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Board portals · October 2026 Edition

Govenda vs BoardEffect

One of fourteen models named Govenda first on the direct prompt; zero named BoardEffect. Govenda was named by nine of the fourteen models and BoardEffect by thirteen and Govenda carries 16 labels and BoardEffect 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Govenda

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

BoardEffect

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1620A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Govenda reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.OnBoard was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. OnBoard vs Govenda · OnBoard vs BoardEffect · Boardable vs Govenda

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 portals page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GovendaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBoardEffect
Direct10
Paraphrase012 against BoardEffect
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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, Govenda and BoardEffect were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 59 answers naming Govenda and the 104 naming BoardEffect. In those answers BoardEffect took the first choice zero times and Govenda three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Govenda and BoardEffect 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
Govenda BoardEffect first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Govenda on the left and BoardEffect on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Govenda and BoardEffect stood in it.

Govenda first, BoardEffect not the choice

1 of 14 modelsBoardEffect was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Govenda, OnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarOnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, Boardable, Govenda
Grok 4.1 FastOnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, Govenda
Mistral SmallOnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, BoardPro, Govenda
DeepSeek V4 FlashOnBoard alternatives: BoardPro, Diligent Boards, Govenda
Muse Glimmer 30BOnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal, BoardEffect, Govenda

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5OnBoard alternatives: Azeus Convene, Diligent Boards
GPT-5.4 miniOnBoard alternatives: BoardPro, Boardable, Diligent Boards
Gemini 3.5 FlashOnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal, Board Intelligence, Nasdaq Boardvantage
Llama 4 MaverickOnBoard
Qwen 3.7 FlashAprio Board Portal alternatives: AppDeck, OnBoard
GLM 4.7 FlashXOnBoard alternatives: BoardPro
MiniMax M2.5Aprio Board Portal, OnBoard
GPT-6 LunaOnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal

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
BoardEffect leads by two points.
BoardEffect2%#6 of 8
Govenda0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Govenda2%#5 of 10
BoardEffect2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Govenda leads at enterprise.
Govenda9%#3 of 10
BoardEffect2%#6 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Govenda

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

“Start with OnBoard or Govenda — both are purpose-built for mid-market B2B companies” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Govenda is a secure, cloud-based platform recognized for a user-friendly interface, strong security certifications” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative

What the models said about BoardEffect

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

“Only consider BoardEffect if your use case is more nonprofit-style or you want something simpler.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“1. BoardEffect (now part of the Passageways family alongside OnBoard) - targets nonprofits and mid-sized organizations.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“BoardEffect is ideal for nonprofits and mid-sized organizations, offering a balance of features and ease of use.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · alternative
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.