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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HCL Domino

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHCL Domino (formerly IBM Domino, and before that Lotus Domino) is an enterprise application development platform, boasting mobile-app capabilities to enterprise authentication and a companion low-code app builder called Domino Volt.N/A

    Superblocks

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASuperblocks is an IDE for internal tooling – a programmable set of building blocks for developers to create mission-critical internal operational software. The Superblocks Application Builder to assemble flexible components and connect to databases and APIs. Users can create REST, GraphQL, and gPRC endpoints call them programmatically from code or 3rd party web-hooks while Superblocks handles infrastructure.

    $41

    per month per creator

    Pricing
    HCL DominoSuperblocks
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $41
    per month per creator
    Pro
    $70
    per month per creator
    Enterprise
    $141
    per month per creator
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL DominoSuperblocks
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    HCL DominoSuperblocks
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of HCL Domino and Superblocks
    Feature
    HCL Domino
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    Ratings
    Superblocks
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HCL DominoSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HCL DominoSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HCLSoftware
    If you're looking for a high-security environment, then Domino is great. The built-in cybersecurity features are seamless, unlike those in the Microsoft or Google environments. Large databases are easily managed, and Domino enables us to automate many of our business workflows. It's easier to use than Microsoft PowerApps, for example. It doesn't integrate easily with other systems, which can be problematic at times. And because of the long-term lack of support from when IBM owned it, the user community has dwindled somewhat, making it hard to reach out for help.
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    Superblocks
    Superblocks is great for building internal tools for your company. We have our finances running on Superblocks, our client services running on it, as well as a lot of internal tooling for our product. You can build full-apps using their API builder, Workflow builder, Scheduled Jobs, and UI builder. All without having to handle your own infrastructure. It's meant to be one extra abstraction layer on top of other developer infrastructure tools like AWS, Vercel, etc.
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    Pros
    HCLSoftware
    • Security
    • Total Cost of Ownership
    • Compatibility (20+ year old applications continue to run with no issues)
    • Upgrades - these are 30 minute tasks.
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    Superblocks
    • Easy to use User Interface builder for building internal apps
    • Scheduled Jobs and Workflow builder in multiple languages
    • API builder for support your User Interface for your internal apps
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    Cons
    HCLSoftware
    • I am not a fan of the Domino ID for authentication purposes. Some Admins appreciate this feature, but ID aging, updating and management issues are burdensome.
    • Integrations with current available software applications as a result of lower Domino adoption rates.
    • Administration tools are somewhat dated and clunky. Even with updates and patches, the Domino administrator console hasn't changed in years.
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    Superblocks
    • More flexibility on UI component designs
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    Usability
    HCLSoftware
    The UI is somewhat dated, and the email experience is not at all like Outlook, but we love the versatility and functionality of Domino. I would absolutely hate to give it up for anything else. We've tried to replicate some of Domino's functionality in SharePoint and found that Domino is considerably better.
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    Superblocks
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    Alternatives Considered
    HCLSoftware
    We use SharePoint, SQL and Teams but only for the things that they excel in. For example, we use teams for small team interactions (including external participants). We use teams for meetings too. We've discovered that Teams collaboration is not as full-functional as Domino and more importantly, that our members (financial services) do not trust the Open Office365 cloud. SharePoint and Team collaborative features are often blocked in our member organizations. Domino is much easier to identify and unblock at the firewall level. It's much easier to restrict collaboration to approved options in Domino.
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    Superblocks
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    Return on Investment
    HCLSoftware
    • Domino powered applications has positively impacted our company.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • We've saved thousands of developer hours that would have otherwise spent on maintaining infrastructure
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