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Board and investor reporting · September 2026 Edition

OnBoard vs Datarails

Eight of twelve models named OnBoard first on the direct prompt; one named Datarails. OnBoard was named by twelve of the twelve models and Datarails by nine and OnBoard carries 37 labels and Datarails 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

OnBoard

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Datarails

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

First-choice share25%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3712A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, OnBoard reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.OnBoard vs Boardable · OnBoard vs BoardPro · OnBoard vs Nasdaq Boardvantage

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.
OnBoardFirst choices, of twelve modelsDatarails
Direct81
Paraphrase00
Comparative10
Budget-constrained102 against OnBoard
Scale-constrained20
Negative104 against OnBoard
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

OnBoard first, Datarails an alternative

8 of 12 modelsDatarails was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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
DeepSeek V4 FlashOnBoard alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, Fairview
GLM 4.7 FlashXAprio Board Portal, OnBoard alternatives: AppDeck Board Portal, BoardEffect, Govenda, Nasdaq Boardvantage
MiniMax M2.5OnBoard alternatives: BoardEffect, Datarails, Planful

Datarails first, OnBoard not the choice

1 of 12 modelsOnBoard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Datarails alternatives: Cube, Planful

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Mistral SmallNasdaq Boardvantage alternatives: BoardEffect, Datarails, Fairview
Llama 4 MaverickNasdaq Boardvantage alternatives: Datarails, Fairview
Qwen 3.7 FlashDiligent alternatives: Enboarder, Fello, OnBoard

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
OnBoard leads by two points.
OnBoard2%#6 of 10
Datarails0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
OnBoard leads by twenty-three points.
OnBoard25%#1 of 14
Datarails2%#5 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
OnBoard leads by seven points.
OnBoard7%#4 of 9
Datarails0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about OnBoard

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

“OnBoard: Frequent gripes about agenda glitches, permission settings, navigation difficulties, and upload issues” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“What to avoid on a tight budget... pricing is typically quote-based and often steeper” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Good for board meetings, but be prepared for a learning curve and higher cost.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“OnBoard is identified as the "UX Leader" of 2026, using AI to automate board book creation and is best for mid-market corporations seeking rapid adoption” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“If you want a single recommendation: choose OnBoard for the best blend of mid-market fit, board functionality, and ease of adoption” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“OnBoard: Highly secure, incredibly intuitive, and widely considered the "sweet spot" for mid-market companies. Excellent mobile UX.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Datarails

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.