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    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

    HCL Sametime

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHCL Sametime (formerly IBM Lotus Sametime, acquired by HCL Technologies from IBM in 2018) is an enterprise-level unified communications and VoIP platform. It includes features such as instant messaging, web conferencing, voice and video integration, telephony capabilities, and presence information.N/A
    Pricing
    HCL NotesHCL Sametime
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    HCL NotesHCL Sametime
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    HCL NotesHCL Sametime
    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
    Chose HCL Notes
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    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
    HCLSoftware
    Chose HCL Sametime
    Workplace is honestly much better than Sametime and is what our company is moving towards using. Workplace lets you do group chats, calls, videos, and is very similar to regular Facebook so it's easy for alot of people to pick up. Even if the user hasn't used Facebook before, …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Sametime
    Sametime's flexibility with regards to the options available is quite a compelling reason. For an on-premises solution, Sametime is great. One of the major benefits for current IBM Notes customers with the IBM Cloud option when compared to something like Skype is the seamless …
    Incentivized
    Chose HCL Sametime
    IBM's Sametime solution did not require that third party users have their own account, which was a big win over Skype at the time we reviewed that solution. Additionally we found users were frustrated with GoToMeeting and WebEx (the two big names at the time) because plugins …
    Incentivized
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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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    Features
    HCL NotesHCL Sametime
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    6.9
    10 Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search6.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    9.2
    10 Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    -
    Ratings
    Chat6.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    7.6
    9 Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control6.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    8.4
    7 Ratings
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    Video conferencing00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of HCL Notes and HCL Sametime
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Sametime
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    User Ratings
    HCL NotesHCL Sametime
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)