Can we move our board from OnBoard to Karma Compass?

Moving from another board portal is included in the Karma Compass Pro plan. You can also start without a migration: Karma Compass finds your directors on your website and drafts the roster, and you add your bylaws, your last minutes and the date of your next meeting.

How much does OnBoard cost compared with Karma Compass?

OnBoard does not publish prices; when we read its pricing page on 19 October 2026 it offered three plans, Essentials, Premium and Ultimate, each quoted on request. Karma Compass publishes both of its prices: Free is $0 with 5 meetings a year and unlimited board members, and Karma Compass Pro is $99 a month for the whole board, whatever its size.

Do our directors need to install anything?

No. Directors RSVP, vote and open the board packet from links in their email, without an account or a password, on whatever device they read email on. Anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace in a browser.

Does Karma Compass have a mobile app?

No. There is no app to install. Directors act from their email on any device, and anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace in a browser. If your board wants a native app, OnBoard has one and Karma Compass does not.

Are votes by email valid under our bylaws?

Karma Compass will not draft a vote until someone records what your bylaws say about voting outside a meeting, the threshold to pass a motion and whether a vote can be changed, with the passage cited. If your bylaws do not allow voting outside a meeting, it will not draft one. Whether a particular vote meets your state’s rules is a question for your counsel.

What happens to our records if we stop paying?

You move to the Free plan. Nothing is deleted and nothing is charged; meetings you already have stay, and new ones are scheduled within Free’s 5 a year. Documents you uploaded can still be downloaded from your document library, unless downloads were turned off for one, and so can the board packet PDF.

Compared

Karma Compass vs OnBoard

OnBoard is an established board portal sold to associations, government, healthcare, higher education, banks and nonprofits, with mobile apps, e-signatures, committee and multi-board support and a price quoted on request. Karma Compass is for nonprofit boards of any size: the people who run the board work in the workspace, directors act from their email, and agents draft the agenda, minutes and follow-ups for a person to approve.

At a glance

Compiled on 19 October 2026 from the pages linked below. Tell us at support@karmahq.org if something has changed.

Karma Compass and OnBoard, row by row
What	Karma Compass	OnBoard
Starting price	Free is $0. Pro: $99 a month.	Not published; quote on request. Three plans: Essentials, Premium and Ultimate, priced by plan and number of users.
Free plan	Yes. 5 meetings a year, unlimited board members and document uploads, voting, RSVPs and quorum tracking.	No free plan listed.
Who it is for	Nonprofit boards of any size.	Boards in associations, government, healthcare, education, financial services and nonprofits, including organizations that run several boards.
Directors without accounts	Yes. Directors RSVP, vote and open the board packet from links in their email, with no account or password.	We did not find account-free voting by email link described. Approvals are taken in the portal or the mobile app.
AI-drafted minutes	Yes, on Pro, from your notes or a transcript. Free drafts minutes from the attendance, quorum and agenda when a meeting is marked held, without AI. The secretary, or another officer who can adopt minutes, edits and adopts them.	Yes. An AI first draft from the agenda, attendance and actions, or from a meeting transcript. The Minutes Builder is on Premium and above; AI Minutes is part of the AI Suite add-on.
AI-drafted agendas	Yes, on Pro. Drafted from your board’s record: earlier published agendas, when there are any, and the action items still open; the chair, secretary or executive director edits and approves it before it goes to directors.	Yes. AI Agenda proposes sections, presenters and time boxes from a prompt or a source document. It is part of the AI Suite add-on, available on any plan.
Votes by email under bylaws	Yes. It will not draft a vote until what your bylaws say about voting outside a meeting is recorded and cited. Each director’s link is theirs alone, works once and expires when voting closes, or after two weeks if voting runs longer.	Votes and approvals run in the portal and app, with a record of who voted, when and how. We did not find a bylaws check or voting by email described.
Board packet	Yes. Once the chair, secretary or executive director approves the agenda, each director gets a link to the packet in their email. The PDF can be downloaded.	Yes. The agenda and board book builder is on every plan.
Scheduled checks (playbooks)	Yes, on Pro. Checks you turn on can prepare an update for the chair or executive director to send, and remind owners before their action items are due.	OnBoard nudges approvers automatically. We did not find scheduled checks of the board’s record described. Task management is on Premium and above.
Integrations	Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and Slack are included in the Pro plan.	Zoom and Microsoft Teams on every plan; Microsoft 365 on Premium and above; DocuSign for signatures.
Mobile app	None. Directors act from their email on any device; anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace in a browser.	Yes. iOS and Android apps.
Trial	Two weeks of Pro for every new organization, then Free. Nothing is deleted and nothing is charged.	A free trial is offered; its length is not published.

OnBoard facts read on 19 October 2026 from OnBoard pricing, OnBoard home page, OnBoard AI Agenda, OnBoard Minutes Builder and OnBoard voting and approvals. Karma Compass facts describe the product as it works today.

Where OnBoard is the better fit

Your directors want a native app. OnBoard includes iOS and Android apps. Karma Compass has none; directors act from their email.

Procurement asks for certifications. OnBoard states it is SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and HIPAA compliant. Karma Compass walks you through its security on a call.

Read on 19 October 2026 from OnBoard’s pricing page.

Where Karma Compass is the better fit

Your directors will not log in. They RSVP, vote and open the board packet from links in their email, with no account or password. Anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace.

You want a price before a sales call. Karma Compass publishes both of its prices, and the Free plan is $0 with 5 meetings a year and unlimited board members. Pro is one price for the whole board, not a price per user.

You want the paperwork drafted, then follow-through. On Pro, one agent drafts the agenda from what is still open, one drafts the minutes from your notes or a transcript, and checks you turn on can remind owners about their action items. Unfinished items are carried into the next agenda draft.

You vote between meetings and want it done by the bylaws. Karma Compass will not draft a vote until the bylaws passage on voting outside a meeting is recorded and cited, and each director’s voting link works once and expires when voting closes, or after two weeks if voting runs longer.

You want to start from what you already have. Karma Compass finds your directors on your website and drafts the roster for you to confirm. On Pro it also answers questions about your bylaws with the passage cited, and drafts action items with owners from your last minutes for you to adopt.

Nothing becomes official until someone on your board with the authority to approve it does. The agents prepare the work; your board makes the decisions. See who approves what.

Price

Karma Compass Free is $0, always, with 5 meetings a year, unlimited board members and unlimited document uploads.

Karma Compass Pro: $99 a month, with unlimited meetings, the assistant, agenda and minutes drafts, playbooks and follow-through. The price does not change with the size of your board.

Every new organization starts on Karma Compass Pro, free for two weeks. If you have not upgraded by the end of it you move to the Free plan. Nothing is deleted, and nothing is charged.

OnBoard does not publish prices. Its pricing page names three plans, Essentials, Premium and Ultimate, and says the price depends on the plan and the number of users; a demo request is the way to a quote. No free plan is listed. A free trial is offered, and its length is not published.