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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

    Kintone

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AKintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.

    $120

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    Zoho Creator

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform for building enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, tablet, and web. It is designed to allow users to create custom forms, configure workflows, build pages, and deploy apps quickly.

    $12

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BoardProKintoneZoho Creator
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    Standard
    $12
    per month per user
    Professional
    $30
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $37
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoardProKintoneZoho Creator
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details20% discount for Nonprofit organisations.Minimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.Add-ons: Customer Portal: $100/month onwards Premium Support : 20% of license fees Enterprise support: 25% of license fees
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    Community Pulse
    BoardProKintoneZoho Creator
    Considered Multiple Products
    BoardPro
    No answer on this topic
    Kintone
    Chose Kintone
    Kintone has much better Javascript and code customization while Zoho Creator allows for customer portals, online forms, and branded mobile applications that we can put on both the Google and Apple App Store. This allows us a greater range of use with the system. Also, a lot of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kintone
    It has a better user interface and is less complicated. Easily integrated with other services with API.
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Creator
    Zoho Creator stands out for its balance of affordability, ease of use, and powerful customization options. While it may not offer the same level of enterprise-scale features as platforms like OutSystems or Mendix, it provides a robust solution that meets the needs of many …
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    Key User Insights
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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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    94%
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    50 Answers
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    18 Answers
    Features
    BoardProKintoneZoho Creator
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
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    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
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    Case management00 Ratings9.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of BoardPro and Kintone and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    BoardPro
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Creator
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings00 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
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    SAP Sales Cloud
    Score8.7 out of 10
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BoardProKintoneZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    8.8
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    9.0
    (43 ratings)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    10.0
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    BoardProKintoneZoho Creator
    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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    Kintone
    I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple.
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    Zoho
    If you are using some application of Zoho and want some more functionality into it, Use Zoho creator to develop a separate app as per requirement and integrate it with your Zoho App. Small organization can use creator to make apps but it can be used for small range of storage, For Large organization , it may be not feasible.
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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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    Kintone
    • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
    • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
    • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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    Zoho
    • Accountability for each employee work which is very vital for any organization
    • Making operations very simple even that a simple lay man would be able to perform detailed work like a pro
    • Data tracking in live was made possible
    • Using proper Manpower for the work they are apt.
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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
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    Kintone
    • Sometimes it's a little challenging to know which fields to enter and where. There is a little bit of a learning curve with creating your own apps.
    • More visuals would be great! I love seeing the data visually, and so does my board.
    • That's all I can think of - I really do enjoy the program.
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    Zoho
    • In C6, the new setup of permissions is not logical. Admins now have access to every application rather than specific applications, which impacts data confidentiality.
    • In C6, the new feature for having multiple environments is very limited as it does not work for ZOHO Creator applications that are linked to other Zoho Creator applications in the same workspace - which is not logical at all.
    • In C6, the revised permissions for Developers do not allow the developer to assign permissions to users or to publish forms, reports, pages, etc....which again is not logical.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than what we need.
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    Zoho
    Today Zoho Creator is included in our current plan from Zoho One, but if it was needed to pay apart it should be done because the software we created became very important for our team. The use of Zoho Creator contributes to endorse the Zoho One subscription year after year.
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    Usability
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    I love everything bout it. I love that if there is something I don't feel is working well enough, we are able to change it. The ONLY thing I would say is that if you were able to make it so every time I click on anything in the website/app it stayed in the same page, that would be great, but I don' think it is possible and I think this is due to using so many external APIs
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    Zoho
    Its quite easy if one has the need, interest and passion to build applications and solutions through low-code. One example would be, that my finance head who has absolutely nothing to do with tech and apps, is now able to create apps and manage Zoho Creator all by himself. So its all about the interest and how much time we put to learn the tool. Having said that, its quite easy to learn the tool and create anything that's within our scope of knowledge.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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    Zoho
    In an earlier comment, I mentioned Zoho's excellent uptime. I have been using the system for over 6 years, and have experienced only momentary outages, and of those, only a hand full over the years. It is extremely reliable
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    Performance
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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    Zoho
    We do not integrate Zoho with other systems at this time, but rarely are searches, database exports, record edits or creation tasks ever slow enough to notice. It is quite usable
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    Support Rating
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users
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    Zoho
    I recommend Zoho Creator very often. A lot of companies go big earlier than they need to and spend way too much on SalesForce & Marketo. I worked for a small company with some limited budget that pivoted to sell it's product to the Enterprise. Zoho Creator was incredibly easy to set up, intuitive to use, and contains all the most essential features that most users need and seek in SalesForce. We integrated with MailChimp & Unbounce and were able to be incredibly useful in acquiring leads, nurturing them, and tracking pipeline in Zoho Creator. Our small sales team found it very easy to use and loved it.
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    Online Training
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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    Zoho
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    Implementation Rating
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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    Zoho
    Even if it is a easy to use platform, it got some issues on the implementation that could easily handle by IT teams. In our scenario this team don't exist anymore, and the business/marketing team had their expectations that it was quickier to be implemented. So, consider a professional help on this implementation could be cost more (of cource) but it would be helpful to manage the issues and expectations.
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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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    Kintone
    Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Creator stands out for its balance of affordability, ease of use, and powerful customization options. While it may not offer the same level of enterprise-scale features as platforms like OutSystems or Mendix, it provides a robust solution that meets the needs of many businesses, especially those looking for an integrated, cost-effective low-code platform with strong support for both simple and complex applications.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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    Zoho
    Zoho is incredibly versatile. Much thought was put in to the way the platform functions. I've yet to face a situation where Zoho would not be able to do what I needed. That being said, because of its power, it can also be a bit intimidating technically. Simple needs are simple. More complex needs are ... more complex! Overall, it's a powerful, robust platform
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    Professional Services
    BoardPro
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    We have nothing but positive things to say about the kintone professional services we utilized during the install and after we went live.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Kintone
    • It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3.
    • It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior.
    • We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process.
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    Zoho
    • With using Zoho Creator we are able to build apps that we may otherwise pay a pretty penny for. We may risk some features we could get from a 3rd party app but the fact that the data we do collect can easily syn with our CRM and Accounting systems makes up for this.
    • Negatively speaking, it takes time to fine tune and really craft your application. I am not a coder, nor do I have a coding background, so patience is key as you design and build out your application.
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    ScreenShots

    BoardPro Screenshots

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

    Kintone Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of apps from the portalScreenshot of 4 ways to build an appScreenshot of the drag and drop interfaceScreenshot of business app viewsScreenshot of Kintone appearing across desktop, and mobile

    Zoho Creator Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Platform App builderScreenshot of Dashboards created using Zoho CreatorScreenshot of An overview of Hotel management dashboardScreenshot of Schedule and manage eventsScreenshot of BI and AnalyticsScreenshot of Help Desk overview