European Alternatives to Diligent

Looking for a European alternative to Diligent? Diligent Corporation, whose terms of use are governed by New York law and which lists its address at 61 W 23rd Street, New York, sells the Diligent Boards portal and related governance products. Its product pages show request forms rather than a list price, and it states customers in more than 150 countries.

The European tools below are run by Dutch, French, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Austrian entities, and several state where documents are stored and which security certificates they hold.

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12 European Alternatives to Diligent

iBabs

Dutch board portal from Euronext with voting, minutes and signatures

Netherlands

Admincontrol

Oslo board portal and data room from Euronext Corporate Solutions

Norway

DiliTrust

Paris governance suite with board portal, contracts and entities

France

Boardwise

Hamburg board software that runs inside your Microsoft 365 tenant

Germany

Orgbrain

Oslo board portal with AI assistant, share register and NOK prices

Norway

Fabasoft Boards

Linz board portal with data location in Switzerland, Austria or Germany

Austria

Diliforce

Helsinki board portal with contracts and entities from EUR 8.70 per user

Finland

Styreplan

Oslo board portal since 2004 with BankID and a flat per-person price

Norway

Bård

Norwegian board portal priced per board with AI minutes and BankID

Norway

BetterBoard

Danish board portal with MitID signing, AI assistant and data room

Denmark

Boardeaser

Swedish board portal in the Fortnox group with reporting and share register

Sweden

Tudu Styreportal

Hønefoss board portal with an annual licence from NOK 5,500

Norway

Key takeaways

  • Diligent Corporation is a New York company, and the terms of use for its websites are governed by New York law with exclusive jurisdiction for the New York courts.
  • Diligent publishes no price for Diligent Boards, only a demo and a pricing-request button, whereas Diliforce, Bård, Styreplan and Tudu publish theirs.
  • Diligent Boards bundles AI board book drafting, a risk scanner, minutes and an action tracker, and lists Microsoft 365, Google Docs, DocuSign and NetSuite integrations.
  • Fabasoft Boards lets the customer choose Switzerland, Austria or Germany as the data location, which the Diligent pages read do not offer as a stated choice.
  • Boardwise runs inside the customer's own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant, so the board papers never sit in a Diligent-operated environment.

Why people leave Diligent

Diligent Corporation, with its address at 61 W 23rd Street in New York, sells the board portal that most large companies picture when they say "board software".

Diligent Boards sits inside a wider range that the vendor now markets as one AI platform for governance, risk, compliance and audit: BoardEffect for nonprofits and higher education, Entities, Community for local government, data rooms, risk and audit modules and a FedRAMP-authorised option for US federal bodies. On its homepage Diligent claims 25,000 customers and 700,000 directors, which are vendor figures.

European buyers usually start looking for something else for contractual reasons rather than product ones.

The terms of use that govern the Diligent websites fall under the law of the State of New York with exclusive jurisdiction for the New York courts, and the privacy policy says personal data may be stored and processed in countries that the European Commission does not regard as adequate, backed by contractual safeguards.

Product contracts are separate documents, so the real position is whatever your signed agreement says. The point for a supervisory board is who holds the minutes and what law sits behind that holding.

The second driver is scope and price. Diligent publishes no price for Boards, only a "Request pricing" button, and the product has grown into a platform where a small board pays attention to modules it will never open. People who leave tend to want the same agenda, vote and minutes cycle, a published number, and a vendor they can phone in their own time zone and language.

  • A US corporation holds the board papers Board packs contain unreleased results, deal terms and personnel matters. Diligent Corporation is a New York entity, so a US court order aimed at it reaches data it controls under the CLOUD Act, whichever data centre the files sit in. Several European portals on this page are registered in the EU or EEA and answer to a European regulator first, which changes who can lawfully ask for the data and through which route.
  • The privacy policy allows data to travel widely Section 7 of the Diligent privacy policy says personal information may be transferred to, stored and processed in various countries, including some without an adequacy decision, protected by contractual commitments. A separate section covers the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. A buyer who wants a named hosting region in the contract has to negotiate for it, whereas Fabasoft Boards and Styreplan state theirs on the product pages.
  • No price on the page The Boards page offers a demo and a pricing request and nothing else. That is normal for enterprise software, but it leaves a ten-person foundation unable to tell whether Diligent is even in its range. Orgbrain, Styreplan, Bård, Tudu and Diliforce print numbers, from NOK 690 a month for a whole board at Bård to EUR 8.70 per user per month at Diliforce.
  • More platform than a board needs The Diligent range spans risk, audit, compliance training, third-party screening and market intelligence. A company that wants agendas, voting and minutes pays, in attention if not always in money, for a suite built for a general counsel running a global programme. Smaller portals such as Tudu and Bård cover the meeting cycle and stop there.

What you have to replace, not just match

The first thing to replace is the board book workflow itself. Diligent Boards describes a Smart Builder that drafts the board book from uploaded material, a Smart Risk Scanner that flags risky language, summaries per book, Smart Minutes and an action tracker.

Those are the habits your corporate secretary and directors have built around. Most European portals cover agendas, packs, annotation, voting, minutes and tasks, but the AI drafting layer differs in depth, and it is worth testing with a real quarterly pack before assuming parity.

The second is everything wired to the portal. Diligent lists integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Docs, DocuSign, NetSuite and S&P Global Market Intelligence, and sells data rooms, entity management and proxy and shareholder insights next to the board product. If your company secretary also keeps the subsidiary register in Diligent Entities, switching the portal alone leaves that half behind. DiliTrust and Diliforce bundle entities with the board portal; Orgbrain, Styreplan, Tudu and Boardeaser carry a share register instead.

The third is signing and identity. In the Nordics, a board that signs minutes with BankID or MitID needs a portal that speaks those schemes, and the Diligent pages read list DocuSign for signatures and do not mention those schemes. Bård, Styreplan, BetterBoard and Orgbrain sign with Nordic identity schemes. For a German or Austrian supervisory board the questions are different: which Microsoft tenant, which region, which regulator guidance, and Boardwise and Fabasoft Boards are built around exactly those.

The alternatives compared

European Diligent alternatives, in the order this page ranks them, compared on headquarters, pricing and jurisdiction
PositionToolHeadquartersPricingJurisdiction
#1 iBabs Hoorn, Netherlands Per-user price calculator on the pricing page (amounts not in the HTML we read); volume discounts through sales EU (Netherlands)
#2 Admincontrol Oslo, Norway Preparation portal GBP 250 per month; virtual data room from GBP 685 per month with 500 MB storage (GBP 0.90 per MB overage), monthly invoice, 30 days notice EEA, not EU (Norway)
#3 DiliTrust Paris La Défense, France Not published; quote on request EU (France)
#4 Boardwise Hamburg, Germany Not published; pricing request form EU (Germany)
#5 Orgbrain Oslo, Norway From about NOK 199 to 239 per user per month on annual billing, founder companies from NOK 439 per company per month with six users included, excluding VAT; enterprise on request EEA, not EU (Norway)
#6 Fabasoft Boards Linz, Austria Not published on the pages read; demo booking EU (Austria)
#7 Diliforce Helsinki, Finland Standard plan EUR 8.70 per user per month billed annually (USD 9.50 on the dollar toggle); 14-day free trial EU (Finland)
#8 Styreplan Oslo, Norway NOK 219 per person per month for companies and groups, NOK 189 for foundations and cultural institutions, excluding VAT; no binding period EEA, not EU (Norway)
#9 Bård Karmøy, Norway From NOK 690 per month per company (up to 5 board members); BankID signature NOK 15 each EEA, not EU (Norway)
#10 BetterBoard Kolding, Denmark Not published; contact the vendor EU (Denmark)
#11 Boardeaser Stockholm, Sweden Not published; tailored quote, 30-day free trial EU (Sweden)
#12 Tudu Styreportal Hønefoss, Norway NOK 4,500 one-off setup, NOK 5,500 per year licence including one user, NOK 45 per extra user per month, excluding VAT EEA, not EU (Norway)

How each alternative compares to Diligent

#1

iBabs

The nearest formal-meeting equivalent, run from the Netherlands inside Euronext

Hoorn, NetherlandsPer-user price calculator on the pricing page (amounts not in the HTML we read); volume discounts through sales#1 in Board Management Software

Best for: Councils, associations and companies that want voting, minutes and signatures under Dutch contracts

Against Diligent, iBabs offers the same formal cycle of agendas, annotation, votes, minutes and traffic-light action tracking, with offline access and mobile apps. The vendor states ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015, and a public information portal and streaming for councils are sold as add-ons, a use case Diligent covers through its separate Community product.

The trade-offs are visible. iBabs runs on Microsoft Azure and names no region, the pricing page holds a calculator rather than amounts, and the company is a Euronext subsidiary, so you gain a European contract but not an independent supplier. Ask for the Azure region in writing.

What iBabs does better than Diligent

  • Contracting entity registered in Hoorn, Netherlands, rather than New York
  • Public meeting portal and streaming built for councils
  • Stated ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015
  • Offline reading for members on the move

Where iBabs is a step down from Diligent

  • Documented AI is transcripts, summaries and minutes, not board book drafting like Smart Builder
  • Hosted on a US cloud provider with the region unnamed
  • No list price without the calculator or sales

Standout against Diligent. It is the only portal on this page that sells a public information portal and live streaming for open council meetings.

ibabs.com Visit iBabs
#2

Admincontrol

A Norwegian data room first, with a board portal next to it and posted prices

Oslo, NorwayPreparation portal GBP 250 per month; virtual data room from GBP 685 per month with 500 MB storage (GBP 0.90 per MB overage), monthly invoice, 30 days notice#2 in Board Management Software

Best for: Nordic and UK advisers who need a deal room and a board portal under one monthly invoice

Admincontrol started from the deal side: its preparation portal costs GBP 250 a month and its virtual data room starts at GBP 685 a month with 500 MB of storage, invoiced monthly with 30 days notice. Compared with Diligent, where data rooms are an add-on to governance software, the emphasis is reversed, and the price is on the page rather than behind a form.

It is part of Euronext Corporate Solutions, and lists ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II and Cyber Essentials Plus. The weak spots are the small storage allowance, a GBP 0.90 overage per megabyte and a charged encrypted USB export. As a pure board portal for a quarterly cycle, other entries here are closer to Diligent.

What Admincontrol does better than Diligent

  • Published monthly prices in pounds
  • Data room and board portal from one Oslo vendor
  • Cancellation on 30 days notice
  • Listed SOC 2 Type II next to ISO 27001:2022

Where Admincontrol is a step down from Diligent

  • Storage allowance of 500 MB in the entry data room plan
  • Board features are less documented than its deal tools
  • Prices appear in pounds only

Standout against Diligent. It is the only entry here that publishes a monthly price for both a preparation portal and a virtual data room.

admincontrol.com Visit Admincontrol
#3

DiliTrust

The French suite that matches Diligent module for module, from boards to contracts

Paris La Défense, FranceNot published; quote on request#3 in Board Management Software

Best for: General counsel at larger companies who want boards, contracts and entities from one French group

DiliTrust is the closest to Diligent in ambition. The board portal runs voting, signatures and attendance during the live meeting, a dedicated mobile app serves directors, and the suite adds contract lifecycle, matters and entity management. The vendor lists ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and SOC 2, and says it can use its own AI or external models for transcription and minutes.

The group management is French according to the company register, yet the site names offices in Montreal, Dubai, Mexico City and Philadelphia, and the privacy policy mentions processing by subsidiaries. Pricing is quote-only and the platform host is not named on the pages read, so the hosting annex is the document to request.

What DiliTrust does better than Diligent

  • French company register entry with French group management
  • ISO 27701 listed alongside ISO 27001 and SOC 2
  • Contracts and entities from the same vendor as the board portal
  • 24/7 multilingual support stated

Where DiliTrust is a step down from Diligent

  • Offices outside Europe widen the processing picture
  • Hosting provider and region unnamed
  • Quote-only pricing, like Diligent

Standout against Diligent. Its suite is the only European one on the page that mirrors the Diligent mix of board portal, entities and legal workflow.

dilitrust.com Visit DiliTrust
#4

Boardwise

A Hamburg portal that lives inside your own Microsoft tenant instead of a vendor cloud

Hamburg, GermanyNot published; pricing request form#4 in Board Management Software

Best for: German-speaking board offices at companies that already run Microsoft 365 and Azure

The architecture is the argument against a Diligent-hosted portal. Boardwise says it runs within the customer's Microsoft 365 and Azure environment, so authentication, permissions and storage stay in the tenant. Its workflow splits into preparation, execution and follow-up, with AI for agenda suggestions and document summaries, and the vendor names E.ON, Henkel, Stihl and Axel Springer as customers.

Sovereignty then depends on the tenant: the vendor calls it full sovereignty, which is only true if your Microsoft setup is. Rollout takes three to five weeks according to the vendor, so this is a project, and no price is published. Boardwise GmbH is registered in Hamburg under HRB 157964.

What Boardwise does better than Diligent

  • No separate vendor cloud holding the board papers
  • German-registered company with named managing directors
  • Reference customers among large German industrial groups
  • Interface in German, English and French

Where Boardwise is a step down from Diligent

  • Requires Microsoft 365 and Azure
  • Implementation takes weeks rather than days
  • No published price

Standout against Diligent. It is the only portal here that keeps the board papers in the customer's own Microsoft environment.

boardwise.io Visit Boardwise
#5

Orgbrain

An Oslo portal with a posted price list, AI in every plan and a share register

Oslo, NorwayFrom about NOK 199 to 239 per user per month on annual billing, founder companies from NOK 439 per company per month with six users included, excluding VAT; enterprise on request#5 in Board Management Software

Best for: Norwegian companies and groups that want board work, shareholder records and AI in one subscription

Orgbrain prints its prices, which already separates it from Diligent: roughly NOK 199 to 239 per user per month on annual billing, a founder plan from NOK 439 per company with six users, and enterprise on request, all excluding VAT. Every subscriber gets an AI assistant, e-signature and an online board school, and the product adds general meetings, a share register and a due-diligence room.

Documents are stored in Norway, though the infrastructure runs on Amazon Web Services in Europe and Microsoft Azure in Norway, both US providers, and the AI model provider is not named. The pages are in Norwegian. Orgbrain AS was founded in 2017 and states ISO 27001:2022.

What Orgbrain does better than Diligent

  • Prices on the page, tiered by company size
  • Documents stored in Norway
  • AI assistant included for all subscribers
  • Share register and data room in the same product

Where Orgbrain is a step down from Diligent

  • Norwegian-only product pages
  • AWS and Azure under the hood
  • No named AI model provider

Standout against Diligent. It combines a board portal, a share register and a data room in a product whose prices a buyer can read without asking.

orgbrain.no Visit Orgbrain
#6

Fabasoft Boards

Austrian software where you pick Switzerland, Austria or Germany for the data

Linz, AustriaNot published on the pages read; demo booking#6 in Board Management Software

Best for: Banks, insurers and public bodies in DACH that must show alignment with FINMA, BaFin or FMA

Fabasoft Boards answers the location question that the Diligent pages leave open. The customer chooses Switzerland, Austria or Germany for the data, and the vendor lists BSI C5, ISO standards and the EU Cloud Code of Conduct, plus an audit trail, version control with time travel and granular permissions. Fabasoft AG is registered in Linz under FN 271303a.

Some details need checking. The product page calls the software Swiss-made while the imprint shows Linz, and which Fabasoft company signs the Boards contract is not stated. The three hours saved per manager per meeting is the vendor's figure with no method given, and no price is published.

What Fabasoft Boards does better than Diligent

  • Selectable data location in three named countries
  • Alignment with named financial regulators stated
  • Audit trail and versioning with time travel
  • Austrian company register entry

Where Fabasoft Boards is a step down from Diligent

  • Contracting entity for Boards not named
  • Price available only through a demo
  • Board-specific features beyond the audit trail are less documented than at iBabs

Standout against Diligent. It is the only portal on the page where the customer chooses the country the board papers are stored in.

fabasoft.com/en/products/boards/business Visit Fabasoft Boards
#7

Diliforce

A Finnish all-in-one platform with a printed per-user price, formerly ContractZen

Helsinki, FinlandStandard plan EUR 8.70 per user per month billed annually (USD 9.50 on the dollar toggle); 14-day free trial#7 in Board Management Software

Best for: Growing companies that want boards, contracts and entity records at a number they can budget

Diliforce, the new name for ContractZen from June 2026, shows EUR 8.70 per user per month on annual billing and a 14-day trial without a card. For ten directors that is a visible yearly figure before any sales call, which Diligent does not give. The board portal sits beside contracts, entities, SmartIndex diligence indexing and data rooms.

The catch is depth. The pages read do not describe formal voting, they do not say where documents are stored, and the footer lists a Palo Alto address beside the Helsinki office. ContractZen Oy has been in the Finnish trade register since 2014, and the recent rename means older reviews use the former name.

What Diliforce does better than Diligent

  • Published per-user price
  • Trial that needs no payment card
  • Contracts and entities in the same login
  • Finnish company registered since 2014

Where Diliforce is a step down from Diligent

  • Data location not stated
  • Formal voting not described on the pages read
  • Board features are one module among several

Standout against Diligent. Its published EUR 8.70 per user per month is the clearest budgeting number among the all-in-one suites.

contractzen.com Visit Diliforce
#8

Styreplan

The long-running Norwegian portal with one price per person and BankID built in

Oslo, NorwayNOK 219 per person per month for companies and groups, NOK 189 for foundations and cultural institutions, excluding VAT; no binding period#8 in Board Management Software

Best for: Norwegian companies, municipal companies and foundations that want flat per-person pricing

Styreplan states it was founded in 2000 and has served Norwegian boards since 2004. Every customer gets the full product for NOK 219 per person per month, or NOK 189 for foundations and cultural institutions, excluding VAT. BankID login and signing, a data room without a space limit and phone support are in that fee.

It is a narrower tool than Diligent. The site is in Norwegian, the workflow assumes BankID, and listed companies or regulated businesses are sent to a custom quote. The vendor reports 99.98 percent uptime, ISO 27001, Norwegian servers and development in Norway, all of which are its own statements.

What Styreplan does better than Diligent

  • One flat price with storage and signing included
  • Norwegian servers and Norwegian development
  • No binding period
  • Long track record since 2004

Where Styreplan is a step down from Diligent

  • Norwegian-language site only
  • Fixed prices exclude listed and regulated companies
  • BankID focus limits foreign directors

Standout against Diligent. It prices every feature, including BankID signing and unlimited data room space, into one number per person.

styreplan.no Visit Styreplan
#9

Bård

A young Norwegian portal priced per board, with advisers added for free

Karmøy, NorwayFrom NOK 690 per month per company (up to 5 board members); BankID signature NOK 15 each#9 in Board Management Software

Best for: Small Norwegian companies, associations and sports clubs that want a fixed monthly cost per board

Bård charges NOK 690 a month per company for up to five board members, with advisers and auditors free and no binding period. The price list includes an AI assistant that knows the board documents, meeting transcription with a minute draft, templates and a board evaluation. A BankID signature costs NOK 15, while signing without BankID is free.

Bård Styreportal AS was registered in January 2021 in Karmøy, so the track record is short compared with Diligent. Data is stored in Norway on Microsoft Azure, and the pages for larger boards and groups are not detailed. The site is Norwegian-only.

What Bård does better than Diligent

  • Per-board price instead of per-user
  • Advisers and auditors at no charge
  • AI assistant and transcription in the base price
  • Free signing option without BankID

Where Bård is a step down from Diligent

  • Young company, registered in 2021
  • Azure beneath the Norwegian storage
  • Plans for larger boards not described

Standout against Diligent. Advisers and auditors cost nothing extra, so outside seats do not raise the NOK 690 monthly price.

brd.no Visit Bård
#10

BetterBoard

A Danish portal with MitID signing that suits boards near Kolding and beyond

Kolding, DenmarkNot published; contact the vendor#10 in Board Management Software

Best for: Danish companies and housing associations that sign with MitID and want Danish-language support

BetterBoard offers a digital meeting book, minutes, an AI assistant, annotation, an annual calendar and signing with MitID plus Swedish and Norwegian BankID. An observer role gives auditors or lawyers access to selected workspaces only, and a log centre records activity. A deal and due-diligence data room comes from the same vendor.

On the pages read there is little else to go on. No price, hosting location, certification or ownership statement is given, and its price page could not be read. Against Diligent that is a thin evidence base, so treat BetterBoard as a shortlist entry that needs a written answer on hosting.

What BetterBoard does better than Diligent

  • Native MitID signing for Danish directors
  • Danish-language product and support
  • Observer role for outside advisers

Where BetterBoard is a step down from Diligent

  • No hosting location or certification on the pages read
  • Price available on request only

Standout against Diligent. MitID signing alongside Swedish and Norwegian BankID is rare on a portal this small.

betterboard.dk Visit BetterBoard
#11

Boardeaser

A Stockholm portal that adds financial reporting and consolidation to the board pack

Stockholm, SwedenNot published; tailored quote, 30-day free trial#11 in Board Management Software

Best for: Swedish companies, housing associations and investment firms that want board papers next to the numbers

Boardeaser lets a board member read finance reporting inside the portal where the agenda and minutes live, which Diligent handles through integrations such as NetSuite. The modules add automated financial analysis, group consolidation, a digital share register and contract handling, and a 30-day free trial is offered.

Boardeaser AB has been part of the Fortnox group since 2024. Fortnox's own site shows a takeover offer from a consortium of EQT X and First Kraft, both Swedish, and no non-European parent is named. Prices need a quote, the pages read are in Swedish, and formal voting is not described.

What Boardeaser does better than Diligent

  • Financial reporting and consolidation in the same portal
  • 30-day free trial
  • Swedish company with Swedish support
  • Share register and contracts included

Where Boardeaser is a step down from Diligent

  • Data location not stated
  • Quote-only pricing
  • Swedish-language pages

Standout against Diligent. It is the one portal here that puts the group's consolidated accounts in front of the directors.

boardeaser.com Visit Boardeaser
#12

Tudu Styreportal

The cheapest published entry price, for very small Norwegian boards and clubs

Hønefoss, NorwayNOK 4,500 one-off setup, NOK 5,500 per year licence including one user, NOK 45 per extra user per month, excluding VAT#12 in Board Management Software

Best for: Small Norwegian companies, housing co-operatives and sports clubs with a low fixed budget

Tudu charges NOK 4,500 once for setup and NOK 5,500 a year including one user, then NOK 45 per extra user per month, excluding VAT. The vendor's example for five users is NOK 12,160 in the first year and NOK 7,660 later. Storage, support, updates and signing are included, and the share register and annual wheel are part of the portal.

It is built for modest governance needs. Two-factor login is announced for the fourth quarter of 2026 and is not live, there is no native app yet, and no certificate is mentioned. Data is stored in the EU or EEA according to the vendor. Tudu AS, in Hønefoss, says it was established in 2016.

What Tudu Styreportal does better than Diligent

  • Lowest published entry price on this page
  • Pay only for active users
  • Standard data processing agreement with every customer
  • Share register and annual wheel in the price

Where Tudu Styreportal is a step down from Diligent

  • Two-factor login not yet live
  • No native mobile app
  • No security certificate on the pages read

Standout against Diligent. A five-user board costs NOK 7,660 a year after setup, the lowest figure any vendor on this page prints.

What actually breaks when you switch

Expect the work in three places. First is export: ask Diligent, in writing, for board books, signed minutes and the action history in a format you can store, and agree the date after which your access ends. Second is the director experience. Directors who have used Diligent on a tablet for years will compare every gesture, so schedule one training session per board and keep the first meeting dual-run, with the old portal as the reference copy.

Third is contracts and time. A Diligent agreement may run on an annual term with notice periods, and the portal that holds your current board book cannot be dropped halfway through a reporting cycle.

Start the new portal at the beginning of a quarter, load the standing documents first, and keep Diligent read-only until the audit committee has signed off the old year. Where signing is involved, confirm that the new scheme, whether BankID, MitID or an electronic signature, is accepted by your registry.

Can a European board portal handle a company with directors in several countries?

Yes, with limits. iBabs, DiliTrust and Admincontrol operate across several countries and languages, and Boardwise offers its site in German, English, French and more. The Nordic-only portals are different: Bård, Tudu, Styreplan, Orgbrain, BetterBoard and Boardeaser publish in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish and build their signing around BankID or MitID.

So the test is the language of the directors, not the headquarters of the vendor. A board that meets in English with one Norwegian member can use a Nordic portal only if the interface and support work for the others, which the pages read do not promise.

What does a switch away from Diligent do to the minutes already filed?

Past minutes and signed resolutions are your records, and the Diligent agreement decides how and when you can export them. Ask for the export format and the retention period after termination before you give notice, and keep a copy of every archived board book outside any portal.

Few European vendors on this page describe a bulk import from Diligent. Plan to load the current year and the standing documents, such as charters and policies, and leave older material in your own archive, with an index the new portal can link to.

Which one to pick

For a large or regulated company that wants the Diligent breadth from a European contract, shortlist DiliTrust and iBabs, then Fabasoft Boards if the data location must be named in the contract. For a German-speaking board already on Microsoft 365, Boardwise keeps the files in your own tenant. For deal work next to the boardroom, Admincontrol adds a priced data room.

For smaller Nordic boards the choice follows price and identity scheme: Styreplan, Bård, Tudu and Orgbrain in Norway, BetterBoard in Denmark, Boardeaser in Sweden, and Diliforce for a company that wants a printed per-user figure and contracts in the same login. Stay with Diligent if your board is global, depends on its AI drafting and integrations, or needs US federal features that no European vendor here offers.

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the board. iBabs from the Netherlands and DiliTrust from France are the closest in breadth, with voting, minutes and signatures, and Fabasoft Boards suits regulated DACH boards that want a chosen data location. Boardwise fits companies that run on Microsoft 365, Diliforce offers a published per-user price, and Orgbrain, Styreplan, Bård and Tudu serve Norwegian companies at published rates.

Yes. The Diligent terms of use name Diligent Corporation at 61 W 23rd Street, New York, and say the websites are governed by New York law. Its privacy policy also covers group companies and a section on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, so a European customer may sign with a local group entity, which the contract will name.

Diligent does not publish a price for Diligent Boards, so a comparison needs a quote. On the European side, Bård starts at NOK 690 a month per company for up to five board members, Styreplan charges NOK 219 per person per month, Diliforce EUR 8.70 per user per month billed annually, and Admincontrol GBP 250 a month for its preparation portal. iBabs, DiliTrust, Boardwise, Fabasoft Boards, BetterBoard and Boardeaser quote on request.

Fabasoft Boards lets the customer pick Switzerland, Austria or Germany. Orgbrain, Styreplan and Bård state Norway, Tudu states the EU or EEA, and Boardwise runs in the customer's own Microsoft tenant. iBabs runs on Microsoft Azure and says EEA servers without naming a region, and DiliTrust offers sovereign hosting options without naming provider or region on the pages read.

Several do. Boardwise lists AI agenda suggestions and summaries, Orgbrain and Bård include an AI assistant, BetterBoard has one with a minute function, and iBabs and DiliTrust offer AI transcripts and minutes. Fabasoft Boards adds summaries and question answering. None of the pages read prove accuracy, so test the minutes on a real meeting recording before relying on them.

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Sebastiaan Smits

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