Compensation Management Software

Tap into the largest equity and compensation datasets

Access private market benchmarks for every role, level, and region to help you forecast, hire, and retain talent with Total Compensation.

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Hire strategically with salary and equity benchmarks tailored to your business needs, using the most complete set of private market compensation data.
  • Leverage over 40k unique data points
  • Utilize expanded roles, updated quarterly
  • Access refined datasets free of edge cases
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Watch how easy it is to get tailored benchmarks for your specific location, track, and level.

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Carta Total Comp starts with your cap table—centralize your equity management.

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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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Harness the most extensive dataset available

Harness the most extensive dataset available

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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Go beyond hiring - forecast, plan and scale

Go beyond hiring - forecast, plan and scale

Get applicable benchmarks to help your business grow. Forecast accurately, plan equity grants, and manage headcount expenses, regardless of size or market.

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Provide a total view of compensation

Provide a total view of compensation

Hire and retain the best talent. Empower employees to clearly understand their salary and equity compensation with offer letters and total reward statements.

Trusted by over 50,000 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 available as an add-on to your Carta subscription. If you’re already a Carta customer, you can access this product as an add-on to your existing cap table management plan.

View plans and pricing here.

Does Total Comp have additional features if my cap table is on Carta?

All plans include the same access to the most accurate salary and equity benchmarks, drawn from the leading dataset for the private market.

Companies with cap tables on Carta can access additional features such as real-time monitoring of employee equity holdings data as well as equity planning recommendations.

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 the Carta Total Compensation software works. 

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.