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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cornerstone OnDemand

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/ACornerstone OnDemand is a cloud-based application for talent management. Cornerstone offers suites for recruiting, training, performance monitoring and planning, learning, and HR data management. It is scaled for enterprises.N/A

    Litmos

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ALitmos is a cloud-based Corporate LMS. Core features include a course builder, assessments and quizzes, surveys and feedback, eCommerce, virtual classrooms, certifications, course library, SCORM and TIN CAN support, reporting, and gamification tools.N/A
    Pricing
    Cornerstone OnDemandLitmos
    Editions & Modules
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    Cornerstone OnDemandLitmos
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Cornerstone OnDemandLitmos
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
    Since the platform can be accessed not only through the website but also through users' cell phones, Cornerstone's virtual training tool offers great accessibility for employees receiving training. It works with Android and iOS devices and collaborates with other apps to ensure …
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    Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
    The Sales Pitch for Cornerstone while being great, left us a bit disappointed when the tool got implemented. Although it is a game-changer and radically improved the learning experience the after-sales service has left us a bit disappointed. Since the overall package makes up …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
    I wasn't involved in the selection at my current company. However, at my previous company, Absorb was a very close contender due to their modern and vibrant portal features, but we decided to stick with Cornerstone because of ease of configuration for our compliance training …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
    Cornerstone OnDemand consistently ranked in the highest among existing capability, streamlined administrator experience, and also based future product roadmap. Their vision for the future appears to be set much further out and ahead of their competition to remain competitive. …
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    Litmos
    Chose Litmos
    Cornerstone OnDemand doesn't even come close. It's clunky, difficult to use, and old school in comparison to Litmos.
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    Prior to SAP Litmos implementation, I was using Cornerstone OnDemand, which turned out to be a failure. It lacked enough tutorials and whitepapers, but the worst of all is poor support. I didn't get the required support whenever I contacted the success team and they [used] to …
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    Chose Litmos
    Enabled us to customise more and came in cheaper, despite having very similar functionality. Having used 2 of the LMS above, Litmos has a richer feature set and also iterates their system more regularly. In a competitive market, Litmos has managed to become one of the leaders …
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    Adding in D2L and clarifying Articulate's RISE LMS platform

    I would say that Docebo had the best platform in terms of it's UI and some of the features it offered. But overall, SAP Litmos won in terms of administrator capabilities and ease of use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    there are pros and cons for every system
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    I've done business requirement gathering of LMS needs, LMS selection, and implementation at 3 companies now. Litmos and Docebo always end up in my top 3. However, Litmos has always won out for existing capabilities that, in the past, Docebo was still developing. At my current …
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    Chose Litmos
    SAP Litmos is ONE MILLION times better than Cornerstone. The UI, the backend, the content SAP Litmos runs circles around CSOD.
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    Litmos has many of the same extensive features that Cornerstone offers but in a much more user-friendly platform. I would choose Litmos over Cornerstone for certain. Mindflash is a simpler system with less features but offers a clean, easy to administer platform for smaller …
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    Chose Litmos
    I chose Litmos because of its advertised seamless integration with ADP. It turned out to not be so seamless... Hopefully, that will change. The interface is still great, though.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    124 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    65 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    132 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    74%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    Features
    Cornerstone OnDemandLitmos
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Litmos
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.7
    131 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Litmos
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    Ratings
    New hire portal7.968 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting7.4124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Litmos
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.9
    113 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Litmos
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.794 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting8.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.4105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.893 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Litmos
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.4
    118 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Litmos
    -
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    Performance plans7.692 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan weighting7.279 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking7.468 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.380 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.892 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions7.084 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.881 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.3112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Litmos
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.8
    57 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Litmos
    -
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    Create succession plans/pools7.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking8.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development8.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Litmos
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.2
    65 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Litmos
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    Job Requisition Management7.844 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.840 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management6.442 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.739 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search6.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration7.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.237 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates7.558 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions7.859 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.454 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.662 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Litmos
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.3
    186 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Litmos
    7.3
    116 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Course authoring4.8137 Ratings7.9101 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.3184 Ratings6.7109 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.0171 Ratings7.995 Ratings
    Learning content8.2146 Ratings7.198 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.7134 Ratings7.096 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications7.8167 Ratings7.1112 Ratings
    Assignments8.0180 Ratings7.0106 Ratings
    Compliance management7.1161 Ratings6.4105 Ratings
    Learning administration6.4183 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.2182 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Social learning7.0115 Ratings7.868 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings7.827 Ratings
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    ClearCompany
    Score7.7 out of 10
    iSpring Learn
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cornerstone OnDemandLitmos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (256 ratings)
    8.3
    (128 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (37 ratings)
    6.7
    (110 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.6
    (36 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    7.9
    (104 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.1
    (114 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cornerstone OnDemandLitmos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I feel Cornerstone OnDemand is a great solution for companies that have a large amount of compliance training that needs to be assigned and closely tracked. The features of dynamic groups (based on specific user criteria) allows you to target very specific audiences. The assignment functionality gives you great flexibility on when the assignment runs and how often, and also provides many options for due dates (static date or dynamic date - x days from hire date, date assigned, etc.). This has allowed us to have a clear and consistent user experience for both our newly hired employees and our seasoned employees.
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    Litmos
    For us, Litmos does what we need it to do. It houses all of our training in one place and allows us to send it out to our entire staff quickly and easily. The only area we really struggle is with eSignatures. We use this feature for memos, but instead of using the actual eSignature, we use an assessment because it gives us the ability to lock it after one attempt so that someone doesn't log back in and show that it's no longer signed.
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    Pros
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • Automatic recurring assignments are easy to get that refresher training out without needing to assign it fresh each time.
    • Reporting 2.0 makes it easy to write and share your reports with just selected filters. Making it easy for people receiving it to just change what they need to see.
    • Learning Admin Console makes it easy to peek at what is going on in your portal and open up connected reporting when needed.
    • Success Center is a great resource for getting peer answers to questions and learning about the releases and suggesting changes that should be added to the roadmap.
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    Litmos
    • Content Authoring: Litmos has a good content authoring tool that provides options for designing engaging and interactive courses.
    • Reporting: Litmos reporting tools and reporting engines are clear to understand, the come with useful features that allow for tracking completion, learning and engagement.
    • Course Library: Litmos has an extensive course library that we can reorganize into learning pathways to accomplish set learning objectives for our team.
    • Customer Support: We have seen Litmos Customer support improve over the time we have been customers. Not only are there helpful resources within the Litmos University, we also have access to skilled support from our Customer Success Manager and the Litmos Technical Team.
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    Cons
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • Sometimes finding the right answer to your support question can be a bit more difficult than it should be.
    • I would like to see more OSHA related courses.
    • At times, the administrative interface seems to need to be updated, but the tradeoff honestly might be the absolute rock-solid stability of the platform.
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    Litmos
    • Litmos' email automation leaves a lot to be desired. When using SAML single sign on, a user can forward a reminder email to a colleague and it will include the link for _their_ training, if the recipient completes the training it report as being completed by the sender.
    • Litmos' functionality around assessments is terrible. It is impossible to give partial or weighted credit for a question during marking. It's impossible to undo a mistake in marking or go back to the question. Hotspot questions are not worth using. Learners entering a test again after completing but before marking is done will erase their attempt's ability to be marked. There is more that is just unacceptable here. We make tests using microsoft forms because it's easier and more accessible.
    • Many group admins are also learners, and will so infrequently use their admin portals, that they should not default to admin.
    • We have imports from our HR platform to Litmos, which is convenient. Occasionally someone gets set up twice, which is a problem with the intergration or stuff that helpdesk does. However, merging two learner records should not be a huge hassle of enumerating all of the courses and manually marking them complete. There should be a way to do this in the software.
    • Reporting in general leaves a great deal to be desired. There should be some more controls for xAPI/tincan modules that allow us to customize the level of tracking there. Articulate Rise uses a manifest that gives the LMS what it needs to integrate, why can't we see interaction data from the eLearning there like we could with LRS statements? If I make a storyline block or have a rise interaction, I should be able to see all the elements folks click and what they get hung up on.
    • Litmos should support standard Training and L&D measurement frameworks. There's no reason we shouldn't at least be able to have a dashboard for a course that includes survey data, assessments, boosts, and maybe a manual place to put in business impact KPIs. Think kirkpatrick/Phillips ROI.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    As long as pricing stays reasonable, we will likely stay with Cornerstone for at least one more contract renewal. It would be a large task to migrate all of our content to a new system. However, the LMS landscape is diversifying with new startups that are showing some real innovation.
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    Litmos
    For what we need in the very near future, Litmos does not offer us the required capability. Ideally, we are looking for an integrated LMS, coaching, mobile support and content creation platform. Litmos may have the LMS part covered but there are other platforms that do this better along with providing an integrated all-in-one service or at the very least support API integration with other vendors to meet our requirements.
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    Usability
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Easy to use, easy to learn, lots of support during the learning process. There are a few parts of the system we don't use and I'm hesitant to begin using because other clients have said they're difficult and cumbersome (certifications) or outdated (libraries)
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    Litmos
    It's really easy to use. I just search the platform for my requirements, play a demo before downloading it, and then drag and drop it into my LMS. It couldn't be simpler. The only reason it isn't a 10 is that some courses don't have better summary descriptions or additional materials.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I haven't really had any major availability problems. The service is practically impeccable but it is true that at times, due to server and latency problems, the application has been slower. But these have been specific issues that have resolved themselves.
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    Litmos
    It's never been an issue. It's always good to go
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    Performance
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Pages do not load quickly. Often times any action or selection of a box, drop down, check, pretty much ANY Javascript interaction causes the whole entire page to load/reload/start doing something in the background. This makes a nightmare for having to mass edit courses or upload ILT sessions. It's the one of the archaic web designs they use that really bugs me as an admin and makes working in the portal at times intolerable and insufferable
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    Litmos
    Never had any type of performance issues for Litmos
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    Support Rating
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Its always important to have support when you are facing problems and when you are the main admin of the organization. Cornerstone Support is very supporting when you have not found the answer in the help guide. its very useful to have a team support to guide you.
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    Litmos
    If I could give it a negative rating I would. Worst support from any program I have had. Everything is back and forth in the support ticket. The one time I tried to chat they could not support the question. Their support page is so full of sections and products I can never find anything I need, even with a customized home page. I was hopeful that once they left SAP support might improve but it has not. I don't even know who my account executive is. Nobody has ever reached out to me. I need someone to guide me through best practices for our company and there is nobody to do that.
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    In-Person Training
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    we use also to admin all our training in person events and sessions. Its easy to admin this kind of trainings and automatize some processes we have. Also de user experience and the integration with other systems helps to the employees to use more. All modules integrated oriented to develop people is the principal reason to have CSOD. The training administration is very complete and allows to automate many processes.
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    Litmos
    It was a good overview of the platform, but of course it was more of a basic overview of how to use the platform. The team provided a good training, but I would of liked a better deep dive into some of the features.
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    Online Training
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    The online modules are pretty good. You can access them at any time, which we have done. You learn a lot in the beginning, but having the ability to retake short lessons when you are working on those items was very helpful.
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    Litmos
    Some of the best online training I've taken from any LMS platform. It was well put together and kept me engaged the entire time. It has a good amount of HR Compliance mixed with soft skills training that the team liked. Overall, it has a robust online suite of training that any company can use.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    The implementation was pretty difficult. We felt they (Cornerstone) didn’t properly allocate the resources to complete our implementation in the timetable we wanted.

    For example, we worked on Workday and SSO integrations - work that we had specifically contracted for in advance. When we were ready to work on that project, they didn’t have the people ready to help us, so it took a lot longer than necessary. That was my biggest pain point.

    The implementation approach we went with was a self-led implementation. We would speak to the implementation manager once per week, and self-trained. We met with implementation manager to discuss issues, review things that we’d learned for 1 hour. We found that wasn’t enough. Other things would come up outside that one hour window that we couldn’t get answers to. We didn’t have anyone to ask about those things and we had to wait to ask during our weekly meeting.

    The advantage of the self-led implementation approach was that it was really inexpensive – significantly less than the implementation cost for the other systems that we looked at. I also liked that we could pace ourselves. There were however big roadblocks. We would have to make sure the right resources were available. We had an implementation/project manager with a lot of experience and felt that the person was knowledgeable but missed on a few things.

    In hindsight, I would still go with the self-led implementation, but knowing what I know now, I would ask for the integration person to be available more. I would work that into the contract. With single sign-on, we needed deep linking to build direct links through a Single Sign-On tool, e.g. when someone gets an email, it directs them to training. But it has to go through SSO to get them to the correct link. Deep linking wasn’t turned on in our system and they had to activate it. We encountered little things like that – sequencing pre-requisites which were problematic. We tried to troubleshoot ourselves.

    I recommend you consider contracting for some extra implementation hours and determine when they are going to be available. Work it into the contract that you have the ability to call tech support during implementation. In addition to weekly implementation meetings, they have technical webexes – 4 every week, but 2 didn’t apply to us – one as we were using SSO. The challenge is they were not always relevant – we had specific questions that didn’t fall into those categories
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    Litmos
    We have done two implementations. The first wasn't completed by me, but the second was. I had to do a lot of data migration across from the first system into the new instance. This was really time-consuming, and it would have been great to have had an option for someone else to have completed this for us. Learning about the tool has also been up to us, and whilst the content was good, it was also high level and broad, and then getting into the specifics of our setup was really just left to us to complete on our own and have a go. We got there, but probably could have been faster with some additional support from a consultant.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    The user experience is a lot better than using SumTotal as an admin CSOD makes working easy. Without having workarounds. Reporting is a lot better than both platforms. Reporting in CSOD is complex however easy to manage and create when you understand the data points collected
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    Litmos
    I made a choice of this tool because of great review message on internet about the advantage of litmos. Also as cost is concerned I saw it to be favourable to me more than other which are Abit expensive. Litmos also have intuitive user interface which made me to fall for it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    It is important to be familiar with the terms and annual increases in licenses and other aspects of the contract. I recommend analyzing this from the beginning and the permanence is relevant because Cornerstone updates its modules and brings out new features that may allow you to leave a module to acquire another
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    Litmos
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    Scalability
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    It's a great product with some pieces that are set but many things that can be customized as needed for individual needs
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    Litmos
    Pretty easy to scale this LMS and can be deployed companywide in all departments for us. The team's function allows you build separate teams that can easily be assigned specific courses, so it makes it much easier to deploy
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    Professional Services
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    As I have said before, I have no doubt that the services of the Cornerstone sales people were very good. In particular, our salesperson spent a lot of time in contact with us to make the process go smoothly. Perhaps being a large company in some cases the times were slowed down but it is something normal to take into account.
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    Litmos
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • We are in the process of trying to increase employee engagement through content expansion. We are in the early stages of this.
    • The Edge Import Tool, in conjunction with Reporting 2.0, has done a great job of helping to automate/semi-automate tasks for huge time savings.
    • Maintaining compliance. Achieved through dynamic/automated groups, assignments, communication, and reporting.
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    Litmos
    • For one of our product lines, what used to require 8-10 onboarding calls now only needs two and we are aiming to get that down to just one or potentially none. Customers can learn on demand using the courses we have constructed for them and continue their learning live with trainers.
    • By hosting all of our training in one place, we have made onboarding much more straightforward for employees — they can learn the product (same training we give customers) and also get their InfoSec and other training in one place.
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    Screenshot of A personalized, modern user experience and self-service capabilities to engage employees, ensure productivity, and centralize employee dataScreenshot of With Cornerstone Learning, go beyond compliance and training - truly develop an engaged and collaborative workforce.Screenshot of Cornerstone Recruiting takes care of all talent acquisition needs and provides candidates with an amazing experience.Screenshot of With Cornerstone Performance, benchmark your people's performance, align them with your strategy, and provide feedback that matters.Screenshot of Cornerstone HR offers a personalized, modern user experience and self-service capabilities to engage employees, ensure productivity, and centralize employee data.Screenshot of With Content Anytime, quickly deliver hundreds of eLearning courses covering key soft-skills such as communication, time management, leadership, teamwork, and emotional intelligence.

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