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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

    SumTotal (legacy)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    The SumTotal Talent Expansion Suite included SumTotal (LMS), and was supported by Skillsoft since the October 2014 acquisition. Acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand in 2022, it is a legacy product, and Cornerstone recommends upgrading to their modern platform.N/A
    Pricing
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Saba Cloud (legacy)
    I believe we selected Saba because of the promise of seamless integration with Workday, a cloud service, and cost.
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SumTotal (legacy)
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.9
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    New hire portal7.511 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.019 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting8.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SumTotal (legacy)
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Corporate goal setting8.224 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.026 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.525 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.025 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SumTotal (legacy)
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Performance plans8.022 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Plan weighting6.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.218 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.919 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.018 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions6.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.016 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Reporting7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SumTotal (legacy)
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.5
    14 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools8.013 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.412 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Candidate development7.313 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SumTotal (legacy)
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Job Requisition Management7.75 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.35 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.54 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.04 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.15 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.25 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Collaboration9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts9.17 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Reporting9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SumTotal (legacy)
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.9
    31 Ratings
    24% above category average
    SumTotal (legacy)
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Course authoring9.024 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.030 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.628 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Learning content9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.630 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Assignments9.629 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Compliance management9.030 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning administration8.830 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.830 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Social learning8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    SumTotal (legacy)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    ClearCo
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cornerstone Galaxy
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Cornerstone Galaxy
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SumTotal (legacy)
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Very good for learning and development and training of employees. For Applicant tracking, recuirement, onboarding, and enablement, I prefer SAP SuccessFactors or Skillate. I also found that the SumTotal app is not very friendly on android and crashes sometimes and it is not optimized for mobile. Hence I end up never using it.
    Incentivized
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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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    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
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    • 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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    • Reporting
    • Mass importing of manual checks to be issued in California
    • Ability to fund pay cards immediately
    • Perform gross-up calculations within the payroll system automatically
    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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    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    I do not find SumTotal to be intuitive. I feel we need to adjust our needs to meet the functionality available in the tool.
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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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    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Was not involved with integration.
    Incentivized
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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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    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
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    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

    SumTotal (legacy) Screenshots

    Screenshot of SumTotal Learning Management: Deliver the learning your organization needs including skilling/upskilling/reskilling, career planning & development. All delivered with our engaging learner experience across all modalities (desktop, tablet & mobile) and in the flow of workScreenshot of SumTotal Onboarding: Foster learning before day one with our robust onboarding solution. Build culture, complete necessary paperwork and begin the path to productivity for all your new and returning employees.Screenshot of SumTotal Performance: Performance management that meets the needs of today’s forward-thinking organizations. Align the goals and performance of your entire workforce with those of the broader organization for better business outcomes.Screenshot of SumTotal Succession: Make succession planning an organizational strength. SumTotal allows you to better understand your workforce now and better plan for your future with our intuitive succession planning tools.Screenshot of SumTotal Recruiting: A modern recruiting solution that delivers a powerful candidate experience, recruiter productivity, job matching and internal mobility.Screenshot of SumTotal Compensation: SumTotal makes compensation planning easier and less time consuming. Build a pay for performance culture that meets your organizations goals and objectives while keeping you competitive in the ever-changing marketplace.