Carta Total Compensation
Carta Total Compensation: A compensation-led planning tool for salary, equity, hiring plans, and headcount forecasts. Ranked #27 of 29 in Workforce Planning Software by our editors (6.8/10); pricing: Pricing on request; best for compensation-led hiring and headcount planning.
At a glance
- Editor score6.8 / 10
- PricingPricing on request
- Best forCompensation-led hiring and headcount planning
- Free planNo
- Scenario modelingYes
- Founded2012 · San Francisco, California, United States
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Benchmarks salary and equity by role, level, region, and company characteristics
- Models multiple hiring plans with headcount and new-hire equity forecasts
- Syncs employee data through integrations with major HRIS providers
Where it doesn't
- Pricing is provided through a contact-sales model
- Available on the web rather than across multiple listed platforms
- Narrower in scope than full workforce planning suites
Our verdict on Carta Total Compensation
Carta Total Compensation is a web-based workforce planning product for growing companies, startups, and private companies that need compensation to guide hiring and headcount decisions. It benchmarks salary and equity by role, level, region, location, valuation, and other company characteristics. Teams can create multiple hiring plans across departments and timelines, forecast headcount and new-hire equity, define salary and equity bands, and produce employee compensation scorecards. The product can also be used independently or alongside Carta’s cap table platform.
Its strongest fit is compensation planning connected to workforce scenarios. The published feature set combines market benchmarks with hiring plans, headcount forecasting, equity forecasting, offer letters, compensation reports, and total rewards statements. That gives compensation, finance, and people teams a shared view of planned hiring and employee rewards. HRIS integrations and employee-data synchronization extend that workflow through Bamboo, Gusto, Workday, Namely, Rippling, Sequoia, TriNet, and Merge-connected HRIS providers.
Pricing follows a contact-sales model, and there is no free plan. The product is focused on compensation-led planning rather than the full breadth of a broad workforce planning suite, so it suits organizations where salary, equity, hiring plans, and headcount forecasts are central requirements. Companies seeking a web-based tool with HRIS connectivity and detailed compensation workflows should consider it; teams looking for wider workforce planning coverage or a free starting tier should look elsewhere.
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Carta Total Compensation pricing
Carta Total Compensation fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Scenario modeling | Yes |
| Compensation planning | Yes |
| Headcount forecasting | Yes |
| Org chart planning | Not verified |
| Budget variance tracking | Not verified |
| Planning horizon | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 8 integrations: Bamboo, Gusto, Workday, Namely, Rippling, Sequoia … See all → |
| Pricing | Pricing on request (source) |
| Website | carta.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Carta Total Compensation integrations
Carta Total Compensation lists 8 integrations on its own site.
- Bamboo
- Gusto
- Workday
- Namely
- Rippling
- Sequoia
- TriNet
- Merge-connected HRIS providers
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