Saba TalentSpace vs. SilkRoad Life Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
SilkRoad Life Suite
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
SilkRoad Life Suite is an integrated suite applications : OpenHire for recruiting, RedCarpet for onboarding and life events, WingSpan for performance management, GreenLight for learning management, Point and Eprise for Social Collaboration and Content Management, and HeartBeat for HRIS/HRMS.N/A
Pricing
Saba TalentSpaceSilkRoad Life Suite
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Saba TalentSpaceSilkRoad Life Suite
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Saba TalentSpaceSilkRoad Life Suite
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Saba TalentSpaceSilkRoad Life Suite
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Saba TalentSpace
7.8
8 Ratings
6% above category average
SilkRoad Life Suite
5.8
2 Ratings
23% below category average
New hire portal7.76 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.68 Ratings5.12 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting8.01 Ratings4.62 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Saba TalentSpace
5.1
33 Ratings
35% below category average
SilkRoad Life Suite
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting3.528 Ratings00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting3.628 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.232 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.929 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking6.432 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Saba TalentSpace
6.1
32 Ratings
12% below category average
SilkRoad Life Suite
-
Ratings
Performance plans4.628 Ratings00 Ratings
Plan weighting8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans3.625 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking5.430 Ratings00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders6.332 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting3.130 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Saba TalentSpace
7.8
5 Ratings
8% above category average
SilkRoad Life Suite
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Saba TalentSpaceSilkRoad Life Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
4.4
(58 ratings)
6.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(11 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(4 ratings)
6.5
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
4.4
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Saba TalentSpaceSilkRoad Life Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
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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SilkRoad
SilkRoad Life is well suited for hiring new employees and bringing them onboard quickly.
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Pros
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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SilkRoad
  • Working with the career portal team has been great, but a small piece of the puzzle.
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Cons
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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SilkRoad
  • Access level could use some improvement for the users. i.e. limited documents tab access vs. eforms tab vs limited portal editing access.
  • Ability to give their administrators more access. i.e. manage and edit team members
  • Ability to give their administrators more access for control over paid e-forms
  • User friendlier way to upload regular documents.
  • Reporting!!!
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Likelihood to Renew
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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SilkRoad
Our HR Director is looking to go with another company.
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Usability
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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SilkRoad
Excellent onboarding tool. Easy to set up
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Support Rating
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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SilkRoad
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Online Training
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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SilkRoad
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Implementation Rating
Cornerstone OnDemand
Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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SilkRoad
SilkRoad is very far behind PeopleSoft!
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Return on Investment
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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SilkRoad
  • Increased employee efficiency
  • Departments are now held accountable if a certain task was missed
  • Time saver
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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