Head to head

JobArchitect vs RoleMapper

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

JobArchitect

$7000/yr

Salary.com JobArchitect is a governed job-description library that starts at $7,000 per year for 1 to 10 employees. The Max SKU adds AI agents for drafting, FLSA checks, and market signals on top of 5,000-plus pre-written descriptions.

Where JobArchitect fits

  • Compensation teams that need one official job architecture tied to Salary.com market data
  • HR ops replacing scattered Word JDs with approvals, versioning, and FLSA checks
  • US employers that already buy CompAnalyst and want descriptions in the same suite
  • Talent leaders who want AI drafting trained on Salary.com's job taxonomy, not a generic LLM

RoleMapper

Sales-quoted

RoleMapper is a compliance-focused job-architecture workspace for HR and Reward leaders. Pricing is quoted. A data-transformation service turns messy HRIS exports into a clean architecture in 8 to 12 weeks with 100% expert review.

Where RoleMapper fits

  • Reward leaders facing pay-transparency and equal-pay audits
  • Global employers with inconsistent job titles, families, and localised JDs
  • HR teams that want AI cleanup with mandatory expert review, not a fully automated rewrite
  • Orgs ready to govern skills, levels, and pay bands in one workspace

At a glance

DetailJobArchitectRoleMapper
Starting price$7000/yrSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underCompensation, Job descriptionsJob descriptions

Where they pull apart

JobArchitect

Stands out: Approved descriptions publish into CompAnalyst Market Data so compensation can price the same official job the recruiter is posting, instead of a side copy in Word.

Watch out: The $7,000 tier is only for 1 to 10 employees. Headcount above that steps up, and AWS Marketplace lists JobArchitect Max from $20,000 per year for under 250 FTE.

Not the right fit for

  • A recruiter who only needs a cheap bias checker for a few job ads
  • Companies that want job architecture without a Salary.com data relationship

RoleMapper

Stands out: In-document audit trails, structured approvals, and equal-pay comparison are built for pay-transparency and pay-equity legislation, then synced back to the HCM.

Watch out: The cleanup is an 8 to 12 week transformation plus a workspace, not a same-day language scan. UK-headquartered, sold via demo.

Not the right fit for

  • Recruiters who only need inclusive wording on a single job ad
  • US SMBs that want a published yearly JD SKU without a transformation project

Pros and cons

JobArchitect

  • Native CompAnalyst Market Data link so the priced job is the approved description
  • 5,000-plus pre-written descriptions and skills mapped to 16,000-plus titles
  • Max agents for FLSA, duplicates, and recruiter guidance inside the job record
  • Entry $7,000/yr is a tiny-headcount SKU. Real mid-market seats cost more
  • You are buying into the Salary.com stack, not a standalone JD editor
  • The 14-day trial on the site is for CompAnalyst Market Data Max, not clearly for JobArchitect itself

RoleMapper

  • 8 to 12 week architecture transformation with 100% expert review
  • Audit trails and side-by-side comparison built for equal-pay questions
  • Workspace that stays connected to HCM job data after the cleanup
  • Quoted only. UK G-Cloud lists a licence figure that is not a public USD card
  • Transformation is a project, not a self-serve checker
  • UK-based vendor. US buyers still go through a demo

What each one costs

JobArchitect

$7000/yr

Salary.com's store lists JobArchitect Max annual licenses from $7,000 per year for 1 to 10 employees, with unlimited HR and hiring-manager users on that package. AWS Marketplace sells JobArchitect Max in FTE bands from $20,000 per year under 250 FTE up to $50,000 above 1,000 FTE. CompAnalyst Market Data Max advertises a separate 14-day trial. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

RoleMapper

Sales-quoted

RoleMapper quotes the Job Architecture Workspace and the data-transformation service after a demo. The vendor does not publish a USD rate card. Transformation is described as 8 to 12 weeks with expert review. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?