Cognology 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Cognology

4.7

(24)

Pricing

Starting at $5.00 per month

About Cognology

Cognology is an online people management system for companies with 50 to 20,000 employees. It is designed to help customers automate the management of workforce processes such as onboarding, performance and learning. The software has been developed from the ground up so that modules work seamlessly for HR, managers and employees.

Cognology integrates with other systems such as HRIS, payroll, recruiting, activate directory, single sign-on and more. The software is highly configurable and includes tools to allow you to design processes and workflows.

Cognology Performance Management employs the latest agile technology for regular check-ins and real-time feedback. It includes goal tracking, competency and capability management, reporting, and automated tracking.

Cognology Onboarding combines ease of use for new hires with automation and tracking for HR. The system is fully configurable and integrates with recruiting and payroll systems. All the HR forms are included along with easy to edit templates. Includes a contract manager, tracking, reminders, and workflow.

Cognology 360 Feedback is an online tool for collecting feedback and providing structured reports for...

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Cognology Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $5.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$5.00

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No plan information available

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Cognology Features

Popular features found in Onboarding
Activity Dashboard
Compliance Management
Document Management
Employee Handbook
Employee Management
Self Service Portal
Task Management
Training Management
More features of Cognology
360 Degree Feedback
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
Anonymous Feedback
API
Applicant Tracking
Appraisal History
Approval Process Control
Assessment Management
Asynchronous Learning
Benchmarking
Calendar Management
Collaboration Tools
Competency Management
Continuous Feedback
Corporate/Business
Course Management
Course Tracking
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Questions
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
eLearning Companies
Electronic Forms
Electronic Signature
Email Reminders
Employee Database
Employee Portal
Employee Profiles
Feedback Management
Gamification
Goal Setting/Tracking
HR Management
Individual Development Plans
Job Description Management
Learning Management
Learning Paths/Tracks
Mobile Access
Mobile Learning
Onboarding
Ongoing Performance Tracking
Orientation Workflow Management
Peer Appraisals
Performance Appraisal
Performance Management
Performance Metrics
Performance Review Management
Progress Tracking
Pulse Surveys
Question Library
Rater Selection
Ratings/Reviews
Real-Time Data
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Review Cycle Tracking
Role-Based Permissions
SCORM Compliance
Self Assessment
Skills Assessment
Social Learning
Succession Planning
Survey/Poll Management
Surveys & Feedback
Talent Management
Tests/Assessments
Third-Party Integrations
Weighted Performance Measures
Workflow Management

Cognology Integrations

JobAdder

Sage People

ADP GlobalView Payroll

MYOB Acumatica

SmartRecruiters

MYOB PayGlobal

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Cognology User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

75%

21%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.9

Customer support

5.0

Functionality

4.2

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

Kathryn K.

Verified reviewer

Individual & Family Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2017

Can't speak highly enough about the product and the support received.

Cognology's onboarding solution has been a huge time saver for us.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The functionality of the onboarding and the overall ease of use when administering. Have also been very impressed with their openness to suggestions for improvement. The staff has loved the fact that they now can manage their employment processes online. Especially useful for as we have over 19 sites to manage employees across.

Cons:

Not too much that I don't like and anything that we suggest is a problem is usually fixed. We were one of the first companies to use the onboarding and, of course, with any new product there were some minor issues to work through.

Grace T.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2024

Enviro Cognology Review 2024

Fantastic, efficient and cost effective.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I enjoyed the delivery of cognology from beginning to end. The implementation and training provided to support the steps was outstanding.

Cons:

Nothing comes to mind at the moment. I'm sure as we continue to use the system we will run into some cons.

Reasons for choosing Cognology

Reasons for switching to Cognology

The HR Assured system was great however involved a lot of double handling and was not user friendly for employees.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your experience with Cognology from beginning to end. Our team takes great pride in providing outstanding implementation and training support, so it’s great to hear that you found it beneficial.

Replied July 2024

Luana K.

Used other for less than 12 months

Reviewed January 2018

We are in our first year of use and have at times found it challenging in respect of setting up.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Provided a central system in respect of reviews and allows us to be online as opposed to a paper base review system that we previously had.

Cons:

Has not been as easy to navigate as we initially thought. In hindsight we would do things differently to get more out of the software.

Tina B.

Verified reviewer

Food Production

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

Cognology for Onboarding is Key

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Set up was very easy, the functionality available allows us to customise our onboarding information. Customer support fantastic.

Cons:

As with any onboarding program, taking the time to get the information right can be time consuming.

Reasons for choosing Cognology

Australian based, seemed good value for money, interface was appealing, add-on modules available.

JENNIFER L.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

Cognology On-boarding and Performance

It's been a truly encouraging and rewarding process working with the team from Cognology. Nothing is too much trouble, everything was done in a very timely manner, including during the shutdown of Victoria during the peak Covid-19 period. We now have a streamline recruiting/onboarding system, all variations of contracts are managed using Cognology and now we're about to launch all of the performance management using Cognology,: from development planning, probations and quarterly reviews to the end of year annual review.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's extremely user friendly and easy to navigate; integrates with our other systems and offers interactive opportunities for teams to communicate with each other and their manager. We can customize it as we grow to fit with our new requirements and it's uncluttered and a pretty system to look at.

Cons:

Any features we thought could be improved or were missing, were altered to our requirements prior to launching.

Reasons for choosing Cognology

As mentioned, the ease of use, administration and comparable cost, along with the customer service has made this an easy decision to make. It does everything we have asked for and the team are capable of making our suggested changes to customize it for our use.

Reasons for switching to Cognology

Previous system was encumbent and the reports had to be designed using Crystal and so were unique to each user. Cognology's reports are so easy to run and look at so that anyone can read them easily.

Carmenw W.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Highly recommend Cognology

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The system is very customisable to different business needs and has lots of features to suit our requirements. The Support Team are very responsive and always exceeds expectations in their response time and ability to resolve any issues.

Cons:

The system can be a little tricky to navigate initially because of all the features/customisable options in the back end for Admin Users. Sometimes it isn't intuitive on where to find things.

Elizabeth C.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

Excellent choice

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The best part of Cognology is the support. Caring, timely and accurate. The system is highly configurable which is great, but sometimes you need help figuring things out. The team are always awesome from first contact to a few years later cannot speak more highly of a business partner, they're very much part of my HR team.

Cons:

The main item I'd love to see improved is the Social page. We wanted a weekly digest to go to all, not just those who were named. This would really help keep Cognology front of mind for all and increase buy-in.

Nilu N.

Verified reviewer

Events Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

So easy to use!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What we love about Cognology is the simplistic nature of the system. The email functionality is ace! We like the automation of emails that are sent by the system. The reports are easy to digest, and with a few clicks of the mouse we have everything we need. It's one central place for communication between managers, employees and values contributors. Our HR Relationship Manager is an absolute legend. She's so proactive, helpful and goes above and beyond to assist with anything when we need her.

Cons:

We are happy with everything! Nothing to comment here.

Kathy M.

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed January 2018

Very good from investigating our options to implementation all interaction with the team is positive

We now have a performance management process which is structured, details are documented and all managers and employees use the software and embrace the benefits. A paper-based process is no longer needed which eliminates hard copies of files and also makes record keeping much quicker.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The best thing is that everything is in one place, the details of performance conversations between the employee and their manager and these details are not lost if one of them leaves the business. Both parties have access to the folders to review at any time, leave feedback, revisit KPI's, and record professional development activities. Also having a system such as this implemented reduces the possibility of performance reviews not happening, the reminder emails and notifications within the program keeps everyone on track and aware of the progression of reviews etc. Managers are finding the platform great to record details of any performance management any conversations they have with their team, meaning if we have to move to more formal processes we have thorough records of previous meetings etc. Much less paperwork!

Cons:

I cannot say there is anything that we have come across with the software that we don't like. At some times it appears to run slowly but we haven't felt the need to investigate this further as it has only been mentioned occasionally by some users.

Penny J.

Verified reviewer

Defense & Space

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

Great Australian Product

We went from a clunky paper-based system to the Cognology system without many teething problems. They system was well received and made tracking performance and learning simple. We now have 100% compliance to performance reviews and online training. New employees comment of how good the system is.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The set up and customisation of this software to use in our organisation was relatively easy. The customer representative was extremely helpful and spent the time to train us to use the software effectively. As an administrator of your database you are able to make changes quickly and sort out any user problems effectively. The system itself is easy to use, therefore it was easy to roll out to the whole organisation.

Cons:

We had some initial problems when setting up the system, however these were taken into account and often addressed in the next upgrade.

Reasons for choosing Cognology

Australian product. Ease of use. Value for money. Control of our own data.

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