Boardable alternatives for nonprofit boards

If Boardable's per-user price or its sign-in is the sticking point, four alternatives are worth a look: Karma Compass, BoardPro, BoardEffect and OnBoard. Two of them publish prices and two quote on request.

We make Karma Compass, so read this knowing that. What we say about the other products comes from their own sites, with the date we read each one.

What Boardable offers

Boardable is a board portal for nonprofits, with iOS and Android apps on every plan, committee workspaces, e-signatures, and a packet built from the agenda in one click. It connects to Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, SharePoint and OneDrive. Its security page lists SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

It is priced per user and billed annually. Essentials starts at $20.99 a month, Professional at $29.99 and Professional+ at $35.99. There is a 14-day trial, and no free plan is listed. AI minutes are on Professional+. Directors sign in to the app to vote. Read 12 November 2026.

The alternatives

Karma Compass

One price for the organization. Free is $0 with unlimited board members and four meetings a year, and Pro is $99 a month. Directors RSVP, vote and open the packet from links in their email, with no account or password. On Pro, Compass drafts the agenda, drafts the minutes from your notes or a transcript, and sends the reminders through playbooks. There is no mobile app. See Karma Compass and Boardable side by side.

BoardPro

Priced per board with unlimited users, from $1,650 a year, and not-for-profits may qualify for up to 40% off. It has iPhone, iPad and Android apps, and AI minutes on its Premium plan. Directors sign in to vote. BoardPro says 30,000 board members in Australia and New Zealand use it. Prices read 12 November 2026.

BoardEffect

Part of Diligent. It has two plans, Pro for one board and Plus for unlimited boards, both quoted on request. It has an iOS app with offline reading, and it states compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2 and HIPAA. Read 19 October 2026.

OnBoard

Three plans, quoted on request and priced by plan and number of users. It has iOS and Android apps and says it is SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certified. Its AI agenda and AI minutes are part of an add-on. Read 19 October 2026.

How to choose

• If your directors won't sign in to anything, look at Karma Compass, where they act from email.
• If you want a native app and a published price, look at BoardPro.
• If you run several boards, or procurement wants ISO 27001 as well as SOC 2, ask BoardEffect and OnBoard for quotes.
• If cost is the issue, multiply Boardable's rate by your number of users and set it against a flat or per-board price. Our pricing comparison does that for a board of ten.

When to stay with Boardable

If your directors already use the app and like it, a move costs you a migration and a round of retraining. Boardable's page calls its prices first-year pricing, so before you decide, ask what year two costs for a board your size.

Sources

• Boardable plans and pricing. Read 12 November 2026.
• BoardPro pricing. Read 12 November 2026.
• BoardEffect pricing and OnBoard pricing. Read 19 October 2026.
• Our side-by-side pages for Boardable, BoardPro, BoardEffect and OnBoard list every page we read.