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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Axonify

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAxonify is a frontline enablement and Microlearning platform designed to facilitate knowledge retention and operational consistency across large-scale, distributed workforces. The system utilizes an AI-driven reinforcement engine based on "brain science" principles—specifically Spaced Repetition and Retrieval Practice—to deliver daily, three-to-five-minute training interactions.N/A

    SumTotal (legacy)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    The SumTotal Talent Expansion Suite included SumTotal (LMS), and was supported by Skillsoft since the October 2014 acquisition. Acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand in 2022, it is a legacy product, and Cornerstone recommends upgrading to their modern platform.N/A

    Zoho Recruit

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AZoho Recruit is a cloud-based ATS. Zoho offers a full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems, including social recruiting and resume parsing. Its custom automatable reports enable analyses of processing and information sharing. It is available in Free, Standard, and Enterprise versions.

    $25

    per month per user

    Pricing
    AxonifySumTotal (legacy)Zoho Recruit
    Editions & Modules
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    Forever Free
    $0
    Standard
    $25
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    Professional
    $50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $75
    per month per user
    Offerings
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    AxonifySumTotal (legacy)Zoho Recruit
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee$30 per user per month
    Additional DetailsZoho recruit also provides options for add-ons such as a client portal ($6/license/month) and video interviews ($12/license/month).
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    Features
    AxonifySumTotal (legacy)Zoho Recruit
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Axonify and SumTotal (legacy) and Zoho Recruit
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    Axonify
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    Ratings
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Recruit
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    New hire portal00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Axonify and SumTotal (legacy) and Zoho Recruit
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    Axonify
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    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoho Recruit
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    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Axonify and SumTotal (legacy) and Zoho Recruit
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    Axonify
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    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoho Recruit
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    Performance plans00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Axonify and SumTotal (legacy) and Zoho Recruit
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    Axonify
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    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoho Recruit
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    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Axonify and SumTotal (legacy) and Zoho Recruit
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    Axonify
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    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Recruit
    6.6
    37 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings4.235 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.52 Ratings7.030 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.92 Ratings6.025 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.52 Ratings7.031 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings6.52 Ratings9.032 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings7.937 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.52 Ratings5.233 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings00 Ratings5.033 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.936 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings00 Ratings7.035 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings00 Ratings2.433 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings00 Ratings7.935 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings6.833 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Axonify and SumTotal (legacy) and Zoho Recruit
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    Axonify
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    SumTotal (legacy)
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zoho Recruit
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    Course authoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AxonifySumTotal (legacy)Zoho Recruit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (11 ratings)
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    7.9
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
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    Usability
    9.1
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    2.0
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    4.0
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    3.0
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    User Testimonials
    AxonifySumTotal (legacy)Zoho Recruit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Axonify Inc.
    Well-suited to the original purpose of delivering questions on a daily basis; everything beyond that gets complicated. For example, there are a number of program types available to deliver information (certifications, daily reinforcement, self-directed learning, assigned paths, etc.). However understanding how they all fit together requires advancing weaving together of multiple types of programs for individual groups, and requires more time than you would expect. Nearly 3 years into working with Axonify, we are still trying to iron it all out. We also have side groups of customers who meet to help each other because we all struggle with it too. We have a hard time helping our leaders and subject matter experts understand what is possible and what doesn't work well in the platform, since it is so different and doesn't work as expected. For example, communication to teams is one way - the recipients can't respond.
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    Very good for learning and development and training of employees. For Applicant tracking, recuirement, onboarding, and enablement, I prefer SAP SuccessFactors or Skillate. I also found that the SumTotal app is not very friendly on android and crashes sometimes and it is not optimized for mobile. Hence I end up never using it.
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    Zoho
    With the business I am in I have to be able to search and reach potential candidates from hours away due to the scope of the contract we have covering a solid couple hundred sq. miles of the state; so being able to have a software that can search, sort, rank, and suggest candidates without having to spend ours of time or driving hours for an interview I can connect with one person and make a decision and have the software there for them and send an email or two with the steps and instructions and 5 minutes later be doing the same for another candidate hours away without even needing to leave the office or even from home and knowing that I'm able to monitor and adjust the steps or make adjustments along the way and being able to trust that it is choosing quality candidates and able to help me hire the right people to do my job to keep my contractors and homeowners safe is amazing for our business.
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    Pros
    Axonify Inc.
    • Update the platform in response to feedback from current users- ex. Many of the features I wished Axonify had when I first signed up for it are now live, such as guided learning, the ability to add certification to guided learning paths, and the ability to tie outside metrics and behaviors directly to Axonify training frequency and scores
    • Reinforce employee knowledge to ensure employees don't forget content they don't use frequently- ex. as long as an employee signs in to train regularly, you can be assured that they will learn what they need to because the Axonify algorithm prioritizes reinforcement questions on topics that the learner hasn't seen recently and topics that the learner has the lowest scores in. The end result is that the platform is always customizing the content watch learner sees to help improve the individual's weak points. This means that of an employee is under performing, we know it is either because the process is not working, or the employee is unwilling to follow the process, not because he or she doesn't know any better
    • Foster competition and excitement around completing certain training milestones- ex. the Leaderboard can get pretty competitive as employees compete to reach the top. The platform also lets you auction off different prizes on the platform using points earned by answering questions correctly, thereby indirectly creating an incentive to complete training.
    • I have never worked with a company that did such a great job at walking a new user through the implementation process. A year and a half after implementing the platform I still have a regular call from my rep (Erin Bresser) during which we discuss my company's training plan, pain points, strategies, upcoming features, and anything else training related. I could not ask for more or better support from a vendor.
    • I love all the different content options I have. I can use the bare bones basics and simply add questions directly into Axonify, or I can support those questions by building a complex course, video, animation, or even downloading content from the Content exchange directly from Axonify. This means that weather I have a day or a year to prepare content, I have the ability to produce a functional and productive experience for my workforce
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    • Assign complete learning plans to users so they don't have to spend time searching for courses.
    • Export learner's transcripts so managers can easily see their employee's progress.
    • Embed Social Media feeds that are relevant to their business.
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    Zoho
    • Like other HR-based services, Zoho Recruit allows you to track the behavior of candidates during the execution of your hiring process, so that you can create constant notes of any problems that may arise and that may prevent a proper job.
    • The relationship between employers and candidates can be measured, which is excellent for creating reports on the development of each hiring process, and employees can then be evaluated on their ability to manage and communicate correctly with each candidate under their direct care.
    • Hiring sessions can be recorded using a variety of methods. It does not necessarily have to be done using an audiovisual recording tool (which is possible through different integrations) but a convenient recording system that allows you to note down important data, and where even the candidate's photographs can be saved.
    • We believe that some features of Zoho Recruit's support service could be improved, although this is probably a general service by the Zoho team for all their programs. The staff is not sufficiently explanatory, and therefore we have not been able to meet our expectations for troubleshooting.
    • We like that using Zoho Recruit is so convenient, and that it interfaces well with the other services that the entire Zoho suite has to offer: Zoho Recruit is a good alternative for human resources, which shows a reliable and easy-to-manage operability, so that all registration and follow-up processes are simple.
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    Cons
    Axonify Inc.
    • Subjects and categories organization system can get a little confusing.
    • While there is support for mobile phones, there's not an easy way to test it on mobile devices without deploying it first.
    • Lots of options so it can get complex if you just need a straightforward solution.
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    • Reporting
    • Mass importing of manual checks to be issued in California
    • Ability to fund pay cards immediately
    • Perform gross-up calculations within the payroll system automatically
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Recruit should allow for customization of pipelines based on department/role to be hired.
    • Zoho Recruit should allow for customization of the vendor portal allowing the vendor to type in key data points about candidate profiles that are typically not found on the resume, such as notice period, current salary and expected salary.
    • Zoho Recruit could simplify the blueprinting process built into the tool which allows for smooth flow of candidates through the system.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Axonify Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I have transitioned from a position who supported the product to a position where I use the product. I continue to be impressed with the robustness of the product and how efficient it is. It is a user friendly software that can be used to navigate and accomplish tasks to meet organizational requirements.
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    Zoho
    We have evaluated every other ATS on the market, and do so every 1-2 years just to make sure we aren't missing out on anything better, and found that Zoho offers more functionality than any ATS with a per-recruiter-price under $100. Once it introduces automated job alerts and candidate login functionality there will be no reason for us to look elsewhere.
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    Usability
    Axonify Inc.
    Axonify is extremely easy to use, for both employees and managers. The platform is visually appealing, and Axonify offers a number of videos and tutorials for any administration and user functionality. The reporting is also very easy to obtain and review, with the ability to drill down to team and individual results.
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    Discontinued Products
    I do not find SumTotal to be intuitive. I feel we need to adjust our needs to meet the functionality available in the tool.
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    Zoho
    The user interface looks clunky and designed by engineers. I suspect it didn't undergo much user testing.
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    Support Rating
    Axonify Inc.
    Axonify has been great for support. We have a dedicated rep but I have also just posted to the official user boards and gotten feedback as well. Axonify also has a conference every year that is a great way to learn. You can also become certified in Content or Administration with Axonify if you so choose.
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    We have our own IT support to assist in SumTotal issues, however, we have had to log in cases directly. Support is mediocre at best.
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    Zoho
    I give Zoho Recruit this rating because over all, it has helped me to organize my candidates and saved me time and energy in organizing them myself. Without Zoho Recruit, I simply would not be able to keep my talent pool straight, and it certainly gets the job done. I took off a couple points because if I download a resume after already inputting the candidate into Zoho, it won't automatically sync the two profiles up. It also does not remind me when a task is expired.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Axonify Inc.
    I like the way Axonify provides chunks of information to the learner by overwhelming them by dividing them into bite-size content. The learners don't have a lot of time to give to training, so Axonify has helped has provided just in time training to those teams. It's very much suited to our organization. Axonify is extremely easy to use for both learners and managers. The platform is visually appealing and provides a lot of video-based content to learn the platform for any administrative and user functionality. It is a unique tool in its segment, it meets the requirements that other tools, LMS, or learning libraries don't.
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    When I came to my company, they had been using a "light" LMS called Articulate. It was cheap and bare bones; i.e. not a lot of features, really just a platform to launch eLearning from and not real interface for student to utilize. When I began to overhaul the training department, this was one of the first things I changed. Articulate would only run courses built in their software, and the software was not 508 compliant. In addition, we had no ability to create learning plans, house transcripts, customize the interface, or manage the students. I made the choice to select and LMS that was a true LMS with all of the features that were critical to our clients' needs. Thus far, SumTotal has been able to support all of our needs, except one; mobile learning that is media rich
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    Zoho
    Zohorecruit is the best platform for small and mid-sized companies. It will help us to save lots of time in the recruitment and hiring journey. We have used Oorwin also in the past, but this is much better than the Oorwin, and it's very robust and easy to use, and the site is very fast.
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    Return on Investment
    Axonify Inc.
    • Before, we could not accurately measure if people were really reviewing our monthly safety material or really reading our new policy releases. Now we have nearly 100% compliance.
    • Over the past two years since we implemented Axonify, we have seen a decrease of $200,000 in our workers comp annual cost. We expect this trend to continue or stay stable due to a staff that is more aware of safety.
    • We maintain our position as a San Francisco and Silicon Valley Best Place to Work due to our high morale and employee engagement level. 99% of our employees engage with Axonify an average of 13x per month. This ranking has made us an leader in affordable housing with some of the best staff members in our industry.
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    • Clean front-end user interface for easier course catalog management.
    • Reporting has been more difficult than previous LMS.
    • Audience building has more variables making it more difficult to manage.
    • Slower overall client turnaround due to admin side interface.
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    Zoho
    • I can't say anything about ROI, but Zoho Recruit made our recruitment process highly effective.
    • We did not need to hire more HR managers as the system helped to manage the processes automatically.
    • We saved money with Zoho Recruit for sure. And this was very best.
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    ScreenShots

    Axonify Screenshots

    Screenshot of Bite-sized learningScreenshot of Bite-sized learningScreenshot of communication with frontline employees, no matter where they're locatedScreenshot of onboarding to guide each new employee through a learning path built just for themScreenshot of Axonify gamesScreenshot of searchable content

    SumTotal (legacy) Screenshots

    Screenshot of SumTotal Learning Management: Deliver the learning your organization needs including skilling/upskilling/reskilling, career planning & development. All delivered with our engaging learner experience across all modalities (desktop, tablet & mobile) and in the flow of workScreenshot of SumTotal Onboarding: Foster learning before day one with our robust onboarding solution. Build culture, complete necessary paperwork and begin the path to productivity for all your new and returning employees.Screenshot of SumTotal Performance: Performance management that meets the needs of today’s forward-thinking organizations. Align the goals and performance of your entire workforce with those of the broader organization for better business outcomes.Screenshot of SumTotal Succession: Make succession planning an organizational strength. SumTotal allows you to better understand your workforce now and better plan for your future with our intuitive succession planning tools.Screenshot of SumTotal Recruiting: A modern recruiting solution that delivers a powerful candidate experience, recruiter productivity, job matching and internal mobility.Screenshot of SumTotal Compensation: SumTotal makes compensation planning easier and less time consuming. Build a pay for performance culture that meets your organizations goals and objectives while keeping you competitive in the ever-changing marketplace.