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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Showpad eOS®

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AShowpad is an Enablement Operating System (eOS™) that aligns sales and marketing teams around high-impact buyer interactions while generating the insights needed to continuously improve conversion rates.N/A
    Pricing
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Showpad eOS®
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Showpad eOS®
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—There is also an Ultimate package available. Pricing for Ultimate is available by custom quote only. Contact Showpad for Ultimate pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Showpad eOS®
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Showpad eOS®
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Showpad eOS®
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.9
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Showpad eOS®
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting8.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Showpad eOS®
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Showpad eOS®
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.525 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Showpad eOS®
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Showpad eOS®
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan weighting6.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions6.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Showpad eOS®
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.5
    14 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Showpad eOS®
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development7.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Showpad eOS®
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Showpad eOS®
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Showpad eOS®
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.9
    31 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Showpad eOS®
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    Ratings
    Course authoring9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.628 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.630 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments9.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Showpad eOS®
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Showpad eOS®
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Bigtincan
    Any person who is interested in understanding the level of engagement from a client needs Showpad. It is a must-have software if you have people within your organization that are customer-facing. If your role is primarily communicating with employees within your own organization, then this software might not be as useful to you. For those in sales, account management, or who needs to know if your recipient has seen your emails/content, this is a useful tool.
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Bigtincan
    • User-Friendly. The ability to easily customize to fit your needs
    • Delivering content easily and quickly, reducing cost for print, and out of date information
    • Reporting. Providing the analytical function to track what content has been utilized or not utilized and become more efficient in the type of information you share
    • Offline Use. The ability to be able to view content offline
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Bigtincan
    • Version control is an issue. Would be nice to go back to previous versions of a file.
    • The in-app viewing experience feels a little rigid. Prefer to download the files before viewing.
    • The main landing page is a little more cluttered than I would like.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Bigtincan
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    Usability
    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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    Bigtincan
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    Support Rating
    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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    Bigtincan
    I have not been involved with support from Showpad so I am not entirely sure. However, we have received some emails from our help desk about an outage and it seems like it didn't last very long so I would say that it was pretty effective support to that extent.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Was not involved with integration.
    Incentivized
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    Bigtincan
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Bigtincan
    The only option our company used was cloud-based file-sharing services (Box, Dropbox, etc) and emails like Outlook or Gmail. Both options make it hard for version control and for ease of navigation. Generally, end-users had an easier time finding content on Showpad.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Bigtincan
    • It has improved sales reps in becoming audible ready on different topics via lots of practice via LearnCore.
    • It has made the job more interesting by employing competitions.
    • It has made our reps more polished and client facing out in the field and has reduced ramp up time on new hires.
    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

    Showpad eOS® Screenshots

    Screenshot of Content relevant to an opportunity, recommended by marketing and machine learning.Screenshot of A secure branded environment, used to share content and collaborate with buyers and colleagues.Screenshot of Showpad analytics, that support content decisions based on measured performance, and helps users coach their sales teams on best practices.