BoardPro vs. Diligent Boards

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BoardPro
Score 9.3 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
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
Pricing
BoardProDiligent Boards
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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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 is a different way to think the teamwork and project management.
Respect the other platforms with BoardPro you can have in a unique platform everything you need for the project you are managing.
If the boss, team members, stakeholders or anyone different ask you …
Chose 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 …
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 …
Diligent Boards
Chose Diligent Boards
It provides better features than competitors.
Chose Diligent Boards
MeetingSquared and BoardEffect a Diligent Brand
Chose Diligent Boards
Diligent now took over them. There seems to be no other product available in the market that offers Boardbooks.
Chose Diligent Boards
While they can be more expensive than other providers. Their product just stands head and tall above the rest. It would be hard to convince our board to move away from Diligent. They are also continuously updating, improving and offering new features and gives the customer …
Chose Diligent Boards
Diligent Boards provides a number of capabilities ranging from security to arranging meetings to distribution of board meeting materials. Although other products also have these capabilities but I would say security is at next level for Diligent Boards which makes it suitable …
Chose Diligent Boards
Boardvantage was in some ways better with the ability to do a global search of a term, security features, and also the ability to edit documents within the portal.
Chose Diligent Boards
I never used or evaluated other product like Diligent Boards.
Chose Diligent Boards
It is not nearly as functional. I do like the feature of being able to edit the document in the portal.
Chose Diligent Boards
Overall, Diligent was much easier to use. Also, more widely used particularly with our directors who sit on multiple Boards.
Chose Diligent Boards
Diligent Boards is much more user friendly, easier to navigate for both the administrators and the end users. Diligent Boards creates a much cleaner, nicer looking book.
Chose Diligent Boards
We chose to add Diligent Entities because of our success and how easy Diligent Boards was to use.
Chose Diligent Boards
We did not evaluate any other product before selecting Diligent as the CEO of the Company and other board members had use it in other companies.
Chose Diligent Boards
I have not used any other products.
Chose Diligent Boards
Diligent is the only product i have experience with.

The others do not meet my elevated levels of expectations and requirements.
Chose Diligent Boards
Much more user friendly because board portal replicates a binder which Directors are familiar with. Also the 24/7 customer service is reliable and has never let us down!
Chose Diligent Boards
I feel that security is top-notch with Diligent Boards.
Chose Diligent Boards
We have not used any other products
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises

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User Ratings
BoardProDiligent Boards
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
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9.4
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.7
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Usability
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9.0
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Availability
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9.1
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Performance
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9.1
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Support Rating
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9.1
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Online Training
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
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8.0
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Configurability
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9.1
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Ease of integration
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9.1
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Product Scalability
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9.1
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Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
BoardProDiligent Boards
Likelihood to Recommend
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 is pricey, so it is suitable for large-size organizations with sufficient funding. Universities and colleges would be good clients. Diligent is not suitable for small organizations or not-for-profit organizations due to the pricing. There are other options to distribute and share documents, such as Google format, so I think pricing is the key to expand the market for Diligent.
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Pros
  • Different boards for every projects in an unique platform
  • A common space in which team members can participate in a project, using resources as documents and minutes and can annotate them in the personal local space
  • For every project there are the details of every single meeting; and for every meeting you can easily look all the notes and the minutes taken
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  • 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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Cons
  • The ability to work offline.
  • It need a good internet connectivity.
  • Integration of automation elements.
  • The ability to make private chats during meetings.
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  • I am using one click, it would be nice to see what board members see
  • I mentioned before I would like to be able to sort documents by various parameters like importance, date, type
  • Talking to other assistance i find that everyone knows something different about quicker ways to load, maybe a weekly/monthly tip would be beneficial.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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
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It is very easy to use
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Reliability and Availability
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Great service!
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Performance
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Quick service, specially on loading.
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Support Rating
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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
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The training was executed through a Deligent meber.
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Implementation Rating
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I think our Diligent Boards implementation went well
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Alternatives Considered
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 more organisations.
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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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Scalability
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It is really worth it.
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Return on Investment
  • We can make decisions decisively.
  • We have access to all the infomation we need at our fingertips.
  • Through BoardPro we are well-equipped and supported to focus on what we do best and to make a real difference in the lives of young women in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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  • 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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ScreenShots

BoardPro Screenshots

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.