We performed a comparison between HCL Notes and Microsoft Exchange Online based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."HCL Notes is stable most of the time."
"Notes is a perfectly adequate front end. It's clear and straightforward."
"The product is very stable and scalable."
"The security and performance of the solution are good even though our platform is variable, except for the mail services."
"The most valuable feature is the access that it provides to documents. This offers us an easy way to make changes."
"HCL Notes has fantastic built-in security. The email and personal communication components are excellent, but they are some applications provided by HCL that Notes previously provided when it was under IBM and Lotus. Everyone wants email, so that's just part of the product. However, more savvy users can build their own solutions for managing information, and that's the great thing about it."
"The initial setup was easy for me."
"The solution is practical, good interface, and performs well."
"The solution is stable."
"Microsoft Exchange Online is easy to use. You have a common storage where people can store documents. It also helps with version control."
"It has helped us because we don't have to worry about servers crashing."
"It is a reasonable solution."
"The most valuable feature is being able to assign an individual a task."
"We also create technical presentations, so most of the time we are dealing with MS Word and Excel. Sometimes, we also use Visio for diagramming. Our overall experience is good."
"Exchange Online is a straightforward cloud-based application. It's easy to connect and the interface is user friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Exchange Online is its performance."
"The solution could improve by adding some more features."
"The only improvement that we're planning to do is that all our applications are still designed in the layout and format of Notes version 4, and our plan over the coming years is to modernize their look. One of the things they're developing or considering deploying is a program to automatically upgrade the look and feel of databases. If they deploy that, that will be revolutionary. In other words, we decide on a corporate look and feel for our database and press a button. We've probably got 50 different applications in Notes, and it would just go through the whole lot and upgrade all of them to look the same."
"The loading time can be excessive."
"I would like to see integration with other solutions."
"Notes needs a major upgrade for the UI."
"Some people complain that they want something more modern and jazzy."
"We had trouble connecting this solution to the database from Microsoft. We have done it, although it can be easier."
"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."
"The solution’s API integrations could be improved."
"Microsoft needs to lower the price of the extra production add-ins for Exchange Online."
"The efficiency could improved."
"The pricing could be cheaper."
"It will be much better if the tool is integrated with OpenAI."
"The ActiveSync services and the mapping services could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in terms of optimization."
"This solution involves a lot of work for an administrator. It is not always easy to find exactly what you are looking for within the system."
HCL Notes is ranked 7th in Email Applications with 13 reviews while Microsoft Exchange Online is ranked 2nd in Email Applications with 85 reviews. HCL Notes is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Exchange Online is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HCL Notes writes "Accessible from any device, good support, and works very well for emails, document sharing, and workflows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online writes "Helps reduced IT operations, scalable, and simple setup". HCL Notes is most compared with HCL Verse, Microsoft Exchange, HCL Domino, Google Workspace and Zimbra Collaboration, whereas Microsoft Exchange Online is most compared with Google Workspace, Amazon WorkMail, ProtonMail, Zoho Mail and OpenText GroupWise. See our HCL Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange Online report.
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