Govenda

RATING:

4.7

(160)

About Govenda

Govenda is a cloud-based board success platform designed to be a corporation's trusted technology partner in meeting modern governance challenges. Offering unmatched ROI, user-experience focused design, and premium support, Govenda is the answer to complex governance. Govenda's administrator features allow users to schedule meetings, create electronic board books, publish news and announcements, maintain a board roster, keep records of relevant historical board documents and more. Govenda's approvals feature helps users upload documents with electronic signatures. These documents can include stockholder distributions, equity transfers/grants, employee benefits adoption and more. Administrators can customize fields depending on requirements. Govenda also includes a p...

Govenda Pricing

We know that governance can be complex, and involves a lot of people. Which is why our pricing includes unlimited users, committees, and groups for a plan that suits your needs.

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Govenda Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Govenda

1 - 5 of 160 Reviews

Scott

Verified reviewer

Civic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2019

Impressive

We now have everything in one place, which we never had before. instead of emailing 20 attachments to an emailed agenda, people can get it simple and easy every time.

PROS

Board Bookit is very easy and simple to understand and use, for the administrator as well as the regular user. Everything is in one place - works great!

CONS

At times, we have members who have a hard time receiving BB emails. It's usually a problem on their end, but it can be a hassle.

Vendor Response

Hi Scott, It's wonderful to hear that your board now has everything in one place with BoardBookit and it's easy to use for every member of your board! Thank's for the positive review!

Replied May 2019

Desirée

Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed September 2019

Excellent value for the price

This has been an excellent way to streamline our governance operations and keep sensitive documents secure.

PROS

This software does an excellent job at providing a high amount of functionality with an intuitive interface, on both the user-facing end and on the admin-facing end. This is very important because many of our users are late adopters to technology. The designers of the software clearly had a keen understanding of their audience and what their needs are. This software meets our basic needs and at a fair price.

CONS

The software's functionality is, in many ways, "silo-ed." So, for instance, if you upload a document to one area of the board portal, you also have to upload it to every other place you'd like for it to appear. In other words, you can't effectively link to or refer to information stored on different parts of the portal. Also, we have two affiliate companies under an umbrella company -- there's no real way on the portal to delineate this on the portal; it is primarily set up for one sole organization.

Reason for choosing Govenda

They offered the right blend of functionality and value for the price point exceeding the functionality of others at a similar price point or lower. To gain more functionality, we would have had to pay 3-5 times the price.

Vendor Response

Hi Desiree! Thank you so much for taking the time to review BoardBookit. Thank you for the wonderful compliment to our user experience and developers regarding the intuitive interface. I will definitely pass that along. I will also pass along your feedback regarding the silo-ed feel of the portal. Thanks again!

Replied October 2019

Peter

Government Relations, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

Review

Great

PROS

It help us manage our meeting and send reminders to us before the meeting starts

CONS

Some features are difficult to find and sometimes users become frustrated

Vendor Response

Hi Peter, thank you so much for taking the time to review Govenda. We are so happy to hear that Govenda is helping you manage your board meetings! Please reach out to our Support team so we can assist in helping you and your team find the features you need by clicking the "?" in the top right corner of your Admin portal.

Replied August 2022

Jacki

Retail, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2019

My worklife is soooo much easier!

The best experience -- right from the beginning -- is the support. If we can't figure it out on email, someone calls and we set up an appointment to get it right. Everyone has been friendly from the very beginning.

PROS

1) "Cloning" meetings and agendas 2) Emailing right from the site to our Board members 3) All of our Board members took to the site at the first meeting 4) Presentations are done right from Bookit now instead of working back and forth with Powerpoint and printed materials; we just project Bookit to the screen 5) No more dealing with Adobe; which is not always user friendly with Excel documents

CONS

1) Agenda formatting; but we have a workaround; I wish there was a way to reduce/increase font size, margins, and the ability to put spacing inbetween agenda items.

Reason for choosing Govenda

Price and the ability to add unlimited users at no extra cost

Vendor Response

Hi Jacki! Thank you for the BoardBookit review. We absolutely love to hear that our Support Team has been able to provide you such good service. It is also great to know that you are enjoying the portal functionality, I will be sure to pass on your agenda formatting suggestions to our team. Thanks again!

Replied October 2019

Mauricia

Renewables & Environment, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

Govenda Review 2022

Great

PROS

User friendly and effective. It is easy to add and delete documents. I like that users outside of the administrator isn't prompted by all notices when changes are made.

CONS

My Board members have a problem suggesting amendments and making notes on documents. I suggest a box option to add comments to minutes and documents and a share options so it can be seen and or accessed by members

Reason for choosing Govenda

The sales rep's enthusiasm, affordability and ease of use.

Vendor Response

Hi Mauricia, thank you so much for taking the time to review Govenda. We love hearing how effective and user friendly our board portal is for our customers. We appreciate and have taken note of the comment box suggestion as we are always looking for ways to make board management easier for our customers!

Replied September 2022