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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Maestro

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMaestro is an employee performance and talent mangement software solution offered by Madison.N/A

    Saba Cloud (legacy)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Saba Cloud was a talent management suite that included performance management, succession planning, learning management, planning, and recruiting.N/A
    Pricing
    MaestroSaba Cloud (legacy)
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    MaestroSaba Cloud (legacy)
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MaestroSaba Cloud (legacy)
    Considered Both Products
    Madison
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    MaestroSaba Cloud (legacy)
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Maestro and Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Feature
    Maestro
    -
    Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.9
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.223 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Maestro and Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Feature
    Maestro
    -
    Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.224 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Maestro and Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Feature
    Maestro
    -
    Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.218 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.919 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.415 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings6.414 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.027 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Maestro and Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Feature
    Maestro
    -
    Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.5
    14 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.312 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.412 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings7.313 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Maestro and Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Feature
    Maestro
    -
    Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Maestro and Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Feature
    Maestro
    -
    Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.9
    31 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings8.628 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.630 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings9.629 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings8.830 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.830 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    SumTotal (legacy)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MaestroSaba Cloud (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MaestroSaba Cloud (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Madison
    Maestro is well suited for demand planning scenarios if you need to adjust your plan based on historical data. With the Demand Override option, the plan can be easily derived to the least granular level of the hierarchy. There are ML features to handle the outliers in our plan. This is less appropriate if you want to migrate more custom and complex logic from SAP APO.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Our organization uses Saba Cloud primarily to manage all types of learning systems or staff training empirically. In addition, it provides us with a quick test-based follow-up to the trainees. We use Saba Cloud to train our clientele in a professional manner with respect to our worldwide online service. With this tool we are able to enhance the customer experience with the organization. Similarly, our organization uses Saba Cloud to monitor the performance and effectiveness of our employees and customers after having access to all the information provided by the application to subsequently make learning and development reports.
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    Pros
    Madison
    • Customer Support - I appreciate that I always get a quick response, if not immediate with easy to follow solutions to my concerns/issues. Their customer support team is always positive, friendly and helpful!
    • Easy to Learn and Understand - I am not great with technology but I find Maestro easy to learn, use and navigate. It is very user friendly.
    • Ability to Easily Update Charges - I appreciate the ease of access to Member and guest billing and folios and how easy it is for me to post, remove or reverse charges as need be.
    • One Interface - I appreciate being able to track member information and reservations in one area! What a great tool.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Skills Management - Saba has allowed us to set specific expectations for employees based upon their role, and this has clarified the skill requirements for employees.
    • Goal Management - With Saba, managers can easily create goals aligned up to senior leadership, and then work with their direct reports to create supporting goals.
    • Learning Management - Using Saba's built-in Smart Lists, assigning compliance training is a simple process that used to be a challenge in our former LMS.
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    Cons
    Madison
    • No ability to view contact information from a home screen (must click into profile to see phone number)
    • Feels a bit archaic
    • Would be nice to see "flags" or ways to mark students for calling
    • Wish that the 'attempted call' option turned a student yellow instead of keeping them red
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Saba continues to improve their reporting and analytics. While it is much improved over previous versions, it can be improved.
    • Release Notes for system updates need to be delivered to admins farther in advance of the update in order to prepare properly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Madison
    Maestro is what we are comfortable with and probably what we'll stay with, but it can be slow at times and lacks certain functionalities
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Typically customers that acquire a Saba solution rarely move away. There are reasons and "legends" behind this. The investment is significant. Time and money are required to make the engine go smoothly. But once it runs at full capacity, it doesn't stop! Professional Services are extremely competent and able to close implementation gaps quickly.
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    Usability
    Madison
    AI guidance can be used to identify the outliers with minimal time. The system will provide the high-priority exceptions with clear context and suggested actions. If we modify the forecast, it will immediately recalculate the capacity, component availability, and margin impacts. Demand Preview and Supply Network planning can provide KPIs like Total Demand and Total Supply forecast. These KPIs can be used to check the performance of the production plants.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    As someone who creates classes and is also a learning administrator in the system, I have run into some issues with the system's capabilities for my needs. I am not a fan of having to use Adobe Captivate to download a PowerPoint presentation into the system, as my training sessions are much more than a glorified PowerPoint. Our organization has yet to turn on Saba Meetings, which may help with these limitations.
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    Support Rating
    Madison
    I love Maestro support! They are always available or get back to you quickly. The employees that work at Maestro must get treated well because they are always positive and patient on the phone with me. And, even though I am not great with technology they always help me find a solution.
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    Discontinued Products
    For the times that we have used the support provided by Saba, it has been a very pleasurable experience for our department. Part of our package with Saba includes a specified number of hours of "training" time with Saba. During these meetings, we have shared our desires of the product and the support personnel have either shown us how to accomplish our task or they have taken our requests to their developers to look at future enhancements. Overall, very pleased with the support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Madison
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Was not involved with integration.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Madison
    I have experience with SAP IBP in my previous organization. Compared to IBP, Maestro uses the concurrent planning engine. The Performance of Maestro is better. SAP IBP is mainly built for the SAP Environment. Maestro can be used with different ERP systems as well. We were having some non-APO market planning. Maestro can be used to address this scenario as well.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We had extensive reviews with a plan of what we needed and must have out of the system, including custom learning paths and tracking inside our HRIS system to grant permissions and positions based on completed learning certifications and courses. We weighed each option and chose based on the one that met the most of the must-haves.
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    Return on Investment
    Madison
    • At one point our step pricing was not working properly so we did lose some room revenue. Maestro helped us get this resolved.
    • Maestro saves time, which saves money, by having all of our member billing, reservations and more in one location.
    • No other impacts that I can think of.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • This may seem small but with 90% of our workforce not at our main facility just the fact that since July 1, 2021, we have had over 18,956 compliance-related training completed by our staff. Do the math the ROI is wonderful.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Saba Cloud (legacy) Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Intelligent Mentor in Action - RecommendationsScreenshot of Learning PlanScreenshot of Informal LearningScreenshot of Performance Check-insScreenshot of Succession Talent DashboardScreenshot of Organizational Planning