Google Workspace vs HCL Domino comparison

The compared Google and HCLSoftware solutions aren't in the same category. Google is ranked #1 in EA , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 24.0% mindshare in the category. HCLSoftware is ranked #17 in RADS , with an average rating of 7.4, and holds a 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 78% of HCLSoftware users who would recommend it.

Google Workspace

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95% willing to recommend

HCL Domino

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513 Comparison Views

78% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Google Workspace

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

100

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd), Cloud Storage (4th), Content Collaboration Platforms (3rd)

HCL Domino

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Rapid Application Development Software (17th)

Mindshare comparison

Google Workspace and HCL Domino aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Google Workspace is designed for Email Applications and holds a mindshare of 24.0%, up 21.0% compared to last year.
HCL Domino, on the other hand, focuses on Rapid Application Development Software, holds 0.4% mindshare, down 0.6% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Jerome Poudevigne

CTO at Lounivo

Sep 26, 2024

Seamless collaboration with advanced calendaring and real-time document editing

We use Google Workspace for mail, calendaring, conference calls, collaboration on documents, and advanced features of the calendar similar to Calendly. We utilize Google Sheets connected with BigQuery for large data analysis and work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and text files. We…

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Jason Levine

CEO, Senior Consultant, Collaboration Platforms at Indeo Oy

Feb 2, 2024

A tool that offers great security and integration capabilities

The solution facilitates our company's workflow automation needs since it is a platform that allows users to build whatever workflows they want. The product is used for application development in our organization for our customers, as we operate as consultants. The features of the product that I found to be beneficial for the productivity of my company's team stems from the fact that it can be integrated directly into HCL Notes email so that you can manage your workflows there, and you don't have to change contacts a go to a separate application to deal with a document approval process since it can be done directly from emails. HCL Domino is one of the leading products in the industry, so it is definitely ahead of the other tools in the market. In our company, some departments use HCL Domino for emails rather than other solutions because it is more secure. The tool has an impact on the management of sensitive data in our company. My only suggestion to those who plan to use HCL Domino is that they should not be daunted by the old UI it offers. The collaboration tool of HCL Domino has affected the internal communication processes in our organization. The collaboration tool of HCL Domino is something that the solution has been offering from the time it was introduced in the market as an expensive product. The impact or value on our company from the use of the product can be proven by the fact that with the solution, it is possible to automate processes or workflows while ensuring that there is consistency, lack of human errors, and efficiency. Earlier, I would have rated the tool eight out of ten. Presently, considering the increase in the number of integrations that the product allows and its movement to meet industry standards, I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The general ease of use is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's extremely simple to use. You don't even have to look up videos in order to figure things out. It's all very intuitive."

"Extremely reliable, providing great collaboration features."

"G Suite Enterprise provides many features, such as business increased search visibility, email address, and domain. It's a large whole ecosystem that is the major benefit. You can manage your whole team and have many tools. Over seven years, the solution has gone through some drastic upgrades and improvements which are done automatically, I do not have to manual upgrade."

"A complete integrated environment for our business. I get Google docs, Gmail, online space, and calendar where I can easily perform all documentation, storage, and communications online."

"The tool helps me keep a backup of old emails. Like everyone else, I love the Google search engine for searching emails on webmail. The Google Workspace connector for Outlook works well, so I have no issues with that."

"The document sharing in which multiple people can work on the same document. To go along with that is the archiving of documents. If you mess up a document, it's easy to go get a previous version."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is email."

"Convenient to share and collaborate documents."

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"The pricing is excellent."

"The most valuable features of the solution are security and integration."

"We have been able to set up a portal using a special XPage application that gives our customers access to this system."

"This solution can be used for workflow application so that applications can be easily developed."

"They offer good support and provide a roadmap."

"The full-text searching capabilities are great."

"The email system is the most valuable feature."

"It serves as a centralized solution that fulfills all my requirements from operating my email server to managing various aspects of my operations."

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Cons

"Google Meet can have a bit more functionality. It should show the views of more people. Right now, it shows just eight at a maximum, or six. When there are more people on the call, more than eight, everyone is not showing."

"G Suite could offer something a little more solid in terms of chat — something that is a little more like Slack and integrates with everything. But, unfortunately, the chat is very basic there. It doesn't offer that many features and feels like it doesn't belong there."

"Some people complain that Google Mail is inflexible. It was advanced 10 years ago, but other solutions are cleaner and clearer."

"The solution could improve the Google Cloud identity login to laptops that sometimes do not work. The collaboration for Google sites, they are not equivalent to others, such as Sharepoint."

"If you use a name with a special character like a slash in the folder, it will crash the migration, with no warning. There is no pre-warning or anything to tell you that if you use characters in a file name that it will crash the migration."

"I find the price high for the full suite features. Compared to Exchange Online, the price might not be too high, but you cannot choose only one functionality. When you buy Google Workspace, you have to get everything, including file storage and communication tools, which I don't use."

"They can maybe improve its graphical user interface. Google is not really known for having a PC interface. It is just a nice-to-have feature."

"They could increase the number of third-party integrations on offer."

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"They should provide its integration with other AI applications."

"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 could have a better interface."

"Designing a new template could provide a refreshed visual experience for users without significant changes to the underlying functionality."

"The product's user interface is one of its shortcomings since it is outdated, making it an area for improvement."

"HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly."

"Scalability needs to be improved to be on the level that's required. Support could also be enhanced."

"HCL Domino could improve by having integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft 365."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper to run a couple of users in a Google platform than what it would be with Microsoft Exchange."

"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"Pricing is something concerning. We find the solution very expensive."

"I give the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the most affordable."

"The pricing is very high, although I cannot tell if this is the result of the Indian vendors artificially inflating it."

"We receive value for the price that we pay."

"I rate Google Workspace's pricing five to six out of ten. We do not pay any extra costs."

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"We pay annually for the use of this solution and it is only a standard fee."

"We're happy with the price of our license — it's pretty standard."

"While I don't have precise pricing information at hand, my understanding is that it tends to be on the higher end."

"It is less expensive compared to other vendors."

"HCL Domino is costly, but it still depends on how your organization views it price-wise."

"HCL Domino's pricing depends on the number of users, but its license is not cheap."

"The license for Domino is yearly. The price is high."

"I'd rate it a seven out of ten in terms of price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Workspace?

Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

I would rate pricing a seven. While Google Workspace is cost-effective, Microsoft Exchange (part of Microsoft 365) might seem to offer better value due to the inclusion of widely-used Office applic...

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

It would be a lot nicer if the default Gmail came with features that we currently need add-ons for, such as tables, automatic BCC, resizing of the panel on the left-hand side, email highlighting, a...

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What do you like most about HCL Domino?

The most valuable features of the solution are security and integration.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HCL Domino?

The pricing is individually determined. HCL has a simple pricing model: per user per year. We pay $100 US per user per year. But "guest" users are permitted without any licence requirement. And any...

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What needs improvement with HCL Domino?

Scalability needs to be improved to be on the level that's required. Support could also be enhanced.

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Comparisons

Microsoft Exchange Online vs Google Workspace

Compared 36% of the time

Amazon WorkMail vs Google Workspace

Compared 31% of the time

ProtonMail vs Google Workspace

Compared 5% of the time

IceWarp vs Google Workspace

Compared 4% of the time

Amazon WorkDocs vs Google Workspace

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Exchange vs HCL Domino

Compared 40% of the time

Zimbra Collaboration vs HCL Domino

Compared 11% of the time

HCL Notes vs HCL Domino

Compared 10% of the time

Microsoft Power Apps vs HCL Domino

Compared 9% of the time

Microsoft Exchange Online vs HCL Domino

Compared 8% of the time

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Also Known As

G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault

IBM Lotus Domino, Lotus Domino

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Overview

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

HCL Domino (formerly IBM Domino) is a secure, enterprise-grade, application development platform. From IT to business, HCL Domino is the only low to pro-code application development platform that allows your business to build robust applications to solve workflow and process challenges fast. HCL Domino powers businesses around the world with 15,000 customers and 10 million apps built on our platform. HCL Domino has always been a secure, rock-solid, and proven solution.

Low cost of ownership - minimizing administration needs through automated installations, policies and monitoring helps staff focus on higher value tasks.
Minimized infrastructure - reducing costs by using less power, memory, data storage, network bandwidth and servers.
Rich application environment - supporting workflow-driven and people-oriented applications that help a wide variety of business operations deliver enhanced results.
Security-rich - helping protect your critical business assets. You can control information access, protect information and guarantee document authenticity.
High availability - featuring advanced clustering, replication, server fault recovery and automated diagnostic tools.

Sample Customers

There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.

A1 Telekom, Acubiz, Afrisam, E. A. Juffali & Brothers, Fiducia & GAD, and Pakistan State Oil

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