Betterworks vs. Cornerstone OnDemand

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Betterworks
Score 7.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Betterworks offers intelligent performance management software solutions. Its enterprise-ready SaaS platform helps workforces and organizations achieve their potential with tools that foster greater manager effectiveness and employee performance, with the goal of increasing engagement and retention. The Betterworks solution combines generative AI and data analytics to enable organizations to make smart, data-informed decisions linked to performance, calibration, skill…N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand is a cloud-based application for talent management. Cornerstone offers suites for recruiting, training, performance monitoring and planning, learning, and HR data management. It is scaled for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
BetterworksCornerstone OnDemand
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BetterworksCornerstone OnDemand
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsVolume discounts apply.
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Features
BetterworksCornerstone OnDemand
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Betterworks
9.0
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Cornerstone OnDemand
8.3
114 Ratings
13% above category average
Corporate goal setting9.04 Ratings8.095 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting9.04 Ratings8.398 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.04 Ratings8.8106 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.04 Ratings8.194 Ratings
Performance tracking9.04 Ratings8.1109 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Betterworks
7.2
3 Ratings
13% below category average
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.8
119 Ratings
13% above category average
Performance plans8.02 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Plan weighting8.02 Ratings7.480 Ratings
Manager note taking3.22 Ratings7.969 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.02 Ratings7.781 Ratings
Review status tracking8.03 Ratings8.496 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow8.02 Ratings7.764 Ratings
Review reminders3.23 Ratings8.293 Ratings
Workflow restrictions8.02 Ratings7.485 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.02 Ratings7.182 Ratings
Reporting8.93 Ratings8.1113 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Betterworks
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Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
8.3
132 Ratings
12% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.369 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.4125 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Betterworks
-
Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
9.1
58 Ratings
24% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.449 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.349 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.352 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Betterworks
-
Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
8.6
66 Ratings
16% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.645 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.841 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.738 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.638 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.740 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings8.743 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.840 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.641 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.741 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.836 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings8.638 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings8.359 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings8.360 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.455 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.363 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Betterworks
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Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.6
187 Ratings
7% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings5.7138 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings8.4185 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings7.8172 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings8.2147 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings7.8135 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings7.4168 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings7.9181 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings7.6162 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings7.6184 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings7.8183 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings6.9116 Ratings
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User Ratings
BetterworksCornerstone OnDemand
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(6 ratings)
8.2
(257 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(37 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(37 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(36 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(115 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
BetterworksCornerstone OnDemand
Likelihood to Recommend
Betterworks
BetterWorks really helps keep track of quarterly objectives, as long as the entire company follows the OKRs framework. The objectives and key results of each employee can be linked to the general objectives of the organization and that really helps align on the same mission. I wouldn't recommend using BetterWorks as a standalone platform to follow up on objectives if the rest of the organization is not on board with the OKRs framework.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
I feel Cornerstone OnDemand is a great solution for companies that have a large amount of compliance training that needs to be assigned and closely tracked. The features of dynamic groups (based on specific user criteria) allows you to target very specific audiences. The assignment functionality gives you great flexibility on when the assignment runs and how often, and also provides many options for due dates (static date or dynamic date - x days from hire date, date assigned, etc.). This has allowed us to have a clear and consistent user experience for both our newly hired employees and our seasoned employees.
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Pros
Betterworks
  • Web based platform with everyone being able to access it anytime anywhere
  • Allows for company wide OKRs management and promotes transparency
  • Has some reporting functionalities
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Cornerstone OnDemand
  • Automatic recurring assignments are easy to get that refresher training out without needing to assign it fresh each time.
  • Reporting 2.0 makes it easy to write and share your reports with just selected filters. Making it easy for people receiving it to just change what they need to see.
  • Learning Admin Console makes it easy to peek at what is going on in your portal and open up connected reporting when needed.
  • Success Center is a great resource for getting peer answers to questions and learning about the releases and suggesting changes that should be added to the roadmap.
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Cons
Betterworks
  • It's sometimes hard to see ONLY your milestones and goals
  • Having more default units of measure might be nice (or being able to save your own custom ones)
  • Native integrations with software (like HubSpot) would be great
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Cornerstone OnDemand
  • Sometimes finding the right answer to your support question can be a bit more difficult than it should be.
  • I would like to see more OSHA related courses.
  • At times, the administrative interface seems to need to be updated, but the tradeoff honestly might be the absolute rock-solid stability of the platform.
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Likelihood to Renew
Betterworks
We've been using it for going on four quarters now and it's become part of how our team plans our work for the quarter, holds ourselves accountable, and decides who is doing what work and why. Without it we'd certainly have to replace it with something else - plus it's so nice to see the other departments and top company goals so easily.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
As long as pricing stays reasonable, we will likely stay with Cornerstone for at least one more contract renewal. It would be a large task to migrate all of our content to a new system. However, the LMS landscape is diversifying with new startups that are showing some real innovation.
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Usability
Betterworks
Overall the platform is clean and easy to use. It's quick to learn and not unnecessarily complex. While a few specific filtering features can be wonky it's nice that it's simple and clean. There are a lot of icons where words may be more appropriate in the navigation but otherwise the platform is easy to use and quick to hop into and check in.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
Easy to use, easy to learn, lots of support during the learning process. There are a few parts of the system we don't use and I'm hesitant to begin using because other clients have said they're difficult and cumbersome (certifications) or outdated (libraries)
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Reliability and Availability
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
I haven't really had any major availability problems. The service is practically impeccable but it is true that at times, due to server and latency problems, the application has been slower. But these have been specific issues that have resolved themselves.
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Performance
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
Pages do not load quickly. Often times any action or selection of a box, drop down, check, pretty much ANY Javascript interaction causes the whole entire page to load/reload/start doing something in the background. This makes a nightmare for having to mass edit courses or upload ILT sessions. It's the one of the archaic web designs they use that really bugs me as an admin and makes working in the portal at times intolerable and insufferable
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Support Rating
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
Its always important to have support when you are facing problems and when you are the main admin of the organization. Cornerstone Support is very supporting when you have not found the answer in the help guide. its very useful to have a team support to guide you.
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In-Person Training
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
we use also to admin all our training in person events and sessions. Its easy to admin this kind of trainings and automatize some processes we have. Also de user experience and the integration with other systems helps to the employees to use more. All modules integrated oriented to develop people is the principal reason to have CSOD. The training administration is very complete and allows to automate many processes.
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Online Training
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
The online modules are pretty good. You can access them at any time, which we have done. You learn a lot in the beginning, but having the ability to retake short lessons when you are working on those items was very helpful.
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Implementation Rating
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
The implementation was pretty difficult. We felt they (Cornerstone) didn’t properly allocate the resources to complete our implementation in the timetable we wanted.

For example, we worked on Workday and SSO integrations - work that we had specifically contracted for in advance. When we were ready to work on that project, they didn’t have the people ready to help us, so it took a lot longer than necessary. That was my biggest pain point.

The implementation approach we went with was a self-led implementation. We would speak to the implementation manager once per week, and self-trained. We met with implementation manager to discuss issues, review things that we’d learned for 1 hour. We found that wasn’t enough. Other things would come up outside that one hour window that we couldn’t get answers to. We didn’t have anyone to ask about those things and we had to wait to ask during our weekly meeting.

The advantage of the self-led implementation approach was that it was really inexpensive – significantly less than the implementation cost for the other systems that we looked at. I also liked that we could pace ourselves. There were however big roadblocks. We would have to make sure the right resources were available. We had an implementation/project manager with a lot of experience and felt that the person was knowledgeable but missed on a few things.

In hindsight, I would still go with the self-led implementation, but knowing what I know now, I would ask for the integration person to be available more. I would work that into the contract. With single sign-on, we needed deep linking to build direct links through a Single Sign-On tool, e.g. when someone gets an email, it directs them to training. But it has to go through SSO to get them to the correct link. Deep linking wasn’t turned on in our system and they had to activate it. We encountered little things like that – sequencing pre-requisites which were problematic. We tried to troubleshoot ourselves.

I recommend you consider contracting for some extra implementation hours and determine when they are going to be available. Work it into the contract that you have the ability to call tech support during implementation. In addition to weekly implementation meetings, they have technical webexes – 4 every week, but 2 didn’t apply to us – one as we were using SSO. The challenge is they were not always relevant – we had specific questions that didn’t fall into those categories
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Alternatives Considered
Betterworks
I have used Asana, Jira, and VersionOne. I find BetterWorks the most intuitive and organized. It is fairly easy to use and learn, as long as everyone else does the same. Since the team implemented the quarterly reviews and stayed on top of using it, it has been successful so far.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
The user experience is a lot better than using SumTotal as an admin CSOD makes working easy. Without having workarounds. Reporting is a lot better than both platforms. Reporting in CSOD is complex however easy to manage and create when you understand the data points collected
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
It is important to be familiar with the terms and annual increases in licenses and other aspects of the contract. I recommend analyzing this from the beginning and the permanence is relevant because Cornerstone updates its modules and brings out new features that may allow you to leave a module to acquire another
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Scalability
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
It's a great product with some pieces that are set but many things that can be customized as needed for individual needs
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Professional Services
Betterworks
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Cornerstone OnDemand
As I have said before, I have no doubt that the services of the Cornerstone sales people were very good. In particular, our salesperson spent a lot of time in contact with us to make the process go smoothly. Perhaps being a large company in some cases the times were slowed down but it is something normal to take into account.
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Return on Investment
Betterworks
  • A tool like this was highly viewed by the new hires as it shows the company's commitment to track everyone's contribution to corporates goals
  • Provides transparency into what each team does
  • The implementation was a big effort
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Cornerstone OnDemand
  • We are in the process of trying to increase employee engagement through content expansion. We are in the early stages of this.
  • The Edge Import Tool, in conjunction with Reporting 2.0, has done a great job of helping to automate/semi-automate tasks for huge time savings.
  • Maintaining compliance. Achieved through dynamic/automated groups, assignments, communication, and reporting.
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ScreenShots

Betterworks Screenshots

Screenshot of Betterworks Goals with Google Sheets IntegrationsScreenshot of Betterworks Conversations with AI AssistScreenshot of Betterworks Advanced AnalyticsScreenshot of Betterworks Calibration 9-box with filter optionsScreenshot of Betterworks Engage TopicsScreenshot of Betterworks Goals integration with Microsoft Teams

Cornerstone OnDemand Screenshots

Screenshot of A personalized, modern user experience and self-service capabilities to engage employees, ensure productivity, and centralize employee dataScreenshot of With Cornerstone Learning, go beyond compliance and training - truly develop an engaged and collaborative workforce.Screenshot of Cornerstone Recruiting takes care of all talent acquisition needs and provides candidates with an amazing experience.Screenshot of With Cornerstone Performance, benchmark your people's performance, align them with your strategy, and provide feedback that matters.Screenshot of Cornerstone HR offers a personalized, modern user experience and self-service capabilities to engage employees, ensure productivity, and centralize employee data.Screenshot of With Content Anytime, quickly deliver hundreds of eLearning courses covering key soft-skills such as communication, time management, leadership, teamwork, and emotional intelligence.