HCL Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange

HCL Notes

92 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Exchange

605 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
HCL Notes	Score3.5 out of 10	N/A	Notes from HCL (formerly from IBM, acquired by HCL in late 2018) is a collaboration platform based on the Lotus platform.	N/A
Microsoft Exchange	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).	N/A

Pricing

HCL Notes

Microsoft Exchange

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Pricing Offerings
HCL Notes	Microsoft Exchange
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	HCL Notes	Microsoft Exchange
Considered Both Products	HCLSoftware Chris Whisonant Lead Consultant in Professional Services at Best Methods (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) 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 Helpful? Matthew J. Fitzpatrick Sr Technology Engineer in Information Technology at Travelers (Insurance, 10,001+ employees) 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 Helpful? Umar Qureshi Dy Manager Enterprise in Information Technology at Pak Gulf (Philanthropy, 1001-5000 employees) 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 Helpful? Jeremiah Benjamin Messaging and Collaboration Technology Developer in Information Technology at FLEXcon (Plastics, 1001-5000 employees) 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 Helpful?	Microsoft Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Overall Exchange just has more features, therefore you can do more with it. It's relatively easy to manage once you know what you are doing and it just runs extremely well. When you need 99.99% email reliability, you can beat the robustness of Exchange. Incentivized Helpful? Stacey Branham Exchange Architect in Information Technology at Lamparth Consulting (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange provides cutting edge email technology, threat elimination, and ease of management compared to other email services. It provides protection from sensitive data leaks by using DLP (Data Loss Prevention) and highly available email services to users 24 hours a … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

HCL Notes

Microsoft Exchange

Comparison of Project Management features of HCL Notes and Microsoft Exchange
Feature	HCL Notes 6.9 10 Ratings	Microsoft Exchange - Ratings
Task Management	7.09 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	6.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Scheduling	8.09 Ratings	00 Ratings
Workflow Automation	5.06 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	8.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Search	6.09 Ratings	00 Ratings
Visual planning tools	8.03 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Communication features of HCL Notes and Microsoft Exchange
Feature	HCL Notes 9.2 10 Ratings	Microsoft Exchange - Ratings
Chat	6.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Notifications	9.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Discussions	9.57 Ratings	00 Ratings
Surveys	9.14 Ratings	00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase	10.06 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting	10.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts	10.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook	10.05 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of HCL Notes and Microsoft Exchange
Feature	HCL Notes 7.6 9 Ratings	Microsoft Exchange - Ratings
Versioning	9.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	6.05 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	6.05 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	8.08 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	6.08 Ratings	00 Ratings
Advanced security features	8.08 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive	10.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	8.05 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of HCL Notes and Microsoft Exchange
Feature	HCL Notes - Ratings	Microsoft Exchange 8.1 80 Ratings
Anti-malware	00 Ratings	8.163 Ratings
Customizability	00 Ratings	7.975 Ratings
Data Loss Protection	00 Ratings	8.665 Ratings
Threat Detection	00 Ratings	8.064 Ratings
Sandboxing	00 Ratings	7.444 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption	00 Ratings	8.364 Ratings
Management Tools	00 Ratings	8.477 Ratings

User Ratings
	HCL Notes	Microsoft Exchange
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (16 ratings)	8.8 (98 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	1.7 (5 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (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)	9.9 (12 ratings)
Online Training	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)