We performed a comparison between HCL Domino and HCL Notes based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both of these HCL products are very stable, robust, and reliable. HCL Domino slightly nudges ahead of HCL Notes in this comparison. HCL Domino is very mature and makes collaboration easier during application development, saving time and keeping teams productive. HCL Notes was originally developed as an email application solution, with the added benefit of workflow and application development as added features. Currently, the savviest of users are able to truly utilize HCL Notes for all of its application building and development capabilities, making it a very complete solution.
"I like that HCL Domino is stable. It's a great product. I also like that HCL Domino is a mature product under IBM, which is why many companies use it."
"This solution can be used for workflow application so that applications can be easily developed."
"The most valuable features of the solution are security and integration."
"HCL Domino is an application development and collaboration platform with strong stability and security. Deployment of this platform is easy and takes only 10 minutes."
"For workflow applications or general applications, the rapid development capability is what we value most."
"We have been able to set up a portal using a special XPage application that gives our customers access to this system."
"It is an excellent solution."
"It serves as a centralized solution that fulfills all my requirements from operating my email server to managing various aspects of my operations."
"HCL Notes has fantastic built-in security. The email and personal communication components are excellent, but they are some applications provided by HCL that Notes previously provided when it was under IBM and Lotus. Everyone wants email, so that's just part of the product. However, more savvy users can build their own solutions for managing information, and that's the great thing about it."
"The security and performance of the solution are good even though our platform is variable, except for the mail services."
"The solution provides great security."
"The most valuable feature is the UI."
"Its security is absolutely stratospheric. In an application, you can lock down to field-level security. For example, I could log in and see a field in an HR database with salaries. When you log in, you see exactly the same database, but the field with the salary just isn't there. So, you can literally have field-level security on it, and you can also have secure encryption. For example, I could give you that database allowing you to see the salary, but a calculation that shows how much they get per month in another field is encrypted. So, you won't be able to see that because you don't have the encryption key. You can implement high-level security very simply."
"It is one of the best products in the world for workflow applications. It works very well for workflows or decisional processes where a task needs to be first approved by someone. After that, the task moves to the next or final stage where another person approves it with some notes or attached documents."
"The most valuable feature is the access that it provides to documents. This offers us an easy way to make changes."
"The product is very stable and scalable."
"They should provide its integration with other AI applications."
"It would be advantageous if the web server could seamlessly pick up configuration changes without the need for a complete restart."
"The solution is expensive."
"HCL Domino could have a better interface."
"When you compare with Microsoft Exchange, the UI could be more user-friendly."
"An area for improvement in HCL Domino is security. New enhancements in the IT industry mean that security should be improved. The HCL Domino GUI also needs improvement."
"Its performance and integration could be better. It has capabilities for large deployment with several servers, but in the latest interface, running with different servers isn't supported."
"HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly."
"Some people complain that they want something more modern and jazzy."
"Notes needs a major upgrade for the UI."
"The solution could improve by adding some more features."
"Web support is very old and needs an upgrade. We can handle a different password for the client to access the mail services, compared to the web services. We need to implement many other components to get access to the web access. There could be a feature to interpret if the web access is available from any end-user equipment."
"The loading time can be excessive."
"I would like to HCL update Notes' development tool and make it more attractive like Microsoft Visual Studio and similar products. For example, there's a programming language that I used for my product Woodpecker called LotusScript. LotusScript has been available since around 1995. When LotusScript was released, it was like the original Visual Basic, but it has improved since then."
"GUI and replication can be improved."
"I love this product. I have used it for many years, and I have been a developer for it. If anything, it can be faster in the client version. The client version is a little bit hard. It is not fast. This is the only problem I see. Otherwise, it is a very good product."
HCL Domino is ranked 17th in Rapid Application Development Software with 18 reviews while HCL Notes is ranked 7th in Email Applications with 13 reviews. HCL Domino is rated 8.0, while HCL Notes is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HCL Domino writes "A stable and versatile enterprise solution consolidating various functions like email, collaboration, and application development in a user-friendly manner". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL Notes writes "Accessible from any device, good support, and works very well for emails, document sharing, and workflows". HCL Domino is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Power Apps, Zimbra Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange Online and HCL Verse, whereas HCL Notes is most compared with HCL Verse, Microsoft Exchange, Google Workspace, Microsoft Exchange Online and Zimbra Collaboration.
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