We performed a comparison between HCL Domino and HCL Notes based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both of these HCL products are very stable, robust, and reliable. HCL Domino slightly nudges ahead of HCL Notes in this comparison. HCL Domino is very mature and makes collaboration easier during application development, saving time and keeping teams productive. HCL Notes was originally developed as an email application solution, with the added benefit of workflow and application development as added features. Currently, the savviest of users are able to truly utilize HCL Notes for all of its application building and development capabilities, making it a very complete solution.
"It serves as a centralized solution that fulfills all my requirements from operating my email server to managing various aspects of my operations."
"This solution can be used for workflow application so that applications can be easily developed."
"They offer good support and provide a roadmap."
"I like that HCL Domino is stable. It's a great product. I also like that HCL Domino is a mature product under IBM, which is why many companies use it."
"We have been able to set up a portal using a special XPage application that gives our customers access to this system."
"We can scale it if we want to."
"The most valuable features of the solution are security and integration."
"The full-text searching capabilities are great."
"Its security is absolutely stratospheric. In an application, you can lock down to field-level security. For example, I could log in and see a field in an HR database with salaries. When you log in, you see exactly the same database, but the field with the salary just isn't there. So, you can literally have field-level security on it, and you can also have secure encryption. For example, I could give you that database allowing you to see the salary, but a calculation that shows how much they get per month in another field is encrypted. So, you won't be able to see that because you don't have the encryption key. You can implement high-level security very simply."
"The most valuable feature is the UI."
"The initial setup was easy for me."
"The security and performance of the solution are good even though our platform is variable, except for the mail services."
"The product is very stable and scalable."
"The solution is practical, good interface, and performs well."
"It is easy to integrate the product with other services."
"The solution provides great security."
"For me, the one thing missing is a really good reporting engine."
"Recently, IBM sold the product to HCL. Since Pakistan and India have some problems on a domestic level, we were actually considering replacing it with Indian products from the organization. We're just facing some regulatory issues."
"HCL Domino could improve by having integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft 365."
"The solution is expensive."
"HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly."
"The solution could improve Kubernetes or Dockers migration to new environments in the cloud."
"HCL Domino could have a better interface."
"The client version of this solution could be faster and be made simpler for non-IT users. You will need to have some knowledge of Notes to correctly install this solution."
"Some people complain that they want something more modern and jazzy."
"Notes needs a major upgrade for the UI."
"I love this product. I have used it for many years, and I have been a developer for it. If anything, it can be faster in the client version. The client version is a little bit hard. It is not fast. This is the only problem I see. Otherwise, it is a very good product."
"There is a chat component but it does not work properly."
"The interface could be more user-friendly. Some additional trainings could be added as well."
"I would like to see integration with other solutions."
"The loading time can be excessive."
"Web support is very old and needs an upgrade. We can handle a different password for the client to access the mail services, compared to the web services. We need to implement many other components to get access to the web access. There could be a feature to interpret if the web access is available from any end-user equipment."
HCL Domino is ranked 17th in Rapid Application Development Software with 18 reviews while HCL Notes is ranked 7th in Email Applications with 13 reviews. HCL Domino is rated 8.0, while HCL Notes is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HCL Domino writes "A stable and versatile enterprise solution consolidating various functions like email, collaboration, and application development in a user-friendly manner". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL Notes writes "Accessible from any device, good support, and works very well for emails, document sharing, and workflows". HCL Domino is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Power Apps, Zimbra Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange Online and HCL Verse, whereas HCL Notes is most compared with HCL Verse, Microsoft Exchange, Google Workspace, Microsoft Exchange Online and Zimbra Collaboration.
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