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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACornerstone’s PiiQ was an SMB offering that included core learning management and performance management systems, based on Sonar6 which was acquired by Cornerstone in 2012, and ultimately discontinued in 2022.

    $8

    per user per month

    Darwinbox

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ADarwinbox headquartered in Hyderabad offers an end-to-end HRMS software provide core HR functionality (e.g. employee data management), support for recruitment and onboarding, payroll management, time & attendance tracking, as well as comprehensive talent management and employee engagement features.N/A
    Pricing
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Editions & Modules
    PiiQ Performance
    $8.00
    per user per month
    PiiQ Learning + Content
    $8.00
    per user per month
    PiiQ Learning + Content & Performance
    $15.00
    per user per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$1,000 per installationNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Darwinbox
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    6.6
    11 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Darwinbox
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring6.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library6.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content6.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments6.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management5.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration6.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.9
    4 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.1
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.3
    4 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings6.53 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.8
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and Darwinbox
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Darwinbox
    9.3
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Small Businesses
    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.7 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)Darwinbox
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    Darwinbox provides multiple functions and features related to Human resources and I Like the best where it maintains Attendance records and employees smartly. Darwinbox helps us to brings all the organization level activity on one platform which helps the management to take the crucial decisions. Sometimes it hangs and does not function properly due to an internet connectivity issue.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    • Maintaining Attendance from payroll with HR.
    • Employees self portal to ask for PTO or to check hours.
    • User Interface is user friendly for our employees.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    • The UI is very buggy at times
    • Some of the process flows need improvement such as being able to save the draft at the time of performance reviews
    • Better report generation
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    It overall helps me with applying for holidays and shows how many holidays I have left, whether it's an earned leave or casual leave, and even tells what all are the upcoming holidays. It helps me to read the firm's documentation and helps in writing things for my appraisal cycle, It even tells the performance and the tasks in my queue.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    So far 100%.
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    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    We bought training provided by 3rd party – it was fabulous.
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    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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
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    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    Darwinbox helps to maintain all the things at one platform and easy to use too. It provide better usability compared with Moday.com. Darwinbox provides more functionality compared with monday.com. It is also user friendly as well. All the things we are getting one platform and on one place.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Darwinbox
    • The ability to view the organization structure and functional structure for the entire company.
    • One-stop solution for talent acquisition, payroll, leaves, reimbursements, attendance (time-sheet), holidays, etc. So I don't have to open a lot of different apps.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of PiiQ Performance Employee ReviewScreenshot of PiiQ Learning on DevicesScreenshot of PiiQ Manager/Employee Check-insScreenshot of PiiQ 9-box Talent MatrixScreenshot of PiiQ Learning Publish New ContentScreenshot of PiiQ Learning Searchable Library & Self-registration

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