develop a data-driven compensation strategy
  • Use personalized forecasting reports
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Watch how easy it is to get tailored benchmarks for your specific location, track, and level.

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Make informed, data-driven decisions

Leverage trusted benchmarks to create and implement your business strategy at any stage.

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Support your business and comp strategy with access to the largest private market database. Easily get benchmarks that update quarterly and accurately reflect market changes.

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Get applicable benchmarks to help your business grow—forecast accurately, plan equity grants, manage headcount expenses, and generate personalized compensation reports using your cap table.

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Retain the best talent by empowering employees to clearly understand their salary and equity compensation with offer letters and total reward statements.

Trusted by over 40,000 companies

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Carta Total Comp has been a huge help in building our compensation framework. We were able to create a process for leveling, bonuses, and equity grants; thus, allowing us to scale much faster.
Jesse Kao
CFO, Gauntlet
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Total Comp helps us look at data in our valuation range to make sure our compensation philosophy is competitive and fair. It has become integrated into every stage of the employee life cycle.
Alex Rose
VP of People & Operations, Lightning AI
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Since Carta Total Comp has so much private market equity and salary datasets, I felt confident using the benchmarks to make competitive offers. The data helped us ensure we were paying fairly.
Sunil Saha
Co-founder and CEO, Perkville

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FAQs

You have questions, we have resources and answers.
Do I need to be on the Carta platform to access Total Compensation?

Total Compensation is now available for all companies—not just Carta cap table customers. Private companies can build a competitive, holistic compensation strategy that leverages both salary and equity benchmarks.

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Can I get a demo of the Total Compensation product?

You can sign up for a demo here , or take a video tour to learn more on how this cap table management software works.

I’m not currently hiring, can Carta Total Comp still help my business?

Absolutely. With the most robust startup benchmarking at your fingertips, you’ll get unique insights to help you forecast, report, and develop a post-fundraising plan after you close a round.

My company is at a very early stage, can Carta help my startup?

Creating leveling frameworks from scratch can be complicated and time-consuming for a founder. That's why we've created a job leveling guide for startups to help you create levels for your company. Learn more here .

How does Carta handle cap table data?

Carta has a robust defense-in-depth strategy to safeguard customers’ data. Learn more here .