--- title: HCL Notes Reviews meta_title: 'HCL Notes Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 188 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how HCL Notes works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.2 review_count: 188 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # HCL Notes Reviews **Vendor:** HCL Technologies **Category:** [Email Client Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/email-client) **Average Rating:** 3.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 188 ## About HCL Notes HCL Notes is an enterprise email client that integrates social collaboration, messaging and business applications into a single workspace ## HCL Notes Reviews ### 1. IBM Notes **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Accessibility and organization. It's as good as the outlook clients I've used in the past. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** There is a disconnect between more modern features and the client. I don't feel like the software has been updated in 20 years. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Gmail or a google server, outlook is cleaner/faster and will do the job. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** There needs to be a connection between clients and professionals - Notes solves that for me. ### 2. Dissatisfied **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Textiles | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Not sure can outline positives for this application. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Given the opportunity to use both IBM Notes & Outlook, Notes is not the most user friendly. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Needs to be user friendly with seamless integrations. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Use it for daily email & Calendar. Not resolving any. ### 3. Business Software **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 10, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I am just starting out with this product and haven't really used a similar product to compare it to but I am very comfortable using it. It is straightforward and helps a lot. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Nothing yet, i am still getting used to the software so My dislikes are not ironed out yet. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Grammatical errors in memos, invoices and other written documents avoided. ### 4. IBM NOTES **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 03, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I like that it works smooth and fast and sends email fast and receive them fast to. I like how it has many tools to work with and to organize my emails and work related stuff. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** there is nothing I dislike about this product it works very good for me. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Planning meetings and other things throughout the year I need to get done. ### 5. Slow but Good **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Being able to use sametime, putting emails in folders. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** It is often very slow to start and run. Crashes often. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving communication issues. ### 6. It's so 1990... **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Deinstallation of all Notes software, the sooner the better **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Usability in general, non-standard behaviour, awkward user interface **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Keep off. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** To be honest, I hated it from the first moment I saw it until the end. I used it in two different companies. It created more problems than it solved. Even worse than Outlook (and I hate Outlook, too). ### 7. works for intended purpose **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anushka C. | Technology and Data Risk Intern, Management Consulting, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** The ability to prioritize emails and sort by groups **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** cannot see schedules of others without scheduling a meeting **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication ### 8. staying organized **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** It's easy to use and it does keep you organized. Finding notes later is great and transforming them in to the project is fantastic **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** It's a very clumsy software. the learning curve was somewhat strange and you had to watch a lot of help videos on You Tube to get up and running **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** make time to learn to set the software up properly before diving in. It will save you time in the long run **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Big meetings where there are a lot of little details that could be overlooked in the note taking process. ### 9. Notes review **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Functions how it's supposed to for email and meetings. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Hard to get email on my phone or offline **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** None **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** E-mail, events ### 10. Easy and Colaborated in one **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** The Email Function, I like the way they display the chat and the email function side by side **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Nothing much to disklike, except that the setting option is bit confusing **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ease of access is the most important thing to me ### 11. Great programs **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Calendar and email merged are the things that i have to get done daily. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Email and calendar dont sync in ways that would bennefit me more as a user of them. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Greater communication. ### 12. IBM Notes Review **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Access to databases within Notes desktop **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Replication process, caps on message sizes **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not sure what you're asking here. ### 13. Aging software.. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Collaborative approach, sharing features **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Perhaps this has been improved in the later builds but the interface lacks intuitive function and feels dated.. functions are hard to find or dont exist. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Focus on intuitive functions used in Microsoft products, the market is already familiar with **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cross team collaboration, information sharing and retrieval ### 14. IBM NOTES **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Easy of use, nice layout, integration with other applications **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Not alot of others companies use makes calendar integration not as good as it could be **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** communication with company across the globe ### 15. Ibm **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Really like everything about this. Very integrated with everything that I use. Works well with iPhone. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Nothing. I don't dislike anything about this product **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** None **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Everything is faster ### 16. Bad user experience **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Nothing. It's not user friendly. it's not easy to log in. Not easy to use **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Very unfriendly User interface. Hard to log in. Unclear navigation **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have to find business requirements which are usually stored somewhere in lotus notes. ### 17. High encryption **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mining & Metals | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Encryption and Security Ability to build custom databases Ability to run agents **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Difficult to administer Limitations to id vaults on cloud **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Business applications databases ### 18. A bundle of features **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abu H. | Business/Project Analyst, Gambling & Casinos, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Attachment printing controlling feature is the best feature of Lotus Notes. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Calendar view of meeting room booking status sometimes seems to be cumbersome. It takes little longer time to find out who booked any particular room on a particular day. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Version upgradation is going on (from 8.5 to 9.0) to have some extra features like social media integration, email archiving, etc. New features will fulfill some of the EDRMS requirement. ### 19. Try only if you have no option **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Only I thing I like is its archiving speed **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** User experience is really bad and doesn't qualify for an enterprise product **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Consider only if you don't have outlook and options like that **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mail box and calendars ### 20. Antiquated product **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2016 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Local backup was the most convenient otherwise not the best mail client. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Clunky interface with poor search capability. Slow loading email. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mail client and database. ### 21. The Gold Standard...10 Years ago **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Travis D. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Lotus Notes brought secure, encrypted email and communication to corporations and managed all of the users tasks and communication very well. Now, the user base has fallen as people have transferred to use the Microsoft Outlook and Lync clients. Lotus notes is still very functional and performs well, it just needs a face lift to be able to compete. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** The interface is very dated. Aside from this, those going from Microsoft branded products will miss the integration that Outlook provides with the Office Suite. Lotus Notes needs to rebrand itself to be able to compete, because corporations are rapidly leaving it behind. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Give it a shot but also try out the Microsoft Outlook and Lync programs before deciding on the option that most coincides with your business/user needs. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Email Calendar and Task Management Instant Messaging Lotus Notes does all of the communication tasks one would expect well and provides pass word protection for email accounts and the program itself as added security. ### 22. Confusing dashboard but effective **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** My favorite part about Lotus Notes is its Sametime feature which enables you to instantly communicate with anyone in the network. Although confusing at first, I also enjoy Lotus Notes' calendar feature that automatically populates events onto your page and phone once invited. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** The programs interface takes some serious time to get used to. It is unlike any program that I have ever used, and I am sure that I still have yet to figure out all of its features. I have also had many connection issues if the computer is idle for the few hours and when accessing VPN. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication is the number one feature with Lotus Notes. It is a great way to corroborate with team members, especially when working at client sites. It makes communication effective and efficient. ### 23. Effective but very outdated **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 22, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** For such an outdated email platform, Lotus Notes has a very effective messaging service. Sametime allows you to easily show colleagues things you are referencing during conversation and the ability to organize mulitple conversations is very convenient. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** As stated, Lotus Notes is extremely outdated. The layout severely lacks the intuitiveness of platforms like Gmail. A simple facelift could really help correct this flaw. The platform also lags when starting up using a VPN service. It has taken me up to 20 minutes to connect at times. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Not terrible, but there are better platforms out there. Google has a much better user interface along with many more options. Lotus notes is way too outdated to purchase at this point, but if a company is already using I don't think it is necessary to change. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** As an auditor, it is my job to ensure the fairness of financial statements. Having a platform to openly communicate with clients and colleagues alike is of the utmost importance. While Lotus Notes has its flaws, it gets the job done and I have been able to create an immense network using the email platform. ### 24. Lotus Notes: From Google Apps to Lotus Notes **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** William N. | Tax Accountant II, Real Estate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Not that much. See what I dislike below. Ease of use of the program is subpar. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** I went to an employer who used Google Apps to one who uses Lotus Notes. The transition has been difficult. Lotus Notes uses an user id number. It is difficult to remember a contact's user id number; whereas in Google Apps/Gmail, you can search for the users email address by their name. Lotus Notes is difficult to get used to. The calendar feature is not that simple. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Migrate to a different solution **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** None ### 25. Lotus Notes **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I like the ease of being able to use the calendar and clicking on multiple databases. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** The inability to search for email address in the search bars. In most mail applications the name of the person you are looking for starts to pop up when you start to type their name. This does not happen in certain instances. Somtimes when sending emails, you are limited to the size off the file. I wish an easier sharing application was available. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Great for large companies. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication issues are solved through lotus notes ### 26. Stuck in 2003 **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Katie N. | Copywriter, Marketing and Advertising, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 18, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Sending and receiving email is straightforward and simple to navigate. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** The calendar function and meeting invite portion is not streamlined and always ends up malfunctioning in some way. The user interface is very basic and not visually appealing, it could definitely use a redesign to bring it into this decade. There is no easy way to search your mail - makes emptying and organizing a pain. Program runs extremely slow even when your inbox is left than half full. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes communication easy. For some with less experience with email clients, this might be an easy program for them to understand. ### 27. Challenging transition to company using Lotus Notes **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Integration of sametime messenger is helpful for connectivity in the workplace. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Outdated GUI. Search function is lacking, and often provides false negatives when searching for words and phrases in users' inboxes. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Look elsewhere. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Lotus Notes functions as a passable email and productivity suite in the workplace, but ultimately has been lapped by other products with more reliable functions and intuitive interfaces. ### 28. Used for work for 5+ years **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I love the database abilities. We leveraged a lot of custom database things to store best practices, etc. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Not user friendly at all. Very clunky to load and not compatible with other product's calendars. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Not sure. They need to **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** I work with a team that uses calendars and emails everyday between ourselves and fortune 100 clients to help in tax processes. ### 29. Lotus Notes **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2015 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I enjoyed the calander feature where I was able to codon are with other people's schedule. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** The whole email process! And the structure of the calendar. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Audits and I haven't really notice any benefits. ### 30. Worst program ever **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dustin W. | Digital Marketing Content Specialist, Media Production, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2014 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Nothing. It is the worst program ever. There is nothing I like about this program. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Everything. It is bloated, buggy and ugly. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** DON'T DO IT! **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quite possibly the worst email/calendar/enterprise application that has ever been created. ### 31. Used in a prior company for e-mail management **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carrie M. | Businss Analyst Principle, Information Technology and Services **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2014 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Good e-mail and document repository. Easy to use calendar and connect with others. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** difficulty in searching. Was hard when we went to archive data off. **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** none ### 32. Best **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ishwar Lal D. | SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, Telecommunications, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2014 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Lotus Notes is the best mailing solution. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** price **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** yes **What problems is HCL Notes solving and how is that benefiting you?** end users ### 33. Cumbersome and Outdated **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tom L. | Solution Architect, Food & Beverages, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2013 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** There's a lot more to Lotus Notes than just an email client, but most companies don't make use of the additional functionality and a lot of it has been replaced by more modern tools anyway, so there's really not very much to like about it anymore. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** It just doesn't compare to Outlook and some of the other email clients that are available. It's very cumbersome to use and has the look and feel of an application that was written 10 years ago. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** This used to be a great tool but there really haven't been many improvements to it since IBM bought it and there are simply a lot of newer / better email clients out there that you should consider first. ### 34. Must be related to Internet Explorer (ancient) **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Charysse S. | Lecturer, Education Management **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2013 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Nothing really. A company I consult for uses it for their email. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** It's Internet Explorer's annoying and just as old cousin. Slow, cumbersome and outdated. It marks read email as unread if you change computers making it impossible to keep track of your correspondence. Very annoying. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Please use something else. ### 35. Professional Use - Lotus Notes **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Management Consulting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 06, 2013 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** Lotus Notes is an easy-to use, desktop client for business that brings you the people, business applications, and information you need to help you get your work done fast. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Time to adapt is long **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** Go for it! ### 36. Can Lotus notes compares to MS **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lazar T. | Oracle DBA, Banking **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2012 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** It offers extremely effective filters for spam and also blocks all the phishing attempts. It helps to organize mail in a better manner with its flexible search options and features, such as virtual folders, and mail and conversation grouping. It also helps in integrating to-do lists, e-mails, social network updates, and scheduling. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Owing to a large plethora of options made available to the users, it becomes a little confusing to set up MS Office Outlook. With Outlook, it is not possible to create flags, rules, and smart folders, which learn by examples. It lacks flexibility in its RSS feed reader and also does not offer user-friendly message templates. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** I would prefer MS ### 37. Worked well years ago due to customization, but most enterprises are upgrading beyond **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eugene C. | Partner, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2012 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I used this for many years while I was with a leading management consulting firm, and my wife's mid-sized biotech also used it when she first started. It was a good legacy platform due to the high degree of customization that it provided but many companies are now upgrading beyond. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** Although the UI has improved over the years, the user experience still isn't as good as the alternatives -- Microsoft, Google, Apple.. Typically requires a Lotus Notes admin **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** This is really a package for large enterprises with dedicated Lotus Notes experience looking to customize their application. Even then, there are likely a number of other, better options unless there is a legacy issue. ### 38. Needs to be overhauled **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rusty P. | Senior Director of Global Operations and Quality, Medical Devices, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2012 **What do you like best about HCL Notes?** I used Lotus Notes for several years at a previous employer--I really did enjoy a lot of the functionality that it had. It also had a very good integration with several of our business applications. **What do you dislike about HCL Notes?** It is becoming old technology very quickly. Most applications are written with Outlook/Exchange in mind these days. Although this works really well with certain applications, we constantly found issues with compatibility. **Recommendations to others considering HCL Notes:** If you are already on it, then make sure you are running the latest version--if not, you should probably consider the Microsoft line or a hosted solution. ## HCL Notes Discussions - [In what industries is IBM Notes mostly used?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/in-what-industries-is-ibm-notes-mostly-used) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View HCL Notes pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/hcl-notes/reviews?page=4&qs=pros-and-cons§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-09+12%3A55%3A46+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=0ce1e7c3-61c3-4c97-8cf3-e6c38bcfbee7&secure%5Btoken%5D=928943e700821a19ba7b2723470002e5ab6b5b20d617d143a8900af9a61b07b1&format=llm_user) ## HCL Notes Features **Additional Functionality** - Third-Party Integrations - To-Do List - @mentions - Single Sign On - File Management - Activity Dashboard - Drag & Drop - Alerts/Notifications - Prioritization - Access Controls/Permissions - Screen Sharing - Content Management - Brainstorming - AI Copilot - File Transfer - Calendar Management - Status Tracking - Real-Time Notifications - Version Control - Task Management - Activity Tracking - Real Time Editing - Communication Management - Chat/Messaging - Tagging - Generative AI - Assignment Management - Task Scheduling - Project Management - Collaboration Tools - Workflow Management - Secure Data Storage - File Sharing - Document Storage - Task Progress Tracking - Discussions/Forums - Commenting/Notes - Reporting & Statistics - Contact Management - Video Conferencing - Progress Tracking - Mobile Access - API - Document Management - Customizable Branding **Inbox Tools** - Unified Inbox - Filters - Reminders - Notifications **Coordination Tools** - Calendar - Contacts - Task Management **Software Options** - Desktop Application - Mobile Application **Email Client - Agentic AI** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration ## Top HCL Notes Alternatives - [Microsoft Outlook](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (3,434 reviews) - [Thunderbird](https://www.g2.com/products/thunderbird/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (334 reviews) - [Front](https://www.g2.com/products/front/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (2,450 reviews)