HCL Connections vs. Microsoft SharePoint

HCL Connections

52 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft SharePoint

2,522 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
HCL Connections	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Connections from HCL Technologies (formerly from IBM, acquired by HCL in 2018) is a collaboration tool and employee digital workspace with key features like social analytics, blogs, document management, and a social network.	N/A
SharePoint	Score7.5 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's SharePoint is an Intranet solution that enables users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across the organization.	$5 Per User Per Month

Pricing

HCL Connections

SharePoint

No answers on this topic

Plan 1: $5.00
Per User Per Month
Plan 2: $10.00
Per User Per Month
Office 365 E3: $20.00
Per User Per Month

Pricing Offerings
HCL Connections	SharePoint
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	HCL Connections	SharePoint
Considered Both Products	HCLSoftware Verified User Chose HCL Connections IBM Connections is similar to the tools provided in collegiate settings (like Blackboard), but with more emphasis on the social media model and less focused (sometimes too many options/features is a bad thing). I find the file sharing and collaboration pieces to be the most … Incentivized Helpful? Victor Toal Chief Solutions Architect in Information Technology at ToalSystems (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose HCL Connections Better integration points with third party products, most functionality is part of the core product. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Whisonant Lead Consultant in Professional Services at Best Methods (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose HCL Connections From the few times that I have used MS SharePoint, I can say that it doesn't seem to hold a candle to the robust features of IBM Connections. The out-of-the-box capabilities of IBM Connections are amazing and are more easy to access and use than what I've seen with MS SharePoint. Incentivized Helpful? Olga Toprover Project Manager in Information Technology at DIRECTV (Information Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose HCL Connections I have evaluated IBM Connections against MS Sharepoint and IBM Lotus Notes. I would say IBM Connections is beneficial in comparrison to Lotus Notes applications because IBM Connections by default works with browsers vs LN Client and it is easy to use. However with developing … Incentivized Helpful? Erich Schmidt Manager of Application Development in Information Technology at Applegate (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees) Chose HCL Connections Connections is better. Faster, easier to use, better UI and has more features. There's just no comparison. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	HCL Connections	SharePoint
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (20 ratings)	9.5 (194 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.7 (7 ratings)	9.8 (21 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (4 ratings)	8.2 (17 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (4 ratings)	8.6 (11 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	4.5 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.3 (1 ratings)	6.0 (4 ratings)
Data Sharing and Collaboration	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Data Sources	- (0 ratings)	6.1 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)