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# SumTotal Talent Development

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> SumTotal Talent Development enables small and medium-sized businesses to handle recruiting, onboarding, learning management and performance tracking operations. It enables managers to create individual development plans (IDPs), track employees’ goals and monitor their performance via a unified platform.

Features of SumTotal Talent Development include continuous feedback, succession planning, an activity dashboard, custom templates, employee engagement, progress tracking, rater selection, a self-service portal, compliance management, reporting and more. Additionally, the application allows HR teams to gain insights into candidates’ skills, behavior and competency through assessments.

SumTotal Talent Development facilitates integration with several in-house and third-party platforms such as SkillSoft, OpenSesame, SumTotal Spoke, ServiceNow, Adobe Connect and more. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via phone, email, documentation and other online measures.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **2.7/5** by 3 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **2.7/5** | 3 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 2.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 2.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 2.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 3.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 40% | (4/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Cornerstone OnDemand
- **Location**: Santa Monica, US
- **Founded**: 1999

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$10,000.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English, Japanese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- 360 Degree Feedback
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Analytics
- Assessment Management
- Background Screening
- Billing & Invoicing
- Boolean Search
- CRM
- Candidate Management
- Candidate Profiles
- Candidate Tracking
- Career Development
- Collaboration Tools
- Compensation Management
- Competency Management
- Compliance Management
- Compliance Tracking
- Continuous Feedback
- Course Management

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Career Management Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4476/career-management/software)

## Related Categories

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- [Recruitment Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/372/recruiting-software/software)

## Alternatives

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3. [ELMO Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/317480/elmo) — 4.5/5 (248 reviews)
4. [Factorial](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/342325/factorial) — 4.4/5 (312 reviews)
5. [SAP SuccessFactors HCM](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/94622/successfactors) — 4.0/5 (289 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Difficult Administration Functionality" — 3.0/5

> **katie** | *7 February 2017*
> 
> It's easy for staff and most supervisors to use this solution, but the administrative user roles are complicated.  It seems like they took pieces of functionality from other systems and smashed them together.   I have a gut feeling they are not experts in their code.

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### "Needs an update" — 3.0/5

> **Madeleine** | *15 December 2016* | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10
> 
> SumTotal seems like a clunky, outdated software to use. User experience is awful and frustrating, but I suppose it at least works.

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### "Difficult to use, lacking functionality" — 2.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *12 September 2018* | Government Administration | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Initial customer support and the sales pitch sure sounded great.  As we got closer to contract closing, things changed.
> 
> **Cons**: lacking desired functionality which was originally promised, customization that was advertised and promised was not there.  High startup and implementation cost.  We ultimately did not close on the contract and moved on to a different solution.
> 
> Their sales pitch and communication at first was great.  I don't know if the company was maybe going through some change.  It didn't work out for us.

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