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64 Ratings
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Based on 64 reviews and ratings
4 Ratings
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Based on 4 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Totara LMS ranks higher in 1 feature set: Learning Management
Learning Management

6.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
66%
7.7
Totara LMS
77%
Totara LMS ranks higher in 10/11 features
Totara LMS ranks higher in 10/11 features
Course authoring

6.0
60%
11 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Course catalog or library

6.8
68%
11 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Player/Portal

6.8
68%
10 Ratings
7.5
75%
3 Ratings
Learning content

6.6
66%
11 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Mobile friendly

7.9
79%
8 Ratings
7.0
70%
3 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications

6.2
62%
10 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Assignments

6.7
67%
11 Ratings
7.5
75%
3 Ratings
Compliance management

5.8
58%
9 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Learning administration

6.6
66%
11 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics

6.9
69%
11 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Social learning

N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- PiiQ by Cornerstone is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
- Totara LMS is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

8.6
PiiQ by Cornerstone
86%
40 Ratings
8.0
Totara LMS
80%
3 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

3.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
30%
2 Ratings
Totara LMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability

8.5
PiiQ by Cornerstone
85%
37 Ratings
Totara LMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability

10.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
100%
2 Ratings
Totara LMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

7.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
70%
2 Ratings
Totara LMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

8.8
PiiQ by Cornerstone
88%
71 Ratings
10.0
Totara LMS
100%
2 Ratings
Online Training

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
1 Rating
Totara LMS
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating

9.0
PiiQ by Cornerstone
90%
4 Ratings
Totara LMS
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 employeesTotara LMS
As a real estate services company with properties (& employees) in six states, Totara LMS is well suited for implementing and our employee learning platform to our many team members that work remotely and cannot benefit from regular in-person learning courses. Totara LMS's comprehensive and customizable reporting system also allows us to accurately review and tell the story of employee performance and talent development, while tailoring this reporting to the needs of different internal stakeholders.
Administrative Coordinator
ZM CompanyReal Estate, 51-200 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
Totara LMS
- Distribute elearning
- run exams

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services 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 employeesTotara LMS
- Reporting can be a little inflexible - sometimes, the report cannot be customized to have all the columns you need as they are not available from that area of the LMS.
- Graphic reporting needs some more work to be a bit more professional looking.
Senior Advisor
MInistry of JusticeGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees
Pricing 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
—Totara LMS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Totara LMS 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 employeesTotara LMS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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 employeesTotara LMS
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 employeesTotara LMS
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 employeesTotara LMS
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
Totara LMS
Totara LMS 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Easy to access both local support and support/advice from other Totara LMS users as we keep in regular contact as a part of the totara government users group. Our vendor also keeps in touch with this group and a lot of knowledge is shared. It's easy to access the Totara LMS users academy, and one of my administrators has also set up a local forum where they ask each other questions and share knowledge as well. Our vendor is easy to access via our support plan and we have monthly catch-ups with our account manager where we hear about anything new coming up.
Senior Advisor
MInistry of JusticeGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees
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 employeesTotara LMS
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 employeesTotara LMS
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 employeesTotara LMS
No answers on this topic
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 employeesTotara LMS
- Totara LMS has helped increase our employee retention by 15%.
- Totara LMS has drastically improved our employee learning and development processes that weren't in place prior to having this system.
- Totara LMS has decreased the time the onboarding process takes by 1 day.
Administrative Coordinator
ZM CompanyReal Estate, 51-200 employees