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HCL Connections vs TIBCO tibbr comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HCL Connections
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (5th)
TIBCO tibbr
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of HCL Connections is 2.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO tibbr is 2.4%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HCL Connections2.8%
TIBCO tibbr2.4%
Other94.8%
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Featured Reviews

Hasnain Zahid - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent acquisition & development specialist at Software Productivity Strategists, Inc. (SPS)
A stable tool useful to manage marketing-related activities
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Sometimes, the portal hangs because I find that if I am on a web page, I have to log out, and then I have to log in to the portal again. Since I see that the portal hangs at times, I have to move from one side of the portal to the next, making me feel that some things are scattered in the product. I attended a meeting with IBM recently, and they are improving a few of the things, in my opinion. The concerns that I have related to the product are being improved since I think many other users have reported issues similar to the ones I faced.
it_user685332 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The gaps in the API are filled by our own R+D and the publish mechanism is very reliable.
The API is awful. We needed to develop a batch load tool in order to send automated events to Tibber API. The current API version is not well documented, i.e. the current version of the API in the software doesn't correspond to the web-documented API. We had to imagine parameters and names. We had difficulty making it all work, as the login/SSO mechanism was not properly explained so that we could perform external logins to the API and use their features.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is useful for team engagement and team collaborations, so that everyone is working together towards the same objective and we are using the best practices among ourselves, sharing and craft sourcing."
"The search and incidental discovery of content are really key, as is the ability to share and, when necessary, un-share."
"It has really changed the way people work: File sharing, getting away from shared drives, being able to set up communities for information, and empowering business units to leverage support for their business units."
"IBM Connections Pink means a new way of collaboration, like you have never seen before."
"The platform allows in a very easy way to create community and start collaborating."
"IBM Connections is a good product with many functions."
"It's easy to use for both developers and end users."
"IBM Connections is a great product, with new functionality each year."
"The gaps in the API are filled by our own R+D and the publish mechanism is very reliable."
"Typically the classical ROI is about seven months from full deployment, but there are a lot of benefits that we can't measure with this metric, like more dissemination of knowledge, fast internal expert finding, less internal emails, less waste of time, and better employee engagement."
 

Cons

"It is complex. The way IBM sets up its product, you can never find one thing in one place."
"Level 1 sometimes seems as if they are part of a call center."
"Movies with high resolution after uploaded in the community had bad quality, were unreadable, or we couldn’t upload files in AVI or WMV."
"Support needs improvement. The product seems to be released with a lot of bugs."
"From the sharing perspective, it is very clunky. It's very hard to share files and very hard to share content."
"Their testing, when they release new packs, is not where it should be. Their technical support suffers because of it."
"The support is an area where the product can improve...If you are having an issue on a Monday, the support personnel will contact you next Monday."
"The setup was extremely complex; a little less than what it may have been in the past."
"More customizable features, particularly in mobile app; better preview of document and images stored in other cloud services (like Google Drive, Dropbox and so on)."
"The API is awful."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
18%
Construction Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Performing Arts
7%
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Company Size

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Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise26
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HCL Connections?
The support is an area where the product can improve. My company faces some support-related issues because whenever we create or generate a ticket, it takes two days for the product's support team ...
What is your primary use case for HCL Connections?
I use HCL Connections for marketing purposes. The IBM product in our company already provides us with direct links to the marketing and HR sides.
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Also Known As

IBM Connections, Lotus Connections
tibbr
 

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Sample Customers

Yamato Financial Co. Ltd., University of Zurich, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., Telus, Rabobank, Christian Brothers Services, Grupo Financiero Banorte, The Loft Group, Dow Water & Process Solutions, JGC Corporation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, solvito GmbH, Loft Group, Hamm-Reno Group GmbH, Geno SA
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