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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Tovuti LMS

    Score6.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Tovuti LMS is a learning management system used by organizations to create, deliver, and monitor training programs. The platform supports multiple use cases, including employee onboarding, compliance training, customer education, and partner enablement. The system is designed for mid-market businesses, public-sector groups, and organizations managing training for both internal and external audiences. The software features native course authoring tools that generate structured…

    $7,500

    per year

    Pricing
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Tovuti LMS uses annual subscription pricing based on user count, training use case, feature needs, integrations, implementation support, security requirements, and optional services. Pricing starts at $7,500 annually for up to 100 users and includes platform access, onboarding, account management, Customer Success support, 24/7 ticket support, email support, launch guidance, and core LMS capabilities. Included platform capabilities cover unlimited courses, learning paths, course assignments, SCORM/xAPI/cmi5 support, reporting dashboards, custom reports, user management, mobile learning, native integrations, API access, custom branding, gamification, ecommerce tools, and social learning features. AI Course Creator pricing is customized based on usage, content volume, and client needs. Specialized onboarding, professional services, and LMS-as-a-Service options are priced separately based on each organization’s onboarding needs, goals, configuration complexity, and service scope.
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    Community Pulse
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of SumTotal (legacy) and Tovuti LMS
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tovuti LMS
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    New hire portal8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of SumTotal (legacy) and Tovuti LMS
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Tovuti LMS
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    Corporate goal setting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of SumTotal (legacy) and Tovuti LMS
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Tovuti LMS
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    Performance plans8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of SumTotal (legacy) and Tovuti LMS
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Tovuti LMS
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    Create succession plans/pools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of SumTotal (legacy) and Tovuti LMS
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Tovuti LMS
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    Job Requisition Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of SumTotal (legacy) and Tovuti LMS
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tovuti LMS
    9.5
    34 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Course authoring9.01 Ratings9.733 Ratings
    Course catalog or library4.01 Ratings9.632 Ratings
    Player/Portal10.01 Ratings9.629 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.01 Ratings9.733 Ratings
    Assignments6.01 Ratings9.632 Ratings
    Compliance management8.01 Ratings9.721 Ratings
    Learning administration4.01 Ratings9.633 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics5.01 Ratings9.729 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings9.629 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings8.428 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
    Small Businesses
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    TalentLMS
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    ClearCo
    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
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.4
    (34 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (31 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    10.0
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    SumTotal (legacy)Tovuti LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Tovuti LMS
    The amount of support available alone makes this system as great as it is! This is the 4th LMS I've worked with and the 3rd I've personally had a hand in setting up. Tovuti LMS is by far the most user-friendly on both the admin and end-user sides that I've experienced. This system works great for our users many of whom are 65+ in age, so the user-friendly part is essential. I know I've already said it, but the amount of support provided by the Tovuti Team is top-notch. If someone that I'm dealing with doesn't have an immediate answer to my query someone else always gets back to me in a timely manner. I no longer have to spend additional time searching for answers.
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    Pros
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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.
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    Tovuti LMS
    • Customization - we support internal and external users, the ability to have unique registrations fields for the different audiences is a game changer, the ability to build custom reports is helpful as well.
    • Interactive Content Tools - Love the ability to create interaction with users so it is not just text or videos they are looking at.
    • Ease of Use on End User Side - It's not tricky, all levels of tech savvy users can find success as learners!
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    Cons
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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
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    Tovuti LMS
    • iFraming has always been an interesting feature to try out, but the design can be tricky. Allowing for my useable iFraming activities is always on my list.
    • Offering reporting/results on interactive videos is something I've been missing from the start. We use interactive videos to provide checkpoints of understanding, but there's no result section on the back end to review students' responses - only a numerical score is provided.
    • Toggling between personal dashboards and team lead dashboards is a great capability, but this opens a new tab. I'd rather everything stay within one tab and navigate through that!
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    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.
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    Tovuti LMS
    We have established the training department to extend our training capabilities into one central area. I have mentioned training production, internal and external sales staff. But the training department will surely delve into the HR area of new hire orientation, annual recertification processes, etc. We truly have just scratched the surface of this iceberg. Now that we have made the investment, we will surely continue with this product. I cannot see us moving to another product at all. We will definitely renew our subscription with Tovuti
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    Usability
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    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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    Tovuti LMS
    As far as building the program, once you have learned the basics it is very easy to upload and create content. They also provide a ton of resources and have an extremely responsive help team, so when and If I am stuck, Tovuti is quick to help me find the solution. The test users I have given access to have all mentioned the ease of navigation and use of the program overall.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Tovuti LMS
    I have yet to have an outage on the availability. As far as I know, no trainee has run into it either. Excellent rating on that front
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    Performance
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    Tovuti LMS
    I have worked with so many software packages that are slow to load, take for ever for screen changes, etc. I do not have that issue here with Tovuti at all. I have yet to really do any reporting on it as we are fairly new with the package, but if it operates like the rest of the system, then I am going to assume that reporting will be no more difficult than the rest of the platform
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    Support Rating
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    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.
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    Tovuti LMS
    The pre-sales team was very helpful and responsive and then stopped responding to my mail as soon as I had signed the contract, not even a reply from the last couple of emails sent. The post-sale teams are engaged and quick to respond and really good. Unfortunately, I need to use them more than I should, and sometimes the reply is "we don't support that feature", but the support from the support team is excellent.
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    Online Training
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    Tovuti LMS
    Hayden was awesome. He knows his product inside and out and was able to answer all my questions. I had a lot of questions. I was actually starting to build courses while I was going through the training so that when the next session on the schedule came up, I had even more questions about what I had done vs the way I maybe should have. In the end, I was doing my own hands-on while going through the training. Tovuti is that easy to use.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    Tovuti LMS
    The implementation had extremely wonderful support from Tovuti in the form of a series of one-on-one meetings to hear the clients needs and intended usage and then to set up the platform to meet those needs while demonstrating how to use it.
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    Alternatives Considered
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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
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    Tovuti LMS
    Tovuti LMS is super easy to use compared to Relias. Relias is very clunky and we always would have learners have issues with the platform. Tovuti's buildout process compared to Relias is very clean and easy to use. The analytics and reporting are also amazing, plus the cost is so much more affordable for what you're getting. The only caveat to this is that Relias has content included and the content is well done.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    Tovuti LMS
    I helped with the decision to purchase the software but purchasing did the contract work. They seemed satisfied so I am going with that
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    Scalability
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    Tovuti LMS
    Scalability is great. We bought their first 'size' package and that covers 300 trainees. Transitioning to the next level is more a matter of accounting and payment. My take on it is that its just a matter of paying the higher level of subscription and its done
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    Professional Services
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    Tovuti LMS
    Top shelf
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    Return on Investment
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    • 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.
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    Tovuti LMS
    • Improved Communications.
    • Decision making has improved.
    • Problems caused by spatial or temporal distances are no longer a problem.
    • Facilitates the distance training experience.
    • Third-party courses can be modified and adapted to the level and demands of the students in order to reuse them.
    • Learning management with a high level of automation and integration.
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    Tovuti LMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of a unique landing page for loginScreenshot of courses, appearing in TovutiScreenshot of checklists, where learners can find what's importantScreenshot of where managers can see everything they need to know, in one place