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Based on 64 reviews and ratings
96 Ratings
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Based on 96 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Learning Management

6.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
66%

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
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
Onboarding

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.8
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
78%
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 3/3 features
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 3/3 features
New hire portal

N/A
0 Ratings

7.7
77%
6 Ratings
Manager tracking tools

N/A
0 Ratings

7.6
76%
8 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting

N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
1 Rating
Performance and Goals

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

5.2
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
52%
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 5/5 features
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 5/5 features
Corporate goal setting

N/A
0 Ratings

3.5
35%
28 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting

N/A
0 Ratings

3.6
36%
28 Ratings
Individual goal setting

N/A
0 Ratings

7.2
72%
32 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility

N/A
0 Ratings

4.9
49%
29 Ratings
Performance tracking

N/A
0 Ratings

6.5
65%
32 Ratings
Performance Management

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

6.1
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
61%
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 10/10 features
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 10/10 features
Performance plans

N/A
0 Ratings

4.7
47%
28 Ratings
Plan weighting

N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
5 Ratings
Manager note taking

N/A
0 Ratings

6.0
60%
12 Ratings
Performance improvement plans

N/A
0 Ratings

3.6
36%
25 Ratings
Review status tracking

N/A
0 Ratings

5.5
55%
30 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow

N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
5 Ratings
Review reminders

N/A
0 Ratings

6.3
63%
32 Ratings
Workflow restrictions

N/A
0 Ratings

8.1
81%
5 Ratings
Multiple review frequency

N/A
0 Ratings

7.0
70%
24 Ratings
Reporting

N/A
0 Ratings

3.1
31%
30 Ratings
Succession Planning

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.8
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
78%
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 4/4 features
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) ranks higher in 4/4 features
Create succession plans/pools

N/A
0 Ratings

7.6
76%
3 Ratings
Candidate ranking

N/A
0 Ratings

7.6
76%
3 Ratings
Candidate search

N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
4 Ratings
Candidate development

N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
4 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- PiiQ by Cornerstone is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating, Implementation Rating
- Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Online Training
Likelihood to Recommend

8.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
86%
40 Ratings

4.4
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
44%
58 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

3.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
30%
2 Ratings

8.0
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
80%
11 Ratings
Usability

8.5
PiiQ by Cornerstone
85%
37 Ratings

9.1
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
91%
4 Ratings
Availability

10.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
100%
2 Ratings

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

7.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
70%
2 Ratings

Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

8.8
PiiQ by Cornerstone
88%
71 Ratings

4.8
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
48%
20 Ratings
Online Training

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
1 Rating

10.0
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
100%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
4 Ratings

8.1
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
81%
6 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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
I think it's a good platform for tracking and monitoring goals, feedback, and development. We don't use the 1:1 meeting feature, however, I can see how that would be valuable for many organizations. I do like that it is very customizable, however, that also presents problems in that sometimes forms and/or processes can be a bit challenging to create easily and quickly.
Sr. Training & Development Specialist
OrthoIndyHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Pros
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
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
- 1:1 agendas are easy to create, add comments to and prompt excellent conversation flow on the topics that truly matter to the manager and the employee.
- The system can be easily customized to reflect your company's language and culture. We did this in several areas of the platform (goals, development, learning), and it made a world of difference in the understanding and adaptation of our users. One example is that in each learning module, we added 3 questions in the course description so that managers would be automatically prompted to ask to follow up / learning transfer questions when their employees enroll and take a learning course.
- Halogen support is outstanding. Any question I have had has been answered upon the first contact or within 24 hours.
Director of Talent Development
First BusinessFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
Cons
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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
- My organization does not use all of the functions/modules that Halogen offers, but I find that those modules still appear on the Halogen main page. I think a great area for improvement is to hide these functions so as not to confuse employees.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Entertainment Company, 10,001+ 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
—Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Required
Starting Price
—Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 8.0
Based on 11 answers
Implementing a new system and process company wide is never an easy task. We moved so quickly in such a short period of time that we were able to learn quickly but also have the opportunity to improve the Halogen experience. We will more than likely will renew our use of Halogen as we already are seeing a small impact which hopefully in the long run will lead to a greater impact

Verified User
Professional in Human Resources
Computer Software 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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 9.1
Based on 4 answers
Halogen is very intuitive and provides very clean work-space ... lots of white space and modern layouts. There is more than one way to accomplish your action, too!
Manager, Learning & Development
Builders Mutual Insurance CompanyInsurance, 201-500 employees
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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
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
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 4.8
Based on 20 answers
We only purchased the appraisal module and without the other modules offered, you are really limited in what you can do and the process becomes much more involved with needing to maintain information across multiple platforms. We found that they charge for everything and call it "consulting." We poured so much money and time into a system that was just overkill for what we really needed.

Verified User
Professional in Human Resources
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employeesOnline 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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 10.0
Based on 1 answer
It is very easy to use and I can do my own programming instead of paying a technician and waiting sometimes days for them to program the changes.
Executive Human Resources Profesional
Executive Human Resources Consultant for CPP, IncHuman Resources, 51-200 employees
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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
Saba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen) 8.1
Based on 6 answers
Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
Manager, Learning & Development
Builders Mutual Insurance CompanyInsurance, 201-500 employees
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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
I have used other systems in the past and I like that Halogen provides everything in one space. I would like to see a more developed way to report training, not in the LMS, but I think that for the most part that Halogen is a robust system that is superior to its competition.
Training and Development Consultant
Self-employedEducation Management, 51-200 employees
Return 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 employeesSaba TalentSpace (formerly Halogen)
- We are able to get our reviews done in a quicker amount of time. Instead of 4-8 weeks we were able to get it done under a month.
- Halogen has gotten better at given us a heads up when the system will be down. Most patches are done overnight so we can at least verify it was done, but their success rate of a patch not breaking something is not at 99%. So we do lose productivity when the system is down.
- The tool is easier to do so there are fewer questions from users outside the core team.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employees