Diligent Boards vs. Dropbox DocSend

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Diligent Boards
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Today’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
Dropbox DocSend
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Dropbox DocSend helps business professionals to securely share and control content. Dropbox DocSend's link-based system is used to set security preferences for each stakeholder, receive notifications each time someone views a file, analyze content performance on a page-by-page basis, and create modern virtual deal rooms. With DocSend, business can offload administrative burdens and securely share the most impactful proprietary information faster. DocSend’s Virtual…
$10
per month per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Personal
$10
per month per user
Standard
$45
per month per user
Advanced
$150
per month
Advanced Data Rooms
$180
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiligent 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
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Been a customer for over 10 years since I've compared. We moved away less than 2 years from implementing the old portal. Been happy ever since.
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I have not used anything other than Diligent Boards.
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Diligent Boards, light years ahead of boardpaq. There’s no comparison for how much easier Diligent Boards is to use.
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I am not able to provide a comparison at the present time. It was not recent that I have had experience using the other product. This was several years ago and when I worked for a different organization.
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It’s overall great work supporting us and collecting the minutes and time of all agendas, it’s supporting me with how I complete my work, and so forth.
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BoardEffect has been very instrumental in helping our boards and committees.
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Again. Civic plus. Yours is easier. To add, remove, and relocate items and Civic classes, bulk gear, then board dots. Also if the class doesn’t have the same feature that you do.
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Went from Board Docs and did not feel a better option than Community.
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I haven't worked with anyone else. I was responsible to look for a board application that would work best for our board and executive management. I had it down to 3 different companies and I chose Diligent Boards because of the simplicity of the layout. Easy to map it out. …
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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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Our CISO and governance executive explored options and decided Diligent was a good balance of functionality, cost and security.
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Diligent Boards has superior functionalities to both of these, however, for organisations which have only a few subsidiaries, Diligent may prove too expensive as it is geared towards larger companies.
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We have reviewed all credible products in the market as we prepare to exit our diligent relationship. Although some products were stronger than others, I would have chosen any one of them over Diligent. They are all lower cost and better.
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BoardPAC doesn't have the same features. And doesn't allow as much functionality as Diligent. We also have Directors who utilise Diligent across the different Boards they sit on, and this allows them to use one application to access all their information, thereby streamlining …
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This was the first time we've used an app for our board.
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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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It provides better features than competitors.
Dropbox DocSend
Chose Dropbox DocSend
DocSend wins hands down with the usability and basic features. The insights on individual page engagement itself makes DocSend a way more effective product than Adobe Send & Track. Finally the pricing is just unparalleled.
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Everyone uses multiple services from many companies. It's key if a breach happens or a hack or downtime. So there is nothing to do about some Force Majeure Selecting Dropbox for files is like selecting Paypal for online payments, it has marketed its space but the fees are high.
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DocSend is more convenient than DocuSign if you are already using dropbox, otherwise a lot of these solutions come down to pricing and preference on user interface. For us, DocSend was great until our needs changed to needing a more sophisticated contract management tool. With …
Chose Dropbox DocSend
DocSend offers more data points allowing me to understand my users and how they use the documents they have access to.
Chose Dropbox DocSend
In terms of organization for cloud services, competitors are very well placed in the market. But the ease of docsend is far superior. For users who are not used to these platforms, it is certainly the best tool we have on the market. When it comes to editing and sharing files …
Chose Dropbox DocSend
I have tried Notion and Google Docs earlier. Even though Notion helps me know who has viewed the doc, and their last visit - it still doesn't tell me how many times has a doc been visited, which areas did they focus on. Google Drive only lets me know the change history of the …
Chose Dropbox DocSend
I manage a lot of information from different customers, in many cases, the customer wants to keep the information safe and confidential, the interface in many cases is easy to use, so take some time to adapt to that and, in addition, the share feature provides more flexibility …
Chose Dropbox DocSend
It serves a specific file sharing and tracking purpose
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We have chosen DocSend because it has some features that others doesn't have, such as security features monitoring files you have uploaded in it. In addition, you can securely disable the online PDF if you want people to input a password or require an email address before …
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Google Drive doesn’t give you the analytics you need to make informed decisions on a client by client basis!
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Our organization previously used ClearSlide but switched to DocSend as a cost savings. It was not made clear during the sales process that DocSend does not natively possess audio conferencing or screen-share capabilities. We had to add on the join.me integration after the fact, …
Chose Dropbox DocSend
DocSend is more robust than Dropbox Showcase for building data rooms but doesn't look nearly as nice from a marketing/sales standpoint. When comparing either to iDeals they are lightweight solutions while iDeals is built for M&A activities. I personally want something in …
Chose Dropbox DocSend
Clearslide had a very similar offering but a bit less user intuitive. The focus was much more on the live presentation mode.
Chose Dropbox DocSend
ClearSlide, videoinsight.io and PITCHXO
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.9
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Usability
8.6
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
8.6
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Online Training
9.6
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Implementation Rating
9.1
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Configurability
9.1
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Ease of integration
9.1
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Product Scalability
9.1
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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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It's super great for sharing sales collateral, investor pitch slide decks, and other one-time viewing content. It's mainly built for sales but has been a huge benefit as a small startup. It best for PDF content that is okay to be horizontally oriented and scrolled (e.g. the forward and back buttons are on the side of the viewing interface).
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Pros
  • 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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  • Additional information from users who have already downloaded the files or material.
  • Additional information if the download link(s) have been resent.
  • Password encryption if necessary.
  • Email verification for third-party download via email.
  • Add-ons with other platforms and applications, such as Outlook and Gmail.
  • Seal of documents by electronic signature
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Cons
  • 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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  • Customer support is an area that is possible to improve, providing an [quick] answer.
  • [Providing] more details about how to interact with the tool, in some cases, is complicated for new users to understand and start to use the program.
  • The collaboration feature can be improved to allow users to have a better experience using the tool and interacting.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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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The platform and UI are great. never faced any problems.
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Reliability and Availability
Great service!
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Performance
Yes pages load quickly challenges are only experienced when the network challenge is on the user's side.
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Support Rating
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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I haven’t used the support as our internal teams do a great job of fixing and supporting our DocSend use.
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Online Training
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
easy implementation process
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Alternatives Considered
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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Our organization previously used ClearSlide but switched to DocSend as a cost savings. It was not made clear during the sales process that DocSend does not natively possess audio conferencing or screen-share capabilities. We had to add on the join.me integration after the fact, which has not worked well. When our contract is up with DocSend we will be moving back to ClearSlide
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Scalability
It is really worth it.
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Return on Investment
  • Diligent has improved the time spent on training new board members as the app is user-friendly and self-explanatory, especially for IT-savvy Directors.
  • The app has cut down the cost of sending notifications to directors on material added on the app, as directors automatically receive notifications as soon as material is available.
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  • For about $100 you can optimize all
  • Of your pipelines that rely on decks or documents - worth it!
  • The time you’d spend having to send each link to individual clients without tracking is well worth the $100 on the product
  • We’ve been able to close our fundraising round and increase partnerships by utilizing DocSend - would recommend!
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ScreenShots

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.

Dropbox DocSend Screenshots

Screenshot of the granular permissions that give control of what content visitors can access.Screenshot of document analytics that provide insights on the links that have been forwarded to someone that hasn't been engaged with yet. Page-by-page analytics for each viewer of a document reveal any unique interests.Screenshot of the dashboard to manage sensitive documents securely and get real-time deal insights on deals from start to finish with advanced data rooms.