--- title: HCL Domino Reviews meta\_title: 'HCL Domino Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 170 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how HCL Domino works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 170 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Rapid Application Development (RAD) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/rapid-application-development-rad --- # HCL Domino Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by HCL Domino but has limited features. Are you part of the HCL Domino team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! HCL Domino is a rapid application platform that has been essential to business and IT developers alike for decades — to help build solutions with embedded workflow that can automate their business quickly and effectively. Domino powers businesses around the world — from banks, insurance and communications companies — for use in offices, ships, helicopters, and even oil rigs. Domino has always been a leader in application development, business transformation, and automation. Domino delivers powerful no-code app creation software that’s easy to learn and use for citizen developers. Domino has helped savvy business leaders to achieve critical outcomes for years. Domino has always been a secure, rock-solid, and proven platform. * * * Seller [HCL Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hcl-technologies) Discussions [HCL Domino Community](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Sharon Chin Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 18 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Mendix](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mendix") Mendix 4.4/5(416) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mendix/reviews) [ ![OutSystems](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "OutSystems") OutSystems 4.5/5(1,800) ](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) [ ![Kissflow](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kissflow") Kissflow 4.3/5(591) ](https://www.g2.com/products/kissflow/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 170 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") AR Verified User in Research Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/20/2023 "hcl DOMINO IS VERY SAFE, SECURE AND STABLE" 4.5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Development of applications is done on one platform there by reducing the cost of having multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? nothing everything is pefect and everything is easy to configure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? we have manage to automate our office operations and to enable people to operate from home. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/21/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite TH Trey H. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/23/2023 "It's been rock solid for us since 1999." 5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Backwards compatibility, RAD, low maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Convincing users it's not outdated, mainly from the way it used to look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Email, in-house applications that are accessible everywhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Lance Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lance Z.") LZ Lance Z. Senior Enterprise Domino Consultant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/5/2022 "Developing CMS web & mobile business apps on Domino servers is fast, flexible and scaleable" 5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Supports a rapid application development environment. Runs on multiple server OS, and web & mobile apps run on all OS and devices. Leverages robust email and C&S. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Although marketed and designed for corporations, it lacks a free email C&S, etc. interface for the residential market that can bolster support and buzz for the entire corporate product line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Domino is solving most of our business and internal processes including a public website, ordering, billing, email marketing, email C&S, finance management, employee time sheets, etc. all of which can be accessed by a web browser or app on multiple desktop platforms and mobile devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite AG Arturo J G. Founder Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/17/2022 "Using Domino almost since forever- version 3" 5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Integration, one software can do a lot , mails, databases, work flow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Outside connectivity, like analytics plataforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Daily basic operations, all administration workflows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/9/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") CI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/20/2023 "Using Notes Mail, collaboration solution and application development" 4/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Application development platefom. Open palteform with high security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Downsides are image of old product and less competitive regarding microsoft solutions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Building business solution easy to integrate to rest of information system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Mike G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mike G.") MG Mike G. Lotus Notes Technical Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/11/2023 "Review of Lotus Notes" 5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? I've been i LN Dev since 1994. I bleed yellow. It's the best product on the market but Lotus and IBM didn't market it correctly nor did developers create good code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Mail form, adminp doesn't work half the time and other admin functions, IBM didn't keep up with the web world Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? I haven't seen version 10 or above. I''ve worked with over 50 companies as a consultant but I'm at the end of my career Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Fulvio S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Fulvio S.") FS Fulvio S. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/9/2023 "HCL Domino made it possible to realize what we had envisioned" 4.5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Fully integration with our IBM systems and legacy and missione critical applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Not so easy to retrieve appropriate technical skills on the market (niche effect according to me) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? We needed to replicate a large amount of e-mail messages exchanged with customers offering for later searches on our portal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/10/2023 "HCL Domino is most secured and with web technology it is more robust." 5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? HCL Domino is most secured and with web technology it is more robust. With inbuilt email, calendar, instant messaging feature it is the only tool in market with such capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? Lower adoption rate of customers towards Domino is one of the main reason. Few clients are so crazy about outlook and moved out of Domino then they realise they have more issues with outlook than Domino. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Devops tool enablement for Domino would be helpful. It's a leading and important tool in IT. Domino is bit outside of this area. Looking forward for this implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/10/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Keith B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Keith B.") KB Keith B. Chief Executive Officer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/14/2022 "Who needs Salesforce when you have HCL Domino" 5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? Customizable workflow to automate tasks is just the basics. Flexibility to integrate with almost anything you might need it to work with because your company is not monolithic. Superior email options and functionality that is available from a dedicated secured client or from a browser or device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? That so may people dump on it without even using it. It makes millions of dollars, or saves millions, for about half of the Fortune 500 companies who don't even know they are running it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering HCL Domino: Domino has been around for a long time, it is not going anywhere and continues to grow and adapt to whatever is needed in the current environment. R12 just came out this year and you should try it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Automation, local backups, security, and encryption to the field level. Everyone has their own views of the data and they can customize them as they want, no developer required. I can attest to banks, tax authorities, governments, military, pharmaceuticals, logistics, cruise lines, food companies, and more that do business every day 24x7 with it and without fear of failure/outages due to the excellent clustering capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Neil Aldrin S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Neil Aldrin S.") NS Neil Aldrin S. .Net Developer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/4/2023 "Still a solid product, but hopefully a full-pledged cloud based offering would be available" 2.5/5 What do you like best about HCL Domino? The level of control you can have in the Domino ecosystem is fantastic. Security is also good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HCL Domino? There isn't much information on server crashes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HCL Domino solving and how is that benefiting you? Supporting new technologies. The Domino Dev Pack is definitely a game-changer. Support for NodeJS is beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about HCL Domino? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about HCL Domino ](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/discussions/new) CH Charaf Hanafi • Last activity about 1 year ago How can i download HCL DOMINO? How Can we Collaborate with HCL businnes as Business partener? 1 Upvote 2 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/23931-how-can-i-download-hcl-domino-how-can-we-collaborate-with-hcl-businnes-as-business-partener) ![Verified User](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User") G2 Verified User • Last activity over 6 years ago Why is support for CentOS important? 2 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/domino-and-centos) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 18 months ### Average Discount 12% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/pricing) HCL Domino Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_69054bc7d40597b06fc3905720ccc914/microsoft-outlook.png "Product Avatar Image") Outlook 4.5/5(3,519) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/hcl-domino-vs-microsoft-outlook) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_57726f9b265b8987147c7609c8c56f3d/ical.jpeg "Product Avatar Image") iCal 4.1/5(196) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/hcl-domino-vs-ical) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_148d4e88c759e4a7a984a0f3f056fd39/zimbra-collaboration-enterprise-collaboration.png "Product Avatar Image") Zimbra Collaboration... 3.6/5(140) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/hcl-domino-vs-zimbra-collaboration-enterprise-collaboration) ##### ##### HCL Domino Features Application Design Application Templates Configurable Workflow Data Control Data Migration Data Synchronization Data Security Publishing Application Deployment Platform Compatability Lifecycle Management Functionality Ease of Use File Management Multi-Language Support [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Low-Code Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/low-code-development-platforms)[Application Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms) ##### Explore More [Which social media listening tools do teams actually keep using six months after buying them rather than going back to manual searches?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-social-media-listening-tools-do-teams-actually-keep-using-six-months-after-buying-them-rather-than-going-back-to-manual-searches)[What is the most reliable engineering document management software for a small design firm that needs proper revision control without paying for a system built for a 5,000-person manufacturer?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-most-reliable-engineering-document-management-software-for-a-small-design-firm-that-needs-proper-revision-control-without-paying-for-a-system-built-for-a-5-000-person-manufacturer)[FACTS Financial Aid Management vs Ellucian Student: which financial aid software is better for managing digital applications and verifying family income documents?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/facts-financial-aid-management-vs-ellucian-student-which-financial-aid-software-is-better-for-managing-digital-applications-and-verifying-family-income-documents) [Best AI tools for due diligence in M&A](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-best-ai-tools-for-due-deligence-in-m-a)[Leading MDR services for financial services firms](https://www.g2.com/discussions/leading-mdr-services-for-financial-services-firms)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-domino/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)