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Board and investor reporting · September 2026 Edition

Boardable vs Diligent

Zero of twelve models named Boardable first on the direct prompt; one named Diligent. Boardable was named by twelve of the twelve models and Diligent by nine and Boardable carries 25 labels and Diligent 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Boardable

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Diligent

criticized challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share14%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%71%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels2517A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Boardable reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.OnBoard was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. OnBoard vs Boardable · OnBoard vs Diligent · Boardable vs BoardPro

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 and investor reporting page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BoardableFirst choices, of twelve modelsDiligent
Direct011 against Boardable · 1 against Diligent
Paraphrase00
Comparative01
Budget-constrained606 against Diligent
Scale-constrained003 against Diligent
Negative002 against Diligent
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Boardable and Diligent were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 70 answers naming Boardable and the 74 naming Diligent. In those answers Diligent took the first choice two times and Boardable four.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Boardable and Diligent 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
Boardable Diligent first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Boardable on the left and Diligent on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Diligent first, Boardable not the choice

1 of 12 modelsBoardable was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashDiligent alternatives: Enboarder, Fello, OnBoard

Neither was named

11 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5OnBoard alternatives: Aprio Board Portal, Board Intelligence, HighRadius
GPT-5.4 miniOnBoard alternatives: Board Intelligence, BoardPro, Diligent Boards, Nasdaq Boardvantage
Gemini 3.5 FlashMosaic, OnBoard alternatives: Board Intelligence, Cube, Datarails, Govenda, Jirav
Perplexity SonarOnBoard alternatives: Board Intelligence, BoardEffect, Nasdaq Boardvantage
Grok 4.1 FastOnBoard alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, BoardPro, iBabs
Mistral SmallNasdaq Boardvantage alternatives: BoardEffect, Datarails, Fairview
DeepSeek V4 FlashOnBoard alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, Fairview
Llama 4 MaverickNasdaq Boardvantage alternatives: Datarails, Fairview
Kimi K2Datarails alternatives: Cube, Planful
GLM 4.7 FlashXAprio Board Portal, OnBoard alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, BoardEffect, Govenda, Nasdaq Boardvantage
MiniMax M2.5OnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, Datarails, Planful

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
Boardable leads by twenty points.
Boardable20%#2 of 10
Diligent0%#10 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Boardable leads by eleven points.
Boardable14%#2 of 14
Diligent2%#6 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Diligent leads at enterprise.
Diligent2%#6 of 9
Boardable0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Boardable

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

“Limited governance depth; fewer advanced features; overkill for larger or complex boards” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · soft negative
“If you need a simple, affordable solution for a small board and are comfortable with manual setup: Boardable (Core) or Google Workspace.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“For the most affordable and straightforward solution, Boardable is likely the best choice if your needs are basic.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Boardable if you have a very small board (under 10 members) and want the lowest per-user cost” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Diligent

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

“Diligent ($15K\u201330K+/yr) and Board Intelligence are enterprise standard but far out of budget. Skip these” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“I would avoid Diligent, BoardEffect, and Boardvantage if budget is the main constraint” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Large public company: Diligent or Nasdaq Boardvantage (robust compliance, audit trails)” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Diligent is widely considered the gold standard.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Diligent is the titan of the industry. It is highly secure and customizable but can be very expensive and complex to implement.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · 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.