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HCL Notes vs. Microsoft SharePoint

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    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

    SharePoint

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft'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 NotesSharePoint
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL NotesSharePoint
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HCL NotesSharePoint
    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    Chose SharePoint
    Microsoft SharePoint shares many of the same pros and cons as HCL Notes. It does a lot. Maybe too much to understand.
    Incentivized
    Chose SharePoint
    It was a strategic decision to use Microsoft so SharePoint fit into the strategy.
    Incentivized
    Chose SharePoint
    SharePoint has replaced WordPress for internal blogs and Lotus Notes for collaboration sites. SharePoint was chosen because of its one-stop solution (blogs, news, document folder functionalities) over WordPress for blog. As for Lotus Notes, Outlook and SharePoint made a better …
    Incentivized
    Chose SharePoint
    SharePoint 2013 leads in every way. It feels modern, professional and well designed. I would guess the developers had regular every day users in mind when creating the product with the exception of customization of pages which sometimes can throw off even more experienced …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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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
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HCL NotesSharePoint
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of HCL Notes and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    6.9
    10 Ratings
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    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 Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    9.2
    10 Ratings
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    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 Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    HCL Notes
    7.6
    9 Ratings
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    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
    User Ratings
    HCL NotesSharePoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    9.5
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (2 ratings)