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Based on 33 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Learning Management

6.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
66%
SumTotal Talent Development
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
Human Resource Management

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
1.9
SumTotal Talent Development
19%
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 7/7 features
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 7/7 features
Employee demographic data

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Employment history

N/A
0 Ratings
5.0
50%
1 Rating
Job profiles and administration

N/A
0 Ratings
2.0
20%
1 Rating
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Organizational charting

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Organization and location management

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

N/A
0 Ratings
2.0
20%
1 Rating
Payroll Management

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
3.3
SumTotal Talent Development
33%
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 4/4 features
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 4/4 features
Pay calculation

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Support for external payroll vendors

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Benefit plan administration

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Direct deposit files

N/A
0 Ratings
3.0
30%
1 Rating
Leave and Attendance Management

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
3.0
SumTotal Talent Development
30%
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 2/2 features
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 2/2 features
Balance details

N/A
0 Ratings
3.0
30%
1 Rating
Annual carry-forward and encashment

N/A
0 Ratings
3.0
30%
1 Rating
Employee Self Service

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
3.0
SumTotal Talent Development
30%
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 3/3 features
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 3/3 features
View and generate pay and benefit information

N/A
0 Ratings
5.0
50%
1 Rating
Update personal information

N/A
0 Ratings
2.0
20%
1 Rating
View job history

N/A
0 Ratings
2.0
20%
1 Rating
HR Reporting

PiiQ by Cornerstone
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
1.0
SumTotal Talent Development
10%
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 1/1 features
SumTotal Talent Development ranks higher in 1/1 features
Report builder

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- PiiQ by Cornerstone is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
- SumTotal Talent Development is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Renew
Likelihood to Recommend

8.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
86%
40 Ratings
1.1
SumTotal Talent Development
11%
7 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

3.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
30%
2 Ratings
6.0
SumTotal Talent Development
60%
5 Ratings
Usability

8.5
PiiQ by Cornerstone
85%
37 Ratings
2.0
SumTotal Talent Development
20%
2 Ratings
Availability

10.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
100%
2 Ratings
SumTotal Talent Development
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

7.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
70%
2 Ratings
SumTotal Talent Development
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

8.8
PiiQ by Cornerstone
88%
71 Ratings
3.0
SumTotal Talent Development
30%
4 Ratings
Online Training

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
1 Rating
SumTotal Talent Development
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
4 Ratings
SumTotal Talent Development
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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
I personally, am not a fan of SumTotal. I have worked on several different HRIS and Payroll systems which outweigh all aspects of SumTotal (Lawson Interface Desktop, Ceridian Dayforce, ADP Enterprise, and Ultimate Software's UltiPro). As antiquated as Lawson felt, it had more functionality than SumTotal. Of course, all others I worked on were for the most part cloud based and had modern functionality to go with it.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Entertainment Company, 10,001+ 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
SumTotal Talent Development
- Assign complete learning plans to users so they don't have to spend time searching for courses.
- Export learner's transcripts so managers can easily see their employee's progress.
- Embed Social Media feeds that are relevant to their business.

Verified User
Employee in Corporate
Printing Company, 51-200 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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
- Navigation (too many clicks to get anything done).
- Reporting is complicated.
- Buttons everywhere that don't do anything.
- Features enabled that don't fully work or function the way they should.
- Support for the product is lacking.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Hospital & Health Care 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
—SumTotal Talent Development
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—SumTotal Talent Development 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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
SumTotal Talent Development 6.0
Based on 5 answers
I have transitioned from a position who supported the product to a position where I use the product. I continue to be impressed with the robustness of the product and how efficient it is. It is a user friendly software that can be used to navigate and accomplish tasks to meet organizational requirements.
Revenue Application Analyst
Spectrum HealthHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
Usability
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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
SumTotal Talent Development 2.0
Based on 2 answers
I do not find SumTotal to be intuitive. I feel we need to adjust our needs to meet the functionality available in the tool.

Verified User
Account Manager in Professional Services
Professional Training & Coaching Company, 1001-5000 employeesReliability 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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
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
SumTotal Talent Development
SumTotal Talent Development 3.0
Based on 4 answers
We have our own IT support to assist in SumTotal issues, however, we have had to log in cases directly. Support is mediocre at best.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Entertainment Company, 10,001+ 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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
When I came to my company, they had been using a "light" LMS called Articulate. It was cheap and bare bones; i.e. not a lot of features, really just a platform to launch eLearning from and not real interface for student to utilize. When I began to overhaul the training department, this was one of the first things I changed. Articulate would only run courses built in their software, and the software was not 508 compliant. In addition, we had no ability to create learning plans, house transcripts, customize the interface, or manage the students. I made the choice to select and LMS that was a true LMS with all of the features that were critical to our clients' needs. Thus far, SumTotal has been able to support all of our needs, except one; mobile learning that is media rich

Verified User
Administrator in Other
Management Consulting Company, 201-500 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 employeesSumTotal Talent Development
- Clean front-end user interface for easier course catalog management.
- Reporting has been more difficult than previous LMS.
- Audience building has more variables making it more difficult to manage.
- Slower overall client turnaround due to admin side interface.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees