Ceipal ATS vs. Cornerstone OnDemand

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ceipal ATS
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
With automation and artificial intelligence, Ceipal’s ATS and CRM solutions help recruiters and staffing professionals to identify, assess, engage, hire, and onboard the best talent.
$24
per month
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
Ceipal ATSCornerstone OnDemand
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ceipal ATSCornerstone OnDemand
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details5% discount for annual pricing.
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Features
Ceipal ATSCornerstone OnDemand
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
8.4
58 Ratings
5% above category average
Cornerstone OnDemand
8.6
66 Ratings
16% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.557 Ratings8.745 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.357 Ratings8.841 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.252 Ratings8.738 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.657 Ratings8.638 Ratings
Customized Application Form8.152 Ratings8.740 Ratings
Resume Management8.657 Ratings8.743 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.356 Ratings8.840 Ratings
Candidate Search8.757 Ratings8.641 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.957 Ratings8.841 Ratings
Collaboration8.355 Ratings8.836 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.254 Ratings8.638 Ratings
Email Templates8.556 Ratings8.359 Ratings
User Permissions8.555 Ratings8.360 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.757 Ratings8.355 Ratings
Reporting8.754 Ratings8.363 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
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Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
8.2
132 Ratings
11% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.369 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.4125 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
8.3
114 Ratings
13% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.095 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings8.398 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.8106 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.194 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.1109 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.8
119 Ratings
13% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Plan weighting00 Ratings7.480 Ratings
Manager note taking00 Ratings7.969 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.781 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.396 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.664 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.293 Ratings
Workflow restrictions00 Ratings7.485 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.082 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.1113 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
-
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
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.5
187 Ratings
6% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings5.6138 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings8.4185 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings7.8172 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings8.2147 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings7.9135 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings7.4168 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings7.8181 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings7.5162 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings7.5184 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings7.7183 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings6.9116 Ratings
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User Ratings
Ceipal ATSCornerstone OnDemand
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(58 ratings)
8.2
(257 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(4 ratings)
9.9
(37 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(46 ratings)
8.1
(37 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(2 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(2 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(17 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
8.6
(2 ratings)
7.3
(115 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.7
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.5
(24 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.7
(2 ratings)
9.5
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
8.6
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.7
(2 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.7
(2 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ceipal ATSCornerstone OnDemand
Likelihood to Recommend
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal adding more information to submit candidates for some requirements. It leads to more accomplishments via sourcing and collecting data. Somehow, Various technologies include the applicants through these Ceipal specifications. Despite insufficient data, it works continuously actions for a complete process. Moreover, most of the candidates are reached by its process.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • I can easily find the candidate details by using his email address.
  • I can easily post the job on the Ceipal without any complexity.
  • I can easily track record of candidates submitted by me.
  • I can easily find the details of the interviews posted on the Ceipal.
  • I can easily upload the resume of new candidate.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • If added more job boards it would be very helpful for the user. It is dependent on the organization.
  • It is a customisable one. So anyone who buys it can get it according to their thoughts.
  • There are more and more updates for CEIPAL. We don't have to worry about it as the CEIPAL team is working for more and more updates.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
We have been using this ATS for the past few years and have never had any major problems. It is being used for candidate sourcing as well as keeping track of all our candidate's databases. In the market, there are very few ATS software available, and I think Ceipal is the best among all.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Yes, Ceipal is super useful when it comes to recruitment. It's helping me lot of ways, like email templates and mail merge feature. These features are really helps my productivity. It saves lot of time. More than that turn around time is really important when it comes to recruitment Ceipal Bulk email feature is really helpful on that.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
In my tenure of using this software, there were multiple times when I faced a technical outage, and it was not too long. We had it resolved as we connected with the support, and they informed us immediately that the developer team is working on it and will get the issue resolved.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I never faced any problem loading the Ceipal login page and when I had a problem it was just my browser. I rarely use any other browser other than Chrome. Even after integrating with other job portals, Ceipal never gets hung or there is any error loading page I have received.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I would rate myself a 5 out of 10 in coding. While I have a basic understanding of coding languages like Java and Python, I am still learning and honing my skills. However, I am eager to learn and willing to put in the effort to improve my coding abilities.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I would rate 10/10. It is totally depend upon the trainer. They should be known to each and every corner of the Software as well. The person providing training of this ATS should be master of the Ceipal. We have got in-person training in our organization as well. It is really helpful. Thank you Team Ceipal.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I would recommend 10/10. However i did not get online training from the Ceipal. I was involved in in-person training in my organization as well. However, i am not aware of online training from the Ceipal but i had get online resolution once from Ceipal. The name of the person was Shruti from Ceipal team as well.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal ATS should align with our organization's specific needs, objectives, and budget. Conducting a thorough comparison with other ATS options, considering the factors mentioned above, and possibly conducting a pilot or trial period can help us make an informed decision.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Pricing model was very flexible with Ciepal and when we agreed we already knew that we are going to renew it for more than 5 years now. It was flexible and we had to make sure that there is no breach in between. we are using the services for more than 2 years now so I think I made the right decision.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I have given an 8 rating as the Ceipal is being used in our department for mostly recruitment purposes so we don't have many other departments. We use Ceipal for recruitment and for sales purposes. Currently, it's being used for the bother dept and working absolutely fine so I think an 8 rating is reasonable.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal Professional Service is also an elite service provided by Ceipal for its premium vendors. It's just like an upgrade system one can avail of if they want to pay more and have more features added to their current system. We did not use this service so I don't have much to say about this, but maybe in future we will require it.
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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
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • It helps us on cut down cost since we can integrate job portals.
  • It helps us to track candidates who are in our bench and able to realign with new projects
  • It plays vital role in submitting suitable candidates within TAT
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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

Ceipal ATS Screenshots

Screenshot of Executive DashboardScreenshot of Job postingsScreenshot of Internal DatabaseScreenshot of Applicant ReportsScreenshot of Custom ReportsScreenshot of Applicants Module

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.