Cornerstone OnDemand Pricing 2026
Cornerstone OnDemand does not publish a price list for Cornerstone OnDemand. Pricing is quoted per deployment. What follows is what drives that quote and what competing performance & learning products publish, so you have something to benchmark against.
See full Cornerstone OnDemand overview — features, integrations & alternatives- Pricing model
- Quote-based
- Starting price
- Not published — quoted
- Free trial
- No
Cornerstone states cost varies by organization needs and size and requires contacting sales for a personalized estimate; no published price points.
What Cornerstone OnDemand costs at 25, 100 and 500 seats
Cornerstone OnDemand publishes no rate, so these are performance & learning category benchmarks from vendors that do publish — a range to test a quote against, not this vendor's price.
| Seats | Category range / year |
|---|---|
| 25 | $1,050 – $2,400 |
| 100 | $4,200 – $9,600 |
| 500 | $21,000 – $48,000 |
Category range is the 25th–75th percentile of published per-seat rates across 4 performance & learning products, median $6/user/month.
What comparable performance & learning tools charge
Published per-seat rates from other products in this category, cheapest first. Cornerstone OnDemand does not publish a rate, so use these to sanity-check the quote you are given.
What does Cornerstone OnDemand cost?
Cornerstone OnDemand does not publish a price. This is the going rate across the 4 performance & learning vendors that do — use it to sense-check the quote you get.
Cornerstone OnDemand pricing FAQs
How much does Cornerstone OnDemand cost?
Cornerstone OnDemand does not publish a price list for Cornerstone OnDemand — pricing is quoted. Comparable performance & learning tools publish rates between $3.5 and $8 per user per month, with a median of $6, which is the range to benchmark a quote against. Cornerstone states cost varies by organization needs and size and requires contacting sales for a personalized estimate; no published price points.
What drives the cost of Cornerstone OnDemand?
Cornerstone states cost varies by organization needs and size and requires contacting sales for a personalized estimate; no published price points.
What are the alternatives to Cornerstone OnDemand and what do they cost?
Among performance & learning products that publish a rate, 15Five is the cheapest at about $4 per user per month and Betterworks the most expensive at about $8. Published rates bound the negotiation even when Cornerstone OnDemand itself is quote-based.
Is Cornerstone OnDemand pricing negotiable?
Yes — quote-based pricing is negotiable by definition. The strongest lever is a competing quote or a published competitor rate, which is why the comparison above matters. Committed term length and seat volume are the other two.