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HCL Connections vs TIBCO tibbr comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HCL Connections
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (5th)
TIBCO tibbr
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of HCL Connections is 2.8%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO tibbr is 2.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HCL Connections2.8%
TIBCO tibbr2.3%
Other94.9%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Hasnain Zahid - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent acquisition & development specialist at Software Productivity Strategists, Inc. (SPS)
A stable tool useful to manage marketing-related activities
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Sometimes, the portal hangs because I find that if I am on a web page, I have to log out, and then I have to log in to the portal again. Since I see that the portal hangs at times, I have to move from one side of the portal to the next, making me feel that some things are scattered in the product. I attended a meeting with IBM recently, and they are improving a few of the things, in my opinion. The concerns that I have related to the product are being improved since I think many other users have reported issues similar to the ones I faced.
it_user685332 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The gaps in the API are filled by our own R+D and the publish mechanism is very reliable.
The API is awful. We needed to develop a batch load tool in order to send automated events to Tibber API. The current API version is not well documented, i.e. the current version of the API in the software doesn't correspond to the web-documented API. We had to imagine parameters and names. We had difficulty making it all work, as the login/SSO mechanism was not properly explained so that we could perform external logins to the API and use their features.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The Files feature has really changed the way we do business."
"The solution is useful for team engagement and team collaborations, so that everyone is working together towards the same objective and we are using the best practices among ourselves, sharing and craft sourcing."
"It is the single source of truth that can be shared anywhere."
"This is where I go, first thing, to do my work."
"The most valuable features of Connections would be that it opens up communication silos that previously existed in the company, so that people have the opportunity to discover talents and interests in other areas that may not pertain to their normal job function."
"We just found this one to be the most feature-rich and also it fit our organization's needs."
"It is the single quickest way for us to start consolidating all of our files together when we are going to many countries."
"Basically, Connections saves me time, lots of it."
"The gaps in the API are filled by our own R+D and the publish mechanism is very reliable."
"Typically the classical ROI is about seven months from full deployment, but there are a lot of benefits that we can't measure with this metric, like more dissemination of knowledge, fast internal expert finding, less internal emails, less waste of time, and better employee engagement."
 

Cons

"Level 1 sometimes seems as if they are part of a call center."
"The administration part of the product could be increased."
"For most of my users, the consistent feedback has been about how difficult it is to use and how the interface is poorly designed."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"The product has a pretty flat structure for communities; they are in principle a long list."
"I would like to have more control over the news delivery on the homepage. You now need a third-party app (we use XCC from Time To Act) for this."
"The file plugin for Mac need some improvement."
"The improvement's are could be more flexibility to manage files and to have a sync file area more intuitive and which respects the characteristics of other similar solutions."
"More customizable features, particularly in mobile app; better preview of document and images stored in other cloud services (like Google Drive, Dropbox and so on)."
"The API is awful."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
18%
Outsourcing Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Performing Arts
7%
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Company Size

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Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise26
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HCL Connections?
The support is an area where the product can improve. My company faces some support-related issues because whenever we create or generate a ticket, it takes two days for the product's support team ...
What is your primary use case for HCL Connections?
I use HCL Connections for marketing purposes. The IBM product in our company already provides us with direct links to the marketing and HR sides.
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Also Known As

IBM Connections, Lotus Connections
tibbr
 

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Sample Customers

Yamato Financial Co. Ltd., University of Zurich, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., Telus, Rabobank, Christian Brothers Services, Grupo Financiero Banorte, The Loft Group, Dow Water & Process Solutions, JGC Corporation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, solvito GmbH, Loft Group, Hamm-Reno Group GmbH, Geno SA
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