Overview
Cornerstone OnDemand is one of the longest-established corporate learning vendors; its company page refers to 25 years in talent and learning and states that it serves more than 7,000 organisations and 140 million users in 186 countries and 50 languages, with more than 3,000 employees.[3] The company was taken private by Clearlake Capital Group in October 2021 in a US$5.2 billion transaction at US$57.50 per share in cash, ending its Nasdaq listing under the ticker CSOD.[5] Its product line also includes SumTotal, a separate learning management system listed on the Cornerstone platform pages.[3]
Cornerstone now sells its software as packages. Learn+ covers learning, a curated content subscription and role-readiness academies; Elevate+ adds performance management and an internal talent marketplace; Intelligence+ adds workforce intelligence and a skills architecture tool; and add-ons cover a full HCM suite, extended-enterprise training for external audiences, and AI “readiness agents”.[4] Learn+, Elevate+ and HCM+ are licensed per employee per year, while Intelligence+ and the agents use pricing bands by headcount.[4] The breadth of the suite is its main draw for large employers, but the company does not publish prices and the bundled structure means buyers who need only an LMS still evaluate a broader talent platform.
Cornerstone OnDemand features
- Cornerstone learning management
- SumTotal Learning Management
- Talent management
- 3,000+ talent experts
- Presence in 186 countries
- Learn+, Elevate+ and Intelligence+ packages
- Curated content subscription and role-readiness academies
- Performance management and internal talent marketplace
Cornerstone OnDemand pricing
Quote-based; not published.
Cornerstone OnDemand strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Very large enterprise installed base
- Learning and talent from one vendor
- Two LMS product lines (Cornerstone, SumTotal)
- Global reach
- Very large installed base and language coverage
- Learning, performance and skills data in one suite
Limitations
- No published pricing
- Complex implementation
- No public financial reporting
- Interface breadth can overwhelm small teams
- No public pricing
- Per-employee licensing charges for staff who rarely train
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Cornerstone OnDemand alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to Cornerstone OnDemand: companies ranked in the same lists.
Docebo
Moodle
Absorb LMS
TalentLMS- 360Learning
LearnUpon
iSpring LMS
Canvas (Instructure)
D2L Brightspace
Blackboard
Thinkific
Litmos
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