# Cornerstone Learning Reviews
**Vendor:** Cornerstone OnDemand  
**Category:** [Corporate Learning Management Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/corporate-learning-management-systems)  
**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 530
## About Cornerstone Learning
Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, our all-in-one talent management suite for workforce agility, unifies learning, performance, and compliance management into a single AI-powered solution. With Cornerstone Learning, you can empower your people and ensure compliance with scalable training software that helps you manage, deliver, and track training for employees, partners, and customers. More than 7,000 organizations and 140 million users in 186 countries use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.



## Cornerstone Learning Pros & Cons
**What users like:**

- Users praise the **exceptional customer support** of Cornerstone Learning, highlighting accessibility and responsiveness to inquiries. (7 reviews)
- Users commend the **ease of use** of Cornerstone Learning, enabling effortless navigation with minimal training required. (6 reviews)
- Users appreciate the **expansive reporting capabilities** of Cornerstone Learning, enhancing data insights and decision-making. (6 reviews)
- Users appreciate the **user-friendly interface** and extensive features of Cornerstone Learning, enhancing their learning experience. (5 reviews)
- Users value the **extensive support and resources** of Cornerstone Learning, enhancing their learning experience significantly. (5 reviews)
- Knowledge (4 reviews)
- Content Quality (3 reviews)
- Users value the **ease of learning** with Cornerstone Learning, finding the platform intuitive and user-friendly for training. (3 reviews)
- Easy Setup (3 reviews)
- Intuitive (3 reviews)

**What users dislike:**

- Users find the **reporting features inadequate** , desiring better customization and real-time data feedback for improved usability. (3 reviews)
- Users struggle with **poor reporting** in Cornerstone Learning, finding it clunky and lacking real-time customization features. (3 reviews)
- Users face **integration issues** with licensed content, complicating report outputs and overall user experience in Cornerstone Learning. (2 reviews)
- Users struggle with the **learning curve** of Cornerstone Learning, particularly in configuring permissions and using evaluation functionalities. (2 reviews)
- Users find **limited customization** options in Cornerstone Learning, leading to difficulties in reporting and admin feature configurations. (2 reviews)
- Limited Features (2 reviews)
- Limited Search Functionality (2 reviews)
- Users find the **missing features** in Cornerstone Learning limit functionality and hinder overall user experience. (2 reviews)
- Not User-Friendly (2 reviews)
- Users express concern over **poor customer support** , citing slow response times and unhelpful communication regarding issues. (2 reviews)

## Cornerstone Learning Reviews
  ### 1. LMS

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Interface, integration, easines to use system

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Actually there is no things that i dislike.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Cornerstone is the right choise for those who want to succeed all goals in their jobs. Because its very easy to use and plan and organise.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I solved the bisgest problem - how we are learning and educating our employees

  ### 2. Cornerstone Learning

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Alysse E. | LMS & Training Coordinator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 17, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like that Cornerstone is user-centered and thinks about the admin experience too! They are on the cutting edge for learning management with the learning app and the ability to curate playlists. Cornerstone is regularly updating the UI and making the system more enjoyable to use. I like that Cornerstone is very thoughtful about their user's needs. There is a community of admins that work together to answer questions, solve issues, and suggest new ideas on how to make the software better. Cornerstone reviews the suggestions and will include these in the regular updates. They offer a lot of training resources for new admins as well as certifications for experts.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Some areas are still outdated and need to be improved but they are working on it. There are many improvements on the roadmap that upgrade these issues.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

I would recommend having a clear plan of what you would like your portal to look and operate like based on your company structure. I would also recommend being clear and concise when setting up subjects and the governence for the system.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We can uphold the standards and training tracking needed for compliance as well as offer a landing space for our employees to access job aids. We are now able to offer third party content for personal and professional soft skill development. We have benefited from having an app specifically for learning.

**Official Response from Lindsey Haines (Deane):**

> Hi Alysse,

Thank you so much for your review and most importantly, your partnership and willingness to share your story! I am glad to hear that you like the product UI and have been using the Learn App. I hope you continue to find answers and make connections with other admins in the client community. It's been a pleasure to partner with Maui Jim! We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts about Cornerstone.

  ### 3. CSOD makes virtual Learning Fun!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Ease of use from an end user perspective, curated content for the learner and easy to administer from a system admins perspective.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

There isn’t anything I dislike, they continue to make it better to meet all of a learners needs.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Compliance tracking and virtual learning across countries.

  ### 4. Cornerstone Review

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The organization and functionality available within Cornerstone.  The knowledge staff at Cornerstone is also a huge asset.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

There are times that Cornerstone can be confusing to the End User.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Compliance and regulatory management of all learning within our company.  Reporting is simple and easy.

  ### 5. I love that they connect with LinkedIn Learning. There are THOUSANDS of courses to choose from

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love the wide variety of courses they offer

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I don't like how Cornerstone doesn't import the subjects from LinkedIn Learning

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Make your reporting features better

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are working on mastering utilizing the reporting feature to survey our participants after our training sessions

  ### 6. Cornerstone in to the future

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The fact that Cornerstone is a cloud system

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

That sometimes it is not suitable for the work and learning culture in Israel

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

With the help of Cornerstone we solved the problem of distance learning.
Employees can learn anytime, anywhere (even from isolation)

  ### 7. Good experience 

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like how robust the system is and all the features.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

How long it takes GPS to respond. When some functions don’t work the way they should.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Record keeping. Easy access of training.

  ### 8. Top-Tier LMS with Robust Reporting

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Amy S. | Program Manager, Learning Mangagement System, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The Learning Suite allows for a variety of training modalities and extensive flexibility in creating training.  The reporting capabilities have always been strong and continue to improve with updates to Custom Reporting and the introduction of Reporting 2.0.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Some areas of the suite haven't been updated in quite some time and therefore feel and look outdated.  Specifically the evaluation platform and test engine are clunky to navigate and have a very dated style.  While the breadth of system-generated emails is impressive, the platform to update emails is not.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use the Learning Suite extensively for tracking ILT sessions and to provide a variety of training options - Online Courses from providers such as CyberU and Ej4, internally created or curated articles, guides, and toolkits via Materials, and recordings of prior ILT sessions via Video.  We utilize a variety of custom pages to promote institute-wide initiatives and have implemented Learner Home to help enhance the user experience.

  ### 9. This system is not perfect, but it generally works the way it is designed to work

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Consistency with the way it works administratively

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

still needs improvement with performance and training details

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

take time to take the training offered by Cornerstone

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

cutomizable notifications for assignments

  ### 10. Powerful System with a Few Downsides

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Broadcast Media | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Like the flexibility in Management tools, interface, and the way i am able to manage and deliver learning to our end users. overall a solid product.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Technical Support  for Small Business users - poor.

Clunky in some areas of course administration

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are solving adult learning challenging within our staff, and we have seen significant performance improvement through he Cornerstone learning offerings.

  ### 11. Cornerstone learning eval

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

It is simple and uber end-user friendly.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

The long delayed responses to GPS issues

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

compliance and tracking training

  ### 12. Great first three and a half years!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like the user friendly interface.  Everything is really easy for users to find, reducing the need for much training.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Would like to have better canned reports. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

We are very happy with our selection of Cornerstone.  We just renewed for 5 years!!

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Have added new affiliate hospitals to our user base with ease.

  ### 13. Difficult transition but improvements are on the way

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The interface is pleasant and straight-forward. Curricula with "percentage complete" view allow a learner to see their progress toward understanding a topic. On the Job training requirements interface well with Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions for a clear picture of the complete training that is required. Much of the interface is self-explanatory, allowing employees to quickly adapt to the new process for ensuring they are qualified to perform work.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

The interface is less clear when presenting OJT training that requires renewal every (time period). These curriculum show up in a transcript as having a slightly different title, and it is important for the end-user to be careful they are not launching an old instance of the training in review but a new one that will grant credit for the next (time period). It is less intuitive for users and must be explained by a trainer how to read into some of the curriculum assignments when it comes to recurring training.

On the same topic, recurring OJT training is only offered right before Cornerstone understands the training is due. In areas where training is sometimes completed opportunistically rather than "just in time," it can lead to leaning on paperwork to prove qualification until the training is available to input in the system.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Consider the compliance of individual technicians working on the manufacturing floor of your organization.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I am solving the problem of running reports on who needs to complete a training that has revised. The custom reporting tool is a powerful one that can give exactly the results desired after some practice and experimentation. There is a lack of information about what all the filters actually do, but through trying out combinations my group has discovered some helpful custom reports.

  ### 14. Cornerstone Review in the last 4 years

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The Learning interface is very acceptable to work, it allows you to use the most common standards in the learning industry.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I see some areas for improvement especially in updating the course versions and their distribution,

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Ese it for Corporate Training and is easy to distribute witho more than 3k employees

  ### 15. Learning is key

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Patrick S. | Sr. Leader - Learning & Development, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Adaptable dashboard
Adaptability of the entire system as to how users see and use the system
Ability to feature or recommend certain training modules

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Launching a training can be complicated
The system is very detailed and can be highly complicated without guidance

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Delivering content to a dispersed group of learners
Able to create and deploy micro-trainings to build skill proficiency
Bringing learning to a mobile-enabled environment

**Official Response from Lindsey Haines (Deane):**

> Hi Patrick, thank you for your review! We're happy to hear that you've been able to address some of your prior challenges around delivering training and developing your remote team members. We truly appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts. 

  ### 16. Cornerstone Learning Suite for Beginners

**Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Melissa d. | Talent Development Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The community that helps you navigate thru the system. The amount of different ways to get access to solve a concern or issue. Single sign-on.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Too many little details that make setting up an event/ILT class that could potentially an issue for the end user. For example, making sure that. In addition, I would like the ability to have time to jump on an office hours calls on waitlist. So, if someone doesn't show up 15 minutes after others can join. Also, I would like to be able to have items in here go live similar to other platforms that can show responses on the screen using texting via their mobile phone. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Be sure you weigh out what you will be using it for, how many people will need access to it, and how to implement for increase user usage.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Consitency with onboarding new hires, recurring training, and content development. Easy access. Training thru all the different shifts since it's 24/7. Being able to hear the concerns or issues of everyone using video training.

**Official Response from Hayley Handler:**

> Hello Melissa! This is very helpful feedback on the amount of effort to set up an instructor-led training and we appreciate the detail on what you'd like to see from ILTs. I wanted to let you know that your thoughts have been passed onto the right product managers to those parts of the product. 

If there are other things you need help with please feel free to ping us at wecare@csod.com. Again, we appreciate your feedback and are dedicated to improving your experience!

  ### 17. Onboarding to Cornerstone

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Chemicals | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

As a new admin, I was able to login to the success center and ramp up very quickly as an admin. The support that I received from other clients along with the online help and training courses made me feel confident in my role. I return to the success center daily to report issues, research topics, and see what new features are coming online. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

There are some things that people have suggested in suggestion city for over 5 years and there hasn't been any response. One example is that admins need the ability to set a withdrawal deadline based on a time frame and this isn't possible. There is a flag that has to be manually marked. Another issue is that manually updating ILT sessions can become cumbersome. Can you imagine having to change the start time for 50 sessions..manually? That is a lot of clicking and time wasted. There needs to be an automated way to conduct mass changes to minimize clicking. ONe last thing...we NEED the ability to edit the thumbnails on the playlist. My company was hesitant about deploying playlists for this reason online. When adding external links, we have no control over the thumbnail that is displayed.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Inquire about support services and SLA agreements. Once implemented, I believe that support tapers off significantly.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are able to capture a variety of learning activity that people were tracking manually on spreadsheets. Our homepage serves as a portal to new online learning resources and also is a system of record for official HR data. We are gaining more visibility to the learning activity in our organization. 

**Official Response from Lindsey Haines (Deane):**

> Thank you for your review and most importantly, your feedback. I am glad to hear that you like the client community and online resources for admins. Your suggestions around how to improve our learning capabilities have been passed on to our Product team who will dig deeper into the details you have given us. If you need additional help in escalating any specific issues to the right team, please email wecare@csod.com.

  ### 18. Good overall software but some limitations

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The Reporting System and the Learning Assignment Tool

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Not being able to use the keyboard for some mouse functions

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Having to combine multiple reports into one.  Normally would not be able to do this without it's robust reporting system.

  ### 19. Cornerstone Learning Module Easy to Use and Understand

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 06, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone's user interface is user friendly. Upon login you can easily browse through course catalogs and learning types that will best fit your needs. The user can register for conferences, individual classes, online trainings, webcasts and easy a nifty integration with LinkedIn Learning.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Their are many complexities and limitations in loading in mass amounts of data. In fairness this is something Cornerstone is currently working on.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Our company uses this platform in a very robust way and it is always adapting to the needs of their clients. There are opportunities to reach out to Cornerstone and suggest changes that you would want to see in the future and it could even get added on the roadmap if it meets the needs of other clients. They are also adapting their technical support model in-order to service more of their clients at a quicker pace.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Able give the opportunity for learners to have many options of learning types and make it easy to dig through learning libraries.

  ### 20. Cornerstone Learning

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love the user friendly atmosphere and functionality.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I dislike the permissions and security restraints that are present in the system.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Working through training while at home in response to COVID-19

  ### 21. The Best Enterprise LMS for the job

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Relton M. | E-Learning Systems Technology Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone has a wide variety of functions, reaching every area of learning experience.  It's core functions and capabilities are easy to use and intuitive.  The customer service is fantastic and user communities expansive.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

We are really wanting to expand our use of the observation checklist, but the interface online has not been updated in sometime.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We have been using Cornerstone for over four years now, and have loved the transition.  We're currently entertaining alternatives as other HRIS systems have LMS features, but there is no competition, so we'll be sticking with Cornerstone.  Cornerstone is helping us provide quality compliance and continuing education to our staff with relative ease.

  ### 22. Cornerstone: E-learning simplified 

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Stephen A. | Member Advisor, Financial Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone is entirely straightforward. Accessing e-courses, performance reviews, and assessments are all easy to find and navigate through.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Can be somewhat visually bland, and lacks depth of functionality on user end for organizing past reviews and courses. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Use cornerstone if you have an old, outdated LMS and you want a straightforward replacement where you can also house assessments and performance reviews. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Being able to see performance reviews in one place with e-courses makes employee’s lives simpler. The integrated email notifications for courses and review steps have made it much easier to keep everyone updated.

  ### 23. Fantastic Learning Experience!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone Learning Suite provides an intuitive learning experience for our clients. It is easy for them to utilize and we appreciate Cornerstone continuing to invest in the Learning Suite.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I think the only thing I dislike is that the Learner Search page is currently glitching within the portal. Learner Search is a huge improvement to the Global Search page, but it takes between 15 minutes to 1 hour for users to be able to see the Learner Search feature after creating their online training account.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

I think Cornerstone Learning Suite is a fantastic product. It meets the needs of our nonprofit organization. We are unique in that we also utilize Cornerstone's Extended Enterprise product, too, as we sell our online trainings to other individuals and organizations. Cornerstone has been an excellent partner in assisting us in training over 360,000 individuals in our training curriculum. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I love the ease and intuitiveness of utilizing the Cornerstone Learning Suite as an Administrator. I also really love how accessible and easy to navigate it is for our users. 

**Official Response from Lindsey Haines (Deane):**

> Hi,

Thank you for your review and most importantly, your feedback. We have already passed back your dislike about the Learning Search onto the product team that covers searching. We will dig deeper into the details you have given us. We'd love to hear more about how you're using the product and would love to get more feedback from you. You can reach me at lhaines@csod.com.

Also, if you're interested, we'd  love to chat with you about various client advocacy opportunities. It sounds like you have a really cool use case and it would be great to learn more about your experience using Cornerstone.

Thank you,
Lindsey

  ### 24. Great product

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jessica B. | Revenue Cycle Training Analyst - EPIC Credentialed, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 27, 2020

**Describe the project or task Cornerstone Learning helped with:**

We have used this for various products within our organization.

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love that the product is easy to use and user friendly.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I do not have any dislikes with this product.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

If you have the time to fully use the product please do.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It has helped me with my training in different ways.

  ### 25. Baby steps

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brandon M. | Learning Systems Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone is making efforts to "modernize" some outdated and buggy features under the hood. We appreciate the commitment to re-imagining features that have gone stale. The product overall is stable and consistent.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

While support has made effort of late to improve their processes, there are still often times that I feel like I am not being heard. Irrelevant answers are often sent, or questions that are asking for an answer that I included in the original inquiry.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

CSOD is a robust solution and may be too feature rich for smaller companies. Take the time to truly evaluate what you need from an LMS and evaluate multiple options because there may be a smaller solution that is  better fit.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Compliance and procedural training in a healthcare setting across multiple states with unique procedures and regulations/laws.

  ### 26. Cornerstone learning is extremely user friendly 

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Maritime | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone offers a lot of flexibility for admin users to provide the best experience to their employees while training. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I find that creating custom reports is still a little cumbersome and confusing, but I do appreciate that there is a lot guidance. Additionally, it would be great if the materials section wasn't so overwhelming at first sight. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

It is an easy to use platform both for the end user and the administrators of Cornerstone. Having a training platform allows for efficiency and consistency across all company lines. Cornerstone is great at providing support as well! 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are solving a lot of safety concerns by constantly providing and improving our training within the company. Providing online trainings allows for efficiency and consistency across the company. 

  ### 27. CSOD makes learning easier!

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like the functionality and ease of use from an admin and student perspective. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I don't like the certification structure from an admin perspective. It's not intuitive and it doesn't get updated as much as the other platforms (i.e. curricula, reporting, etc.)

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

CSOD has solved our problem with annual and bi-annual training qualifications industry wide. The benefit is student's will automatically be assign their required training based on their last completed date. This automatic feature allows the admins to focus more on new hires versus all students.

  ### 28. Easy to use and great for continuing corporate education nerds

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brittany S. | Group Fitness Instructor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone OnDemand is a great way to take continuing education in the workplace. It is simple, easy to use, easy to register for classes, and easy to view your "transcript". I like that i can search for courses and suggest them to my coworkers to help them in their career. Cornerstone has really helped our company's Education Department to provide additional training across our regional offices. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Some aspects of Cornerstone OnDemand are a little outdated. The user experience could use a refresher, but overall it serves its purpose. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Cornerstone OnDemand is used for continuing education, required diversity trainings, electronic performance reviews, for both online and in-person course registrations. It is great for making sure that required trainings are completed and to get feedback on team members of what they liked and disliked about courses. 

  ### 29. Suggestion about Groups and External Training

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ana Carolina V. | Training and Development Technology Specialist, Construction, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like the Learning Assignment Tool the best! Not only can I assign training automatically, but also use it to complete Sessions. It's very handy!

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Processing external trainings: I'm unable to view the details of an external training request from the Pending Requests main page. I need to go into the user's transcript. Then, I need to click multiple times before I can get back to the Pending Requests page.
Groups: We need to have the ability to use rolling dates in Groups rather than having to pick a specific date. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

The automation of assignment of training is the biggest thing for us.

  ### 30. Robust and powerful, you'll need a tamer

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Heidi A. | Americas Regional Learning Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The platform can do so many things, I'm constantly exploring and discovering new functionality that will meet specific needs. 

Reporting 2.0 has been a great enhancement and we're looking forward to more enhancements. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Its a lot of work to tame the tigers in this circus. There are so many interdependencies and if this, then that situations that you can only discover by trial and error. Power needs to be carefully allocated to those who truly understand it, and it takes  lot of time to build that knowledge and awareness.

Managing security roles can be extremely confusing and time-consuming. Understanding what hundreds of individual permissions do, how they should be constrained, and bundling them into the right roles can be a ton of work, and the basics we got during implementation really didn't meet our needs. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Take the time to really understand your entire scope of needs, use cases, and compliance requirements. Clean up your data (users and content metadata) before you load.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Assigning required training to highly targeted populations has been very beneficial.

  ### 31. Improves Administrative Efficiency

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Eddie A. | Learning and Development Advisor, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The CSOD learning portal provides us with the tools necessary to manage our organization''s learning initiatives in an efficient and effective manner.  From an admin perspective we are able to create, assign, import, and deliver varying training sessions to varying user groups effectively and efficiently.  When we were looking for an lms, CSOD was able to deliver all the functionality that we needed at that time as well as the functionality we knew we would need in the near future.  Finally, CSOD does a great job improving the portal multiple times a year so that as  new learning trends emerge, this system is poised to allow our organization to keep pace with those trends. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

while the update schedule helps us keep up with changing trends.  It can be challenging to manage the changes and keep our portal up to date.  More assistance in this area would be helpful.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

The web ex integration allows us to provide a simulated live classroom learning experience for our dispersed workforce in a cost efficient manner.

  ### 32. Best of the best for Learning

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Christian B. | HRIS Program Manaager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

As an admin this, CSOD has been one of the easiest systems to learn, and the nuance makes sense. I like the pride of it's employees and what it is trying to achieve in its space. 
LIke most companies and SaSS providers there is a constant need to change and evolve, and thus far all of the changes made have been for the better. 
 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

The connectivity of the client and client success managers. There is not alot of synergy, not from lack of trying, but for lack of innovation. Keep hoping that CSOD will take a risk and do something largely different. 
Client Success Centers and tickets are fine, but 98% of my questions can be solved by less than 10 minutes of contact and thought.... instead of making me do the work to figure out the csod ecosystem, CSM's need to be the pilots and navigators. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Filling gaps and creating synergy. Our major challenge is taking a white glove service firm, and changing our people to be pull type learners. 

  ### 33. A powerful learning suite with a plethora of options

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brian W. | Senior Product Trainer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 03, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like the power to customize the site experience for different groups of learners, and to easily restrict materials to different groups. The content versioning and reporting features are very powerful as well.The integration with Adobe Connect and ADP is also very useful for our business.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

The interface is a little overly complex because there are two different experiences depending on what you are doing: a modern experience for simple tasks and one for more technical tasks that is a clunkier interface and often you wind up losing your progress on a task because you didn't click a save button that was located in a weird spot. The documentation for Edge integrations like Adobe Connect is also not very robust, and the turn around time for help tickets is also a bit long (being up to a month). The mobile apps are also split, with av ery good app that is great for consuming learning, while an older app with a clunkier interface is used for tasks like checklists.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Make sure that you properly scope out your implementation so that you architect the system correctly from the get-go.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We have used Cornerstone's curricula to design complex multi-day new hire programs, using Adobe Connect integration to provide a mix of web based modules, reference materials, and live instructor led sessions.

  ### 34. Learning Platform has everything you need!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Janeen C. | Operations Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Love learner home and the flexibility to customize that learner experience. Also working on playlist development and have recently deployed our fist playlists

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I think the user interface on learner home needs a little design work. To my eye, it looks a little "busy" for lack of a better word. 
Once you complete an LO on a playlist, I don't like how clumsy it is to get back to that same playlist.  There needs to be a better way to get back to that playlist and continue on to the other LOs in that playlist. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Do it! Be sure to get a really solid implementation partner to guide you with strategy as well as configuration.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are finally developing a pull system for learning.... the site is now a site that people want to come to for training because they want to, and not because they have to.

  ### 35. CSOD experience

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Whitney G. | Program Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love the user interface for CSOD (learning). It's very intuitive for both the users and administrators. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I don't like the certification functionality. It's not intuitive and CSOD provides very little certification support for troubleshooting. I constantly find myself training the GPS associate over the phone before they have an understanding of my actual issue. 

Another issue I've come across is additional unscheduled issue after a path or release. Almost always, a functionality within CSOD breaks after a patch/release and we have to notify GPS and wait before the issue is resolved.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Know exactly what your business needs are and be sure to take advantage of the CSOD training on success center.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I've learning more and more about the certification functionality. I've had to teach myself the ins and outs of certifications through trial and error and now certifications works well for my company

  ### 36. Capable platform with a few key missing features

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Shaun P. | Learning Technologist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I appreciate the ease and simplicity of adding course evaluations that are tied directly to an ILT and the instructor of that iLT. I also appreciate that we've been able to customize the permissions for various admin groups so we can allow facilitators certain permissions without allowing them access to everything. I also appreciate the ability to create custom pages and custom welcome pages for various groups. Overall, the customizability is great.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Reporting is lacking. A stable production-ready Reporting 2.0 can't come soon enough. We need more robust out-of-the box report that non-admins can use to pull report for whole groups, not just their direct reports. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use CSOD to facilitate distribution of our customer service training content. It provides a globally accessible platform where we can make ILT and online training available to all our CS agents.

With CSOD, we've been able to increase visibility of completion statistics for required training content. We've also been able to create sessions and allow users to sign up for them on their own instead of manually assigning training via outlook meetings.

  ### 37. Cornerstone Learning Suite has been an awesome experience

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Matthew M. | Senior Talent (HR) Systems Analyst - LMS, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The thing that I like best about the Learning Suite is how intuitive the platform is, and how easy it is to learn. You don't have to be an expert to pick up on things quickly!

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Honestly, I haven't come across anything that I really dislike about the learning suite. There's always a few hiccups here or there, but nothing major!

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

The biggest problem we're solving is how we can get learners to take trainings that aren't necessarily required of them. Utilizing things like Learner home, and testing out playlists have been a big help for us.

  ### 38. Works well but a little outdated looking

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2020

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

It's easy to use, appreciate the audio/text options

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Could be a bit more modernized, seems a little outdated

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use it for corporate compliance training

  ### 39. Cornerstone OnDemand provides us with the all the tools we need to assign and track our training.

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Diane M. | Talent System Administrator, Retail, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Support of Cornerstone OnDemand Clients and employees - when you have a questions, want someone to share a best practice, need advice or a recommendation - someone is always available to ask and provide the support you need either one-on-one or through the Client Community

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Two things come to mind - product updates being released before they are really close to parity to current and current wait time for Global Product Support.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are required to assign a lot training to very specific audiences - either by position, by date in a position or hired date, last time training was completed, etc. and report on completion. Cornerstone allows us to do this easily and our Learning Admins can do most of this on their own without Higher Admin support. Cornerstone also supports all the different types of training we provide - online courses, ILTs, vILTs, OTJ, etc. which is very important to our learning strategies and serving our diverse employees.

  ### 40. You own your experience

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brandi A. | Sr, Manager, Learning and Development, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love how customizable Cornerstone is.  You can influence the look and feel and the user experience however works for your company.  Admins have so much freedom to create any experience they want.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

There are some features that have not been updated in years and it is evident (tests, evaluations, certifications).  We still rely on these in our business but the user experience doesnt match the rest of the system.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

From what I have seen, Cornerstone is the best out there for an LMS.  We have demoed other products and have not found anything comparable.  We prefer this more traditional LMS as opposed to other systems that may be more modern but lack some features we rely on Cornerstone for.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are able to electronically and dynamically manage compliance training which was all done by hand before.  

  ### 41. Excellent with the exception of minor frustrations.

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Iran Jooel A. | eLearning and Training Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The applications is user friendly and makes out lives easier to provide content to our audience. The application allows us to be creative with our users and ourselves.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

My personal issues I have had since implementation has been dealing with delegates. Considering how big this application is, Delegates should be revisited to makes admins life a little better.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

The Learning Suite, despite the little things that personally affect me, I believe is a great product and will not change it for any other. I still believe that the application will be improved to meet my needs 100%, but everything takes time. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Custom report has provided to be a great tool for us for Learning and other modules. We get many requests for them and having the capabilities to provide dashboards for users has been a savior. 

  ### 42. Learning Application Review 

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Chene D. | Talent Development Manager , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 15, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love being able to tailor the welcome screen or multiple welcome screens to our corporate colors and brand. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

I do not like the search feature. If I type Active Listening Skills I get a couple of titles with Listening, and then computer classes? Makes zero sense. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

This is a better option for our on-the-go folks whose time is limited for ILT sessions. Also, for our 2nd and 3rd shift team members. 

**Official Response from Hayley Handler:**

> Hello Chene, 

Thank you for your feedback on search functionality. This is a priority for us, including for our roadmap for next year. If there are other details you think are important to know, you can send them to wecare@csod.com.

Thanks for taking a couple minutes to give us feedback and we will incorporate it into our effort to build a better learning platform!

  ### 43. Functional if dated in parts

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

The Learner Home looks great, and the machine learning means that non-mandatory learning and very easy for users to find. The mass enrolments for compliance learning are nice and easy to set up.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

The in person training aspects (Events and sessions) feels somewhat dated, and users are often unable to find their requirements forms once they are enrolled on a course. Sometimes users encounter 'dead-ends' i.e. they click on a training title expecting it to open the course, but it takes them to a details page which has no 'launch' button, so they have to go back a page to click the 'Launch' button. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Mass enrollments and compliance training is a lot easier, managers are easily able to track their direct reports. 

  ### 44. Set it and almost forget it! Automate compliance and reporting to drive completions.

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Nelson H. | Learning and Capability Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Reporting on in the learning suite is so in depth, I've walk away from meetings like a super hero by saying, "yes, we can do that". Compliance training can be automated and saves so many hours on checking who has what and when. When the reports and training is set, you find trends in the business within minutes.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Sometimes it's a lot of buttons for users to click to do training. Our older generations struggle with digital literacy and it's a turn off for them when making more than a click or two.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Comoliance, compliance, and compliance. We've struggled with it, but have improved in the last 2 years. It's starting to bring our team credibility from business leaders.

  ### 45. So useful for trainings and reports!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** B N. | Team Trainer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I love being able to run reports on any trainings I need to. And it’s very useful to be able to personally assign additional trainings to employees. 

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

There will be times that it says that a training is required for a certain account, but when you go onto the account it won’t say the training anywhere! Even when you try searching up the name, nothing comes up. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Being able to assign a group of trainings to every new account is wonderful instead of having to add them all separately. 

  ### 46. Long Term Customer

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Kim M. | Sr. Associate, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Really enjoy how easy it is for our employees to find the courses and use the calendar to register for courses. Like the new Learning Assignment tool.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

How I need to go to several different areas when loading a course and then have to update the information in the catalog.. Would like to have less clicks to accomplish this task. Having issues with MP4 videos buffering lately. This is not an issue we have had in the past. Still waiting on information for support on this issue.

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Easy to use and great for employee engagement.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We have been on the platform for 12 years so I think we have most of our issues resolved at this time.

  ### 47. Cornerstone Learning 

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

Cornerstone has been the best acquisition our organization has implemented. All that employee needs is available at their fingertips. From applying for a job posting, to gaining professional development, and completing employee mid year and annual reviews.  

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

At the moment I wish the evaluations were more robust and we were actually able to measure 30, 60 and 90 days all within Cornerstone. 

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

Great product definitely recommend always looking for better ways to maximize content and product availability & support for clients. 

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

With the implementation of Learning Home we are able to have a better end user experience. Able to access what is needed with less clicks. 

  ### 48. Providing learning outside of your organization

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like the ability to provide learning opportunities to our clients, potential clients and the general public. Particularly those smaller companies who may not  be able to afford a learning solution for their company and therefore go externally to find learning, their reactions to what we can provide through Cornerstone Learning and Extended Enterprise are always really fulfilling conversations.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

Sometimes product functionality has a downstream impact somewhere else in the system that is not always identified up front, and not always easily fixable. For example, we have struggled with the fact that  within the learning suite if you cancel a session with a $ amount associated to it, even if you have already withdrawn all users and handled their registrations (enrolled them in an alternative session, issued them training units to be used towards future sessions, etc) the system will automatically refund the users who had at one time been enrolled in the session. This means we cannot click the cancel button if a user has ever been enrolled, so we have a number of extra sessions sitting in approved status where we remove availability and simply right Cancelled in the Session/Training ID for our reporting purposes, but it skews the data in the system.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

There was no existing system for tracking courses taken by our clients, and all continuing professional education credits issued externally were issued manually through mail merges with no easy way to re-issue upon request. Since implementing this system we've reduced inquiries AND turnaround time to issuing credits to our clients significantly. Plus we have a new revenue stream for the firm with publicly available online courses and ILT sessions, custom developed courses that we can host on the LMS, and custom portals for our clients with access to our catalog of content or custom courses.

  ### 49. Powerful tools, Level 9 Ninja Expertise Required for Full Potential

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

There's a multitude of configuration options to suit a broad and diverse user base.  Automation and consistent database structure are a plus

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

With a smaller org like us (<1k employees), it's nearly impossible to effectively administer without a full time focus.  We had to go outside (Bluewater in our case) to even be aware of some 'low hanging fruit' as we effectively re-implemented the tool.  Now it's much better.  I wonder if a wizard-like approach to setup would be more effective, so you don't have to have those ninja-like expert skills to know exactly where to look for that specific configuration option?

**Recommendations to others considering Cornerstone Learning:**

An implementation partner is a must to avoid a more costly (at best) or a failed (at worst) implementation.  Don't try to go it alone.

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Integration with Salesforce, Learner Home, LinkedIn Learning integration, and Playlists have enabled us to improve our focus on learners so they can access content that's relevant to them and easy to access "in the flow"

**Official Response from Lindsey Haines (Deane):**

> Thank you for your review and most importantly, your feedback. We agree the solution is robust, meeting a wide range of client configuration needs. We also support many organizations with 1,000 or fewer users, only using parts of the tool that best meet their organizational needs. We'd be interested to learn more about what your experience was like during implementation. If you don't mind taking a second to reach out to us at wecare@csod.com, we'd love to understand what happended. Thank you!

  ### 50. Large Mega Conglomerate Review

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Devices | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019

**What do you like best about Cornerstone Learning?**

I like that it's ease to modify learner experiences. The usability for end users has improved over the past years. I like playlists but they need to incorporate more of what Degreed can do.

**What do you dislike about Cornerstone Learning?**

limited ability to modify learn home page - we can build our own site pages and welcome pages. but it would be so much easier if we can do some modifications to the learner home. ability to rename certain carousels or modify carousel functionality. It would be interesting if there were other information delivery styles available - instead of cards a line item with picture. I'm not sure I love the page builder, though it is easy. the widget tool is out of current style practices so it is feeling abandoned, yet for some experiences it is a useful tool. I also need a more modern calendar experience for class planning. It also would be nice to have a way for a user to select a class that doesn't have firm dates so we know when to trigger a reactive training session (maybe I just need more training). Here's the real meat of what I'd like to be able to do with Cornerstone - I'd like to build a catalog experience similar to what ESRI.com provides their users.(check out the site). The way they display calendars, or new training items, or have a drill down catalog experience really keeps the user focused on their needs and informs them of the possible pathways.. I really like the built in chat and doc repository feature, however there is something odd about the layout and how it works if you've limited content to a group/o - I'm not sure how to quantify that, just that it doesn't feel like a complete experience

**What problems is Cornerstone Learning solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I'm very happy with the ability to feed unique experiences to diverse audiences. Some of the setup can be tricky, but I can generally get what I need for a group.


## Cornerstone Learning Discussions
  - [When are you updating the certification module](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-are-you-updating-the-certification-module) - 1 comment, 2 upvotes
  - [Is there a sand box for new users to play with?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/13452-is-there-a-sand-box-for-new-users-to-play-with) - 2 comments, 2 upvotes
  - [How can I take full use of the Certification tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/31731-how-can-i-take-full-use-of-the-certification-tool) - 1 comment, 1 upvote
  - [External Certificates](https://www.g2.com/discussions/31639-external-certificates) - 2 comments, 1 upvote
  - [Does this CSOD application integrate with SharePoint?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/16239-does-this-csod-application-integrate-with-sharepoint) - 1 comment, 1 upvote

- [View Cornerstone Learning pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/cornerstone-learning/reviews?page=6&qs=pros-and-cons&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-17+01%3A28%3A51+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=5c2b8ebe-0b3f-4559-9ba1-42e1cd9ead93&secure%5Btoken%5D=6edaa3fc994b25bc1abcf95630b97975c22c5c13d51c318f742f08e29762dc24&format=llm_user)
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## Cornerstone Learning Features
**Training & eLearning**
- Assessments and Practice
- Content Delivery and Tracking
- Social Learning
- Content Creation
- Manager Portals
- Content Storage and Management
- Content Libraries

**Process Automation**
- Course Authoring
- Online Learning
- Certificate Generation
- Tracking & Reporting
- Collaborative Environment
- Automatic Boards Reporting

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Generation
- AI Text Summarization

**Course Authoring**
- Course Builder
- Role-Based Templates
- Assessments & Quizzes
- Instructor-Led Training

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Generation
- AI Text Summarization
- AI Text-to-Image

**Course Delivery**
- Learning Paths
- Communication & Notifications
- Assignment Scheduling

**Course Management**
- Gamification
- Varied User Types
- Certifications
- Industry Compliance 

**Platform**
- Customization 
- Integration APIs
- Internationalization
- User, Role, and Access Management
- Performance
- Mobility
- Reporting
- Dashboards

**LMS Marketplace**
- E-Commerce
- Course Marketplace
- Subscriptions

**Interface**
- White Labeling
- Multilingual

**Training & eLearning**
- Assessments and Practice
- Content Delivery and Tracking
- Content Creation
- Customer Training
- Manager Portals
- Content Storage and Management
- Content Libraries

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Generation
- AI Text Summarization
- AI Text-to-Image

**Agentic AI - Corporate Learning Management Systems **
- Adaptive Learning
- Natural Language Interaction

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