Diligent Entities vs. SmartDraw

I would recommend Diligent Entities for organisations with 20 or more entities as a valuable asset for ensuring secure and streamlined entity management. I would probably not recommend the product for companies with only a few entities, as the solution is quite expensive and it is geared towards larger, structured organisations, particularly those with international companies.

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I believe SmartDraw is a great tool for small- to mid-sized organizations for simplifying the production and management of org charts. We've also had the PMO experiment with the use of some of their flow charts as well. If an organization has an HCM with the capability of producing (good!) org charts, that is likely the best option... but many that I have used in my 30-year HR career don't. So there is definitely a need for SmartDraw in the market!

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• Integration of Single Sign On with your organisational security measures.
• Creation of new tabs for entity information headings.
• Tailoring of data fields for business requirements.

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• Provides examples to work off of--these are helpful when you don't know exactly where to start.
• Provides a number of stylistic options without making things too complex, so you can be creative without getting overwhelmed.
• Provides a wide variety of templates, meets a wide variety of needs.

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• The process for issuing and cancelling shares could be made easier.
• At times, the data is slow to update.
• There are some click-through fields that aren't necessary.

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• A month-to-month plan would be ideal for users that don't have a need to create many projects
• The sidebar navigation can be a little confusing with all of the tools listed.
• Offering customizable plans with only the feature you need would simplify navigation

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Whilst most of the features in Diligent are of a high standard, there are some functions that could be made more user-friendly, to enable greater use of the product by more senior managers who may not have the time, coding, or other technical skills required to work out some of the functionality.

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They are always very helpful, we get computers every two years and I have to call them to move the license from one computer to another and they do it with a smile in their voice!

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Whilst Ontra and Kuberno are both excellent products, the cost of each was prohibitive when compared with Diligent Entities, and neither product integrated with the Australian Securities Investment Commission company portal for lodgement purposes.

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We have used Corel Draw and Adobe Acrobat. Both of those tools were good when they came out but the abilities of SmartDraw far outweigh both those tools. Corel Draw was also more complex to operate and do tasks, as was Adobe Acrobat in which some basic tasks took additional steps to complete.

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• Diligent Entities has enabled us to automate entity management.
• Diligent Entities has improved security via single sign on.
• Diligent Entities has improved entity reporting.

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• SmartDraw has provided good return for our internal purposes. Using it to understand an organization's structure and inner workings has been valuable. On the client side, creating steps and businesses processes has also been a big plus. It has helped decrease confusing reporting structures and has provided a detailed map for individuals to understand where they fit within their organization.
• Unfortunately, SmartDraw has been somewhat inefficient with some of the more complex projects on our plate and has really deterred certain employees from even wanting to use it.

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