The aim of this article is to compare methods for detecting and/or measuring regular equivalence in valued networks. The methods compared can be divided into direct and indirect methods. The indirect methods considered here are all variants of the REGE algorithm (White, 2005 White , D. R. ( 2005 ). REGGE (web page) . Retrieved May 12, 2005, from http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/REGGE/  [Google Scholar]). All direct methods have roots in Batagelj, Doreian, and Ferligoj (1992 Batagelj , V. , Doreian , P. , & Ferligoj , A. ( 1992 ). An optimizational approach to regular equivalence . Social Networks , 14 , 121 – 135 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]); however they have been adapted for valued networks (Žiberna, 2006b Žiberna , A. ( 2006b ). Generalized Blockmodeling of Valued Networks . Social Networks(in press) , Retrieved May 30, 2006, from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2006.04.002  [Google Scholar]). All approaches are compared on an empirical valued social network. Variants of the REGE algorithm are also compared on a few artificial valued networks in order to clarify their functionality. This is not necessary for direct approaches, which have clearly defined ideal blocks. In discussion, advantages and disadvantages of both indirect and direct approaches are discussed.