CompetencyCore 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

CompetencyCore

3.9

(7)

Pricing

Starting at $24,000.00 per year

About CompetencyCore

CompetencyCore is a cloud-based human resource management (HRM) solution that provides talent management capabilities, including tools to help users identify talent needs, evaluate employee skills and address deficiencies in those skills.

CompetencyCore's job description builder enables users to define job requirements, select interview questions, build interview guides for specific job roles and manage employee development. The assessment and development module helps users to set development targets and goals, suggest learning resources and diagnose skill gaps in the workforce.

CompetencyCore's survey tool helps users to monitor and select competencies required by their organization. The solution's testing module enables users to design, create, publish and administer tests, screen groups of candidates and ensure that they meet regulatory standards. These tests can be assembled from pre-defined templates or customized to meet specific needs.

Services are offered on a monthly subscription basis that includes support via phone, email and through an online helpdesk.

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CompetencyCore Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $24,000.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$24,000.00

per year

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CompetencyCore Features

Popular features found in Talent Management
Applicant Tracking
Background Screening
Compensation Management
Employee Management
Employee Profiles
Goal Setting/Tracking
HR Management
Self Service Portal
Training Management
More features of CompetencyCore
Assessment Management
Competency Management
Goal Management
Individual Development Plans
Internal Talent Mobility
Performance Management
Performance Review Management
Self Assessment
Skills Assessment
Succession Planning
Talent Management

CompetencyCore User Reviews

Overall Rating

3.9

Ratings Breakdown

86%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

3.7

Have you used CompetencyCore and would like to share your experience with others?

Alex A.

Verified reviewer

Machinery

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Great tool for creating and managing competencies, assessments and training plans.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

HRSG has an extensive library of competencies and the tool makes it easy to manage, edit, and create new content. CompetencyCore is an easy to use online platform that makes it easily accessible wherever you are working.

Cons:

The user interface could use some work. It is very lackluster. The ability to manage text is great, but if you need to move content from level to level within the competencies, it is a little more difficult.

Neil P.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Fantastic for building competency based roles

Customer service is exemplary. Always on hand if needed and very quick with reporting outages to service. Had a series of support members offering their time to help me as needed.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We only use the competency manager section of the software, which we use to build and amend roles. it makes it super quick to build a stack of roles for a team in a grade level. The library of competencies is invaluable for getting started to create roles across all elements of a business. Mixing and matching competencies for roles is super quick and simple. The ability to custom create your own competencies and upload them into your library adds to the power of the tool. nice, clean UX as well which is easy to use/navigate.

Cons:

Very little tbh. Sometimes exporting roles into word/pdf can have some errors (it doesn't apostrophes or ampersands) that require formatting. A longer term consideration is to offer more than 5 levels of expertise for each competency. If you are aligning roles to a grade structure, it limits you to 5 levels. The majority of companies will have more than a 5 level structure.

Verified

Reviewer

Government Administration

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

The software does a great job in helping select the right people for our government.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the upgrade to the list of competencies. Maneuvering the order of questions is easy. Creating and editing is user friendly.

Cons:

I would like to see more question options for each levels. It is also frustrating that when you create the interview guide after selecting levels, the questions for that level don't appear. I have to go to the question list to retrieve.

Vendor Response

Hi there, Thanks for your feedback on CompetencyCore! We have some exciting changes coming soon to the Interview Guide workflows which should make for a more intuitive process. We're glad to hear that the software overall does a great job in helping you manage your selection process. Thanks again, The HRSG Team

Replied January 2018

Jennifer B.

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2017

positive and always improving

A standardized competency library, a well documented job inventory, and the ability to distribute employee assessments.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like how easy it was to learn and navigate through the application. I have not gotten to the point of opening it to the proper employees since we are still defining which roles in the org will be responsible for on going maintenance, but I have no concerns that any individual identified will be successful in the actions they will need to perform.

Cons:

There are areas where the number of clicks could be simplified such as editing the job profiles. Also, a big negative is not having a direct link available to our Talent Management system (Oracle HCM).

Vendor Response

Hi Jennifer, Just a quick note to thank you for leaving a review on CompetencyCore. In regards to editing job profiles, we have some big changes on the way which you'll likely see rolled out soon in your CompetencyCore instance. We're happy to hear that you feel the product is always improving and that it plays a valuable role in your organization! Thanks again, The HRSG Team

Replied January 2018

Talia G.

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

Our reviews of the capabilities and usability of the software have been mixed.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We appreciate that we have opportunities to customize and update on our own. We can load in our own competencies .

Cons:

We have had trip ups with uploading and accessibility. The notifications if a 360 does NOT get sent out has been an issue. Having to manually reach out for reminders. Also, having the administrator need to manage that, rather than the participant.

Vendor Response

Hi Talia, Thanks so much for your comments on CompetencyCore! While we'd need more specifics on the issues you've had around uploading, we invite you to share these with your customer success manager (if you haven't already). In regards to the management of reminders, this is great feedback! You'll be happy to hear that improving these workflows is on our product roadmap and your feedback is valuable in this process. Thanks again, The HRSG Team

Replied January 2018

Heather Z.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2021

Overall good

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

There are lots of options and choices and customizability to make it exactly a fit for our company.

Cons:

The ability for AD sync would make things easier for a large company.

Marnie P.

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2017

So far so good been very happy with Competency Core

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Competency Core is user friendly, complete library of competencies, customer inquiries are attended to right away

Cons:

Nothing much but sometimes their pages are updated and we can't keep up, but it's fairly easy to navigate

Vendor Response

Hi Marnie, Thanks for providing feedback on ComeptencyCore! We're thrilled to hear that you're very pleased with your experience so far, and that the team has served you well with your inquiries. Thanks for being a valued client! Best regards, The HRSG Team

Replied January 2018

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