Diligent Boards vs. Penneo Sign

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Diligent Boards
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
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
Penneo Sign
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Penneo is a digital signing and data collection platform built for professionals in regulated industries like accounting, auditing, real estate, finance, and HR. It helps organizations create legally binding electronic signatures across the EU. The platform supports both Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES) and Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), fully compliant with the eIDAS regulation. Cross-Border digital signatures with eIDs or passport Penneo supports a wide…
$100
per month 500 signatures/year
Pricing
Diligent BoardsPenneo Sign
Editions & Modules
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Sign Essential
$100
per month
Sign Plus
$180
per month
Sign Pro
$740
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Diligent BoardsPenneo Sign
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
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.Several optional add-ons are available for organizations that need additional capabilities. Signing with itsme®, AusweisApp, or passport is priced at €1.70 per signature. Forms — which provide unlimited access to fillable PDF creation — are available for €600. Registered letters can be sent for €1 per letter.
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User Ratings
Diligent BoardsPenneo Sign
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(80 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(75 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Diligent BoardsPenneo Sign
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Penneo A/S
Penneo is really well suited if you want to handle all contracts online. Reducing process time and reducing "waste" of paper being printed. It can speed up the process for all. To my knowledge, it's not possible to fraud the system, and the files being signed are always verified correctly.
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Pros
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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Penneo A/S
  • Easy to handle contracts
  • Unable for users to edit contracts, which ensure compliance for our legal team.
  • All files can be stored on your computer.
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Cons
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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Penneo A/S
  • For Danish users, it would be nice if Penneo offered the ability to sign and verify using MitID.
  • For signees, it would be nice to have a feature to add comments for documents, not just personal but also for the client.
  • As company the software solution is really great. There is not much negative points to highlight.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Penneo A/S
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Usability
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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Penneo A/S
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Reliability and Availability
Diligent Corporation
Diligent helpdesk (Team Topaz) is a click away, their response is very quick
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Penneo A/S
No answers on this topic
Performance
Diligent Corporation
Quick service, specially on loading.
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Penneo A/S
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Support Rating
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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Penneo A/S
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Online Training
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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Penneo A/S
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Diligent Corporation
easy implementation process
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Penneo A/S
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Alternatives Considered
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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Penneo A/S
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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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Penneo A/S
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Scalability
Diligent Corporation
It is really worth it.
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Penneo A/S
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Professional Services
Diligent Corporation
Diligent's professional services have been reliable
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Penneo A/S
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Return on Investment
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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Penneo A/S
  • As stated earlier Penneo has made a really positive impact on reducing our process time when signing contracts. Now we are able to complete a process with two or three sign-offs within a day. Before this process usually took a week.
  • We reduce a lot of physical storage by having all files electronically. Files are saved as PDFs and stored securely on a server. Earlier these were printed files stored in a physical folder.
  • As a large company we really want to reduce of environmental impact, and reducing a lot of physical prints is also a key measure for us. Penneo has had a positive impact on us in this regard.
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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.

Penneo Sign Screenshots

Screenshot of Custom flows based on predefined rulesScreenshot of Document status overviewScreenshot of an automatic reminderScreenshot of multi-signing (sign multiple documents at the same time)Screenshot of identity validation via eIDsScreenshot of automatic data deletion