Pros and Cons of Saba TalentSpace 2025

Overview

What is Saba TalentSpace?

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.

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Halogen Highly Recommended!

Rating: 10 out of 10

October 14, 2021

Vetted ReviewVerified User

Ron Ketelsen

Consultant - Human Resources

Executive Human Resources Profesional

Executive Human Resources Consultant for CPP, Inc

4 years of experience

Great HR Resource for Managers and Associates

Rating: 8 out of 10

April 9, 2020

Vetted ReviewVerified User

We use Saba Talent Space and Job Description builder. It is managed by the Human Resources department and is used throughout the organization. We not only use the system as it...

Janice Love

Director - Human Resources

Director Learning and Development

Swope Health

6 years of experience

A competent product for small to mid-sized companies

Rating: 8 out of 10

November 13, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We currently utilize Saba TalentSpace to handle our annual appraisal processes, goal-setting processes, and training administrations. Due to organizational complexities, the p...

Justin Borland

Professional - Human Resources

Sr. Training and Development

Foss Maritime Company

5 years of experience

Saba TalentSpace: Great for Job Performance Tracking

Rating: 7 out of 10

October 23, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

It is used for yearly employee evaluations. We self-evaluate and then our supervisors evaluate us via Halogen. We also use it to rate our coworkers on occasion. I think it hel...

Amanda Carpenter

Administrative Assistant - Other

Administrative Office Technician

Lebanon Campus of Harrisburg Area Community College

9 years of experience

Riding the wave of change

Rating: 10 out of 10

May 10, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use Saba TalentSpace as a performance management tool. Our managers use the 1:1 module to track performance and touch base on the goals and development plan. The feedback m...

Suma Elwell

Vice-President - Other

VP

Wisconsin Reinsurance Corp.

3 years of experience

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Pricing

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Saba TalentSpace

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What is Saba TalentSpace?

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.

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Setup fee required

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Free Trial
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ADP Workforce Now

N/A

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What is ADP Workforce Now?

ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based HR platform for mid-sized businesses. It features customizable modules of various HR services that businesses can tailor to their specific needs, as well as regulatory monitoring and alerts to help businesses remain compliant.

Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

$4

Per Employee Per Month

What is Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM?

Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, or Oracle Taleo, is a cloud HCM solution with Talent Management solutions. Its talent management solution includes Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Career Development, Opportunity Marketplace, Performance Management, Compensation, Succession Planning, etc.

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Features

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

7.8

Avg 7.3

7.7
New hire portal
(6) Ratings
New hire portal eliminates printing and mailing with a personalized portal of all required reading, corporate information, and all forms and other paperwork, online.
7.6
Manager tracking tools
(8) Ratings
Tracking tools allow hiring managers to check status on individual hires for all onboarding activities.
8
Compliance tracking and reporting
(1) Ratings
Compliance tracking is the ability to ensure that all new hires are in compliance with federal regulations for employment.

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

5.1

Avg 7.1

3.5
Corporate goal setting
(28) Ratings
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
3.6
Subordinate goal setting
(28) Ratings
Subordinate goal setting is the ability to define subordinate departmental or team goals in support of overall corporate goals.
7.2
Individual goal setting
(32) Ratings
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
4.9
Line-of sight-visibility
(29) Ratings
Line-of-sight visibility is the provision of line-of sight visibility for each goal to see how goals support overall corporate objectives.
6.4
Performance tracking
(32) Ratings
Performance tracking allows managers to track individual progress against goals as a component of overall performance.

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

6.1

Avg 6.6

4.6
Performance plans
(28) Ratings
Supervisors have ability to build individual performance plans including, goals, competencies, etc..
8.7
Plan weighting
(5) Ratings
Supervisors have ability to weight or prioritize individual elements of the performance plan.
6
Manager note taking
(12) Ratings
Ability for managers to insert ad-hoc notes about performance or evaluation process; supports continuous feedback.
3.6
Performance improvement plans
(25) Ratings
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
5.4
Review status tracking
(30) Ratings
Supervisors can monitor and track review status completion with dashboard showing milestones and status.
7.8
Rater nomination workflow
(5) Ratings
Ability for nominated raters to accept or reject their nomination.
6.3
Review reminders
(32) Ratings
System can generate reminders to ensure review completion timeliness.
8.1
Workflow restrictions
(5) Ratings
Workflow restrictions ensure that employee can only see finalized official review once completed.
7
Multiple review frequency
(24) Ratings
System supports multiple review types including annual, quarterly mid-year and anniversary reviews.
3.1
Reporting
(30) Ratings
Reporting capabilities provide dashboards, ad-hoc reports and custom reporting capabilities.

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

7.8

Avg 6.9

7.6
Create succession plans/pools
(3) Ratings
Managers can create and manage pools of potentially high-performing individuals.
7.6
Candidate ranking
(3) Ratings
Candidate readiness for key business positions can be ranked and assessed.
8
Candidate search
(4) Ratings
Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.
8
Candidate development
(4) Ratings
Candidate development is the ability to assign learning and development goals.

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Product Details

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What is Saba TalentSpace?

Saba offers an organically built cloud-based talent management suite — Saba TalentSpace™ — that promises to reinforce and drive higher employee performance across all talent programs — whether that is recruiting, performance management, learning and development, succession planning or compensation.

TalentSpace provides end-to-end, fully integrated applications that were designed to organically support optimal employee performance. The vendor says each module works together to streamline talent management operations, while also aligning a company's workforce with their business strategy. The software offers industry-specific solutions to address the unique requirements and challenges of mid-size companies in healthcare, professional services, manufacturing, the public sector and more.

Fully featured, TalentSpace is a comprehensive performance management software offering a consistent and user-friendly interface. The vendor says its powerful, yet simple-to-use solutions are used by organizations that want to build a world-class workforce that is aligned, inspired and focused on delivering exceptional results.

Saba TalentSpace Features

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Performance and Goals Features

Supported: Corporate goal setting
Supported: Subordinate goal setting
Supported: Individual goal setting
Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
Supported: Performance tracking

Performance Management Features

Supported: Performance plans
Supported: Manager note taking
Supported: Performance improvement plans
Supported: Review status tracking
Supported: Review reminders
Supported: Multiple review frequency
Supported: Reporting

Additional Features

Supported: Instant, social feedback and recognition: Use Feedback Central™ to capture in-the-moment coaching tips, feedback and recognition from managers, peers, HR teams. Convert emails into feedback entries and share feedback anytime, anywhere using your mobile phone or tablet.
Supported: Detailed employee appraisals: Managers have quick fingertip access to all the information they need — from feedback, results from self-evaluations, multirater assessments and past appraisals, talent profiles, employee goals and development plans, to Halogen 1:1 Exchange™ meeting minutes. TalentSpace Performance comes with nearly 5,000 preconfigured performance comments and coaching tips to modify, or you can create your own.
Supported: Competency management: Easily evaluate your employees' demonstration of key competencies, build your competitive advantage and help define your culture — your way. Use our extensive competency library (which includes Lean competencies), yours, or one of the third-party libraries available with TalentSpace Performance.
Supported: Goal management: With TalentSpace, link individual goals to the organizational goals they support, so employees have 20/20 vision into the value and relevance of their work. Then easily track and communicate progress on goals at every level
Supported: Career and development planning: Create career and professional development plans as part of your employee performance management process whenever you identify a learning need. Tie development plans and activities directly to competencies, for greater context, or set them independently to support career aspirations and/or goal performance.
Supported: Real-time reporting: You can also pinpoint the status of every appraisal, track progress on goals, identify development needs across the organization, compare and calibrate performance ratings, identify top performers and those at risk, and more.

Saba TalentSpace Screenshots

Screenshot of Create performance appraisals

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Saba TalentSpace Videos

The essential tool for organizations that want to change the way their people manage performance. With award-winning Halogen 1:1 Exchange™, managers and employees finally have an easy way to stay aligned, engaged and focused on achieving real-time performance outcomes. How? B...

Foster a culture of continuous coaching and feedback that supports strong relationships and team success.

Engage employees with a talent management solution that is flexible and simple and adjusts to their unique business needs.

Empower employees to drive their own performance with learning that is aligned to individual, team and business goals.

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Saba TalentSpace Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Windows, Linux, Mac
Mobile Application	Apple iOS, Android

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

PiiQ by Cornerstone, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Infor Human Resources are common alternatives for Saba TalentSpace.

Reviewers rate Plan weighting highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Saba TalentSpace are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Saba TalentSpace Customer Size Distribution

Consumers	0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	0%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)	50%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)	50%

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Halogen Highly Recommended!

Rating: 10 out of 10

October 14, 2021

RK

Ron Ketelsen

Executive Human Resources Profesional

Executive Human Resources Consultant for CPP, Inc (Human Resources, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

4 years of experience

Pros

Halogen is easy to use, very good value for your money and can be configured without the help of an IT Department.
Their Customer Support team is excellent and are always available 24/7 to help answer questions.
Their implementations Team is excellent and makes your initial implementation go very fast.

Cons

Track changes functionality is needed for goals and also job descriptions
Manager notification if a goal is changed by an employee is needed
Easier report functionality is needed.

Great HR Resource for Managers and Associates

Rating: 8 out of 10

April 09, 2020

JL

Janice Love

Director Learning and Development

Swope Health (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

6 years of experience

Pros

Feedback and recognition.
Performance improvement.
Performance management.

Cons

Printing functionality.
Licensing.
Form and language flexibility.

A competent product for small to mid-sized companies

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 13, 2019

JB

Justin Borland

Sr. Training and Development

Foss Maritime Company (Maritime, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

Pros

The form creator in the appraisal is very strong with many robust features.
The LMS allows imports of SCORM 1.2, AICC and Tin Can.
The newly designed dashboard is user-friendly and appealing to end-users.

Cons

Offline adaptability.
The LMS could use more AI or machine learning to reduce admin burden.
Missing some sort of social collaboration tool.

Saba TalentSpace: Great for Job Performance Tracking

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

October 23, 2019

AC

Amanda Carpenter

Administrative Office Technician

Lebanon Campus of Harrisburg Area Community College (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

9 years of experience

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Pros

I think it's a great tool to keep evaluations uniform, by using a consistent format.
It's great that you are able to see all your reviews from the past, so you can see how your evaluations were in the past and how you may want to change things for the future.
It's pretty user friendly, you just fill in the spaces answer the questions or giving the descriptions that are asked of you. You don't have to be a computer tech to use it.

Cons

I think some of the format could be paired down. While it is user friendly, there are some extra spaces and steps that could confuse a first time user. For example, some sections don't apply to my position, but they still show up on my evaluation. I know by now that I don't have to fill this out, but some people might be confused by this and wonder how to answer the question when it doesn't apply to them. (This probably may be with my company, however, as I'm not sure how much control they have over the format of the evaluations.)
The goals space should be able to be ongoing, instead of needing an end date. Some goals my supervisor set are ongoing goals, so since they don't have an end date, it appears as if they are overdue on Halogen.
It's really not that difficult to use. It just has a lot of extras I think that don't always get utilized. The option to hide some of those things (i.e. Learning Goals, or Development Goals) I think would be another improvement.

Riding the wave of change

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 10, 2019

SE

Suma Elwell

VP

Wisconsin Reinsurance Corp. (Insurance, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

Pros

1:1 meeting module allows our managers to have frequent performance conversations with their employees. Previously this was done once a year.
Goals Module allows the employees to have transparency on how their individual goals impact the corporate goals.
Development plans allow employees to stay focused on the skills development they need and also help them with their career planning and growth.

Cons

A separate test environment
LMS can be more user friendly
Expand the use to allow it to handle mentoring programs.

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