Comparing Intellum
vs. Cornerstone
Both platforms support enterprise learning, but Cornerstone’s legacy architecture limits scale and flexibility. Intellum gives you a unified platform built for modern learning at scale.
Cornerstone and Intellum both support enterprise learning, but their approaches are very different. Cornerstone’s legacy, stitched-together LMS can feel heavy and hard to scale — especially when you need to serve large or external audiences.
Intellum takes a
modern, unified approach.
By combining content creation, delivery, engagement, and analytics in one platform, Intellum gives teams a faster, more flexible way to scale learning that actually changes behavior.
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Why Teams Choose
Intellum over Cornerstone
Purpose-Built for Business Outcomes
Cornerstone helps you track training. Intellum helps you change behavior with a platform designed around real-world performance improvement, not check-the-box learning.
Unified Platform
With Cornerstone, customers often assemble multiple tools: LMS + authoring + engagement + learning portals + analytics. Intellum delivers all of this in one platform, reducing cost and complexity.
Designed to Support Both Internal & External Audiences
Cornerstone does a good job at internal training, but can’t support external audiences. Intellum is built to deliver branded, scalable learning experiences to both internal and external audiences.
Better Learner Experience → Better Results
Cornerstone’s admin-first UI can lead to low adoption by learners. Intellum prioritizes intuitive design, personalized pathways, and engagement tools that keep learners moving.
AI-Powered Performance Insights
Cornerstone focuses primarily on compliance metrics. Intellum’s analytics tie learning to revenue, retention, productivity, and other business KPIs.
Powering the World’s Largest Education Programs
We selected Intellum because it’s a simple, easy-to-use platform for learners but also easy to use for administrators. It allows us to change courses, change topics, do so quickly and deliver great content for our learners.
Brett Porath
The Proof is
In the Progress
Teams that switched to Intellum have:
Reduced admin work by 65%+
Launched in under 6 weeks
Scaled to global audiences with 20-40 localizations
Doubled learner engagement without increasing team size
Consolidated 3 tools into 1 platform
Tracked and proved business impact in real time
Migration &
Onboarding
You don’t want to do a migration. We get it. But the real risk is staying on a legacy platform that can’t support your growth.
At Intellum, we’ve helped hundreds of teams move off legacy LMS platforms—without chaos. Our expert team, proven playbook, and white-glove support make the process simple, fast, and stress-free.
Migrating an academy is no small undertaking. Not only do you have to ensure all of your content is migrated over, you also have to consistently communicate with learners, confirm all integrations are properly set up, and myriad other tasks. Intellum's migration team took us through the process step by step, and we launched to a big spike in learner numbers and engagement.
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FAQs
Is Intellum an LMS?
Yes. Intellum functions as a modern LMS, but it goes beyond traditional learning management. Instead of relying on multiple disconnected tools, Intellum offers a unified platform for content creation, delivery, engagement, and analytics. The platform is built to support internal and external audiences at scale.
Can Intellum replace Cornerstone entirely?
Yes. Intellum can fully replace Cornerstone for enterprise learning programs. Organizations switch to Intellum when they want a modern, unified platform that reduces complexity, improves the learner experience, and provides deeper performance insights than a traditional, legacy LMS.
How does Intellum support external audiences?
Intellum is purpose-built for customer, partner, and employee education. The platform offers branded learning environments, flexible permissions, scalable user management, and engagement tools designed for external users—areas where traditional LMS platforms like Cornerstone often struggle.
How long does implementation typically take?
Most teams get up and running quickly (some in as little as six weeks!). Intellum’s modern architecture, flexible configuration, and dedicated migration and implementation team help organizations launch learning programs faster and with fewer resources than legacy LMS platforms.
What does onboarding look like?
Intellum provides a structured onboarding process led by our Professional Services team. We guide you through setup, branding, content migration, user configuration, and best-practice program design to ensure your learning initiatives launch successfully.
Is Intellum more expensive than Cornerstone?
Not typically. While pricing varies by scope, Intellum often delivers a lower total cost of ownership because core capabilities (including content creation, engagement tools, analytics, and external learning support) are built into the platform. Cornerstone often requires additional modules, integrations, and admin overhead to achieve similar outcomes, leading to higher total cost of ownership.
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