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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

    HiBob

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AHiBob is an HR management platform that provides features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A
    Pricing
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)HiBob
    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)HiBob
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$1,000 per installationNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)HiBob
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    HiBob
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    Features
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)HiBob
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    6.6
    11 Ratings
    22% below category average
    HiBob
    -
    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 HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings10.058 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings9.658 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.647 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.257 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings9.960 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings9.851 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.727 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.724 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.419 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.752 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.149 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    6% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.941 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.359 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.845 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings9.656 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings9.154 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.854 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.734 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.427 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings6.825 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued) and HiBob
    Feature
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings1.934 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.847 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.842 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)HiBob
    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
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)HiBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.9
    (62 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (36 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PiiQ by Cornerstone (discontinued)HiBob
    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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    HiBob
    HiBob is the most customizable, scaleable and flexible HR platform on the market today. It is ideal for medium and large organizations with operations across the globe while also being a great option for smaller organizations. The modularization of the platform allows each customer to select the elements that are most suited to their needs, while the base "Core" system has a huge amount of functionality and integration options right out of the box. In my opinion, there is no platform on the market that competes with HiBob's easy to use interface, control abilities and general functionality. All too often these days, systems are built on poor architechture with fancy packaging. HiBob delivers a system that is well built and looks great too!
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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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    HiBob
    • Provides usable data via feedback surveys for managers and operations team to take quick action on.
    • It helps us identify our Talent Groups and connect data to their satisfaction to prevent turnover.
    • Simplifies and syncs every day HR tasks, saving loads of time and effort.
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    Cons
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    • 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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    HiBob
    • I'd like to be able to have flexibility in org charts so that there are options for matrix, flat. I'd also like a printable version of the org chart AND one where names were hidden so it could be shared with individuals outside the organization.
    • In the Performance Reviews I would love to see a 9-box option including corresponding questions so we could plot individuals in the 9-box matrix.
    • It would be ideal if, before a performance review period, managers were given the opportunity to choose 3-4 people they would want to include in a Peer Review of their employees AND where the system would flag if one person was being asked to do more than 2 Peer Reviews.
    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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    HiBob
    We will without a doubt be continuing to use Hibob, it is convenient, being engaged with and great value for money. A one stop shop for all things HR related to keep policies and safe financial information has been so beneficial to the business meaning less risk to GDPR breaches and somewhere for employees to refer back to in future has been invaluable
    Incentivized
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    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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    HiBob
    It's a solid HRIS system, it's user friendly to employees and employers, but they've changed the user interface 2 times now in the last 2.5 years, so having to find where certain things are after the change can be tedious
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    So far 100%.
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    HiBob
    Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
    Incentivized
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    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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    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    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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    HiBob
    A lot of support is self-service from the users themselves, via a guide hosted on HiBob's website. I have found the guide helpful 10% of the time when I needed support. The support team is quite quick to reply, but not everyone is helpful unfortunately, and in many cases a lot of emails, messages and back and forth were needed to get to the bottom of an issue. When I pointed out that a video call would be a quicker way to tell people "this is how it's done", I was told that it's not the way they deliver support. I had to beg our account managers for a video chat with some skilled users to show me how to do certain things that (a) were nowhere to be found on the guide, and (b) the support team wasn't able to solve. Additionally, to find solutions, I was pointed to a forum where other users exchange tips on how they managed to solve problems - again, not really helpful as I would like to know this from Bob's team themselves since we're paying for the product, and I shouldn't rely on other users to tell me how they managed their way around a problem
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    We bought training provided by 3rd party – it was fabulous.
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    HiBob
    It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
    Incentivized
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    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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    HiBob
    I really enjoyed the implementation being involved in a key piece of change management int he business was really exciting
    Incentivized
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    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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    HiBob
    Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we went into the implementation phase (which only took us 12 weeks for 1,000 employees!), it was clear that the support continued. Our implementation specialist was so incredibly helpful and while we worked at our own pace, we were still able to roll it out in 3 months. Having worked on a Workday Implementation before, I was blown away by how quickly we got this done. It's also great that as we are using the product, we can continuously make adjustments on our own and tweak it as the business changes. Workday is so complicated that it required a full-time team to work on it. It's just two of us overseeing the system and we are able to run things smoothly on our own! Of course, it's great having the support of our Account Manager when we get stuck.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
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    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
    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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    HiBob
    • We were paying a third-party HR organization ~100K per year and were able to cut this from our budget by turning on the connections between our ATS, Hibob, and our payroll vendors.
    • We are using the integration between CoMeet ATS, and it autogenerates the employee onboarding, creating a seamless experience for the employees. They used to have to reenter their data in 5 separate systems, now, it's all started in CoMeet, and upon hire, the onboarding data is collected in Hibob and distributed into all other connected systems.
    • When changing employment status, the automation manages system access automatically. (But in cases where we need to override the information for special cases, we still have the option without "breaking" the API connections).
    Incentivized
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    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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