TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HCL Notes

    Score3.5 out of 10
    N/ANotes from HCL (formerly from IBM, acquired by HCL in late 2018) is a collaboration platform based on the Lotus platform.N/A
    Pricing
    HCL Notes
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL Notes
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    HCL Notes
    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
    Chose HCL Notes
    It helps in organizing work by just speaking to it, and you don't have to specifically type in the data and use it. It has a better UI and also is faster.
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    n/a
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    Outlook has been considered for years as a replacement platform. Pricing and support staff made it prohibitive. Our long-time use of Microsoft Office productivity suite naturally led us to consider the adoption of Office365. A recent investigation told us that Azure Cloud …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    It had a simple user interface. It can be altered and modified to any database.
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    Our organization used IBM Notes before I started working there and is a legacy system that some teams still use. Many others in our company have switched to Slack and Google Hangouts as well as Google calendar. Slack and Google Hangouts offer a much better chat experience that …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    As I stated previously, mail is mail. Notes is a fantastic option as a frontend for mail. On top of that, a business can be built from the custom applications that can be developed in it. We do have gmail as an option, but the vast majority of users are on Notes. We also choose …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    I've already answered this question in the previous questions however to sum it up IBM Notes stacks up VERY WELL! It has a LOT of really good business/enterprise features like enterprise-grade Dropbox-like storage, synced email/calendar/contacts, it supports a LOT of …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    Exchange is too resource hungry and cumbersome to restore granular. It requires several other Microsoft Servers to integrate just to meet IBM Notes in terms of features. As someone once described, doing an apple to apple [comparison] is difficult. If Exchange were taken as an …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    We've looked at Exchange a few times. However, for more costly licensing and about the same amount of administrative support required, Exchange only does mail, calendar and contacts.

    We do all that with Notes already, plus dozens of custom applications, and for less costly …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Notes
    We originally selected Notes for it's ease of use, and ability to be customized. As the industry has progressed we have had to move on to a more progressive path.
    Chose HCL Notes
    I selected IBM Notes, because of its security features.
    Chose HCL Notes
    We are a small IT team and always had to deal with very high expectation, faster turn around time from users. Every application we've developed has very short turn around time and less resources. In the past 15 years, we can provide more application and doing it faster than …
    Chose HCL Notes
    Database development capabilities. Document management orientation.
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    HCL Notes
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of HCL Notes
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    6.9
    10 Ratings
    Task Management7.09 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.03 Ratings
    Scheduling8.09 Ratings
    Workflow Automation5.06 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.010 Ratings
    Search6.09 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.03 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of HCL Notes
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    9.2
    10 Ratings
    Chat6.010 Ratings
    Notifications9.010 Ratings
    Discussions9.57 Ratings
    Surveys9.14 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase10.06 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting10.03 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts10.02 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook10.05 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of HCL Notes
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    7.6
    9 Ratings
    Versioning9.04 Ratings
    Video files6.05 Ratings
    Audio files6.05 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.08 Ratings
    Access control6.08 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.08 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive10.02 Ratings
    Device sync8.05 Ratings
    User Ratings
    HCL Notes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.7
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)