Saba Cloud

Score6.7 out of 10

88 Reviews and Ratings

What is Saba Cloud?

Saba Cloud is a talent management suite which includes performance management, succession planning, learning management, planning, and recruiting. The vendor intends the cloud-based platform to be highly scalable to enable continuous corporate employee development.

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Progress tracking & certifications
The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.
Category average: 8.1
Assignments
Users can assign courses/curricula to individuals or groups, with due dates.
Category average: 8.1
Applicant Tracking
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
Category average: 8.2

Job Search Site Posting
Software provides ability to publish postings to top job search sites
Category average: 8
Plan weighting
Supervisors have ability to weight or prioritize individual elements of the performance plan.
Category average: 7
Workflow restrictions
Workflow restrictions ensure that employee can only see finalized official review once completed.
Category average: 7

Jeffrey Naftal View profile

Human Resources Business Partner in Human Resources at American Society for Microbiology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have rebranded our Saba Cloud platform to be both our Learning Management System and our Performance Management System. We are using it for both career development and pay for performance. We have ties with both LinkedIn Learning and FranklinCovey which means that users of the platform have thousands of learning opportunities. And we have taken the competencies and accountabilities from our job descriptions and turned them into the skills for each employee for evaluation purposes.

Pros

Integrate with external learning providers.
Be responsive to customer suggestions.
Provide detailed learning opportunities for users and admins.

Cons

Limited flexibility in their programming can reduce UX enhancement options.
Probably could use a small company (under 150 employees) version that is streamlined.

Return on Investment

Monthly check-ins for supervisors and their staff were begun following implementation of Saba Cloud.
Skills assessment was made available. Previous skills assessments were not done at all.
Increased learning by staff compared to before system implementation.

Chris Salles View profile

Director of eLearning in Human Resources at Guitar Center (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

The user interface is much improved over any previous product they offer. Users find navigating the application seamless and effortless.
Saba's personnel, including support, is attentive, caring, and eager to help.
True SaaS, cloud-based model. Updates are frequent and constantly improving the product.

Cons

Saba continues to improve their reporting and analytics. While it is much improved over previous versions, it can be improved.
Release Notes for system updates need to be delivered to admins farther in advance of the update in order to prepare properly.

Return on Investment

Saba helps us educate our workforce and provide a platform for them to share ideas and knowledge. This helps reduce turnover and retain more effective employees.
In our retail environment, our front-line associates need access to information quickly. Saba is a place to find certified knowledge while on the job, providing a better experience for our customers.

Alternatives Considered

SumTotal LMS,Cornerstone OnDemand,Moodle,Skillsoft

Stacy Tittsworth

Learning Technology Administrator at Hajoca (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've used Saba at 2 companies as an admin and 3 as a user. It allows us to do all the assigning, deploying, and tracking we need for learning from compliance to professional development. These past few years it has particularly assisted with On Demand and Virtual learning including continuing with many formerly in-person management development courses. We're looking to expand our use of skills and learning paths as well, which would otherwise not be possible.

Pros

Managing automated learning assignments
Analytics
Presenting learning in various modalities
Ease of updating materials in all formats

Cons

Continued improvement of admin interface
Reduction of steps to make changes to courses
Ease of setting up and maintaining Workspaces
Mobile app

Return on Investment

Compliance for Safety and Security
Visibility to upper management of training and development
Increased product knowledge to the field
Improvement of corporate culture and diversity

Other Software Used

Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft), Spott, Microsoft Teams

Vinnie Samaan

E-Learning Coordinator in Corporate at Little Caesars Inc. (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Saba is being used throughout our entire organization. We utilize the Saba Learning module only and mainly use it for tracking purposes. Being new to this role, I am still getting used to our organization processes. I hope to soon be able to maximize the use of Saba and take advantage of all or most of the features the learning module has to offer.

Pros

Tracking.
Saba community is very helpful.
Testing abilities.

Cons

Making the system a little more user-friendly.
Background settings easier to understand and customize.

Return on Investment

The ability to track our learning assignments for each user is a huge benefit.
Providing employees a hub for active learning.
Ease of use for the end user.

Alternatives Considered

SAP SuccessFactors Learning

Other Software Used

Inkling Knowledge, Inkling Learning Pathways, Skillsoft Percipio (Skillport)

Usability

Joe Geppert View profile

LMS Administrator / Trainer at Barber National Institute (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Analytics is essential to meet compliance standaards
Creating learning paths, certifications and tracking certifications of a wide variety.
Communication with a diverse and large group of staff
Improves our overall connection with remote sites.

Cons

In the certification process, it only lets us do look back days it would be very beneficial to have a look backdate. Our services have a training year from July 1, thru June 30 and we assign training to services that are required by federal and state laws to be completed annually. During the pandemic we found a lot of staff taking jobs in other areas and still in their original position and then back again. If we assigned someone HIPAA training and they took this on July 4 and then in October went to a different service line the training plan would ask them to retake HIPAA. It would not pick up the one on July 3. That is the only real issue but it is a large one.

Return on Investment

This may seem small but with 90% of our workforce not at our main facility just the fact that since July 1, 2021, we have had over 18,956 compliance-related training completed by our staff. Do the math the ROI is wonderful.

Other Software Used

HEFICED Kronos Cloud, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Adobe Captivate, Articulate 360, Camtasia

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