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Diligent Boards alternatives for nonprofits

Mahesh Murthy, FounderBoard software

Diligent Boards is priced by quote. Five alternatives for a nonprofit board, including Diligent's own BoardEffect.

Diligent Boards comes from a company that also sells a governance, risk and compliance platform, and its price is quoted on request. A nonprofit that only needs to run its board has five alternatives to look at: Karma Compass, BoardEffect, Boardable, BoardPro and OnBoard.

We make Karma Compass. What follows about Diligent and the others comes from their own sites, with the date we read each.

What Diligent Boards offers

Diligent Boards has native apps for iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows. It uses AI to build agendas, to assemble board books, and to draft minutes from typed notes, board materials or transcripts. An action tracker turns notes and minutes into action items. Diligent's trust center says the platform is ISO 27001 certified with annual SOC 2 Type II audits.

Its pricing page offers a package tailored to the organization's size, quoted on request. We didn't find a free plan. Read 29 October 2026.

The alternatives

Karma Compass

For nonprofit boards of any size, with prices on the site: Free at $0 with four meetings a year, and Pro at $99 a month for the whole board. Compass drafts the agenda and the minutes on Pro, and directors act from email links with no account. There is no mobile app, and we walk you through our security on a call. See Karma Compass and Diligent side by side.

BoardEffect

Diligent's own portal for mission-driven organizations. Two plans, one for a single board and one for unlimited boards, quoted on request. Read 19 October 2026.

Boardable

A nonprofit-focused portal, priced per user from $20.99 a month, billed annually, with a 14-day trial. Read 12 November 2026.

BoardPro

Priced per board with unlimited users, from $1,650 a year. Read 12 November 2026.

OnBoard

An established portal for organizations with one board or many, quoted on request. Read 19 October 2026.

How to choose

  • If you also run risk and compliance work on Diligent One, keeping the board on Diligent makes sense.
  • If you want Diligent's backing with a product aimed at nonprofits, ask about BoardEffect.
  • If you want to see the price first, compare Karma Compass, Boardable and BoardPro. Our pricing comparison has the numbers.
  • If your board is small, try a free plan before a sales process. Karma Compass Free takes a board through four meetings a year.

Sources

Questions this post answers

  • How much does Diligent Boards cost?

    Diligent doesn't publish prices. When we read its pricing page on 29 October 2026 it offered a package tailored to the organization, quoted on request.

  • Is Diligent Boards a good fit for a small nonprofit?

    It can run a small board, but it is priced by quote and sits alongside a governance, risk and compliance platform. A small nonprofit can compare it with products that publish prices, including Karma Compass, Boardable and BoardPro.

  • What is the difference between Diligent Boards and BoardEffect?

    Both belong to Diligent. BoardEffect describes itself as built for mission-driven organizations, and Diligent Boards is sold alongside the Diligent One governance, risk and compliance platform.

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