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    PiiQ by Cornerstone

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACornerstone’s PiiQ is an SMB offering formerly known as Sonar6. PiiQ is aimed at small-to-medium sized businesses and includes core learning management and performance management systems, including content creation, mobile accessibility, and in-product reporting.

    $8

    per user per month

    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
    PiiQ by CornerstoneLitmos
    Editions & Modules
    PiiQ Performance
    $8.00
    per user per month
    PiiQ Learning + Content
    $8.00
    per user per month
    PiiQ Learning + Content & Performance
    $15.00
    per user per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PiiQ by CornerstoneLitmos
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$1,000 per installationNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PiiQ by CornerstoneLitmos
    Considered Both Products
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answer on this topic
    Litmos
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    133 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    124 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    132 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    Features
    PiiQ by CornerstoneLitmos
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone and Litmos
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone
    6.6
    11 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Litmos
    7.3
    116 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Course authoring6.011 Ratings7.9101 Ratings
    Course catalog or library6.811 Ratings6.7109 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.810 Ratings7.995 Ratings
    Learning content6.611 Ratings7.198 Ratings
    Mobile friendly7.98 Ratings7.096 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.210 Ratings7.1112 Ratings
    Assignments6.711 Ratings7.0106 Ratings
    Compliance management5.89 Ratings6.4105 Ratings
    Learning administration6.611 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.911 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings7.868 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings7.827 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PiiQ by CornerstoneLitmos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.3
    (128 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    6.7
    (110 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (36 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (104 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (9 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PiiQ by CornerstoneLitmos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Well suited for:
    • A busy environment where you want learners to be self-sufficient and to be able to access learning solutions at a time that suits them.
    • For anyone who wants to access learning using different platforms such as iPad, mobile, PC, etc
    • Anyone who needs a more in-depth learning solution rather than an overview of key learning points.
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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
    • Enables employees to draft work goals and collaborate with their supervisors on a final version - improves mutual understanding right up front.
    • Combines performance goal ratings with competency ratings and provides a blended score. Simplifies the goal weighting so you don't have to do any calculations.
    • 9-box matrix provides useful definitions and descriptions so managers can prepare development notes or plans for individual employees.
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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
    • Would be good to have have a virtual "top level" (eg board) user built in to allow senior execs without a direct manager to be able to be set up with KPIs instead of having to create a dummy user
    • Reports have difficulty downloading if pop ups disabled or in some browser environments
    • When competencies are updated while a cycle is open, any changes don't effect that open cycle but only future ones. Would be nice to be able to have the option to apply changes to existing "open" cycles
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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
    It's not that CSB isn't a decent performance management system, but we have decided to go with just one vendor (Workday) for an HRIS/performance management/payroll system so we can directly relate pay to performance. We are more interested in having just one system that "talks" to the other pieces instead of having to work with several vendors. It reduces the hassle of having to communicate with different support teams, having different contracts, and so on.
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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
    There are specific things within the goals and competencies that are user-friendly. For example, the rating slider isn't great in my opinion. You can slide in between ratings which can create some odd scoring (if you use scoring). It seems a better solution would be a drop down where you select your rating. There are also some glitches in the system and have been told Cornerstone is aware of them but are focused on delivering new features. There are workarounds, but that doesn't seem to be a great answer.
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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
    So far 100%.
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    Litmos
    It's never been an issue. It's always good to go
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    Performance
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    The saving process slows it down. It doesn’t auto save. If you leave a page, it will sometimes warn you, but not always. When you hit the save button, a window pops up that says creating/saving packets. It feels very archaic.
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    Litmos
    Never had any type of performance issues for Litmos
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    Support Rating
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    My assistant could better address this issue. My perception is that there is not immediate assistance, and that there can be a wait for help. That is not a negative, just a perception. I have not used support in two years.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    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
    We bought training provided by 3rd party – it was fabulous.
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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
    I think we could have done a better job of rolling out the tool to our managers. We were under a tight timeline. In the training, we showed them everything and said go do it by this date. Looking back, I would have done it in pieces: for example, 2 weeks to write goals, 2 weeks to get sign-off from direct reports. I just let them go at it. Since then we’ve moved to agile development environment and are applying the technique to everything. In future would only do through change sprint. It is a big change I didn’t take it seriously enough.

    I had a team of 3 project managing. You need a champion from every department to make sure you’re getting it right and to make sure what’s happening is communicated. It’s not something you can do without input from department heads
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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
    Lesson.ly has been great to work with but it is a very clear and simple, user-friendly system that anyone can pick up with very little training as it is self-explanatory. It also has a great mobile interface and lots of different features that are easy to add for the admin but really impactful for the user.
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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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    Scalability
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Return on Investment
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • It's tool and it's only as good as the person wielding it. The investment in PiiQ was accompanied by a quarterly cadence and manager feedback training. We feel like our employees are given regular feedback and bonuses are tied to objective accomplishment.
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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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