Salary Increment Intelligence

Fair Salary Increments.
Smart Budgets.
Zero Surprises.

MeritCyc is the salary increment management platform for mid-size companies. Simulate your budget before you publish criteria, lock decisions to build trust, and give every employee a data-driven Increment Story.

Where merit meets budget — built for HR Directors and CFOs at 50–500 employee companies.

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Built for HR teams and finance leaders at 50–500 employee companies.

MeritCyc — Budget Simulation

Budget Simulation — Q2 Increment Cycle

Scenario A (85% threshold)$1.9M

Scenario B (80% threshold)$3.4M

Qualifying

$1.9M

Budget Used

🔒 Locked

Criteria

The status quo

The Problem With Spreadsheet Increments

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Zero Transparency

Employees never know why they got (or didn't get) an increment. Trust erodes — silently, until it's too late.

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Budget Overruns

Criteria set without simulation. Too many qualify. Finance scrambles to cover the gap after the cycle is already live.

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Compliance Risk

No audit trail. Pay equity laws are tightening globally. Spreadsheets can't defend decisions when regulators ask.

The process

How Salary Increment Cycles Work in MeritCyc

Run Budget Simulation Before Publishing Criteria

Before any employee sees the rules, HR runs multiple scenarios using historical data. See exactly how many employees qualify at each increment tier — and the total budget impact — before you commit.

Lock Increment Criteria — No Mid-Cycle Changes

Once published, criteria are immutably locked in Firestore. Employees see the same rules throughout. No mid-cycle adjustments. No favoritism claims. Built-in governance your finance team can audit.

Every Employee Gets an Increment Story

MeritCyc auto-generates a personalized decision explanation for each employee — their score breakdown, tier placement, and specific improvement guidance for the next cycle.

Capabilities

Everything a CFO and HR Director Need to Run Increment Cycles

Salary Increment Budget Simulator

Model 5 scenarios side-by-side before criteria go live. See projected budget at each tier threshold. No surprises when the cycle closes.

Criteria Lock — Governance Built In

Once a cycle is published, criteria are locked. Firestore-enforced. No exceptions. Eliminates mid-cycle drift and protects against compliance risk.

Employee Career Map & Progression

Visual roadmap showing current level, next milestone, and what drives progression. Employees see where they stand — every cycle, not just once a year.

Increment Stories — Transparent Decisions

Auto-generated explanations for every employee: score, tier, and what to improve. Replace vague "budget constraints" with real, auditable data.

Fairness & Pay Equity Audit

Automated detection of increment disparities across departments, tenure, and role. Exportable PDF reports for legal review and board-level reporting.

Immutable Audit Trail

Append-only log of every cycle action: criteria changes, overrides, approvals. Built for compliance. Exportable as CSV at any time.

Pricing

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Starter

$3/emp/mo

For teams just getting started with structured increments.

✓Up to 2 cycles/year
✓Basic criteria (5 max)
✓3 simulation scenarios
✓Basic employee portal

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MeritCyc is currently in early access. Companies managing 50–500 employees are joining now to replace spreadsheet-driven increment cycles.

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