#1 most frequent
United States of America
71.8%61 installations of 85
What is Saba Cloud?
Saba Cloud is a talent management suite which includes performance management, succession planning, learning management, planning, and recruiting. The vendor intends the cloud-based platform to be highly scalable to enable continuous corporate employee development.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Progress tracking & certifications
The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.
Category average: 8.1
Assignments
Users can assign courses/curricula to individuals or groups, with due dates.
Category average: 8.1
Applicant Tracking
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
Category average: 8.2
Areas for Improvement
Job Search Site Posting
Software provides ability to publish postings to top job search sites
Category average: 7.9
Plan weighting
Supervisors have ability to weight or prioritize individual elements of the performance plan.
Category average: 7
Workflow restrictions
Workflow restrictions ensure that employee can only see finalized official review once completed.
Category average: 7
Who Buys & Uses Saba Cloud
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.9%5 installations of 85
#3 most frequent
Canada
4.7%4 installations of 85
Excellent Learning Management Platform
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have rebranded our Saba Cloud platform to be both our Learning Management System and our Performance Management System. We are using it for both career development and pay for performance. We have ties with both LinkedIn Learning and FranklinCovey which means that users of the platform have thousands of learning opportunities. And we have taken the competencies and accountabilities from our job descriptions and turned them into the skills for each employee for evaluation purposes.
Pros
- Integrate with external learning providers.
- Be responsive to customer suggestions.
- Provide detailed learning opportunities for users and admins.
Cons
- Limited flexibility in their programming can reduce UX enhancement options.
- Probably could use a small company (under 150 employees) version that is streamlined.
Return on Investment
- Monthly check-ins for supervisors and their staff were begun following implementation of Saba Cloud.
- Skills assessment was made available. Previous skills assessments were not done at all.
- Increased learning by staff compared to before system implementation.
Saba - Proof that a Complete Talent Management Solution can be Easy to Use
Pros
- The user interface is much improved over any previous product they offer. Users find navigating the application seamless and effortless.
- Saba's personnel, including support, is attentive, caring, and eager to help.
- True SaaS, cloud-based model. Updates are frequent and constantly improving the product.
Cons
- Saba continues to improve their reporting and analytics. While it is much improved over previous versions, it can be improved.
- Release Notes for system updates need to be delivered to admins farther in advance of the update in order to prepare properly.
Return on Investment
- Saba helps us educate our workforce and provide a platform for them to share ideas and knowledge. This helps reduce turnover and retain more effective employees.
- In our retail environment, our front-line associates need access to information quickly. Saba is a place to find certified knowledge while on the job, providing a better experience for our customers.
Alternatives Considered
SumTotal LMS,Cornerstone OnDemand,Moodle,Skillsoft
Saba Cloud is Best in Class
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I've used Saba at 2 companies as an admin and 3 as a user. It allows us to do all the assigning, deploying, and tracking we need for learning from compliance to professional development. These past few years it has particularly assisted with On Demand and Virtual learning including continuing with many formerly in-person management development courses. We're looking to expand our use of skills and learning paths as well, which would otherwise not be possible.
Pros
- Managing automated learning assignments
- Analytics
- Presenting learning in various modalities
- Ease of updating materials in all formats
Cons
- Continued improvement of admin interface
- Reduction of steps to make changes to courses
- Ease of setting up and maintaining Workspaces
- Mobile app
Return on Investment
- Compliance for Safety and Security
- Visibility to upper management of training and development
- Increased product knowledge to the field
- Improvement of corporate culture and diversity
Other Software Used
Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft), Spott, Microsoft Teams
Saba Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Saba is being used throughout our entire organization. We utilize the Saba Learning module only and mainly use it for tracking purposes. Being new to this role, I am still getting used to our organization processes. I hope to soon be able to maximize the use of Saba and take advantage of all or most of the features the learning module has to offer.
Pros
- Tracking.
- Saba community is very helpful.
- Testing abilities.
Cons
- Making the system a little more user-friendly.
- Background settings easier to understand and customize.
Return on Investment
- The ability to track our learning assignments for each user is a huge benefit.
- Providing employees a hub for active learning.
- Ease of use for the end user.
Alternatives Considered
SAP SuccessFactors Learning
Other Software Used
Inkling Knowledge, Inkling Learning Pathways, Skillsoft Percipio (Skillport)
Usability
SABA and the Non-Profit
Pros
- Analytics is essential to meet compliance standaards
- Creating learning paths, certifications and tracking certifications of a wide variety.
- Communication with a diverse and large group of staff
- Improves our overall connection with remote sites.
Cons
- In the certification process, it only lets us do look back days it would be very beneficial to have a look backdate. Our services have a training year from July 1, thru June 30 and we assign training to services that are required by federal and state laws to be completed annually. During the pandemic we found a lot of staff taking jobs in other areas and still in their original position and then back again. If we assigned someone HIPAA training and they took this on July 4 and then in October went to a different service line the training plan would ask them to retake HIPAA. It would not pick up the one on July 3. That is the only real issue but it is a large one.
Return on Investment
- This may seem small but with 90% of our workforce not at our main facility just the fact that since July 1, 2021, we have had over 18,956 compliance-related training completed by our staff. Do the math the ROI is wonderful.
Other Software Used
HEFICED Kronos Cloud, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Adobe Captivate, Articulate 360, Camtasia
