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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BoardPro

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    BoardPro offers board management software for small enterprise, small cap and nonprofit organizations. With it, users can create agendas, build board packs, record minutes, send actions and store files.N/A

    Diligent Boards

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AToday’s directors need fast, informed decision-making and seamless governance workflows. Diligent Boards automates board and committee meeting creation, streamlines preparation and enhances collaboration with secure, integrated tools. More broadly, Diligent solutions provide a growth trajectory on the path to good governance and bundle capabilities that support the evolution of forward-looking boards and leadership teams. Save time by digitizing meeting materials and…N/A
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    BoardProDiligent Boards
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    BoardProDiligent Boards
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details20% discount for Nonprofit organisations.Diligent Board Plans include... Essential: Built for organizations looking to embrace governance best practices and digital transformation Pro: Built for organizations that are looking to embrace end-to-end security around key governance processes like board meeting preparation, communication, and questionnaires. Enterprise: For high performing boards looking to maximize effectiveness of committees and prepare for proxy season.
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    Community Pulse
    BoardProDiligent Boards
    Considered Both Products
    BoardPro
    Chose BoardPro
    BoardPro far more cost effective so an easy decision.
    Incentivized
    Chose BoardPro
    StellarLibrary
    I looked at both of these products and preferred the BoardPro UI - my decision to go with this product was also based on recommendation from Board Members who had used it elsewhere. Since using it on one Board, I have purchased a licence for it on behalf of two …
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    Diligent Corporation
    Chose Diligent Boards
    None of the other products I have looked at have the ability to link papers across books so they have all been dismissed by me.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    BoardProDiligent Boards
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.8
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    Usability
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    8.6
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    Availability
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    9.1
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    Performance
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    Support Rating
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    8.3
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    Online Training
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    9.6
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    User Testimonials
    BoardProDiligent Boards
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BoardPro
    The best scenarios for the use of BoardPro are highlighted when there is planning, development, coordination, execution and monitoring of projects and activities, in addition to being an information panel for all the members of the different teams of the organization, it provides the ability to hold meetings, an integrating element that stands out from other software. The management of the boards is exceptionally intuitive and easy to use, in addition to simplifying its content in a way that is easy to understand for all people, granting continuity and consistency to the work or works to be developed. An area of opportunity where it could be developed in a better way is offline work, since it will not be possible for your team members to work in this way.
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    Diligent Corporation
    We had a meeting and after the meeting, additional information was added to the book and it was easy to navigate just the information that was update. This made it efficient when we had a follow-up meeting to discuss the updates and be able to reference the updated information. This allowed us to have an effective meeting with a purpose.
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    Pros
    BoardPro
    • Agenda-setting and writing minutes is very easy with the built-in structure offered
    • Compiling and distributing Board packs with BoardPro takes a fraction of the time it used to - and updates to papers are so much easier
    • Ability to hold all governance documents in one central repository is useful for external Directors
    • Directors find the Board paper annotation feature very useful. New updates to this have made it an extremely powerful tool.
    • Flying Minutes feature is very useful for obtaining formal decisions between meetings and then automatically adding them to the next set of minutes.
    • The ability for Directors to update their own interests in the Interests Register is efficient and puts the responsibility on them to ensure this is up to date - this is automatically included in each Board pack.
    • The actions feature is fantastic - allocating a person responsible and an action deadline which then is followed up by BoardPro email reminders keeps people on tasks and allows the Chair to stay on top of actions as they are reported in the Board packs each meeting.
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    Diligent Corporation
    • The confidential sandbox is a must, and Diligent Boards provides that environment. Most of the info we put on the diligent board is not downloadable and printable.
    • It is very easy to make notes, highlights important info and bookmark pages. I used these functions all the time.
    • Its excellent organization features.
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    Cons
    BoardPro
    • development of an Android app (at the moment available only on the Apple store)
    • a section for the Q&A answer for users at the beginning level
    • upload also excel format documents
    Incentivized
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    Diligent Corporation
    • not so easy to handle access when we have to arrange a specific, non-standard set up of access: sometimes we have to limit the access to one or few of the members of a particular book
    • calendar function will be useful, but it is an additional cost
    • flexible view options: vertical vs. horizontal
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Diligent Corporation
    We find the Boards portal to be an effective tool for our board meeting documents. It is user friendly and allows for amendments, additions as needed without compromising documents that have already been uploaded. Additionally, our Board members are comfortable with the platform and confident in their ability to navigate it.
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    Usability
    BoardPro
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    Diligent Corporation
    Again, it is a very easy program to use. What would I change… There’s some features in the agenda that I would like to have. The ability to add different bullets underneath items. the ability to do an AYE vote. Because sometimes they don’t individually vote, my superintendent or School Board chair will say I’ll say hi or I’ll say, and it would be really nice to have a button that automatically fills for that.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BoardPro
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    Diligent Corporation
    Diligent helpdesk (Team Topaz) is a click away, their response is very quick
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    Performance
    BoardPro
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    Diligent Corporation
    Quick service, specially on loading.
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    Support Rating
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Diligent Corporation
    The turnaround time is great, and the customer support team usually resolves queries in one go. However, customer support can improve by suggesting additional helpful activities to improve user experience, rather than limiting it to the specific requests made. Overall, it has been a positive experience with the customer support team.
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    Online Training
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Diligent Corporation
    Comprehensive. I didn’t feel like I was confused or didn’t have the knowledge to begin using Diligent Boards immediately
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    Implementation Rating
    BoardPro
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    Diligent Corporation
    easy implementation process
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    Alternatives Considered
    BoardPro
    BoardPro is on a different playing field than monday.com, in fact, BoardPro is in a league of it's own. I used monday.com at a different organisation board and actually found that I did not use it. I found it easier to download and read the PDF board pack that was provided to me. The user interface of BoardPro is such that the software is easy to navigate and use, it is intuitive and such a delight to use.
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    Diligent Corporation
    Diligent Entities is already great, as I used it before Diligent Boards, and it was very helpful and very cost-effective as a product provided to my previous team that used it. So I can only vouch for the platform and note that Diligent Boards is also fantastic. It certainly is.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Diligent Corporation
    the pricing is quite steep and if you under-utilise some products it becomes a loss to you as the user.
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    Scalability
    BoardPro
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    Diligent Corporation
    It is really worth it.
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    Professional Services
    BoardPro
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    Diligent Corporation
    Diligent's professional services have been reliable
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    BoardPro
    • It has made meetings more enjoyable and flow faster
    • We are able to get through the formal agenda quickly and focus on strategy
    • The strategic decisions that have occurred as a direct result of using BoardPro have added real value to Search Republic
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    Diligent Corporation
    • Ease of dissmeniation and administration of packages (errors can be easily corrected)
    • Directors can read packages from anywhere in the world at any time. It makes prep for Dircetors a lot easier
    • Keeping records of meetings, doing searches for information has become easier and less time consuming
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of Meeting Agenda FeatureScreenshot of Voting FeatureScreenshot of My Meetings Feature

    Diligent Boards Screenshots

    Screenshot of collaboration on sensitive documents across the organisation in preparation for the board meeting, while safeguarding information in Diligent’s secure ecosystem.Screenshot of an additional layer of security to known processes with key integrations like Microsoft 365. Documents can be shared and users can collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders.Screenshot of the centralized platform where users can take, record, review and share minutes.Screenshot of board evaluations and questionnaires.Screenshot of D&O questionnaire requirements, which are managed in a single application experience.Screenshot of communication with leadership teams. This occurs in real-time on an encrypted, uncluttered channel to signify importance and urgency.