Benefits
Make board meetings easy
Collaborate on documents, communicate across teams, and store files in a secure cloud-based environment that integrates with meeting technology tools like Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Ensure convenient, secure collaboration
Share and edit documents on the go, highlight urgent issues, and make critical decisions – all with the confidence that your company’s sensitive information is protected.
Build a better board
Assemble and maintain a high-functioning leadership team. Analyze performance, identify gaps in expertise and find the talent you need to execute strategic objectives.
Anticipate stakeholder expectations
Leverage detailed data on peer and industry metrics to make sure your strategic initiatives withstand stakeholder scrutiny. Give your board instant access to key insights.
Moving beyond a board portal
Our board management software fulfills the boards' ability to meet the challenges of modern governance by providing your board with the right tools, analytics and insights to get a better pulse on the market and overall performance of your business.
- Conduct board evaluations, fill out D&O questionnaires, and view industry leading thought leadership in one succinct tool
- Real-time industry and company analytics, curated news and director resources to stay current to match the fast pace of business
- Access director data to improve governance oversight on issues like board diversity or director interlocks
Manage board meetings in one central location
Diligent Boards, used by 50% of the Fortune 1000, provides boards and executives with modern governance tools that allows the board to expand their reach outside the boardroom.
- Easily manage agendas, annotations, documents, discussions of board meetings, and board meeting minutes quickly and securely
- Provide real-time updates to board materials anywhere on-the-go from their phone, tablets, computers, or even offline
- Collaborate in a secure environment so the board of directors can easily make annotations and share them with the whole board or just individual members before, during or after a board meeting
Equip directors to make better decision with purpose-built AI.
Summarize and compare board materials, build agendas, draft disclosures, see and analyze trends – all with the power of AI.
- Leverage key information with AI-generated meeting summaries that deliver nuanced, impactful insights – with citations for easy cross-reference.
- Prepare for meetings on the go with AI-powered text-to-speech summaries they can listen to in the car, on a plane or from anywhere.
Security that sets the standard
Diligent uses advanced security to accelerate — not to inhibit — your board activities. State-of-the-art closed-loop processes safeguard sensitive materials while making communication and collaboration open and easy. Secure every step of meeting preparation, execution, follow-up and everything in between.
Why Diligent is the market leader in board portal software
At Diligent, we aspire to empower board leaders and executives with the technology, insights and processes their organization needs to govern, endure and thrive in the digital age.
Modern governance
Leader in providing board of directors with the right technology, insights and analytics to improve board governance and stay ahead of the speed of business.
Adoptability & functionality
A product that is available across every device and operating system that is easy to use, intuitive and is supported by on-site, one to one training sessions to ensure your board is prepared to meet today's modern governance challenges.
Security
Diligent's products are backed by the world's leading security standards with secure data centers located within your region or country.
Hear what our customers say
As Director of Corporate Governance for Coverys, a leading provider of medical professional liability services, Kim Tobin must keep the board up to date.
This was sometimes a painful process that entailed reams and reams of paper being mailed to directors’ homes, with each correction requiring costly reprints.
With Diligent, Tobin was able to eliminate time-consuming paperwork, facilitate more effective collaboration for board members, and ensure robust security without privacy concerns.
The most trusted board portal software for over 25,000 global companies
Diligent Boards earns countless analyst accolades. But when it comes to real-world trust, no board portal comes close to Diligent Boards: over 70% of Fortune 1,000 companies trust Diligent boards to drive business-critical decision-making.
Industry-leading efficiency and security
Minutes management
Streamline the collection, review and memorialization of minutes. Collaborate in real time with reviewers, eliminating version control issues and mitigating the risk of sharing via email.
Integrated AI
Summarize and compare board materials, build agendas, draft disclosures, and seeanalyze peer trends.
Agenda builder
Create agendas, attach documents, insert items and build and publish packets within a single digital tool. Choose from user-friendly templates and use our drag-and-drop interface.
Voting
Easily and securely organize, review, discuss, approve and memorialize key decisions on critical issues from anywhere.
Board reporting dashboards
Diligent’s integrated platform gives boards, committees and leadership teams unmatched clarity on enterprise-wide risk, connecting the business to the board.
Secure messaging
Remove sensitive conversations from general purpose tools like email. Communicate with directors and leadership teams in real-time on an encrypted,uncluttered channel.
Workflows and integrations
Take advantage ofgovernance-specific workflows and integrations with leading tools like Office 365 and DocuSign to meet collaborators in the tools they use, without compromising on security.
Document library
Create customizable document libraries — providing a convenient, secure and centralized location to upload and manage your documents.
Videoconferencing
Efficiently set up livestreams directly within Diligent Boards and integrate with Zoom, Teams or Webex to conduct meetings on a single platform.
Unparalleled board effectiveness
Premium questionnaires
Simplify your board evaluation and D&O processes with best practice templates from Latham & Watkins and other thought leaders. Pre-fill with past responses and get real-time insight into director progress.
Market intelligence & reputation monitoring
Access governance risk scores, organizational health, market intelligence and shareholder insights to make agile decisions that consider the full picture.
Glass Lewis Proxy Papers and P4P Modeler
Access comprehensive environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, plus exclusive compensation and voting recommendations from leading proxy advisor Glass Lewis.
Nominations & board health check
Find, recruit and connect with board and executive leadershipby leveraging resources, insights, partnerships and technologyto drive diversity and modernize governance.
Executive compensation & governance benchmarking
Access up-to-date executive compensation and board composition data to anticipate market expectations — powered by Diligent Market Intelligence.
Competition Comparison
| Feature | Diligent | Competitors |
|---|---|---|
AI capabilities
Purpose-built AI tools generate org charts, summarize documents, validate data and deliver instant insights - all with enterprise-grade security and transparency. Your data stays yours. | ||
User experience
A newly redesigned interface, customizable dashboards and intelligent prompts make it easy for users to get what they need, fast. Practical AI built in - not bolted on. | ||
Scalability
Whether you're managing 10 entities or 10,000, Diligent supports growth with flexible data models, global support and seamless integration across the GRC ecosystem. | ||
Corporate record management
Diligent centralizes every part of the corporate record in one powerful, flexible platform - designed for legal, tax and compliance. Easily manage entities, ownership, and filings across global jurisdictions. | ||
Cross-department collaboration
With unlimited read-only users and Microsoft Teams integration, Diligent makes entity data accessible to finance, tax and other stakeholders - no logins or training required. |
Competition Comparison
AI capabilities Purpose-built AI tools generate org charts, summarize documents, validate data and deliver instant insights - all with enterprise-grade security and transparency. Your data stays yours.
Diligent
Competitors
User experience A newly redesigned interface, customizable dashboards and intelligent prompts make it easy for users to get what they need, fast. Practical AI built in - not bolted on.
Diligent
Competitors
Scalability Whether you're managing 10 entities or 10,000, Diligent supports growth with flexible data models, global support and seamless integration across the GRC ecosystem.
Diligent
Competitors
Corporate record management Diligent centralizes every part of the corporate record in one powerful, flexible platform - designed for legal, tax and compliance. Easily manage entities, ownership, and filings across global jurisdictions.
Diligent
Competitors
Cross-department collaboration With unlimited read-only users and Microsoft Teams integration, Diligent makes entity data accessible to finance, tax and other stakeholders - no logins or training required.
Diligent
Competitors
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.
A board portal that’s up and running in weeks, not months
Enjoy fast, easy implementation with dedicated support and advisory services to help you put best practices in place.
Ready to make board meetings better? Get your personalized demo today.
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.
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