Lumesse (Discontinued) vs. Saba TalentSpace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lumesse (Discontinued)
Score 4.0 out of 10
N/A
Lumesse was a talent management suite. Its core functionality is in recruiting and applicant tracking. Lumesse also offers other recruiting features, as well as onboarding and analytics capabilities. It was acquired by Saba and is no longer available.N/A
Saba TalentSpace
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Halogen Software offers a cloud-based talent management suite that includes recruiting, performance management, learning and development, succession planning and compensation programs. It is optimized for mid-sized businesses.N/A
Pricing
Lumesse (Discontinued)Saba TalentSpace
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lumesse (Discontinued)Saba TalentSpace
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Lumesse (Discontinued)Saba TalentSpace
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Lumesse (Discontinued)
7.0
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Saba TalentSpace
7.8
8 Ratings
6% above category average
New hire portal7.01 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.02 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting7.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Lumesse (Discontinued)
7.0
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Saba TalentSpace
5.1
33 Ratings
35% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.01 Ratings3.528 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting7.01 Ratings3.628 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.01 Ratings7.232 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.01 Ratings4.929 Ratings
Performance tracking7.01 Ratings6.432 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lumesse (Discontinued)
7.3
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Saba TalentSpace
6.1
32 Ratings
12% below category average
Review status tracking7.01 Ratings5.430 Ratings
Workflow restrictions7.01 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Reporting8.01 Ratings3.130 Ratings
Performance plans00 Ratings4.628 Ratings
Plan weighting00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Manager note taking00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings3.625 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings6.332 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Lumesse (Discontinued)
6.3
1 Ratings
13% below category average
Saba TalentSpace
7.8
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Create succession plans/pools7.01 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.01 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Candidate search5.01 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Lumesse (Discontinued)
7.3
1 Ratings
0% below category average
Saba TalentSpace
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customized Application Form8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate Search5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Lumesse (Discontinued)Saba TalentSpace
Likelihood to Recommend
6.7
(7 ratings)
4.4
(58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.3
(5 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
4.4
(12 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lumesse (Discontinued)Saba TalentSpace
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Lumesse is well suited for global companies, that are not too large and may get enough attention/support from other larger vendors.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • It has open text boxes to add notes, on the individual candidate home page. Which is helpful when making a quick look at an individual, these notes are very obvious.
  • It has a search function; however it lacks a wild card (*); so if a req or candidate are spelled differently or referred to differently, there is no way to find them
  • Its a simple, no frills lay out
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Cornerstone OnDemand
  • 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.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • I have found the system to be very inconsistent and "buggy", for lack of a better term. Today I searched for an internal requisition number and the system could not find the data. I found it by scrolling through manually, and verified that I had entered the information precisely as it appeared. There seems to be no explanation as to why it could not locate this particular entry, but I have been able to use the function without a problem in other instances.
  • The navigation is not intuitive or user-friendly. It takes an exorbitant amount of clicks to accomplish a task. Each action is confusing and time-consuming.
  • The system requires a large amount of redundant information in order to enter a job and does not auto-populate. If I indicate a position is located in Chicago, it would logically follow that the state is "Illinois", the country is "United States", and the currency is "USD". I have to manually input these details in both the requisition as well as the separate job advertisement page.
  • Changes to the job requisition are not reflected in the job advertisement, as they are separate entities. If you need to make a change, you have to update the details twice.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
  • 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.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
This seems to work for us because of all the things we can do with the system (i.e. create all kinds of reports).
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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
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Usability
Discontinued Products
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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!
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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.
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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.
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Implementation Rating
Discontinued Products
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Cornerstone OnDemand
Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Lumesse is an average to abover average ATS in my opinion. We work with Lumesse because they came to us with our new client. I don't have an overall issue with Lumesse like I do with some other ATS's.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Decreased employee efficiency -- There are so many steps to create an entry that our recruiters use the system as little as possible. We had hoped to use Lumesse for centralizing information and reporting, but have not been able to do so. Instead, each recruiter keeps a separate Excel sheet, defeating the purpose of having an ATS in the first place. We only use Lumesse to post to our website now. We are very disappointed.
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Cornerstone OnDemand
  • 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.
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ScreenShots

Saba TalentSpace Screenshots

Screenshot of ReportsScreenshot of TalentviewScreenshot of 1-1 CoachingScreenshot of Create performance appraisalsScreenshot of Giving FeedbackScreenshot of Score report