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Cornerstone OnDemand vs. Skilljar by Gainsight

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cornerstone OnDemand

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/ACornerstone 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

    Skilljar by Gainsight

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASkilljar’s Customer Education LMS Platform is a solution to educate, engage, and retain everyone a business interacts with. An external LMS for customer and partner education, it is a Gainsight solution since the 2025 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    Cornerstone OnDemandSkilljar by Gainsight
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cornerstone OnDemandSkilljar by Gainsight
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
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    Gainsight
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Ease of use for an administrator and small team, ability to customize without having to pay for professional services, level of service from the vendor.
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Compared to other LMS it has great features, plus a faster learning curve and is very easy to manage. Other platforms could be cheaper but are pretty limited, and others have way to much features that we were not going to use and with a very high cost, so complex that the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Skilljar Customer Education Software is easier to use and can do a lot more in fewer clicks than Cornerstone. Cornerstone was a clunky system with the focus not on learning like their other suites and the UI was not user-friendly. Spent my time on the admin work than I do now …
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Over the past 12 years I've had the opportunity to evaluate, implement, and administer a half dozen Learning Management Systems (LMS), including Intellum, Cornerstone, Absorb, Adobe Connect, Oracle Learning, and Workday, and without question, Skilljar has beat them all at …
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Skilljar support is unparalleled compared to the above LMS platforms. They also allow us for more customization options than the above. We migrated from Absorb LMS and recently moved from Docebo LMS to Workday Learning for internal training.
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Skilljar excels by being solid in all aspects. Competitors may excel in a certain area or other, for example, Thinkific has a better marketing ecosystem, but Skilljar is built to exist within your current structure.
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Docebo - terrible support.
    CSOD and Saba - more of an enterprise focus instead of external customers (also terrible CSMs).
    Open LMS - not enough features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Skilljar by Gainsight
    Skilljar is head and shoulders above both these systems, not only in features but in customer service, informational blog posts, and ongoing new-feature roadmap development. It scales up and down for peak loads due to its multi-tenant architecture. If you run a successful …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cornerstone OnDemandSkilljar by Gainsight
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.7
    131 Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.968 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting7.4124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.9
    113 Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.794 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting8.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.4105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.893 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.4
    118 Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans7.692 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan weighting7.279 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking7.468 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.380 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.892 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions7.084 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.881 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.3112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.8
    57 Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools7.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking8.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development8.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.2
    65 Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.844 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.840 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management6.442 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.739 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search6.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration7.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.237 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates7.558 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions7.859 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.454 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.662 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    7.3
    186 Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    7.5
    22 Ratings
    Course authoring4.8137 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.3184 Ratings8.421 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.0171 Ratings8.617 Ratings
    Learning content8.2146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.7134 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications7.8167 Ratings8.422 Ratings
    Assignments8.0180 Ratings7.415 Ratings
    Compliance management7.1161 Ratings4.913 Ratings
    Learning administration6.4183 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.2182 Ratings7.322 Ratings
    Social learning7.0115 Ratings4.311 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Customer Training Tools
    Comparison of Customer Training Tools features of Cornerstone OnDemand and Skilljar by Gainsight
    Feature
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    -
    Ratings
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    Customer Feedback Collection00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Customer Training Library Curation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    User Permissioning00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cornerstone OnDemandSkilljar by Gainsight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (256 ratings)
    8.7
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (37 ratings)
    8.5
    (52 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.6
    (36 ratings)
    9.0
    (53 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.1
    (114 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)