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HCL Domino pros and cons

Vendor: HCLSoftware

3.9 out of 5

23 reviews
81% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

HCL Domino offers robust stability and security, excellent full-text searching, and directory integration while serving as a centralized platform for scalable operations. Its rapid development capabilities for workflows are cost-effective, reducing the need for multiple platforms. However, it requires enhancements in DKIM, DMARC support, and integration with Microsoft 365. Large database scalability, cloud migration, and an improved reporting engine are areas for development to better serve tech buyers.

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PROS

HCL Domino offers robust stability and security.

It provides excellent full-text searching capabilities and integration with other directories.

HCL Domino is scalable and serves as a centralized platform for managing various operations.

The platform offers rapid development capabilities for workflow and general applications.

HCL Domino is cost-effective, eliminating the need for multiple platforms and complex integrations.

CONS

HCL Domino needs support for DKIM and DMARC.

Kubernetes or Dockers migration to new environments in the cloud could be improved.

Scalability and support require enhancements for large databases.

Integration with solutions like Microsoft 365 and other AI applications could be improved.

A good reporting engine is missing in HCL Domino.

HCL Domino Pros review quotes

reviewer1489002

Chief Manager IT at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jan 24, 2021

They offer good support and provide a roadmap.

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Project Manager

May 19, 2021

The full-text searching capabilities are great.

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Assistant General Manager - Head of Messaging & Collaboration at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 5, 2021

The pricing is excellent.

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Marcos Roberto Silva

Diretor at MASTERDOM

Nov 3, 2021

I find the HCL Domino server scalable.

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reviewer1784298

Manager/ Owner at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

Feb 28, 2022

The most valuable feature of HCL Domino is how robust it is.

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Professional Services Manager at Insight Technology

Mar 30, 2022

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.

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Chiheb Charmiti

IS Manager & Consultant HCL Domino at JACOB & ASSOCIATES

May 18, 2022

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

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Assistant General Manager IT at Hinopak Motors Limited

Nov 18, 2022

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.

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SME at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Nov 28, 2022

We can scale it if we want to.

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Senior Services Manager at NextCom Systems Inc

Mar 9, 2023

The DAOS feature is the most valuable. It helps to save some of my storage.

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HCL Domino Cons review quotes

reviewer1489002

Chief Manager IT at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jan 24, 2021

When you compare with Microsoft Exchange, the UI could be more user-friendly.

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Project Manager

May 19, 2021

From the Domino side, it should support DKIM and DMARC.

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Assistant General Manager - Head of Messaging & Collaboration at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 5, 2021

Recently, IBM sold the product to HCL. Since Pakistan and India have some problems on a domestic level, we were actually considering replacing it with Indian products from the organization. We're just facing some regulatory issues.

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Marcos Roberto Silva

Diretor at MASTERDOM

Nov 3, 2021

The solution could improve Kubernetes or Dockers migration to new environments in the cloud.

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reviewer1784298

Manager/ Owner at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

Feb 28, 2022

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

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Professional Services Manager at Insight Technology

Mar 30, 2022

HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly.

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Chiheb Charmiti

IS Manager & Consultant HCL Domino at JACOB & ASSOCIATES

May 18, 2022

The client version of this solution could be faster and be made simpler for non-IT users. You will need to have some knowledge of Notes to correctly install this solution.

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Assistant General Manager IT at Hinopak Motors Limited

Nov 18, 2022

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.

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SME at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Nov 28, 2022

The solution is expensive.

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Senior Services Manager at NextCom Systems Inc

Mar 9, 2023

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.

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