Cornerstone OnDemand vs. Oracle PeopleSoft HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cornerstone OnDemand
Score 6.4 out of 10
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand is a cloud-based application for talent management. Cornerstone offers suites for recruiting, training, performance monitoring and planning, learning, and HR data management. It is scaled for enterprises.N/A
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Score 5.4 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.
$85
Per User Per Month
Pricing
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Benefits
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Pension Administration
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Human Resources
$185.00
Per User Per Month
Payroll
$225.00
Per User Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
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Cornerstone OnDemand
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Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
It's been years since I've worked with another product. I don't really have a great answer for how it stacks up anymore, and Cornerstone OnDemand has acquired some of the bigger players in the same LMS sphere in Saba and SumTotal. However, they have positioned themselves as …
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We have been with Cornerstone OnDemand for about 7 years now. I do not recall the other products we evaluated at the time, but more recently there was some interest in using Workday as an LMS since that is our HR platform. Their learning platform, however, simply couldn't …
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I have previously used SumTotal and Moodle and find Cornerstone OnDemand to be much more deep in terms of the amount of features available and custom configurations possible. From an admin perspective, Cornerstone OnDemand also has a much richer admin community and educational …
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Mainly the annual costs of the suite: we are present in 7 countries and develp an implementation of SAP SSFF costs triple than Cornerstone OnDemand. Talentia was "in price" similar than Cornerstone OnDemand, but is more oriented to Europe customers than American or Latam. The …
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The user experience is a lot better than using SumTotal as an admin CSOD makes working easy. Without having workarounds. Reporting is a lot better than both platforms. Reporting in CSOD is complex however easy to manage and create when you understand the data points collected.
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
My background is that I have been a teacher for more than thirty years. I have worked with a few different Learning Management Systems and when it came time for my company to implement its own LMS I evaluated more than twenty other Learning Management Systems. I went through …
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We previously used Oracle Learn. Cornerstone OnDemand as a whole is a superior product built on a modern architecture.
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand is a system that can fit a lot of different needs. It is a complex system that is maybe not too contemporary looking at the moment but it looks good enough. But the most important is that it's safe and it is compliant. And that is it's point of difference. …
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We selected Cornerstone which offers to the possibility to create regional administration user, for the reports and the app.
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great customer service, great functionalities and spain office based which is key for us
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Since the platform can be accessed not only through the website but also through users' cell phones, Cornerstone's virtual training tool offers great accessibility for employees receiving training. It works with Android and iOS devices and collaborates with other apps to ensure …
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CSOD is by far the best talent management software I have used.
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In comparison to other platforms, Cornerstone checks all the boxes. They are always looking for ways to improve the platform with the suggestions from their users. It always evolving which is great because the platform is always staying current with trends as well as the …
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Cornerstone OnDemand provides an overall fit for our organization's training needs. Our HR Directors are able to provide and monitor activities and stay abreast of annual mandatory trainings.
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Each have their pros and cons. CSOD makes sense for our current business needs.
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone is a more holistic system, we have all necessary modules in one place, don't need to switch between different systems. On the other hand, the admin panel in CSOD, especially in the learning module, is out of date, and preparing learning activities is very …
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We have used Cornerstone [onDemand] for the past six years. We have not used or reviewed any other learning management systems during my tenure at Jack Henry.
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone is more complex, offering more features while allowing learners to see a more modern learning platform
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone has many features and configurations. Articular is only good to create [content], and every admin needs a license.
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All of the products are essentially the same. The difference between each company and product [is] minimal at best. Some offer additional tools such as integration, reporting, customization, and the like. Others are standard out of the box. Overall each product delivers what …
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand was ranking quite high up in the Gartner's Learning quadrant and the Forrester Report and was also highly recommended in Bersin's findings. Cornerstone's team of consultants is fun to work with and they love and enjoy their work. Their treatment of their …
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
The Sales Pitch for Cornerstone while being great, left us a bit disappointed when the tool got implemented. Although it is a game-changer and radically improved the learning experience the after-sales service has left us a bit disappointed. Since the overall package makes up …
Chose Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone perfectly fits into a mid-size company, also in prizing (annual fee and implementation), where flexibility is key.
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is not as good as SuccessFactors HCM. The look and feel of Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is still 'old school'. Cloud solutions can do more. SuccessFactors offers a great talent management, performance measurement, and employee development, while Oracle …
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Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle at the time was what was the best option. Now that we are years from when we first implemented it, we now see that there are other options that we could use to provide us what we need and not use as many systems.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
PeopleSoft allows organizations to build complex process in HRMS system through customizations. Cloud products like Workday or Fusion HCM are behind PeopleSoft on their customization capability. Nowadays, the organization is continuously improving their processes to automate …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
While I was not responsible for selecting Oracle PeopleSoft HCM, I have found its user interface to be more intuitive, workflow is easier to follow and page performance is fast. For my organization, Oracle PeopleSoft HCM would have made more sense since they use other Oracle …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is a well known product, with a history of being a successful tool for large organizations. It has a wide variety of features and tools available to assist human resources needs. As mentioned before though, for smaller organizations, it probably offers …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
For internal employee management, Oracle and UltiPro are neck and neck. UltiPro has a better built-in ATS and better employee experience.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
For organizations that are mostly based out of EMEA, SAP SuccessFactors is better at covering all the details about labor laws and employment management. But for organizations - mid to large - that span both NA and EMEA, Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is much better both in support …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Workday is a good system as well, but where Oracle PeopleSoft HMC out did it for us is that we have used their payroll services and felt that because of that, integrating this new system would be easier, and it was, and it made things much easier for us. It saved us time, which …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is very user-friendly and one thing we like about Peoplesoft is that we have the flexibility to customize. Also, the overall support and engagement from Oracle was very good during the evaluation.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
PeopleSoft customization has created an issue for customers to move to cloud while trying to keep the functions Oracle HCM cloud might be lacking. However, due to Oracle sunsetting the Taleo performance, we have started the cloud journey with the Oracle Talent Management cloud …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
We liked the PeopleSoft story; we liked their sales team, and we trusted the technical folks.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM does have a lot of configuration options and works really well with complex organizations. Compared to Workday, PeopleSoft does have challenges with maintaining servers, patch updates, scalability, software support, and maintenance.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
This is a world-class product and meets all our needs. It allows us the customization we need and provides a rich user interface for our users. We also like its integration capabilities and support for new technologies and tools. It integrates with our corporate infrastructure …
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We're converting from SIMS to PeopleSoft.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Ceridian demoed great, but under the hood, PeopleSoft's functionality and usability is hands down a better solution
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
PeopleSoft meets most of the requirements for healthcare industry. We have selected based on the functionality and other organizational inputs
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Taleo - Not happy with the product.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
It's a legacy product. We should change to a more modern platform, but data security concerns are an issue.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle has the rolling 10 year road map. It's continuing to advance the software. You know you'll have a 10 year ROI.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Better features, better UI, better functions and ease of use.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Organization get use to PeopleSoft HCM and has been using a few other Oracle solutions.
Features
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.5
Ratings
5% below category average
New hire portal7.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.9
Ratings
10% above category average
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
2.3
Ratings
110% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.70 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.40 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.80 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.60 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.4
Ratings
12% above category average
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
2.2
Ratings
112% below category average
Performance plans7.60 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Plan weighting7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.30 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.80 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.80 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Reporting7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.8
Ratings
12% above category average
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
3.3
Ratings
81% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Candidate search7.80 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Candidate development8.40 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.2
Ratings
0% above category average
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
4.3
Ratings
57% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.80 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.80 Ratings4.50 Ratings
Publish to Social Media6.40 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.30 Ratings2.50 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.70 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Candidate Search6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.50 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Collaboration7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.40 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Reporting7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
7.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Course authoring4.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics6.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
-
Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.2
Ratings
24% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings4.50 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
-
Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.3
Ratings
23% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
-
Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.0
Ratings
29% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
-
Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.6
Ratings
20% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings3.50 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
-
Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.0
Ratings
11% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Cornerstone OnDemand
-
Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.2
Ratings
19% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
Small Businesses
Paycor
Paycor
Score 7.0 out of 10
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Engagedly
Engagedly
Score 8.4 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
5.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(0 ratings)
3.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
4.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.1
(0 ratings)
2.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.5
(0 ratings)
4.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.5
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(0 ratings)
3.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cornerstone OnDemandOracle PeopleSoft HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
The dashboards and reporting needs more additional features to clean up the old reports, manage dashboards more effectively is my main concern. I recently launched one of three phases for dashboards and I noticed I cannot work efficiently seeing which dashboard is important to me, which has been shared with me. More organization is requested
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Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is great for tracking most HR related information. The customization for the company is great, as well as the ability to integrate with a wide variety of complimentary software. For example, ours is integrated with our ATS (Taleo) for recruiting, Kronos for timekeeping, and Vemo for workforce insight reports. Given it's overall ability, it is probably overkill for smaller companies that may want a more focused HRIS that can handle everything without the need to integrate with additional software.
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Pros
  • The user group community is unlike any other. It is easy to connect with other clients and the CSOD team is actively engaged, always interested in what clients want and need.
  • Vast content catalog from a wide variety of providers. Content delivery service makes my job easier. I don't have to deal with course files and metadata!
  • Ease of use for non-admin admins! I was not a LMS administrator prior to implementation so I learned as I went which was fully supported by the robust training available to system admins.
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  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is one of the best product and has helped implement the complex Business functionalities in the Higher Education business in a very streamlined process.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM helped in moving from 34 different legacy system to one centralized system which helps immensely in maintaining the data and reporting purpose.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM also helps immensely in data analytics and trend analysis which helps immensely in preparing for the resourcing and planning for the peak season in advance and be better prepared to handle the quarterly on annual activities.
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Cons
  • User-submitted external training is editable by users even after it has been approved and completed on their transcript, UNLESS a transcript lock is put into place--which also renders all submitted certificates un-openable once approved. Thus they can never be referenced after approval.
  • The system is designed for annual compliance training to be re-versioned annually. I [believe it] is a very un-user friendly for training that we don't want to re-version because users take it on a rolling, as-needed basis.
  • Some very key components are not configurable and cause our users a great deal of confusion. For example, there is no way to turn off the search bar on a user transcript or even to edit the prompt text within it. Our users are constantly searching for training here, and end up re-opening/re-launching completed courses rather than registering for a new occurrence of a course.
  • In general, we find Cornerstone [onDemand] clunky and that it does not really meet our needs.
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  • Some modules need in-depth functional knowledge to work as configured. This can lead to some issues if set up is not configured properly.
  • Hard to recruit, train and retain technical and functional staff. Employers are always on the lookout for new people interested in PeopleSoft.
  • Customizations made by clients can also cause a hindrance to what Oracle can deliver. This is the major reason why it isn't able to catch up to the level of some of its other competitors.
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Likelihood to Renew
As long as pricing stays reasonable, we will likely stay with Cornerstone for at least one more contract renewal. It would be a large task to migrate all of our content to a new system. However, the LMS landscape is diversifying with new startups that are showing some real innovation.
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PeopleSoft was time-consuming to implement across the organization. We have not had any large-scale problems working in PeopleSoft and do not wish to change to another program. PeopleSoft is so simple to use and easy to learn that it does not make sense to switch to a different platform.
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Usability
For End-users it is exceptionally easy to use. There is admittedly a steep curve for admins, but simply because there is so much that is truly possible with the system. Cornerstone has been updating many features in recent years, though, which have been moving overall usability in a favorable direction.
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Oracle HCM has been around for more thab a decade and is a preferred package to use for Human capital management.Ease with which upgrades happen and how updates are pushed has come thru a long way of improvement and research over the years.Oracle has moved toward cloud based architecture which will help in its customers keep at par with current industry trends.
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Reliability and Availability
I haven't really had any major availability problems. The service is practically impeccable but it is true that at times, due to server and latency problems, the application has been slower. But these have been specific issues that have resolved themselves.
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Typically, our systems are well maintained and do not go down. Once you've gotten to this point, the product is solid. Oracle technical teams are helpful to backend support (IT personnel in our case) and they help in realtime, making it efficient for our technical team to solve issues quickly if they need additional help.
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Performance
Pages do not load quickly. Often times any action or selection of a box, drop down, check, pretty much ANY Javascript interaction causes the whole entire page to load/reload/start doing something in the background. This makes a nightmare for having to mass edit courses or upload ILT sessions. It's the one of the archaic web designs they use that really bugs me as an admin and makes working in the portal at times intolerable and insufferable
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I give this rating because I don't have any complaints in the area of performance. In my opinion the product's performance is right on the mark. In comparison to other systems I have used for the same purpose - recruiting, hiring and managing hires, I have found Oracle's performance to be the best. Oracle system flows better than any other recruiting system out there.
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Support Rating
Its always important to have support when you are facing problems and when you are the main admin of the organization. Cornerstone Support is very supporting when you have not found the answer in the help guide. its very useful to have a team support to guide you.
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Overall support has been positive and Oracle has gladly sent out representatives to meet with our teams in person. Despite sometimes sow and inadequate fixes, their willingness to try and meet face to face helps give them a better name in our organization. Sometimes their people do not understand unique needs of the industry, and it can be a challenge to explain that one size does not fit all. Finding the appropriate IT support for our unique requests has been hit and miss.
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In-Person Training
we use also to admin all our training in person events and sessions. Its easy to admin this kind of trainings and automatize some processes we have. Also de user experience and the integration with other systems helps to the employees to use more. All modules integrated oriented to develop people is the principal reason to have CSOD. The training administration is very complete and allows to automate many processes.
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In my opinion, training in Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is arduous at best. In my experience, there are numerous issues with creating training environments and that makes practice in a sandbox costly. I prefer asynchronous simulated environment training for this reason, but that costs even more due to the development and testing time needed to create that training. eLearning is always there with only the need to keep it up-to-date.
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Online Training
Overall our rep changed a handful of times during our LMS switchover, which made the training inconsistent. They offer a large amount of online training not specific for what we were looking for at the time, but we were able to make it work
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It was a great training tool and provided all of the necessary information we needed to implement the sites for our clients. We were provided with a great deal of resources in regards to Oracle CRM. We didn't have any issues with the training at all. The only thing I would say would that there could be more FAQ's for users to read through
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Implementation Rating
The implementation was pretty difficult. We felt they (Cornerstone) didn’t properly allocate the resources to complete our implementation in the timetable we wanted.

For example, we worked on Workday and SSO integrations - work that we had specifically contracted for in advance. When we were ready to work on that project, they didn’t have the people ready to help us, so it took a lot longer than necessary. That was my biggest pain point.

The implementation approach we went with was a self-led implementation. We would speak to the implementation manager once per week, and self-trained. We met with implementation manager to discuss issues, review things that we’d learned for 1 hour. We found that wasn’t enough. Other things would come up outside that one hour window that we couldn’t get answers to. We didn’t have anyone to ask about those things and we had to wait to ask during our weekly meeting.

The advantage of the self-led implementation approach was that it was really inexpensive – significantly less than the implementation cost for the other systems that we looked at. I also liked that we could pace ourselves. There were however big roadblocks. We would have to make sure the right resources were available. We had an implementation/project manager with a lot of experience and felt that the person was knowledgeable but missed on a few things.

In hindsight, I would still go with the self-led implementation, but knowing what I know now, I would ask for the integration person to be available more. I would work that into the contract. With single sign-on, we needed deep linking to build direct links through a Single Sign-On tool, e.g. when someone gets an email, it directs them to training. But it has to go through SSO to get them to the correct link. Deep linking wasn’t turned on in our system and they had to activate it. We encountered little things like that – sequencing pre-requisites which were problematic. We tried to troubleshoot ourselves.

I recommend you consider contracting for some extra implementation hours and determine when they are going to be available. Work it into the contract that you have the ability to call tech support during implementation. In addition to weekly implementation meetings, they have technical webexes – 4 every week, but 2 didn’t apply to us – one as we were using SSO. The challenge is they were not always relevant – we had specific questions that didn’t fall into those categories
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When we implement Oracle and Taleo to different clients it typically goes pretty smoothly. When we do system upgrades we usually test the main issues the clients are having just to make sure there are not outstanding issues or errors. I don't have any examples where implementation went poorly. It typically goes well and clients are pleased with the final result. The only complaint would be the time it takes to implement
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Alternatives Considered
We have been with Cornerstone OnDemand for about 7 years now. I do not recall the other products we evaluated at the time, but more recently there was some interest in using Workday as an LMS since that is our HR platform. Their learning platform, however, simply couldn't compete with what Cornerstone OnDemand can give us, especially with our critical need of robust reporting.
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Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is not as good as SuccessFactors HCM. The look and feel of Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is still 'old school'. Cloud solutions can do more. SuccessFactors offers a great talent management, performance measurement, and employee development, while Oracle PeopleSoft HCM's core is employee records, benefits, and payroll.
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Scalability
It's a great product with some pieces that are set but many things that can be customized as needed for individual needs
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In my opinion I rate this high because we have had no issues in this area and so that is why I give it such a high rating. There is no issue with the product's overall scalability. In my opinion this has been a positive from my team and client's view.
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Return on Investment
  • Our goal is to standardize training across our company and its 5 permanent locations allowing us to build a common culture across the company.
  • Our goal is to be able to push out specific training to our teams which are spread across an enormous geographical area of the United States.
  • We are currently meeting our objectives - in less than three months' time our team members have completed more than 1500 individual courses through Cornerstone OnDemand.
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  • We don't have a reliable way to measure ROI on PS HCM. We need to have a solid, reliable HR/Payroll/Time & Attendance system and PS HCM has met that need for more than 15 years.
  • We were able to avoid purchasing expensive time clock hardware and associated software for the campus by making use of the delivered Web Clock Time & Labor capability, which likely saved us several hundred thousand dollars, plus ongoing maintenance and replacements.
  • PC HCM annual maintenance is expensive and increases every year. Most of the enhancements delivered to us haven't been relevant to our business.
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