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# SumTotal Talent Development

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> SumTotal delivers full Learning \& Talent Management functionality through a unified platform. Build agility, adaptability \& resilience.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **2.7/5** by 3 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses SumTotal Talent Development?

Enterprise organizations with complex learning and talent development needs

## 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
- Activity Dashboard
- Assessment Management
- Background Screening
- CRM
- Candidate Management
- Career Development
- Collaboration Tools
- Compensation Management
- Competency Management
- Compliance Management
- Continuous Feedback
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard
- Employee Database
- Employee Management
- Employee Profiles
- Goal Management
- Goal Setting/Tracking
- Individual Development Plans
- Interview Management
- Interview Scheduling
- Job Posting
- Learning Management
- Onboarding
- Ongoing Performance Tracking
- Peer Appraisals
- Performance Management
- Performance Review Management
- Progress Tracking
- Question Library
- Reporting/Analytics
- Resume Parsing
- Review Cycle Tracking
- Self Service Portal
- Skills Assessment
- Surveys & Feedback
- Talent Management
- Task Management
- Training Management
- Workflow Management

## Support Options

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

## Category

- [Career Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33396/career-management/software)

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## Reviews

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

> **katie** | *07 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.

## Links

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