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Board portals for small business buyers

Asked as “board portal”, and as “board management software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
54%
Clear leader
54BoardPro30Boardable07AppDeck09others

54% of first choices, clear leader.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01BoardPro54%6%62endorsed leader
02Boardable30%5%65accepted challenger
03AppDeck7%0%20accepted challenger
04OnBoard2%31%52criticized challenger
05BoardSpace2%0%11accepted challenger
06BoardEffect2%43%21criticized challenger
Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
08Diligent Boards0%84%43criticized challenger
07Nasdaq Boardvantage0%68%19criticized challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
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01BoardPro54%
02Boardable30%
03AppDeck7%
04OnBoard2%
05BoardSpace2%
06BoardEffect2%
07Nasdaq Boardvantage0%
08Diligent Boards0%

What they warned about

Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Diligent Boards
84%
36 of 43 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 15 hard negative
“**Verdict:** Avoid unless your small business has significant regulatory/compliance requirements or a high volume of subsidiary boards.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
OnBoard
31%
16 of 52 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Small businesses should avoid Diligent and OnBoard due to high costs, outdated interfaces, poor usability, and slow support.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Nasdaq Boardvantage
68%
13 of 19 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 8 hard negative
“also positioned as an **enterprise** product, with pricing cited around **$20,000–$40,000+** annually ... making it a risky fit for tight budgets” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
BoardEffect
43%
9 of 21 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“the biggest trap is choosing a traditional, enterprise-focused board portal (such as Diligent, Nasdaq Boardvantage, or BoardEffect)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

81 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1030 links across 130 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.

vendor site · Fast.io50 answers · 80 citations · 12 models
vendor site · AppDeck48 answers · 97 citations · 11 models
44 answers · 81 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Guideflow42 answers · 42 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G235 answers · 62 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Board Intelligence31 answers · 46 citations · 12 models
28 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
25 answers · 33 citations · 13 models
22 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Boardable20 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · BoardPro19 answers · 35 citations · 5 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best board portal”, “board portal”, “board portals”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
BoardPro boardpro.com54%179390203,012
Boardable boardable.com30%2053,6002356,590214
AppDeck appdeck.com7%34200185
OnBoard onboardmeetings.com2%25622,2009,63546,823$87,98934
BoardSpace boardspace.co2%37900145
Zeck zeck.app2%254,4002051,680910
BoardEffect boardeffect.com2%992,90060178,25316
Future Directors - Governance Lite futuredirectors.com2%1
Aprio aprioboardportal.com
Aprio Board Portal 0%
0%4450019,979 company
Ideals Board idealsboard.com0%181402303,877$5536

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (boardable.com, g2.com, guideflow.com). The first result for “best board portal” is peoplemanagingpeople.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best board portal for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which board management software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top board portals for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best board portal for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a board portal. What should we look at?”Negative“Which board portals should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5AppDeck
Three alternativesBoardPro, Boardable, OnBoard
BoardProChanged
Two alternativesBoardable, OnBoard
Boardable
Three alternativesAppDeck, BoardSpace, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
AppDeck, Boardable
Two alternativesBoardPro, I'mBoard
no first choiceagainst: BoardEffect, BoardPro, Diligent Boards, OnBoard
GPT-5.4 miniBoardEffect
One alternativeOnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
OnBoardChanged
One alternativeBoardable
against: Diligent Boards
Boardable, OnBoard
Two alternativesBoard Intelligence, BoardEffect
against: Azeus Convene, Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
BoardPro
One alternativeBoardable
against: Aprio Board Portal, BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, OnBoard
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashBoardPro
Four alternativesBoardable, Ideals Board, OnBoard, Zeck
ZeckChanged
Two alternativesBoardPro, OnBoard
BoardPro
Four alternativesBoardable, Ideals Board, Pervasent, Zeck
against: Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
BoardPro
Three alternativesBoardCloud, BoardSite, I'mBoard
against: BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
BoardPro
Four alternativesBoardKite, BoardShape, Boardable, Carta Board Management
against: Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
against: BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SharePoint, Nasdaq Boardvantage
Perplexity SonarBoardPro
Three alternativesAprio Board Portal, Boardable, OnBoard
BoardProHeld
Two alternativesGovenda, OnBoard
against: Wrike
Boardable
Four alternativesAzeus Convene, BoardEffect, BoardPro, OnBoard
Boardable
One alternativeBoardSpace
against: BoardPro
no first choiceagainst: Diligent Boards, Dropbox, Nasdaq Boardvantage, Teams/SharePoint, email
Grok 4.1 FastBoardPro
Three alternativesBoardable, Boardly, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
BoardProHeld
One alternativeBoardable
against: OnBoard
BoardPro, Boardable
Two alternativesAppDeck, OnBoard
Boardable
One alternativeBoardPro
against: Google Workspace, Microsoft
BoardPro, Boardable
One alternativeOnBoard
against: Azeus Convene, Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
Mistral SmallBoardPro, Boardable
One alternativeDiligent Boards
BoardProChanged
One alternativeNasdaq Boardvantage
against: Boardable
Boardable
Four alternativesAppDeck, BoardPro, BoardSpace, Ideals Board
Boardable
Two alternativesBoardPro, BoardSpace
no first choiceagainst: BoardPro, Diligent Boards, OnBoard
DeepSeek V4 FlashBoardPro
Three alternativesAppDeck, Boardable, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
BoardProHeld
One alternativeBoardSpace
against: Boardable, OnBoard
BoardPro
Two alternativesBoardable, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
BoardPro
Three alternativesAppDeck, BoardSpace, Boardable
BoardPro
Three alternativesAppDeck, Boardable, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
against: Azeus Convene, Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Directors Desk, OnBoard
Llama 4 MaverickBoardPro
Three alternativesBoardEffect, BoardOS, Boardable
no first choiceChangedno first choiceBoardable
One alternativeOnBoard
no first choiceagainst: Diligent Boards
Qwen 3.7 FlashBoardable
Two alternativesBoardPro, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
BoardProChanged
Two alternativesGovernance360, OnBoard
Diligent Boardeaser
Four alternativesBoardable, DocSend, Docusign Boards, Nuvoa
against: Encompass, Intralinks
Boardable
Two alternativesAppDeck, BoardManagement.com
against: DocuSign
no first choiceagainst: BlackLine Governance, BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, Intralinks, ShareVault
Kimi K2BoardPro
Three alternativesAppDeck, Boardable, OnBoard
BoardProHeld
One alternativeBoardable
against: OnBoard
Boardable
Three alternativesAprio Board Portal, BoardEffect, BoardPro
against: OnBoard
Boardable
Three alternativesBoardPro, BoardSpace, My Board View
against: Google Workspace
BoardPro, Boardable
One alternativeOnBoard
against: Diligent Boards, Dropbox, Google Drive, Nasdaq Boardvantage
against: BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage, OnBoard
GLM 4.7 FlashXBoardPro
Two alternativesBoardable, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
BoardableChanged
One alternativeBoardPro
against: BoardEffect
Boardable
One alternativeOnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
Boardable
Five alternativesAprio Board Portal, BoardCloud, BoardPro, BoardSpace, Govenda
Boardable
Two alternativesBoardPro, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
against: BoardDocs, BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, Govenda, Nasdaq Boardvantage, OnBoard
MiniMax M2.5AppDeck, BoardPro
One alternativeBoardable
against: Diligent Boards, OnBoard
BoardPro, BoardableChangedagainst: Diligent BoardsBoardable
Two alternativesAppDeck, BoardPro
against: Diligent Boards, OnBoard
Boardable
Three alternativesBoardOS, BoardPro, BoardSpace
no first choiceagainst: Azeus Convene, Diligent Boards, OnBoard
GPT-6 LunaBoardPro
Two alternativesAprio Board Portal, OnBoard
BoardProHeld
One alternativeOnBoard
BoardPro
Three alternativesBoardEffect, Boardable, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards
BoardPro
One alternativeBoardable
no first choiceagainst: BoardEffect, BoardPro, Boardable, Diligent Boards, OnBoard
Muse Glimmer 30BAppDeck, BoardPro
One alternativeBoardable
against: Diligent Boards
BoardProChanged
Two alternativesAzeus Convene, Nasdaq Boardvantage
BoardPro, Boardable
Two alternativesBoardEffect, OnBoard
against: Diligent Boards, Ideals Board
BoardSpace, Future Directors - Governance Lite
One alternativeBoardable
no first choiceagainst: Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage, OnBoard
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 21:39yes97 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 21:40yes55 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 21:41yes1622 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 21:25yes183 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 21:19yes239 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 21:37yes98 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 21:41yes1716 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 21:25yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 21:21yes1431 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 21:23yes1819 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 21:24yes1927 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 21:28yes918 s
Direct recommendationGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-10-04 21:24yes320 s
Direct recommendationMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-10-04 21:35yes1116 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 21:26yes98 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 21:32yes36 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 21:31yes1924 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 21:26yes183 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 21:20yes237 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 21:22yes137 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 21:40yes2315 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 21:39yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 21:29yes530 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 21:21yes1418 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 21:29yes1419 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 21:32yes515 s
ParaphraseGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-10-04 21:35yes314 s
ParaphraseMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-10-04 21:43yes1312 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 21:25yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 21:36yes46 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 21:22yes2322 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 21:22yes185 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 21:41yes2111 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 21:32yes109 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 21:43yes1924 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 21:22yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 21:40no029 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 21:25yes1827 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 21:30yes2541 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 21:30yes919 s
ComparativeGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-10-04 21:41yes532 s
ComparativeMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-10-04 21:43yes1425 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 21:20yes98 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 21:29yes34 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 21:35yes1221 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 21:21yes173 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 21:34yes227 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 21:37yes53 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 21:32yes2013 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 21:29yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 21:40yes823 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 21:32yes1424 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 21:34yes2124 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 21:35yes916 s
Budget constrainedGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-10-04 21:38yes215 s
Budget constrainedMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-10-04 21:38yes2221 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 21:22yes911 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 21:35no05 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 21:30yes1225 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 21:41yes154 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 21:30yes198 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 21:27no06 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 21:23yes2026 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 21:26yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 21:19yes517 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 21:25yes1419 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 21:27yes1417 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 21:20yes511 s
Scale constrainedGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-10-04 21:27yes214 s
Scale constrainedMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-10-04 21:32yes1416 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 21:34yes198 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 21:23yes25 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 21:21yes1925 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 21:43yes195 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 21:22yes2017 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 21:25yes126 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 21:40yes2022 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 21:30yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 21:30yes1828 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 21:30yes2026 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 21:32yes1929 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 21:31yes1537 s
Negative framingGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-10-04 21:36yes323 s
Negative framingMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-10-04 21:26yes1318 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Aprio read as Aprio Board Portal
Diligent read as Diligent Boards
Nasdaq read as Nasdaq Boardvantage
Unresolved, counted raw
BlackLine Governance
BoardKite
BoardManagement.com
BoardShape
BoardSite
Carta Board Management
Diligent Boardeaser
Docusign Boards
Future Directors - Governance Lite
Governance
Ideal
Loomio
Microsoft SharePoint
My Board View (Societ)
Nasdaq Directors Desk
Nuvoa
Teams/SharePoint
email
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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