We performed a comparison between HCL Domino and Microsoft Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature of HCL Domino is how robust it is."
"We have been able to set up a portal using a special XPage application that gives our customers access to this system."
"The full-text searching capabilities are great."
"I find the HCL Domino server scalable."
"The pricing is excellent."
"The most valuable features of the solution are security and integration."
"We can scale it if we want to."
"Exchange is a robust system that is well suited for an enterprise environment. It's always up, and we hardly face any technical issues. Exchange has a web interface and integrates perfectly with Microsoft Outlook. This web interface can be easily used to change the passwords from the domain controllers."
"Provides unlimited storage for our mailbox."
"Support is very good."
"Microsoft Exchange is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Exchange is its communication capabilities."
"I find the Outlook client very valuable. It allows me to connect to the Exchange Server and send and receive emails easily. The graphical interface is user-friendly and has a good look and feel."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange are its ease of use, and simplicity of communication, and we can track communications between teams."
"Exchange's best feature is single sign-on access using the Microsoft Identity framework."
"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."
"The product's user interface is one of its shortcomings since it is outdated, making it an area for improvement."
"From the Domino side, it should support DKIM and DMARC."
"The solution is expensive."
"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."
"When you compare with Microsoft Exchange, the UI could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"I think it could be more scalable."
"Microsoft could improve on Exchange's hybrid deployment or HCW. They need to improve on that because I was having many issues with HCW in our environment at times."
"Microsoft Exchange could improve the price."
"Load balancing is lacking."
"When an update wants to come, it should just come maybe once or twice rather than having us deal with constant updating."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"An area for improvement would be the convenience of working with Azure services from Exchange on-premise installations."
"The setup is difficult so could be easier."
HCL Domino is ranked 17th in Rapid Application Development Software with 18 reviews while Microsoft Exchange is ranked 3rd in Email Applications with 78 reviews. HCL Domino is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Exchange is rated 8.4. 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 Microsoft Exchange writes "Very stable with an easy-to-use email management system". HCL Domino is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, HCL Notes, Zimbra Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange Online and HCL Verse, whereas Microsoft Exchange is most compared with Zimbra Collaboration, KerioConnect, Open-Xchange, IceWarp and HCL Notes.
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