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64 Ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Learning Management
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

6.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
66%
PiiQ by Cornerstone ranks higher in 10/10 features
PiiQ by Cornerstone ranks higher in 10/10 features
Course authoring
N/A
0 Ratings

6.0
60%
11 Ratings
Course catalog or library
N/A
0 Ratings

6.8
68%
11 Ratings
Player/Portal
N/A
0 Ratings

6.8
68%
10 Ratings
Learning content
N/A
0 Ratings

6.6
66%
11 Ratings
Mobile friendly
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
8 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications
N/A
0 Ratings

6.2
62%
10 Ratings
Assignments
N/A
0 Ratings

6.7
67%
11 Ratings
Compliance management
N/A
0 Ratings

5.8
58%
9 Ratings
Learning administration
N/A
0 Ratings

6.6
66%
11 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics
N/A
0 Ratings

6.9
69%
11 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
95%
24 Ratings

8.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
86%
40 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
100%
1 Rating

3.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
30%
2 Ratings
Usability
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
PiiQ by Cornerstone
85%
37 Ratings
Availability
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
100%
2 Ratings
Performance
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
N/A
0 Ratings

7.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
70%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
9.0
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
90%
1 Rating

8.8
PiiQ by Cornerstone
88%
71 Ratings
Online Training
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
If your organization is technical-based and offers its employees different online courses to enhance their knowledge, then A Cloud Guru will be perfect for you. There are multiple courses available from different cloud platforms. The platform is easy to use and navigate and does not require much knowledge. Even if you do not have basic technical knowledge, the courses available in A Cloud Guru are designed in such a manner that a non-technical person will understand the concept easily.
Strategic Partner Management Senior Analyst
AccentureInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ 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 employeesPros
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- The team at A Cloud Guru is excellent at responding to user feedback that is submitted through their website.
- The content created is well organized and aligns to certification paths.
- The content is accessible on mobile and web platforms, which is great for learning on the go.

Verified User
Executive in Information Technology
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 10,001+ employeesPiiQ 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)
- More material on other cloud providers GCP, Azure, Huawei.
- Extend the sandboxes to other cloud providers not only AWS.
- Include more material for non-technical people, sometimes the sales teams are completely lost in the platform but they would like to learn about it.
Machine Learning Engineer
Blue Orange DigitalInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 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

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting
Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employeesPricing 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
Starting Price
$0 per month
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Editions & Modules
Edition
Free | $0.001 |
---|---|
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
Starting Price
$8 per user per month
PiiQ by Cornerstone Editions & Modules
Edition
PiiQ Performance | $8.001 |
---|---|
PiiQ Learning + Content & Performance | $15.001 |
PiiQ Learning + Content | $8.001 |
- per user per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 10.0
Based on 1 answer
No answer on this topic is available.
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.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Marketing and Advertising Company, 201-500 employeesUsability
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 8.5
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.

Verified User
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 2 answers
So far 100%.

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesPerformance
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 7.0
Based on 2 answers
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.

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesSupport Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 9.0
Based on 1 answer
The support team of A Cloud Guru is quite quick. There are scenarios where A Cloud Guru was not working in my organization. We reached out to their support team and they quickly resolved the issue. Also, if any individual is facing issues accessing A Cloud Guru, their support team is quick to resolve the issue.
Strategic Partner Management Senior Analyst
AccentureInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 8.8
Based on 71 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
No answers on this topic
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 9.0
Based on 1 answer
We bought training provided by 3rd party – it was fabulous.

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesImplementation Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 9.0
Based on 4 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)
The main differentiator was the contents as we were interested in a cloud platform other similar platforms did not have the below: it is very good to establish cloud learning development plans and then track them and manage them for the team. The platform supports learning tracks, exams, and sandboxes with all major cloud providers guarantees that you don't get an accidental charge as a result of [the] testing and exploring the cloud

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Computer Networking Company, 1001-5000 employeesPiiQ 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)
- Engagement scores around investment in L&D have increased.
- There's excitement around upcoming changes to our technology instead of fear we have seen in the past.
- We feel confident we will be able to deliver these new technologies - although we are at the start of our journey.

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesPiiQ 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.

Verified User
Executive in Manufacturing
Construction Company, 201-500 employees