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A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
Where it's strong: Linux, open source technologies, web development administration, virtualization and automation, cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, CI/CD trainingWhere it's lacking: The more traditional aspects of IT -- Windows, Active Directory, IT Service Management. storage administration and networking basics... advanced networking also, like CCNA, would be nice.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
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.

Verified User
Professional in Human Resources
Staffing and Recruiting Company, 51-200 employeesFeature Rating Comparison
Learning Management
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.6
Course authoring
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.0
Course catalog or library
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.7
Player/Portal
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.7
Learning content
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.5
Mobile friendly
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
7.8
Progress tracking & certifications
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.2
Assignments
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.6
Compliance management
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
5.8
Learning administration
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.6
Learning reporting & analytics
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
6.7
Pros
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- The videos are short and easy to ingest. This is super important! Long videos get boring and people lose interest quickly
- New training videos for new technology are always being added regularly
- In addition to new videos, existing training videos are updated when software or technology changes, ensure that you always have current information while you're learning
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
- 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.
Director, Human Resources and Administration
Abode CommunitiesReal Estate, 51-200 employees
Cons
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- The merger with A Cloud Guru has confused things a bit. They're slowly replacing the Linux academy branded training with ACG training (which is fine) but if we found ourselves losing access to training videos while we were in the midst of watching them
- A more robust community would be nice. There's the Slack channel, but I wish there was more robust community features
- It would be nice to be able to download videos locally on desktops and laptops. This helps greatly with rewinding the video to reiterate key learning points
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
- 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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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting
Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employeesLikelihood to Renew
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 3.0
Based on 2 answers
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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Employee in Human Resources
Marketing and Advertising Company, 201-500 employeesUsability
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 6.0
Based on 1 answer
The site can have some issues. It can be difficult to return to the training module you were viewing after some time away from the site and you have to relogin. We've also had issues where the session will time out at random points, which makes it frustrating to move on to the next videos in the module when you have to re-login and try and find which one you left off on.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 8.0
Based on 37 answers
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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Employee in Human Resources
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesReliability and Availability
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 10.0
Based on 1 answer
So far 100%.

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Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesPerformance
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 7.0
Based on 1 answer
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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Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesSupport Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 10.0
Based on 1 answer
I've never had to communicate with Linux Academy's customer support aside from some minor billing issues, which were easily ironed out in a very quick manner.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 8.3
Based on 36 answers
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.
Director, Human Resources
Viewpointe Archive Services L.L.C.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Online Training
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 9.0
Based on 1 answer
We bought training provided by 3rd party – it was fabulous.

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Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesImplementation Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
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PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 9.0
Based on 2 answers
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
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

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesAlternatives Considered
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
We've tried CBT Nuggets, Pluralsight, ITProTV, and even official training programs directly from the software vendors. Linux Academy outranks them all simply because of the quality of the training videos compared to the monthly costs. It's hard to beat its affordably, especially when the training material is such high quality and engaging
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
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.

Verified User
Administrator in Other
Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- Linux Academy keeps us on the cutting edge, that's a huge positive impact.
- We're able to use Linux Academy to help earn IT certifications for our employees
- It keeps our employees wanting to learn more, which improves our skillsets as a whole.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
- 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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Executive in Manufacturing
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesScreenshots
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
—Pricing Details
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Editions & Modules
Edition
Free | $0.001 |
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Personal Basic | $31.59 ($379.00)2 |
Personal Plus | $41.59 ($499.00)2 |
Business Basic | $41.59 ($499.00)2 |
Business Plus | $58.25 ($699.00)2 |
- per month
- per month (per year)
Additional Pricing Details
Contact Sales for Enterprise Pricing. https://acloudguru.com/solutions/businessPiiQ by Cornerstone
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
$1,000*
* per installation
PiiQ by Cornerstone Editions & Modules
Edition
PiiQ Performance | $8.001 |
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PiiQ Learning + Content & Performance | $15.001 |
PiiQ Learning + Content | $8.001 |
- per user per month