Cornerstone
Enterprise learning and talent platform for skills, LMS/LXP, performance, recruiting, and workforce AI.
Quote-based pricing
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Bottom line
Enterprise talent experience platform (Galaxy) for learning, skills, performance, recruiting, and workforce AI. Commercial terms are sales-quoted.
Stands out for: Cornerstone Galaxy AI is built on a large skills and labor data set, powering recommendations, growth paths, and AI assistants across Learn and Elevate bundles.
Watch out for: There is no self-serve rate card on cornerstoneondemand.com. AWS Marketplace listings exist as representative-customer figures, not a checkout price.
Overview
Cornerstone OnDemand sells Galaxy as a workforce agility platform: learning management and experience, content, performance, succession, talent marketplace, recruiting, and Galaxy AI. Modules are mixed into Learn+ and Elevate+ style bundles, then scoped by registered vs active users and geography. Content subscriptions (Professional Skills, Technology, Originals, Grovo) can add AI fluency playlists.
The vendor does not publish a list price on its own pricing page. Deals are multi-year, PEPM, and implementation-scoped. Treat any third-party PEPM as a planning range until you have a quote. This is enterprise talent software, not an SMB LMS.
Who it's for
Best for
- Global enterprises that want LMS, LXP, performance, and recruiting in one TXP
- L&D teams standardizing skills data rather than a department Moodle
- HR orgs already comparing Workday Learning or SAP SuccessFactors
- Buyers with a multi-year learning budget and an implementation partner
Not ideal for
- SMBs that want Team-plan LMS pricing like 360Learning's $8/user/mo
- Companies that only need a recruiting ATS and will not buy learning
Key features
Enterprise LMS/LXP. Compliance learning and content libraries at scale.
Skills and People Graph. Skills inference and labor-market data including SkyHive tech.
Performance management. Development plans and coaching assistants.
Recruiting and onboarding. Talent acquisition workflows within the suite.
Workforce AI agents. Readiness agents for mobility, reskilling, and coaching.
Readiness analytics. Reporting that ties learning and skills to outcomes.
HRIS integrations. Open ecosystem links to HRIS and systems of work.
Pricing
Cornerstone Galaxy is quoted. Learning, performance, recruiting, and AI modules are packaged (Learn+ and Elevate+ style bundles) and priced per user population on a multi-year contract. Implementation and content subscriptions are scoped separately. There is no self-serve rate card on the vendor site. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Cornerstone expensive?
Cornerstone does not publish a price. It is one of 99 quote-based tools among the 204 ATS tools in our directory. 26 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $80 a month.
- 99 quote-based
- 26 free tier
- 86 public price
Worked out automatically from every ATS listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Skills-first Galaxy AI across learning and talent, not a chatbot bolted on
- Modular Learn vs Elevate style bundles so you are not forced into recruiting
- Deep content catalog and partner ecosystem for global L&D
Cons
- No public rate card on the vendor site
- Implementation and multi-year contracts are the buying motion
- Too heavy if you only needed a departmental LMS
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How Cornerstone compares
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| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
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| | – | $8/user/mo | – | – | Compare |
| | – | $119/mo | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | Sales-quoted | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
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$8/user/mo
Collaborative LMS with a printed $8/user/mo Team plan if you are not buying a full TXP.
$119/mo API
SMB learning from $119/mo with a free plan, without Cornerstone's enterprise skills graph.
Sales-quoted MCP API
Performance and engagement with learning, quoted, for mid-market rather than Galaxy-scale.
Sales-quoted
Skills and internal mobility platform if skills are the need and a full LMS is not.
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