Barley Recognized as a Capability Leader in Novo Insights’ CompTech Assessment

We’re excited to share that Barley has been named a Capability Leader in Novo Insights’ 2025 CompTech Category Assessment for Admin Experience and Planner Experience. Barley has also been highlighted in their Compensation Technology Landscape list for Range Management, Cycle Management, and Pay Communications.

This recognition reflects our focus on helping HR and Total Rewards teams make compensation simpler, more strategic, and easier to communicate.

#1) Range Management

Novo Insights recognized Barley for delivering an easy-to-use solution for building and managing compensation ranges. Our platform gives HR and Total Rewards teams the tools they need to define pay bands, monitor market alignment through embedded benchmarking data, and manage salary structures.

“Barley offers a clean, lightweight product to determine & manage ranges and monitor market alignment.”

With embedded Mercer data, and visual analytics for pay band adherence and compression, Barley helps you move quickly while maintaining accuracy and transparency.

Access Mercer benchmarking data across your compensation processes in Barley

#2) Cycle Management

Barley was also highlighted in Cycle Management as our platform helps HR and Total Rewards teams to streamline compensation reviews.

Whether you're launching your first merit review cycle or moving off a manual process in spreadsheets, Barley’s intuitive platform offers a quick setup, automated workflows, pay guidelines (e.g. merit matrices), team budgets, comp analysis, access controls, and more.

“Barley’s user-friendly configurability empowers teams to manage compensation cycles without overwhelming complexity, driving strong adoption even among teams new to structured planning.”

Easily set up and run comp reviews with Barley

#3) Pay Communications

In addition, Barley was featured in the Pay Communications category of the CompTech Landscape list. Pay transparency isn’t just about publishing ranges, it’s about communicating total rewards in a way that builds trust.

Barley does this in two ways. The first, is by automating the generation of compensation letters to communicate pay changes at the end of a compensation cycle. The second, is the ability to create a clear, employee-facing Total Rewards portal, that allows organizations to foster clarity in all aspects of their compensation, including the value of employee benefits and equity compensation like stock options.

“Barley excels in employee communications, providing customizable compensation statements and an employee-facing Total Rewards portal that enhances transparency.”

Barley's Total Rewards portal helps you clearly communicate total rewards to your employees

Read the Full Report from Novo Insights

If you’d like to to learn more about the research from Novo Insights, review their CompTech market analysis here: https://www.novoinsights.com/comptech

Barley’s recognition in the report highlights our commitment to building a compensation platform that meets the real-world needs of HR and Total Rewards teams. Whether you're transitioning off spreadsheets or looking to take your compensation strategy to the next level, Barley is built to support your growth. We're here to help you bring clarity to pay, empower managers to make better decisions, and create a more equitable experience for everyone. Interested in learning more? Take a tour of platform here: https://www.barley.io/interactive-demo