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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

    Xactly

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform unifies the full revenue lifecycle into a single system of action to orchestrate and optimize revenue outcomes. Powered by 21+ years of data, the platform’s AI automates workflows and connects data across an existing ecosystem.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    SumTotal (legacy)Xactly
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    143 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    122 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    151 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    Features
    SumTotal (legacy)Xactly
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of SumTotal (legacy) and Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
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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 Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
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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 Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
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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 Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
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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 Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
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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 Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
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    Course authoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of SumTotal (legacy) and Xactly
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Xactly
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings6.8108 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Pipeline Analytics00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of SumTotal (legacy) and Xactly
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Xactly
    7.8
    119 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings8.0108 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings7.6111 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings7.282 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings7.774 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    Sales Gamification
    Comparison of Sales Gamification features of SumTotal (legacy) and Xactly
    Feature
    SumTotal (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Xactly
    4.6
    90 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Sales contest templates00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Custom sales contests00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Team competitions00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Multiple competitions00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Contest flexibility00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Sales rep view00 Ratings7.690 Ratings
    Mobile game functionality00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Game notifications & updates00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Social competition / Game collaboration00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Sales game integration to Salesforce00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Sales performance reporting00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    TV streaming00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    8.7
    (324 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (51 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    1.8
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.4
    (10 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.3
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.5
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SumTotal (legacy)Xactly
    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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    Xactly Corp
    The software is well-suited when it comes to tracking and monitoring your commission estimates. It's an easy, user-friendly way to understand what sales went through, and what sales disappeared. I think it could also be improved by showing what changed. So if I log in one day and I have a sale and the next day that's gone. I think an updated running log on what changed is important, even what's been added, like if I log in, show me like plus, you know, 5,000 in sales or something like that.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Xactly Corp
    • Xactly Incent allows quick feed changes with Connect.
    • Xactly Incent allows intuitive plan design so that quick changes can be made with plan changes.
    • Document Management allows quick disbursement of plans to reps as well as record management of the plans.
    • Xactly Incent allows visibility to the reps at any time so that they do not have to wonder what their commissions are.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    • Giving more than one manager access to view a participant's data. For dual reporting employees.
    • Would like more flexibility with the Standard Incentive Statement.
    • Easier process for setting up the new year.
    • The drill down function to get to the detailed data is limited to 20 standard columns. Would like it to be customizable by component.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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    Xactly Corp
    We have been using Xactly as a primary application to calculate the commissions payout on a daily basis and would continue the same as Xactly Incent meets our requirement. It keeps the process automated and reduces the manual effort to calculate commissions.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    From an admin perspective, the software's usability is high. The different components are organized in a way that is easy to figure out, for example, all elements of a plan are under the Plan Design section. There are some areas where searching within the system is a bit cumbersome because after clicking into a result and back out it clears your filter. I found the software easy to navigate when I first started and the amount of documentation and helpful videos they have on the community and within the University make the system even easier to learn.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Xactly Corp
    In general the system is nearly always available. But the daily achievement calculation takes a hugh amount of time. therefore it was in the past month sometimes only from midday onwards completely updated and usable for Sales employees. Xactly support was and still is working hard to get it available early mornings. Availablility time has increased a lot. It's now down to around 10 am in the moring
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    Performance
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    Xactly Corp
    Xactly Incent performs extremely well. I have not experienced it "slowing down" when usage is heavy. This is particularly true when it comes to the regular recalculation of credits and commissions. It is not uncommon for Xactly to be dealing with hundreds of thousands of orders/credits in a pay period, but the system handles it well. Xactly recently changed their calculation engine and the speed for regular refreshes increased significantly.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    They take the time to understand the system. They keep us updated on the status of our cases. Finally, their continued follow up ensuring the initial issue was resolved is very nice. They will not close the case out until they have confirmed that our issue has been completely resolved and fixed.
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    In-Person Training
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    Xactly Corp
    Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.
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    Online Training
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    Xactly Corp
    Xactly offers training on new releases on a monthly basis and training on basic principles regularly via registration. My experience with both is that they do not provide the in-depth knowledge necessary to truly master the system and advanced courses still do not go to the level needed to autonomously manage the system and plans. Professional services are a large part of any cloud based service such as Xactly and I feel a reliance on such paid consulting services is a great money-maker for Xactly.
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    Implementation Rating
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    Xactly Corp
    Go into implementation knowing how you will handle churn, if there are claw backs, treatment for every type of commission payment (i.e. new business, renewals, etc.) and know your average customer life. You'll also want details by customer for as far back as you can go (within reason).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Xactly Corp
    Ignoring the contractual issues that we had, Optymyze is very different from Xactly Incent. I would say that both offer high degrees of flexibility, but Xactly requires greater technical knowledge to customize. Optymyze allows administrators to manipulate data in a way similar to Domo or Tableau, allowing someone who is less technical to customize it. Xactly's connect module, on the other hand, requires strong knowledge of SQL to be able to manipulate data. I've been looking to take the training for Connect, so I can't comment on the limitations or flexibility beyond that.
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    Scalability
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    Xactly Corp
    It's very flexible. In most cases it can be adapted to your needs by programming which may cost extra money. We have a lot of different complans and close to 1.000 employees using Xactly in EMEA. It's mainly used by Sales and Finance
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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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    Xactly Corp
    • I am not aware of the company investment, but the overall result is fantastic. Employees visibility to commissions and components of their commissions is great. They have much more accessibility to their numbers and better understanding of how commissions are calculated. They can also review commissions at their convince on the application.
    • There seems to be more employee engagement and satisfaction with the overall commission process and reporting with Xactly Incent.
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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.

    Xactly Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Chat-based AI Assistant interface surfacing compensation insights, attrition risk predictions, and quota recommendations, drawn from 20+ years of proprietary SPM data.Screenshot of a rep-facing incentive statement showing commission earned, quota attainment, and deal-level payout breakdown in a single view.Screenshot of a multi-dimensional forecast view showing deal health scores, risk signals, and AI-generated revenue trajectories across commit, best case, and pipeline categories.Screenshot of a view of territory design decisions that used to take quarters now take days with the coverage visibility and quota alignment field teams need to hit plan.Screenshot of the what-if scenario modeling view with plan variants, projected spend, pay equity impact, and attainment outcomes compared side by side, powered by 20+ years of benchmark data.Screenshot of a single source of truth dashboard for territory assignments, headcount, credits, and quota targets with workflow approvals for mid-year changes built in.