12 Alternatives to Lotus Notes in 2021
Summary
Perhaps it’s not as cool as Apple II and Commodore 64 emulators in the browser, but it’s so much more useful for users who insist on this kind of backward compatibility (I’m looking at you rational IT guys who are still gathering the courage to say goodbye to Lotus Notes for good). More importantly, it’s a single “multiexperience” development platform (MXDP) that enables existing IT groups to quickly produce web, mobile, and even conversational apps for internal and external users. These capabilities include mobile offline work; no-code business rules; advanced search and filtering; Office, Exchange, and SharePoint integration; managed data lakes; and more. Nintex is a company that did an excellent job of filling the business niche for SharePoint users who needed workflow automation and digital forms, which was largely untapped at the time. Certainly, the latest and greatest versions of these platforms bring modern web and mobile experience, but the business reasons today are basically the same as when the popularity of Lotus Notes was on the rise.
