EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool vs Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

Likelihood to Recommend

I can't imagine a scenario where it is less appropriate than any other 360 tool. It's easy to use, customizable, and inexpensive. Reports are easy to interpret. Great tool for anyone looking to implement a new 360.

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Ellen Spara

Sr. Director - Talent Management

LyondellBasellChemicals, 10,001+ employees

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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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Eric Bryant, PHR

Sr. Training & Development Specialist

OrthoIndyHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

Corporate goal setting

Subordinate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

Performance plans

Plan weighting

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Rater nomination workflow

Review reminders

Workflow restrictions

Multiple review frequency

Reporting

Manager note taking

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

Compliance tracking and reporting

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

Create succession plans/pools

Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

Pros

EchoSpan was extremely supportive in the initial training portion and is extremely quick to offer support when required.
Filled our request for customization and were easy to work with.
Excellent on-line training videos

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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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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Bonnie Van Epps

Director of Talent Development

First BusinessFinancial Services, 201-500 employees

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Cons

EchoSpan's 360s are completely customizable, so content improvements are up to the user

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Ben Dattner

President

Dattner Consulting, LLCManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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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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Verified User

Administrator in Human Resources

Entertainment Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool 9.6

Based on 2 answers

Customer support and the cost of the product would be my number one reasons. Customer support is fantastic!

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 8.0

Based on 11 answers

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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Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 9.1

Based on 4 answers

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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Karen Blalock

Manager, Learning & Development

Builders Mutual Insurance CompanyInsurance, 201-500 employees

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Performance

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool 9.0

Based on 1 answer

The system is easy to use, the Echospan support is fantastic and the cost is very competitive.

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

No score

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Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 5.7

Based on 12 answers

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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Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 8.1

Based on 3 answers

Very easy to implement and Halogen has a well-trained implementation staff!

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Ron Ketelsen

Executive Human Resources Profesional

Executive Human Resources Consultant for CPP, IncHuman Resources, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Reporting, conciseness and detail.

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Verified User

Executive in Human Resources

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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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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L Bednar, Learning and Development Guru

Training and Development Consultant

Self-employedEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Improved awareness of employee strengths and weaknesses

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Ellen Spara

Sr. Director - Talent Management

LyondellBasellChemicals, 10,001+ employees

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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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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Rating Summary

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)

Likelihood to Recommend