Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone LMS

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is Cornerstone LMS?

Reinvent learning and development to realize the potential of your employees by creating a culture of continuous learning. With Cornerstone’s Learning suite, go beyond delivering training and compliance to developing an engaged, collaborative and skilled workforce.

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Awards & Recognition

Cornerstone LMS won the following awards in the Learning Experience Platforms category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

6 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

9 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

Cornerstone LMS Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cornerstone LMS?

0% Negative

2% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 84

LMS Integration

Reporting

API Integration

Mobile Learning

Recommendation Engine

User Published Content

Video Conferencing

SCORM Compliance

Gamification

Collaboration Tools

Course authoring

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

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Learning Management - Enterprise

Score 8.1

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Cornerstone LMS Reviews

Eric C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Apr 2023

Great functionality and flexibility.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cornerstone LMS from other similar products?

It changed the conversation with our stakeholders from "We cannot do that" to "How can we do that"

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Administration functionality is on par or better than most LMS's

What do you dislike most about this product?

Customization is limited

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are not implementing Cornerstone as a full stack HRIS solution, do your due diligence on all data feeds, integrations, and compatability.

Pros

Respectful
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Less Effective Service
Wastes Time

Cathy S.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2023

Good LMS but some features lacking

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Cornerstone LMS from other similar products?

Cornerstone LMS is full-featured but does not include authoring. The course catalog is a great feature.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The course catalog

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not easily customizable; reporting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Research, research, research. Compare

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

Cons

Slower Product Innovation

Shawne P.

Role: Finance
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Everything you need under one roof. I love it.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cornerstone LMS from other similar products?

Cornerstone LMS is an excellent and powerful tool for learning management. The content and interface made encourage the use and enable further development of learning. I like how it allows for integration from PowerPoint presentations to link to other courses on the platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cornerstone LMS is very helpful to track and manage internal training requirements for staff. In fact, Cornerstone LMS us very easy to use and manage which is a very big advantage for users with limited computer skills. I love the customer support team from the account reps, they are proactive and they manage the heavy lifting for us.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing at this moment. Cornerstone LMS works as explained and advertised so it's hard to go wrong with it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cornerstone LMS is a must use software for learning management. I recommend it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Cornerstone LMS Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cornerstone LMS?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

LMS Integration Provides full LMS capabilities by either being SCORM-compliant (integration with an existing on premise LMS) or by providing SaaS-based LMS capabilities.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

API Integration Has API so that it can integrate with other apps.

Mobile Learning Has mobile app that allows learners to access content and learn via their mobile device.

Recommendation Engine Recommends next course or course options based on courses completed, role, interests, or career path using AI and machine learning.

User Published Content Users are able to publish content either self-generated or from other resources.

Video Conferencing Interactive video conferencing using a webcam

SCORM Compliance Compliant with "Sharable Content Object Reference Model" from LMS.

Gamification Offers Learning Tracks with Badges/Certificates or other gamification elements to keep learners engaged.

Collaboration Tools Ability to collaborate with other users on course work.

Course authoring Can create courses in system.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Cornerstone LMS Reviews

Eric C.

Great functionality and flexibility.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Cathy S.

Good LMS but some features lacking

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Shawne P.

Everything you need under one roof. I love it.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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