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Board and investor reporting · October 2026 Edition

OnBoard vs Diligent Boards

Eleven of fourteen models named OnBoard first on the direct prompt; one named Diligent Boards. OnBoard was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Diligent Boards by thirteen and OnBoard carries 39 labels and Diligent Boards 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.

OnBoard

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Diligent Boards

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share26%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%50%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels3940A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, OnBoard reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.OnBoard vs Boardable · OnBoard vs BoardPro · OnBoard vs BoardSpace

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the board and investor reporting page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OnBoardFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDiligent Boards
Direct1112 against Diligent Boards
Paraphrase00
Comparative06
Budget-constrained102 against OnBoard · 7 against Diligent Boards
Scale-constrained202 against Diligent Boards
Negative002 against OnBoard · 9 against Diligent Boards
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, OnBoard and Diligent Boards were named in the same answer 198 times, of the 262 answers naming OnBoard and the 301 naming Diligent Boards. In those answers Diligent Boards took the first choice sixty times and OnBoard thirty-three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where OnBoard and Diligent Boards stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
OnBoard Diligent Boards first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, OnBoard on the left and Diligent Boards on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where OnBoard and Diligent Boards stood in it.

OnBoard first, Diligent Boards an alternative

11 of 14 modelsDiligent Boards was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5OnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal, Govenda
Perplexity SonarOnBoard alternatives: Board Intelligence, Nasdaq Boardvantage
Grok 4.1 FastOnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, Boardable, Govenda
Mistral SmallGovenda, OnBoard alternatives: Boardable, ClearPoint Strategy
DeepSeek V4 FlashOnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal, Boardable, Govenda
Llama 4 MaverickOnBoard alternatives: Kluster
Qwen 3.7 FlashOnBoard alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, Kluster
Kimi K2OnBoard alternatives: Diligent Boards, Govenda, Nasdaq Boardvantage, Zeck
GLM 4.7 FlashXAppDeck Board Portal, OnBoard alternatives: Board Intelligence, BoardPro, Diligent Boards
MiniMax M2.5OnBoard, Prophix alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, Boardable
Muse Glimmer 30BOnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, Boardable, Cube, Datarails, Planful, Prophix

Diligent Boards first, OnBoard not the choice

1 of 14 modelsOnBoard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniDiligent Boards alternatives: BoardPaq, Boardable, Nasdaq Boardvantage

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDatarails, Mosaic alternatives: Board Intelligence, BoardPro, Cube, OnBoard
GPT-6 LunaCube alternatives: Jirav, OnBoard

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
OnBoard leads by eight points.
OnBoard8%#4 of 8
Diligent Boards0%#8 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
OnBoard leads by twenty-four points.
OnBoard26%#1 of 8
Diligent Boards2%#6 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Diligent Boards leads at enterprise.
Diligent Boards30%#1 of 7
OnBoard5%#3 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about OnBoard

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“avoid enterprise-heavy giants (like Diligent, OnBoard, or Nasdaq Boardvantage, which often run upwards of $10,000 annually)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Steep learning curve, especially for permissions and admin setup... Caution if: Small teams or non-tech-savvy boards” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“OnBoard leads in comparisons for mid-sized companies transitioning from emails/manuals—praised for intuitive interface, comprehensive features, and balance of cost/usability.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“OnBoard - serves over 2,000 organizations across 32 countries and offers a balance of features and cost that fits organizations between startup and enterprise.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Diligent Boards

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Industry-standard governance platform with AI-powered meeting summaries... If you're a large public company needing full GRC: → Diligent” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best for: Enterprise governance and secure board portals ... Strengths: Strong security, comprehensive governance features” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.