Cornerstone HR 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Cornerstone HR

4.1

(23)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Cornerstone HR

Cornerstone HR is a new way to manage people that quickly and cost effectively centralizes employee data, simplifies administrative processes, and engages employees through self-service. By having accurate information about your turnover, size, skills gaps, high performers and compliance risks in one place, organizations can create more meaningful reporting to inform strategic talent strategies. And organizations can, you can gain this holistic view quickly and cost-effectively by going live in a matter of weeks.

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Cornerstone HR Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $1.00

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$1.00

No plan information available

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Cornerstone HR Features

Popular features found in Human Resources
Applicant Tracking
Benefits Management
Compensation Management
Employee Management
Onboarding
Payroll Management
Performance Management
Recruitment Management
Time & Attendance
More features of Cornerstone HR
360 Degree Feedback
API
Approval Process Control
Bonus Management
Budget Management
Certification Management
Compensation Plan Modeling
Compensation Statements
Competency Management
Compliance Management
Content Library
Course Management
Customizable Branding
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Document Management
Employee Database
Employee Onboarding
Employee Profiles
For Cloud
For Schools
Goal Setting/Tracking
Gradebook
HR Management
Individual Development Plans
Learning & Development
Market Data Analysis
Organizational Charting
Policy Management
Progress Tracking
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Salary Planning
Self Service Portal
Succession Planning
Talent Management
Tests/Assessments
Third-Party Integrations
Time Off Management
Training Management
Workflow Management

Cornerstone HR Integrations

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Cornerstone HR User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

30%

52%

13%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

3.6

Verified

Reviewer

Banking

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2023

An integrated HR platform that is easy for users but very rigid and complex for the administrrator

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the features, that it has a lot of the HR process in it, it is integrated. It is very easy to use, our clients like it.

Cons:

It is very rigid when configuring, even in things like weird and complex names of buttons or features that can not be changed and that can disturb the user experience. It has a lot of things that are integrated and others that would be easy but are not. Something terrible is the administrator experience, the difficulty and clicks to configure something. Other platforms let you massively upload information, and a lot of Cornerstone doesn't.. it is VERY manual for the administrator. And last but not least the service takes a lot of time, it has bugs all the time.

Reasons for choosing Cornerstone HR

It seemed to be easier to use for the client, and lower cost

Reasons for switching to Cornerstone HR

It seemed better at a lower cost

Jaroslava V.

Verified reviewer

Design

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2022

corporate HR tool but usable also for mid size companies

It is helping us with compliance courses - we dont have to care about it, it is automatical. We have all data in one system.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

all in one system. they have an integration with Microsoft for viva teams platform - so you can easily connects all of the learning and steudy materials from cornerstone LMS into Viva learning in MS Teams. We are just working on this integration in our company.

Cons:

quite a robust system, you need an external consultant to help you set up / make changes in set up.

Reasons for choosing Cornerstone HR

customer support in Czech Republic is excellent, funcionalities

Reasons for switching to Cornerstone HR

grow of the company, we needed more detailed HR system

Yvonne S.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Has potential, but it was not used properly

Overall, if you have good people to get it going then go for it, but if your org isn't tech savvy then maybe you need another software when someone does more of the work for you so you can't mess it up.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I liked the set up for evaluations. I feel like there were areas that could be used to motivate employees and get the right people involved on approvals and moving forward with raises. My favorite part was the badges area which was fun in getting and giving badges.

Cons:

It never worked like it should. This is not Cornerstone's fault, I think it was the organization who set this up maybe wasn't savvy enough get the settings right. They made lots of errors they had to fix.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2022

An innovative tool for OKR and employee goal setting

- It is my first time to use an HR tool intended for OKR management and goal setting, so I have little expectation about the tool. The things that I am really after are the user-friendliness, beginner-friendliness, and good user experience. All in all, to be honest, Cornerstone is not so good in what I mentioned.- While the modules in the Cornerstone are existing, the UI and the workflow can still be improved.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

- The tool is easily accessible- Cornerstone has many features for employee welfare, growth, and engagement -- especially for setting OKR and employee goals- Cornerstone also has features for accessing and managing employee documents and applying for leaves

Cons:

- Cornerstone is never beginner and user-friendly. Can lack documentation from the management as well.- User experience and workflow is not too intuitive for now. Can be improved for faster and seamless transaction and operation

Reasons for switching to Cornerstone HR

Management decision

Matt M.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Good product, but need to update support

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ability to customize and create templates that work for you and your organization. Its not always perfect but for the most part the flexibility provided was really helpful during our design phase.

Cons:

The customer support left a lot to be desired. Hard to reach reps, cases took too long to resolve, and at times they just did not match their SLA. Also their community page was hard to follow which made it hard to pull useful info.

Christopher M.

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Cornerstone OnDemand - Honest Opinion

Great tool if you know how to use it. I personally see it at it's best for education institutions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I've used this for its various applications internally for my company and its a great tool if you know how to use it. I can see it being great for Universities just from my own perspective. Good for a corporations learning for employees but can be frustrating for the customer who doesn't know what they're getting into. There can be somewhat of a learning curve going in and that takes time on the UX to adapt and use the product which can be a con because they need to use their time to understand when its not as intuitive.

Cons:

Restating my comment above, the only con would be a customer trying to learn and adopt usage of it which would take up some of their time and could be frustrating and cumbersome if they're not as tech savvy.

Verified

Reviewer

Telecommunications

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

We use Cornerstone for all of our training needs and overall it's not bad

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

If you're like me and you work in a larger enterprise company, you'll be using Cornerstone for all of your training needs. it's simple, easy to use/navigate and great for tracking all of your current trainings

Cons:

There are times where the material may be buggy, but it has nothing to do with Cornerstone but with the trainer developing the material

Heather R.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed November 2015

Talent Management at its finest

Cornerstone is the best and most comprehensive solution that I have seen for talent management. I have used the LMS, Performance, Succession, Connect and Extended Enterprise modules. CSOD continues to make enhancements to their product, especially with Learning, Connect and Performance, but where they are lacking is in enhancements to their mobile app and to their Succession module. While I do find great value in reaching out to their Global Product Support team, it will sometimes take days and even weeks before you get a response from them on a case. The communication to the customer is lacking there. Additionally, I find that some of the modules, such as Performance and Succession, can be really complex and require a lot of testing and trial and error to get things right. It does help that you are given two test environments (Stage and Pilot) to test things in. The quarterly releases have also gotten better over time, with many resources that can be used throughout User Acceptance Testing and the rest of the release cycle. Change is not always handled seamlessly for the customer, as we have experienced major delays when our Account Manager was on leave and also our Client Success Manager was out on leave. The people who filled in for them seemed overwhelmed and as a result there was a lack of communication. Overall, Cornerstone is a great encompassing talent management system and I have not encountered another company that comes close to what they offer.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Tara S.

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

An integrated HRIS experience for your employees

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

My institution uses several modules for Cornerstone and as an end-user that is what appeals to me most. I can apply for positions, sign-up for trainings, share kudos with colleagues, and view performance goals and reviews all in one place. I'm really interested to see how my organization leverages the platform in the future.

Cons:

Cornerstone seems user-friendly at first glance, but this is only the case for the most frequently accessed items. My institution also seems to have regular outages and issues with supporting the system.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

201-500 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Needs Major Work