What users are saying about
Cornerstone OnDemand
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Top Rated
401 Ratings
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25 Ratings
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Based on 25 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- TalentLMS ranks higher in 1 feature set: Learning Management
Onboarding
7.8
Cornerstone OnDemand
78%

TalentLMS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 3/3 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 3/3 features
New hire portal
7.5
75%
64 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Manager tracking tools
7.4
74%
105 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting
8.5
85%
115 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance and Goals
8.4
Cornerstone OnDemand
84%

TalentLMS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 5/5 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 5/5 features
Corporate goal setting
8.0
80%
87 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting
8.2
82%
91 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Individual goal setting
8.5
85%
99 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility
8.3
83%
87 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance tracking
8.7
87%
104 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance Management
8.2
Cornerstone OnDemand
82%

TalentLMS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 10/10 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 10/10 features
Performance plans
8.0
80%
88 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Plan weighting
8.2
82%
74 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Manager note taking
8.4
84%
63 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance improvement plans
8.3
83%
75 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Review status tracking
8.1
81%
89 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow
8.1
81%
58 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Review reminders
8.1
81%
87 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Workflow restrictions
8.6
86%
79 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Multiple review frequency
8.7
87%
77 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting
7.8
78%
106 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Succession Planning
7.9
Cornerstone OnDemand
79%

TalentLMS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 4/4 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 4/4 features
Create succession plans/pools
8.3
83%
46 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate ranking
7.9
79%
46 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate search
7.6
76%
49 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate development
7.7
77%
45 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
6.5
Cornerstone OnDemand
65%

TalentLMS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 15/15 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 15/15 features
Job Requisition Management
6.0
60%
44 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Company Website Posting
6.4
64%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Publish to Social Media
6.9
69%
37 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting
6.3
63%
37 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Customized Application Form
6.1
61%
39 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Resume Management
6.4
64%
42 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
6.4
64%
39 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate Search
6.0
60%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Applicant Tracking
6.1
61%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Collaboration
6.0
60%
35 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation
6.1
61%
37 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Email Templates
7.2
72%
56 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
User Permissions
7.2
72%
57 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts
7.6
76%
52 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting
7.0
70%
60 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Learning Management
8.0
Cornerstone OnDemand
80%

8.9
TalentLMS
89%
TalentLMS ranks higher in 6/11 features
TalentLMS ranks higher in 6/11 features
Course authoring
7.4
74%
122 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Course catalog or library
8.6
86%
166 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Player/Portal
8.2
82%
153 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Learning content
8.2
82%
133 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile friendly
7.3
73%
125 Ratings

9.1
91%
13 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications
8.0
80%
150 Ratings

9.0
90%
16 Ratings
Assignments
8.5
85%
162 Ratings

8.8
88%
14 Ratings
Compliance management
8.1
81%
143 Ratings

8.9
89%
14 Ratings
Learning administration
8.5
85%
165 Ratings

9.0
90%
16 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics
8.4
84%
164 Ratings

8.6
86%
14 Ratings
Social learning
6.8
68%
102 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- TalentLMS is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
Cornerstone OnDemand
83%
242 Ratings

9.1
TalentLMS
91%
16 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
Cornerstone OnDemand
97%
35 Ratings

10.0
TalentLMS
100%
1 Rating
Usability
8.6
Cornerstone OnDemand
86%
35 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability
7.3
Cornerstone OnDemand
73%
5 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance
6.4
Cornerstone OnDemand
64%
5 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
6.6
Cornerstone OnDemand
66%
49 Ratings

9.4
TalentLMS
94%
18 Ratings
In-Person Training
8.6
Cornerstone OnDemand
86%
4 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Online Training
9.0
Cornerstone OnDemand
90%
8 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating
9.0
Cornerstone OnDemand
90%
18 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability
8.2
Cornerstone OnDemand
82%
2 Ratings

TalentLMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cornerstone OnDemand
This is a great tool for middle to a large company that wants to have virtual learning access, manager rosters, and robust reporting on multiple data points. You want to make sure you have someone fully committed in time and energy to launching and managing [Cornerstone OnDemand]. It does lift a lot of the communication burden when automating email communication and helps to track required training far better than any excel sheet.

Verified User
Contributor in Human Resources
Hospitality Company, 1001-5000 employeesTalentLMS
This software is perfect for any company that has document/pdf-based training files that they want to convert into actual training modules for new employees. It is easy for new employees to use and navigate, and the quizzes that can be added at the end of each section/module are great for ensuring new employees' understanding of your content. It probably wouldn't be best suited if you need more interaction during your training process - but for those that just need employees to view and read text/images/videos and to be quizzed after, it is great.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employeesPros
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.
LMS System Administrator
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterResearch, 1001-5000 employees
TalentLMS
- Assign a predefined route to a certain place
- User interface is very good and clean
- Very effective user experience
- Issues or problems are handled rapidly by their customer support team
Senior Marketing Associate
Smart Alarm SystemSecurity & Investigations, 11-50 employees
Cons
Cornerstone OnDemand
- User-submitted external training is editable by users even after it has been approved and completed on their transcript, UNLESS a transcript lock is put into place--which also renders all submitted certificates un-openable once approved. Thus they can never be referenced after approval.
- The system is designed for annual compliance training to be re-versioned annually. I [believe it] is a very un-user friendly for training that we don't want to re-version because users take it on a rolling, as-needed basis.
- Some very key components are not configurable and cause our users a great deal of confusion. For example, there is no way to turn off the search bar on a user transcript or even to edit the prompt text within it. Our users are constantly searching for training here, and end up re-opening/re-launching completed courses rather than registering for a new occurrence of a course.
- In general, we find Cornerstone [onDemand] clunky and that it does not really meet our needs.

Verified User
General Manager in Other
Government Administration Company, 10,001+ employeesTalentLMS
- We have courses that are required for each employee based on their job title, and then, many courses we consider to be elective for that job title. We have not found a method to distinguish between those in order to view an employee's performance on required courses only.
- Reports are only available by user ID or user name. We have some facilities or managers who need the user ID (based on payroll entry) and some that need names (employees they interact with each day).
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Wilbert Plastic ServicesPlastics, 501-1000 employees
Pricing Details
Cornerstone OnDemand
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Required
Starting Price
—Cornerstone OnDemand Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—TalentLMS
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
TalentLMS Editions & Modules
Edition
Free (5 users) | $0 |
---|---|
Starter (40 users) | $692 |
Basic (100 users) | $1492 |
Plus (500 users) | $2792 |
Premium (1000 users) | $4592 |
Enterprise (Custom plan) | Custom |
- none
- per month
- none
Additional Pricing Details
Users can stay on our the Forever Free plan and upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time.Likelihood to Renew
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 9.7
Based on 35 answers
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.
Learning Management System Administrator, Training Specialist
Tennant CompanyMachinery, 1001-5000 employees
TalentLMS
TalentLMS 10.0
Based on 1 answer
We have not had any problems with TalentLMS. It has worked well for all of our employees.
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Wilbert Plastic ServicesPlastics, 501-1000 employees
Usability
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 8.6
Based on 35 answers
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)

Verified User
Manager in Human Resources
Utilities Company, 501-1000 employeesTalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 7.3
Based on 5 answers
It was down for a couple of hours in our first month. Occasionally, in the evening we have trouble logging in even though it is not a maintenance window.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesTalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 6.4
Based on 5 answers
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
LMS Administrator
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.Machinery, 1001-5000 employees
TalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 6.6
Based on 49 answers
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.
Coordinateur pédagogique
Air Tahiti NuiAirlines/Aviation, 501-1000 employees
TalentLMS
TalentLMS 9.4
Based on 18 answers
The support is great, you can either go online and get the training you need or you can work with talent directly to get the support you need, they are readily and easily available and are very friendly, the support structure that they have is great. The other thing is that from a bug's perspective Talent has never had any issue so I really haven't had to use the support outside of trying to figure out how to do certain things.
Training Manager
ibasetDefense & Space, 51-200 employees
In-Person Training
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 8.6
Based on 4 answers
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.
Tecnico de Formación y Sistemas de RRHH
UCI - Unión de Créditos InmobiliariosFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees
TalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 9.0
Based on 8 answers
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.

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesTalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 9.0
Based on 18 answers
Dig deep on what your current processes are and how they match up to Cornerstone OnDemand functionality. It's not that the Cornerstone OnDemand is bad, it just the amount of work it requires you to do to get your current data to fit into their system.

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesTalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cornerstone OnDemand
The Sales Pitch for Cornerstone while being great, left us a bit disappointed when the tool got implemented. Although it is a game-changer and radically improved the learning experience the after-sales service has left us a bit disappointed. Since the overall package makes up for the situation, we can safely recommend it but while exercising caution.

Verified User
Professional in Corporate
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 10,001+ employeesTalentLMS
TalentLMS is more all-inclusive with a lot of great options and the ability to upload PowerPoint presentations. Some of the other LMS companies required other software ad-ons, oftentimes with a cost, to meet functionality. Some other companies use a different format for training reports. Unlike TalentLMS, in which Excel-based reports are very easily generated.
President
Colington ConsultingHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Scalability
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 8.2
Based on 2 answers
I have had no problem scaling the platform across various areas of the business
Learning Technologist
Organic ValleyFood & Beverages, 501-1000 employees
TalentLMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cornerstone OnDemand
- We strive to educate our customers and Cornerstone [onDemand] is key to this process. Cornerstone [onDemand] has the ability to deliver content to thousands of users in a reliable environment
- We need the flexibility to load SCORM courses and videos and Cornerstone [onDemand] nails both of these needs!
- We have over 100,000 users on our Cornerstone [onDemand] platform! They all have access to our own created material in a reliable and consistent environment!
Business Analyst
Jack Henry & AssociatesFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
TalentLMS
- Dramatically more cost-effective than alternatives, with greater feature sets. Made our eCommerce training deployment a breeze. Hard to attribute an ROI to just the LMS specifically but it would be a high multiple in a period of just a few months.
Product Marketing Specialist
Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees