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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Saba TalentSpace

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Halogen Software offers a cloud-based talent management suite that includes recruiting, performance management, learning and development, succession planning and compensation programs. It is optimized for mid-sized businesses.N/A

    symplr Talent Management Solutions

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/Asymplr acquired HealthcareSource in July, 2021. The former HealthcareSource now forms the foundation fo the symplr talent management suite.N/A
    Pricing
    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Considered Both Products
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Chose Saba TalentSpace
    When I switched jobs - Saba was at my current location. I enjoy systems and looked forward to learning Halogen. We had a trainer come on site and she was fabulous. I entered the position literally 60 days before the appraisals were scheduled to be released. She prepared me …
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    symplr
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Saba TalentSpace and symplr Talent Management Solutions
    Feature
    Saba TalentSpace
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    symplr Talent Management Solutions
    9.2
    2 Ratings
    23% above category average
    New hire portal7.76 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.68 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting8.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Saba TalentSpace and symplr Talent Management Solutions
    Feature
    Saba TalentSpace
    5.1
    33 Ratings
    33% below category average
    symplr Talent Management Solutions
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Corporate goal setting3.528 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting3.628 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.232 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility4.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.432 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Saba TalentSpace and symplr Talent Management Solutions
    Feature
    Saba TalentSpace
    6.1
    32 Ratings
    8% below category average
    symplr Talent Management Solutions
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Performance plans4.628 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan weighting8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans3.625 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Review status tracking5.430 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.85 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Review reminders6.332 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions8.15 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.024 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting3.130 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Saba TalentSpace and symplr Talent Management Solutions
    Feature
    Saba TalentSpace
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    symplr Talent Management Solutions
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools7.63 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.63 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Candidate search8.04 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Candidate development8.04 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Saba TalentSpace and symplr Talent Management Solutions
    Feature
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    symplr Talent Management Solutions
    6.8
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Saba TalentSpace and symplr Talent Management Solutions
    Feature
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    symplr Talent Management Solutions
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    ClearCompany
    Score7.7 out of 10
    ClearCompany
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.4
    (58 ratings)
    6.1
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.4
    (12 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Saba TalentSpacesymplr Talent Management Solutions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I think it's a good platform for tracking and monitoring goals, feedback, and development. We don't use the 1:1 meeting feature, however, I can see how that would be valuable for many organizations. I do like that it is very customizable, however, that also presents problems in that sometimes forms and/or processes can be a bit challenging to create easily and quickly.
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    symplr
    If their HRIS system holds all their data - employees, supervisors, positions then HealthcareSource can really take advantage of that data and save you a lot of time. We looked at a lot of systems and one of our needs was both Applicant Tracking and Performance Management and these systems work very well together. Other systems we looked at didn't have all our most needed features - we needed a vendor that could do both, integrate with our HRIS, report back data in a customizable fashion, and be user friendly. Some systems listed the features but during the demo and product reference calls we found they didn't perform as advertised. Some had reporting but the reporting was missing key data or didn't export in a data friendly manner. We have found HealthcareSource to be not only "pretty" - aka user friendly/non-cluttered but also had the engine under the hood as well that met our data analyst needs.
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    Pros
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • 1:1 agendas are easy to create, add comments to and prompt excellent conversation flow on the topics that truly matter to the manager and the employee.
    • The system can be easily customized to reflect your company's language and culture. We did this in several areas of the platform (goals, development, learning), and it made a world of difference in the understanding and adaptation of our users. One example is that in each learning module, we added 3 questions in the course description so that managers would be automatically prompted to ask to follow up / learning transfer questions when their employees enroll and take a learning course.
    • Halogen support is outstanding. Any question I have had has been answered upon the first contact or within 24 hours.
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    symplr
    • When any company implements a new program they have specific needs that they want customized for them. Healthcare source did a great job providing excellent customer service to our HR and IT professionals working behind the scenes to help us maximize the programs potential at our organization. They did not limit us to any standard uses or prohibit us from reaching our internal goals. Some examples include specialized reports, data uploads of employee data and time frames for our annual reviews.
    • They provided us with training and retraining and more training on using the system. This included training new members of our team when we had turnover in HR and inviting us to conferences and webcasts regularly.
    • The presentation of the software was very appealing and that may seem small but it really helps appeal to the employees that use it for their reviews.
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    Cons
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • My organization does not use all of the functions/modules that Halogen offers, but I find that those modules still appear on the Halogen main page. I think a great area for improvement is to hide these functions so as not to confuse employees.
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    symplr
    • To allow our team members choice, we offer training as either/or. The current system does not record either/or completions
    • To end enrollment of new hires for training at a set date, requires also ending the training of all those not yet completed.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Implementing a new system and process company wide is never an easy task. We moved so quickly in such a short period of time that we were able to learn quickly but also have the opportunity to improve the Halogen experience. We will more than likely will renew our use of Halogen as we already are seeing a small impact which hopefully in the long run will lead to a greater impact
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    symplr
    Looking back we can say that every year we used Performance Manager and other products too like HeathcareSource's Compensation and Position Manager we saw the ease of use for employees and HR staff members increase, we saw employees getting more comfortable with the product and HR Staff getting better at expressing their needs to the HealthcareSource team and this made us want to stay with the same company, when things are getting better each year we know we are in the right place.
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    Usability
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Halogen is very intuitive and provides very clean work-space ... lots of white space and modern layouts. There is more than one way to accomplish your action, too!
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    symplr
    The product is very intuitive to the end users and our online documentation seems sufficient to train our new employees.
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    Support Rating
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    We only purchased the appraisal module and without the other modules offered, you are really limited in what you can do and the process becomes much more involved with needing to maintain information across multiple platforms. We found that they charge for everything and call it "consulting." We poured so much money and time into a system that was just overkill for what we really needed.
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    symplr
    On the previous rating scale, I kept thinking "it depends". If I know it's an easy question or easy fix, the response is super fast. If I know I am asking something complex, custom or I just know it's not going to be able to be answered by 1st tier, it can take some time. I have worked on these issues with them (they are all very nice) I do now have avenues for finding things out from one person. We had one issue where we had a major problem and it required a software patch and their support team worked throughout the weekend to create, QA, and deliver the patch as promised. I was very impressed
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    Online Training
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    It is very easy to use and I can do my own programming instead of paying a technician and waiting sometimes days for them to program the changes.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I have used other systems in the past and I like that Halogen provides everything in one space. I would like to see a more developed way to report training, not in the LMS, but I think that for the most part that Halogen is a robust system that is superior to its competition.
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    symplr
    Both Health Stream and Healthcare Source have to-do lists, completion lists, and tracking. However, the functionality of Healthcare Source is far superior to HealthStream. The notifications are much better and helpful. The tracking on Healthcare Source is easy to use and see. Overall the interface in Healthcare Source is more intuitive.
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    Return on Investment
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • We are able to get our reviews done in a quicker amount of time. Instead of 4-8 weeks we were able to get it done under a month.
    • Halogen has gotten better at given us a heads up when the system will be down. Most patches are done overnight so we can at least verify it was done, but their success rate of a patch not breaking something is not at 99%. So we do lose productivity when the system is down.
    • The tool is easier to do so there are fewer questions from users outside the core team.
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    symplr
    • NetLearning has increased our nursing CEU credits with the most efficiency. Now nurses can take courses on NetLearning and have it track their hours.
    • On a compliance standpoint, NetLearning has benefited us when we are being audited and we have to show what trainings or classes an employee has made. Also, to make sure that their certifications are up to date.
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    Screenshot of ReportsScreenshot of TalentviewScreenshot of 1-1 CoachingScreenshot of Create performance appraisalsScreenshot of Giving FeedbackScreenshot of Score report