We performed a comparison between CYPHER Learning and Cornerstone Learning based on our users’ reviews in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) category. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: While Cornerstone Learning offers extensive configurability and a robust library of training modules, CYPHER Learning is the preferred option because of its excellent customer service, user-friendly platform, and flexible pricing plans. Users also appreciate CYPHER Learning's personalized lessons, gamification, automation, and competency-based learning. In addition, CYPHER Learning has helped organizations save costs and improve efficiency in training and development, making it a valuable tool for increasing productivity and profitability.
"The most valuable features of Cornerstone Learning are how they organized the management of the different content types is good. They are done in different ways which is a benefit. Additionally, the reporting 2.0 and playlist functionality are very good."
"Stability and scalability are good. They have four releases every year of which learning is a big portion of that. They're constantly refining and defining and they're embedding a lot of new technology into it all the time."
"The reporting feature is fantastic, and I also like the dynamic learning assignment feature. It is interactive and user-friendly. It is also highly stable, automated, and customizable."
"Its user-friendly interface is most valuable. You can configure your welcome page and design it the way you want on your own."
"It is a one-stop shop solution, where you can actually log in using your Windows username and password, and the single sign-on can be configured with this LMS."
"There are new releases every three months that keep up with industry standards and meet the needs of the customer."
"The most valuable feature of Cornerstone Learning is the reporting and learner transcripts."
"It is a complete suite of solutions and features. Compared to other solutions which are more niche solutions, which may be as good as Cornerstone or even better in certain parts of it, like discerning user experience. You will not find another solution that has the same completeness of features in all different areas of learning."
"On the back end, the most important feature is the built-in reporting, which makes it possible to track all of the user activities: what kind of courses the learners enroll in, how they are progressing, and when they complete a course. We have full insight, and we can analyze the captured data..."
"CYPHER Learning is a user-friendly platform that makes it easy for me to manage my instructors and track my learners."
"The in-depth reporting feature of CYPHER Learning enables us to better understand the training needs of our customers and monitor the performance of our training services."
"Creating courses for our resources is one of the best features of CYPHER Learning."
"With class folders in place, it is possible to follow up on the children. I know when students have seen the material that has been uploaded to the platform and, thus, understand if they are following the classes."
"It brings students together in one place with teaching materials. Also, it has a social capability to it by way of forums and groups. That is definitely important for our programs. There has been a lot of engagement in our programs."
"There are several valuable features. One is the competency mapping. This helps us, as faculty members and developers of learning materials, track and monitor which competencies our students have acquired, based on the outcomes that we wanted them to have at the end of a particular module or term."
"This platform not only allows you to transmit the content in an agile and interactive way, but you can also interact with the students and keep them up to date. It is a platform that provides communication with the student, not only academically but also personally."
"The recruitment module needs to be improved in Cornerstone Learning."
"Cornerstone Learning can improve reporting. If they had a harmonization of the administration UIs it would be great."
"There is a need for quite a bit of improvement. The reporting side of things definitely needs a lot of improvement. At the moment, it gives you a data dump. You have to open it up in Excel and filter out the bits that you don't want and need."
"The support for this solution could be improved."
"The automated ticketing system for technical support often has a response time that is quite long, which is something that should be improved."
"Could use more robust reporting or more flexibility and scalability around the reporting side."
"A minus is that Cornerstone doesn't provide the admin the ability to create their own content for learning. So, you can just manage the content."
"In general, some of the portal pages have an outdated look and feel."
"If there is one area that I would like to see more improvement in, it would be around detailed reporting. There are some little things that they could add that would give us more insights and we'd like to access those things through the reporting."
"We have teachers of all ages and those who are a little older hardly interact with the platform. It needs greater accessibility and more detailed updates and information regarding all its tools."
"They are not the cheapest solution, but they are not the most expensive."
"As an administrator of our LMS, there are a lot of things that could be improved, but these are not seen by students or professors. One is the admin features for adding students."
"There are some tools that facilitate dialogue but not many that help produce continuous interaction. There is room for improvement in the area of interaction. I'd like to see more ways for the student to communicate with their classmates."
"Screen sorting can be improved by providing more filtering options."
"The parents' training was not adequate. Parents say that it wasn't user-friendly for them."
"The search function needs to be improved; it isn't currently working correctly and has no value to us at this point, but it should be of great value. To my knowledge, CYPHER Learning is presently working on this issue."
Cornerstone Learning is ranked 5th in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 28 reviews while CYPHER Learning is ranked 1st in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 50 reviews. Cornerstone Learning is rated 8.2, while CYPHER Learning is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cornerstone Learning writes "Scalable LMS that keeps up with industry trends with continuous new releases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CYPHER Learning writes " Rules engine allows us to automate aspects of our training, and we get full visibility into individual students' progress". Cornerstone Learning is most compared with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM Cloud, LinkedIn Learning and Moodle, whereas CYPHER Learning is most compared with Moodle, TalentLMS, Canvas LMS, Google Classroom and Blackboard Learning Management. See our CYPHER Learning vs. Cornerstone Learning report.
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