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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

    Totara LMS

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATotara Learning, headquartered in Wellington offers the Totara workforce learning management system with core LMS (Totara Learn) integratable social platform (Totara Social), support for instructor led learning, and cloud storage for learning materials, available on cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Totara LMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Totara LMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Totara LMS
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Totara Learning
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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
    No answers on this topic
    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)Totara LMS
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and Totara LMS
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.9
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Totara LMS
    -
    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 Totara LMS
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Totara LMS
    -
    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 Totara LMS
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Totara LMS
    -
    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 Totara LMS
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.5
    14 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Totara LMS
    -
    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 Totara LMS
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Totara LMS
    -
    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 Totara LMS
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.9
    31 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Totara LMS
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Course authoring9.024 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.030 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.628 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Learning content9.029 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.025 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.630 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Assignments9.629 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Compliance management9.030 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Learning administration8.830 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.830 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Social learning8.021 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    SumTotal (legacy)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cornerstone Galaxy
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Totara LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Saba Cloud (legacy)Totara LMS
    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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    Totara Learning
    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.
    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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    Totara Learning
    • Distribute elearning
    • run exams
    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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    Totara Learning
    • 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.
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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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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Totara Learning
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Was not involved with integration.
    Incentivized
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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Totara Learning
    • 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.
    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

    Totara LMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Ensure compliance with programs and pathways to improve safety and reduce business risks.Screenshot of Cater to multiple groups, partners and customers from a single instance of your LMS.Screenshot of The learning management system, trusted by thousands of customers, upskills your workforce the way you want, with the power and flexibility to deliver transformational learning.Screenshot of The Totara Mobile app is developed by Totara for Totara users. Our native app is available for both Android and iOS devices and offers a number of authentication options, including support for both single sign-on and manual login users. Your app login screen can be customized and branded to match your Totara Learn site so learners are offered a familiar and intuitive user experience.