Diligent Boards vs. Wolters Kluwer ActiveMeetings

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Diligent Boards
Score 9.4 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
ActiveMeetings
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Wolters Kluwer offers ActiveMeetings, software to organise and manage in-person or virtual Shareholder, Board or other formal meetings by the book. ActiveMeetings is a meeting management tool used by legal departments to organise meetings.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Diligent BoardsActiveMeetings
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
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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User Ratings
Diligent BoardsWolters Kluwer ActiveMeetings
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(80 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(8 ratings)
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Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
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Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
9.1
(77 ratings)
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Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
8.0
(4 ratings)
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Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Diligent BoardsWolters Kluwer ActiveMeetings
Likelihood to Recommend
Diligent Corporation
I'm pretty sure I've given a description of this in one of my prior answers, but I would like to give a further note of my example that this is well suited for board pack production for our board meetings, specifically in relation to the PLC board meetings we hold regularly within the company function.
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Wolters Kluwer
ActiveMeetings works well when you want to conduct pre-scheduled meets with a clear agenda and want to get inputs from stakeholders to close things quickly. It's not really so useful for general chit-chat or catchups with teammates as the extra features aren't useful in the scenario. It also has some friction when doing cross-org collaboration.
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Pros
Diligent Corporation
  • Customer service is great. if any of the built resources are not sufficient to resolve a challenge, reaching out to Diligent, there is always someone ready to assist till a challenge is resolved
  • Assistance is readily available at any given time
  • Diligent is progressive, always creating ways to ease how we do work
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Wolters Kluwer
  • Setting agenda for the meets
  • Getting real-time inputs from meeting participants
  • Seamless collaboration during meets
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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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Wolters Kluwer
  • The UI interface could be much cleaner
  • The cost of the software is high considering the value many free softwares provide
  • Not everyone has ActiveMeetings so cross-organization collaboration has some friction
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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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Wolters Kluwer
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Usability
Diligent Corporation
Diligent Boards is a great app and working with different levels of management, everyone understands how to use the app on the first try. It's a simple setup and working with customer service for any questions is great. The turnaround on assistance is instant. Great job!
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Wolters Kluwer
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Reliability and Availability
Diligent Corporation
Great service!
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Wolters Kluwer
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Performance
Diligent Corporation
Quick service, specially on loading.
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Wolters Kluwer
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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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Wolters Kluwer
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Online Training
Diligent Corporation
The training was executed through a Deligent meber.
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Wolters Kluwer
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Implementation Rating
Diligent Corporation
Great training and support!
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Wolters Kluwer
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Alternatives Considered
Diligent Corporation
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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Wolters Kluwer
ActiveMeetings offers much more power in terms of setting the course for the meeting, getting real-time inputs from stakeholders, and closing things on the go compared to Zoom or Google Meet. However the interface of ActiveMeetings isn't as clean as intuitive as it is with Zoom, and especially with Google Meet.
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Scalability
Diligent Corporation
It is really worth it.
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Wolters Kluwer
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Return on Investment
Diligent Corporation
  • 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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Wolters Kluwer
  • Meetings have become much more meeting with ActiveMeetings prompting for an agenda every time you set a meet
  • You can club all relevant documents for the meet in one single doc which is really useful to avoid clutter and confusion
  • This is still a hindrance when collaborating with people from a different organisation
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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.