BoardEffect a Diligent Brand vs. Sherpany

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BoardEffect a Diligent Brand
Score 8.6 out of 10
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BoardEffect, a Diligent brand, is an agile board management solution optimized for nonprofit, community healthcare, higher education and credit union organizations to deliver the right tools to drive more efficient, collaborative, and secure governance. Part of Diligent, a provider of modern governance solutions, BoardEffect boasts users among 55,000+ boards and communities, helping them access resources and information to meet the organization's most immediate challenges.N/A
Sherpany
Score 9.8 out of 10
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Sherpany is a meeting management software designed for leaders and administrators. This software fosters paperless meetings, drives the focus on decision-making and strives to turn meetings into true value creators for large and midsize enterprises. Built-in close collaboration with executives, directors, and corporate secretaries, Sherpany aims to ensure an impeccable user experience throughout the entire meeting process. Compliant with EU…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
BoardEffect a Diligent BrandSherpany
Likelihood to Recommend
Diligent Corporation
BoardEffect is well-suited for larger organizations and companies. I think it makes sense for people who have multiple boards, groups, or committees. I don't think it makes sense if it is a small board that doesn't meet frequently and doesn't share documents online. I think there are many features unnecessary for smaller boards/groups.
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Sherpany
Sherpany helps us to retrieve information from previous meetings quickly. Participants for conferences can be contacted and their records can be viewed every time, wherever, and whether they are provided by the data they collect.
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Pros
Diligent Corporation
  • Houses all the information needed for meetings.
  • Holds all the older information so we can access it if needed.
  • It's fairly easy to use for all our members.
  • That it is portable is a great bonus!
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Sherpany
  • It makes preparation for a board meeting very easy.
  • It allows us to easily retrieve data from earlier meetings.
  • It helps me to keep track of important information.
  • It avoids the need (and burden) to carry around paper binders.
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Cons
Diligent Corporation
  • I would love to see BoardEffect work toward a more integrated collaboration system. For example, we have a master tracking document for recruiting new Trustees. It is helpful for everyone to have editing access to this document so that it can be routinely updated ahead of committee meetings.
  • It would be helpful if we could message workroom members through the platform while making the email/message appear as if it came directly from my account.
  • It would be useful for members of a workroom to be automatically notified when an event is created.
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Sherpany
  • Changes with new versions should be well communicated in advance and consider in more detail the impact on existing boardrooms
  • Too expensive
  • Generally, more possibilities for customizing e.g. it should be possible to define security levels for access individually (why do I have to retype my email every time I synchronize?) or it should be up to the users whether and how they want to use labels (why can I only have one label per document?)
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Usability
Diligent Corporation
It’s very easy to use for both the author and the participants.
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Sherpany
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Support Rating
Diligent Corporation
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Sherpany
They're good when needed. Sherpany offers a much more efficient way of working
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Alternatives Considered
Diligent Corporation
BoardPaq was pretty clunky software and didn't have many capabilities. BoardEffect has been easier to use and has templates for reoccurring meetings.
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Sherpany
Much easier to annotate documents, better User Interface which makes it very easy to access material discussed in earlier Meetings; also very easy to navigate between different topics on the agenda.
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Return on Investment
Diligent Corporation
  • It is saving me so much time that I do not have to mail or email materials to our members.
  • It is saving us money because we do not have to rent AV equipment at our meetings because people can look in BoardEffect a Diligent Brand on their laptop/tablet.
  • It's environmentally friendly! No paper!
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Sherpany
  • The only negative thing I can see is that members can be victims of technostress and sometimes forget their password, how to find a document in a session. My role is to help them, reassure them and find a solution with them
  • The positive is that all our members are often members of several committees at once and instead of receiving folders with a ton of documents, which are often cumbersome and heavy, everything is on the IPads. They can also annotate their documents as they want.
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ScreenShots

BoardEffect a Diligent Brand Screenshots

Screenshot of From surveys to polls to discussion groups, communication between board members is secured.Screenshot of Create and disassemble ad hoc groups whenever needed. From executive searches to special event planning, the material is hosted on BoardEffect for as long as it is needed.Screenshot of Approve board meeting minutes, policies, and other important documents using the approvals tool. Board members can review documents, make comments, and sign to approve.Screenshot of From creating a board book in the book builder to annotating board meeting materials on a mobile device, online board books keep up with the board’s busy lifestyle.Screenshot of Using the task tool, board members can set reminders to accomplish specific tasks and check the box once complete. BoardEffect administrators can also assign tasks and send reminders to help board members and executives stay on track.

Sherpany Screenshots

Screenshot of Sherpany's desktop meeting interface.Screenshot of a strategic voting session.Screenshot of Sherpany, as it appears on desktop, mobile and tablet devices.Screenshot of meeting minutes.Screenshot of Sherpany's mobile voting feature.