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."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 solution is practical, good interface, and performs well."
"The initial setup was easy for me."
"It is one of the best products in the world for workflow applications. It works very well for workflows or decisional processes where a task needs to be first approved by someone. After that, the task moves to the next or final stage where another person approves it with some notes or attached documents."
"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."
"Notes is a perfectly adequate front end. It's clear and straightforward."
"The security and performance of the solution are good even though our platform is variable, except for the mail services."
"It is easy to integrate the product with other services."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Exchange Online is its performance."
"The most valuable feature as it encompasses all aspects of collaboration, communication, reporting, and storage."
"The solution has been stable with good performance on offer."
"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."
"The data prevention and protection feature is good."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud environment."
"The overall usage was all good."
"Microsoft has many consultants who can provide support."
"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."
"We had trouble connecting this solution to the database from Microsoft. We have done it, although it can be easier."
"There is a chat component but it does not work properly."
"Some people complain that they want something more modern and jazzy."
"The solution could improve by adding some more features."
"I would like to HCL update Notes' development tool and make it more attractive like Microsoft Visual Studio and similar products. For example, there's a programming language that I used for my product Woodpecker called LotusScript. LotusScript has been available since around 1995. When LotusScript was released, it was like the original Visual Basic, but it has improved since then."
"It is a heavy program and uses more resources than an email client should."
"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."
"Cloud security is always a concern and the solution can always increase their security."
"The interface is a bit confusing."
"This product is too complex to use."
"Microsoft Exchange Online should have a faster search feature."
"I have found that Microsoft has vulnerabilities when it comes to Exchange Online. It has become the port of a lot of hacker attacks."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security, as it could be better."
"There is room for improvement in terms of optimization."
"I would like to make the solution more user-friendly."
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 Microsoft Exchange. See our HCL Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange Online report.
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