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Based on 64 reviews and ratings
2 Ratings
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Based on 2 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Learning Management

6.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
66%

emPerform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
PiiQ by Cornerstone ranks higher in 10/10 features
PiiQ by Cornerstone ranks higher in 10/10 features
Course authoring

6.0
60%
11 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Course catalog or library

6.8
68%
11 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Player/Portal

6.8
68%
10 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Learning content

6.6
66%
11 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile friendly

7.9
79%
8 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications

6.2
62%
10 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Assignments

6.7
67%
11 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Compliance management

5.8
58%
9 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Learning administration

6.6
66%
11 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics

6.9
69%
11 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- PiiQ by Cornerstone is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
- emPerform is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Renew
Likelihood to Recommend

8.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
86%
40 Ratings

5.0
emPerform
50%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Renew

3.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
30%
2 Ratings

5.0
emPerform
50%
1 Rating
Usability

8.5
PiiQ by Cornerstone
85%
37 Ratings

emPerform
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability

10.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
100%
2 Ratings

emPerform
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

7.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
70%
2 Ratings

emPerform
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

8.8
PiiQ by Cornerstone
88%
71 Ratings

emPerform
N/A
0 Ratings
Online Training

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
1 Rating

emPerform
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
4 Ratings

emPerform
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
PiiQ by Cornerstone
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.

Verified User
Professional in Human Resources
Staffing and Recruiting Company, 51-200 employeesemPerform
How easily the system interfaces with the HRIS system is essential for setup. Unfortunately, the emPerform system doesn't seem to perform as well as we would like. Review setup is cumbersome and time consuming. We like the customized workflow, but would like more abilities to assign reviewers.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 501-1000 employeesPros
PiiQ by Cornerstone
- 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.
Director, Human Resources and Administration
Abode CommunitiesReal Estate, 51-200 employees
emPerform
- Ability to customize workflow.
- Ability for Human Resources to aid managers by making recommendations/edits to comments before employees receive their evaluation.
- Customized security profiles to ensure each stage of the process is administered according to a specific business model.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 501-1000 employeesCons
PiiQ by Cornerstone
- 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

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting
Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employeesemPerform
- Layout modifications when employees and managers are in "review" mode. The system would benefit greatly from having everything accessible with only a single click. The current layout requires the reviewer to visit different areas before even reaching the rating area.
- Cloud-based performance management! With the popularity of remote and telework positions, it would be fantastic to offer employees and managers the ability to log in from anywhere and still access the performance management system.
- Ease of use and integration with HRIS systems.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 501-1000 employeesPricing Details
PiiQ by Cornerstone
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
$1,000
Starting Price
$8 per user per month
PiiQ by Cornerstone Editions & Modules
Edition
PiiQ Performance | $8.001 |
---|---|
PiiQ Learning + Content & Performance | $15.001 |
PiiQ Learning + Content | $8.001 |
- per user per month
Additional Pricing Details
—emPerform
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—emPerform Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 3.0
Based on 2 answers
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.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Marketing and Advertising Company, 201-500 employeesemPerform
emPerform 5.0
Based on 1 answer
We feel very strongly about moving to a platform that's easier to manage and provides our employees/managers with a faster tool. We like the convenience of cloud-based software.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 501-1000 employeesUsability
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 8.5
Based on 37 answers
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.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesemPerform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 10.0
Based on 2 answers
So far 100%.

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesemPerform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 7.0
Based on 2 answers
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.

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesemPerform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 8.8
Based on 71 answers
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.
Director, Human Resources
Viewpointe Archive Services L.L.C.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
emPerform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Online Training
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 9.0
Based on 1 answer
We bought training provided by 3rd party – it was fabulous.

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesemPerform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
PiiQ by Cornerstone
PiiQ by Cornerstone 9.0
Based on 4 answers
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
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

Verified User
Vice-President in Human Resources
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesemPerform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
PiiQ by Cornerstone
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.

Verified User
Administrator in Other
Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employeesemPerform

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 501-1000 employeesReturn on Investment
PiiQ by Cornerstone
- 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.

Verified User
Executive in Manufacturing
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesemPerform
- Reduction in administrative time by having all of the performance evaluations available through an electronic portal.
- Ability to have quick reporting on the status of evaluations and metrics on suggested training and development plans.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 501-1000 employees