Simplify Your Board Meetings with Diligent AI Board Portal Tools
Switch to Diligent and transform the way you manage board meetings with our smart AI tools. Easily create summaries, set up agendas, and understand trends. With Diligent Boards, the leading board management software.


“One of the most comprehensive and adaptive platforms from an admin perspective, and it is also extremely user friendly for our directors. Especially helpful are some of the tools in setting up board books (e.g. the auto-generated agendas). The streamlined look on the web browser is also very easy to navigate.”
– G2, Diligent Boards user
Don’t settle for hard-to-use board portals that lack support
Diligent offers top-tier security, ease of use, and seamless integrations. With 24/7 support and on-demand training and documentation, it’s simple for your board to stay informed and secure. See how Diligent outshines Convene.
Feature Comparison
Comparison Category | Diligent | Convene | |
Ensure director adoption | check_circle | More than 700,000 directors already use Diligent Boards, including more than 70% of directors at Russell 3000 companies. | |
Rely on 24/7 support | check_circle | Diligent’s customer service team works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide award-winning customer support. We believe that time is precious and that you should never need to wait. | |
Expand oversight capacity | check_circle | Only Diligent’s integrated platform can grow your ability to manage and oversee risk and opportunity. The Diligent One Platform integrates with native applications and more than 100 3rd party solutions so you can surface and manage interconnected risks from a single interface. | |
Get efficient meeting prep and governance workflows | check_circle | Diligent’s industry-leading board management software makes it easy to: assemble, distribute and update board books; build agendas; record and approve minutes; integrate with Office 365, Teams and Zoom; conduct votes; digitally sign documents; and share sensitive documents with trusted third parties. | |
Enhance collaboration | check_circle | Diligent provides a secure, end-to-end messaging app to facilitate and protect communication between directors, executives and other governance leaders. The Diligent One Platform enables functional leaders to use best practice templates to curate and deliver meeting-ready reports directly to the board. | |
Build board effectiveness | check_circle | Diligent’s best-in-class questionnaires and best practice templates take the guesswork and the tedium out of board evaluations, D&O reporting and board benchmarking. |
More than a board portal: Diligent is your governance engine
Your board's role extends beyond meetings. Diligent Boards offers more than just a board intelligence point solution built solely for meeting workflows, it provides a comprehensive GRC platform that empowers directors throughout the governance process. It centralizes GRC information, surfaces deep risk insights from an unmatched scope of sources, and delivers actionable intelligence through top-tier dashboards and collaboration tools, making your board more effective across all your governance activities.
Diligent delivers core features you deserve — with capabilities Convene can’t match
A complete view of enterprise risk
To make smart decisions, your board needs to understand risk across the entire organization. Only Diligent gives directors a complete picture of risk — from internal and external inputs — in one place through intuitive visualizations.
Exclusive GRC intelligence
Diligent gives your board powerful market intelligence on GRC considerations — from shareholder activism alerts to intel on proxy voting, executive compensation and more through our exclusive partnership with Glass Lewis.
A clear signal in the noise
Where Convene provides raw data, Diligent pulls the signal out of the noise. Advanced analytics surface the risk and insights that directors need to avoid potential pitfalls and identify valuable risk-balanced business opportunities.
Leading AI & analytics capabilities
Diligent isn’t just talking about AI — we’re leading the way! With our purpose-built AI tools, generate summaries and comparisons of board meetings and materials.
Efficiency you can measure
Cut down board meeting prep time by up to 60%. Collaborate on documents, communicate across teams and store files in a secure, cloud-based environment that seamlessly integrates with meeting technology tools like Microsoft and Zoom.
Security that sets the standard
Diligent uses advanced security to accelerate — not inhibit — your board activities. Safeguard sensitive materials while making communication and collaboration open and easy.
Productivity-boosting integrations
Built to be easy to learn and easy to use. Connect from any device and with pre-built integrations for Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom, DocuSign and 70+ more. There’s a reason it’s the only board portal directors ask for by name.
From painful processes to enhanced efficiency with Diligent Boards
“By partnering with Diligent Boards, the number one takeaway for our organization is to provide the board with a very secure sense that their information is protected,” says Kim Tobin, Director of Corporate Governance for Coverys.
Coverys, a leading provider of medical professional liability services, improved board communication and collaboration, eliminated paperwork and ensured robust information security with the #1 board portal software — Diligent Boards.
Unified, AI-powered risk data and insights — all in one place
Diligent Boards is a fundamental part of the Diligent One Platform — the only unified solution designed to centralize and unify all your board management and GRC activities. The Diligent One Platform gives directors and executives clear insight into the risks their companies and industries face — all in one single view.

Expert support, seamless integration
Unmatched support around the clock
Understanding that board responsibilities can call for immediate action at any time, we ensure that our support is available 24/7/365.
Effortless onboarding and seamless transition
Whether you're new to board management software or moving from another solution, our dedicated onboarding and implementation experts are here to make the process run smoothly.
Tailored training programs
Enhance your skills alongside your peers in our live, instructor-led training sessions designed for both new and seasoned users.
Ready to get on board with Diligent Boards?
Our team of expert governance specialists is here to guide you every step of the way, including scheduling a personalized demo, or providing pricing tailored to your needs.