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Cornerstone Learning vs Skillsoft comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Cornerstone Learning
Ranking in Virtual Training
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Learning Management Systems (LMS) (5th), Talent Management (8th)
Skillsoft
Ranking in Virtual Training
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
eLearning (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Virtual Training category, the mindshare of Cornerstone Learning is 3.5%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skillsoft is 7.0%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Training
 

Featured Reviews

Vladimir Vasilev - PeerSpot reviewer
Great reporting, curriculum, and learning assignment management
We primarily use the solution as a way to allow people to take online courses.  When you need to serve big organizations and you need to train thousands of employees, it's hard to organize on-site courses. With online training, you can train people online quickly and at the same time.  The…
Vladimir Vasilev - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with lots of courses on offer and helpful technical support
It's for virtual training. It's used for virtual training and learning management. We buy the courses and people take the courses It's a very useful course library for training purposes.  The amount of courses on offer is great. It's been stable overall. The solution can scale without issue.…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features of Cornerstone Learning are the welcome page and the learner's home. It is user-friendly and graphically appealing."
"The reporting feature is fantastic, and I also like the dynamic learning assignment feature. It is interactive and user-friendly. It is also highly stable, automated, and customizable."
"It is a complete suite of solutions and features. Compared to other solutions which are more niche solutions, which may be as good as Cornerstone or even better in certain parts of it, like discerning user experience. You will not find another solution that has the same completeness of features in all different areas of learning."
"The solution is very stable."
"What I like the most about Cornerstone is that it is agile. It has good built-in processes and the implementation is rapid."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it is to learn and use. It's built off the Microsoft Word format, so if you can use Word, you'll be able to figure this out."
"Combining everything together, our on-time completions have gone from the mid-sixty percentile to over 99% on-time completion."
"The most valuable features of Cornerstone Learning are how extensive the configurable the solution is."
"The amount of courses on offer is great."
 

Cons

"In the next release, I would like to see a Hybrid architecture and to be able to customize the look and feel."
"A minus is that Cornerstone doesn't provide the admin the ability to create their own content for learning. So, you can just manage the content."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvement in the dashboards and reporting."
"There is a need for quite a bit of improvement. The reporting side of things definitely needs a lot of improvement. At the moment, it gives you a data dump. You have to open it up in Excel and filter out the bits that you don't want and need."
"Cornerstone Learning's initial setup was complex, but I don't see that as a downside. It was complex because there is a lot of customizing and a lot of settings that can be done in the setup."
"Cornerstone Learning can improve reporting. If they had a harmonization of the administration UIs it would be great."
"Could use more robust reporting or more flexibility and scalability around the reporting side."
"Cornerstone Learning could be improved with more e-learning content."
"The quality of the courses could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the price at four on a scale from one to five because it's a very expensive product."
"Quality always comes at a cost. I would not rate it as expensive. It provides value for money."
"This solution offers competitive pricing."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"I'm not aware of the costs. It must have been something for which we paid. Every single employee in the company had some kind of access to Cornerstone because that's how they got to their training."
"The solution cost approximately $47,000 annually."
"The solution's pricing depends on the specific requirements."
"The pricing of Cornerstone Learning is reasonable, but my knowledge of the cost is limited. I've had some discussions about licenses. I suppose we've had to push them a little bit to be more flexible about the licensing. For example, someone said they could only give us licenses in a batch of 500, but we found out that it wasn't true. We were able to negotiate a different amount."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
61%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

Is Cornerstone Learning reliable for content organization?
I think the organizational management of Cornerstone Learning is great. My organization uses this learning software and the way different content types are managed is very useful for our training ...
Does Cornerstone Learning provide you with good reports?
Cornerstone Learning provides great reports for your training programs and the performance of your employees on them. What's more, you get skills graphs which my company finds the most valuable for...
Why would you recommend Cornerstone as a platform for virtual training?
Hello, I think that Cornerstone is more than suitable for virtual training. For one, it gives you a really big array of tools and customizations to be able to deliver your employees high-quality t...
Why is Skillsoft a good choice for virtual training software?
Hello, Skillsoft is popular as a whole solution because it provides companies of all sizes with the ability to train and maintain a high level of efficiency in the workplace. This is one of the es...
What is the difference between Skillsoft and Percipio?
The difference between Skillsoft and Percipio is that the latter is a product of the first but they both function in a similar sector - to provide companies and users with virtual training and lear...
What areas does Skillsoft offer courses in?
Hello, what's your area of expertise? Because Skillsoft really offers a vast variety of courses, and it may cover what you need. You've got information technology, sales, business, and management....
 

Also Known As

Cornerstone Learning Suite, Saba Cloud
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Advantage Sales and Marketing
ACTIVE Network, ARPCT, ASG Group, Brocade, Capital BlueCross, Carrington Holding Company LLC, Cbeyond, Ingersoll Rand, International Quick-service Restaurant, Manitoba Hydro, Menasha, MICROS, Odawa Casino Resort, Olsson Associates, PGA of America, PPD, Security Service Federal Credit Union, Southern New Hampshire University, Sprint, Tata Consultancy Services (North America), Telus, TSC, TSYS, U.S. Army, UniGroup, Unisys, University of Florida, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USO, UST Global
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