--- title: "Govenda Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Govenda. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Govenda is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/za/board-management/boardbookit-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Online Meeting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/voip/online-meeting-comparison/) / [Govenda](https://www.softwareadvice.com/voip/boardbookit-profile/) / Govenda Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/voip/boardbookit-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/voip/boardbookit-profile/alternatives/) # Govenda User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 166 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Customer support: 4.8/5 - Value for money: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 119 reviews (72%) - 4 stars: 46 reviews (28%) - 3 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - It helps us hold efficient and effective meetings. - Integration with tools like Microsoft 365 promotes a streamlined workflow that helps ensure a great board management processes. - Govenda has an intuitive interface that is very easy to use which makes board management simple and productivity. ### Most mentioned cons - None of these items were deal breakers (example: after replacing an upload in a document, you have to click "cancel" to get out - making me think I just canceled what I did). - Sometimes for each presentation topics, teams might have two separate items they want to present for the topic. And Govenda doesnt allow us to enter 2 documents for 1 topic and we have to waste our time combining the documents so we can add it to the specific agenda topic. - We do have issues with how we link to documents outside of Govenda in our board books for meetings, and have asked if there is a way to enhancement the program so that we can link to documents we have uploaded in the document storage part of the program. ## Govenda customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 166 (page 1). ### Govenda works for Us! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Colleen F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Our experience has been very positive. On the rare occasions when we've had a problem/challenge, the staff have been very accessible and responsive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of set up and Ease of use. I appreciate the affordability for our small nonprofit; without sacrificing quality. #### Cons Any expense is challenging for us; so I appreciated that Govenda was available to us at no cost in the beginning. Now, we've had to add a budget expense to ensure that we have it available going forward. --- ### My worklife is soooo much easier! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jacki H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. #### Reasons 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 --- ### Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Peter C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Relations - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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 --- ### Best Online Portal! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Phyillicia B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Legal Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. BoardBookit has given us the tools to distribute our board materials and documents; not only electronically but safely! The system has also allowed our managers to E sign materials before deadlines. It has truly been as great addition to our organization. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of Use Security PDF Sharing capabilities #### Cons I don't really have any cons just a suggestion about the time entry on the agenda if it could update with the hour and minutes. For example if I place 10 minutes unto the time frame it would put 9:00am-9:10AM on the agenda. We manually type this out but other than that this system is great! #### Reasons for choosing Govenda The customer service as well as user friendly abilities. We have a lot of senior board members that would still need to access materials remotely. Board Book It's portal and app were the easiest to use. #### Vendor response Hi Phyillicia! Thank you for your kind words. We love to hear that you are enjoying the ease of our portal. It is also great to hear that our functionality and security have been good assistance for your organization. Thanks again! Replied October 2019 --- ### Govenda Makes Board Management Enjoyable and Simple. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Angou L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have had a exceptional experience with Govenda. This tool is very easy to use which makes managing boards efficient and simple. It helps us hold efficient and effective meetings. I highly recommend this tool. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Govenda has an intuitive interface that is very easy to use which makes board management simple and productivity. It allows users plan and hold meetings without any hassles. I also like that it integrates well with other tools which promotes workflow and automation thus ensuring great productivity. #### Cons Govenda has been a great tool in board management which has seen great profitability for us. I do not have any dislikes. #### Vendor response Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a positive review. We’re truly grateful to hear Govenda has made a meaningful impact on your board. Your support and recommendation mean a great deal to us. Replied March 2026 --- ### Seamless Tool in Board Management. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Labidi T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We have had a great experience with tool. All our board meetings has been successful and this has positively affected our productivity. It is very flexible and user friendly. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It has great integration capabilities. Integration with tools like Microsoft 365 promotes a streamlined workflow that helps ensure a great board management processes. I also like the software customer support which is very intuitive. It has a 24/7 customer service support. #### Cons Govenda has been a seamless tool. It helps us manage all our board with ease and efficiently without problems. --- ### Use BoardBookit for Brown-act compliant board meetings at charter school - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kapil M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros BoardBookit has allowed our school to run more organized and efficient board meetings. We are able to put items on the agenda during the month. The software organizes all out attachments and creates PDFs of the agenda that we can post online and at our site. It also complies the full board book. Board members can go online and annotate the board book as they prepare for the meetings. During the meetings, we can project all the documents for the public. #### Cons Four things that would make this software perfect: 1. Presentation mode needs some improvement. The idea is that the presenter can control other board member's screens. 2. Public facing portal. Right now we have no connection between our website and BoardBookit. It would be great if Boardbookit could automatically publish agendas on the website. 3. A full screen option for attachments when projected. Right now, the full screen version doesn't actually fill the whole screen making detailed financials hard to see when projected. 4. Conferencing connection / audio recording. We record our meetings and often have a dial in number. It would be great if we could record and store audio recordings in board book it. #### Vendor response Hi Kapil, Thank you for taking the time to review BoardBookit! It's wonderful to hear that our platform has enhanced organization and made it easier to create board books! I'll be sure to pass along your suggestions regarding presentation mode, public facing options, and conference recording on to our engineering team for future updates! Replied May 2019 --- ### Better and less expensive Board documents solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Basically, BoardBookit makes it easy for Board members to prepare for meetings (and review what happened at previous meetings). And it saves staff time and money. Definitely worth a try if you’re a Board member or a staff person frustrated with your current Board documentation process! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I have been a Board member of for-profit companies and not-for-profit entities. Some of them compiled all their Board materials by hand and distributed them in hard copy and/or by email. Some of them used the Diligent software. For the staff, BoardBookit is far easier to implement and use than Diligent and is more efficient and secure than the old-fashioned manual process. And it costs less! For Board members, the BoardBookit interface is far more intuitive than Diligent and because it is designed to work on phones and iPads (whereas Diligent really is made for desktops or laptop computers), BoardBookit allows me to get all the materials when and where I need them. #### Cons It would be nice to have the ability to search within the text across a folder full of documents (maybe that is possible, but I haven’t figured out how). #### Vendor response Thank you for your positive and honest review of BoardBookit! It's wonderful to hear that a diverse professional as yourself thinks so highly of the BoardBookit platform. We're happy to provide you and your board with fully functional mobile solutions so your board materials are always available! We will pass along your suggestion regarding document searches within folders to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements! Thanks again! Replied May 2019 --- ### Impressive - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Scott A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civic & Social Organization - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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 --- ### The Little Engine That Could - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I used Capterra when comparing board portals. Many were simply too pricey for our small NPO. However, I needed to find something to streamline communication and archiving data for our board. After multiple webinars and lack of transparency of many platforms, I was refreshed to reach a real person with straightforward answers to my questions about pricing and features. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I am most impressed by the availability of apps for multiple platforms. Each of them offer the same ease of use and continuity. #### Cons I wish that items already uploaded to the platform could be copied and moved into additional folders and/or to the ”Board Books.” #### Vendor response Thank you for taking the time to review BoardBookit! We're happy you enjoy our full featured mobile apps for Apple and Android! It's one of our goals to give board members access to their materials with the tap of a finger. We'll also pass along your suggestions regarding copied information to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements! Replied May 2019 --- ### HomeTown bank - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Nicole T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fun, Friendly, willing to try to understand the questions to find answers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy of use to add new/adjust and modify meetings. Offline usage. Ability to get items to users quickly. #### Cons Logos and titles of Agendas should not be automated. We use Govenda for multiple meetings and we don't always want the banks logo and name published on them. Ability to attach multiple items on agenda or separate minutes. Wish you could adjust from the app. More training in the settings tab at set up. Ability to allow users to view the agenda prior to publishing that don't have admin rights. #### Reasons for choosing Govenda Easy of use and no limit to users. --- ### Review of BoardBookIt - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Michael C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospitality - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We wanted to improve access to information for our Board and Staff. BoardBookit helped us accomplish this. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It has become a great archive of information for our Board and Staff. The product is easy to use, both from the administrator and client standpoints. BoardBookit presents information in an easy to access manner. Board Members who attend meetings by phone now have an easy way to see the same information being discussed in the meeting location. #### Cons As a public agency, all of our information is subject to North Carolina Public Information Law. BoardBookIt does not offer a feature where members of the general public can easily access the information we present in board and committee meetings. We been forced to duplicate our work in BoardBookIt to place the same information on our corporate website. #### Vendor response Hi Michael, Thank you for reviewing BoardBookit! We're happy to hear that we have improved access to information for your board and staff members. We'll also pass along your comments to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements. Thanks again! Replied May 2019 --- ### Life can be easier! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Pramastuti H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Preparing Board Book become easy! Making an Announcement to all the members are quick! Voting, sending ballot, annotation, etc. were extraordinary! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Save your time and energy! Very easy to prepare an Agenda for the board meeting, even if it changes in very last minutes. Easy to manage multiple Board Meeting too. Boardbookit is the only Portal System that give you all the benefit of Board Portal System with affordable price. It is really a blessing for us as a non-profit company. Thank you Boardbookit! Keep do it! #### Cons When preparing meeting agenda our custom is to leveling the items with Romans capital first, then Capital Alphabet then numbers for example: I. Minutes 1. 2. II. Report 1. ......... I wonder if I can customize it. thanks #### Reasons for choosing Govenda Unlimited users, affordable price! #### Vendor response Hi Pramastuti! Thank you for the wonderful review. It is great to hear that you find our portal easy to use and that it saves your time and energy. Someone from BoardBookit will be reaching out to you very shortly to address how you are able to change the numbering of your agenda. Thanks again! Replied October 2019 --- ### Recommended Highly - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Renee G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. See answers above. All in all a very positive experience and a very helpful too. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Board Bookit is a powerful tool for managing and supporting non profit boards. It is easy to use and makes communication with Board members efficient. It has also been invaluable during the COVID-19 pandemic as we used Board Bookit during virtual committee meetings as well as our large our Annual Meeting. We particularly like that we don't have to send out packets of paper information that will only be left behind at the end of the meeting. Board members are able to peruse materials before and after meetings at their leisure. #### Cons While we can make former Board members inactive and invisible to new Boards, it would be nice to be able to archive former Board members so they don't remain in the ever growing user list that is seen by the administrator. In just a few years this list will become very large and difficult to navigate. I have shared this concern with consumer representative, but received no response. --- ### A board meeting in the comfort of my chosen venue saves time, money & is safe - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sipho N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fantastic andxrevolutionary #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It enables virtual meetings as demonstrated during disaster. Has redefined business continuity during disasters and pandemics #### Cons Sometimes it fails to save annotations and they get lost without warning #### Reasons for choosing Govenda Reputation --- ### Govenda- "Yay" - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ashania G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Relations - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The Govenda software is multifunctional and remotely accessible. #### Cons Users have raised the below concerns: 1. Govenda does not allow annotations to minutes 2. Meeting reminders need to caption the name of the meeting instead of "Govenda Reminder" #### Vendor response Hi Ashania, thank you for taking the time to write a review. We're glad your team is enjoying the ability to access Govenda remotely! We appreciate this feedback and have shared the request to annotate minutes with our Product team. In terms of meeting reminders, please contact support through the "?" in your admin portal so we can troubleshoot with you, as the email reminder subject does include the meeting name. Replied August 2022 --- ### Makes Life Simpler - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bobbi-Anne A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Amazing. Quick to respond to questions. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Govenda makes organizing Board meetings easy and simple. The CS is outstanding! #### Cons The need to post separate Pdfs. This makes it sometimes difficult when posting large documents --- ### BoardBookit definitely helps us conserve a few resources - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jessica H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We save an enormous amount of time putting together our board meeting materials, our annual meeting materials and our orientation materials. Our trustees are very happy with the ability to access organizational materials on the fly. We do feel that added expenses is money well spent! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The fact that we have substantially reduced the need to print and mail materials; the ease with which staff can put together meeting agendas and materials. The portability of materials has been a plus for our trustees who are spread around the state. #### Cons The process to join and review the documents has proven to be difficult and it is too easy for user to get kicked out and then the struggle to rejoin becomes disruptive to the meeting. Really wish you could use it to poll trustees for meeting dates. Also, it would be really nice if notes that folks makes on the materials could be shared. #### Vendor response Hi Jessica, It's so wonderful to hear that BoardBookit has made it easier for you to compile and distribute board materials! Also, you actually can poll trustees for meeting dates. So, feel free to contact our Customer Success team and they can walk you through this functionality! Thanks again! Replied May 2019 --- ### BordBookIt is Fantastic for Sharing Important Informaiton - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Susanne G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros BoardBookIt has changed the way we run our board meetings and share important documents with our Board of Directors. It is quick and easy to share reports, plan meetings and find relevant documents. BoarBookIt has streamlined many processes for our team and we no longer spend time searching for documents and re-sending them, everyone can find whatever they are looking for with ease. #### Cons It would be nice if there were sub folders in the financial documents section. I called support regarding this topic and the representative was able to help us with a work around. So this con is not not a big deal. #### Vendor response Hi Susanne. Thanks for the BoardBookit review. It is so exciting to hear that our portal has saved you time and has increased your Board efficiency. It is also great to know that our Support Team was able to assist you. I will be sure to mention your suggestion for the financials section to our team. Thanks again! Replied October 2019 --- ### Overall review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Karla J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It has made like a lot easier now that I have everyone working on one system #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros We have all the meeting through out the bank in one place and it is easy to locate documents needed. #### Cons Converting agenda to minutes not user friendly at all you can not make them look good unless you copy and paste into a word document everything starts getting out of order need to be able to easily change positioning on the minutes. #### Reasons for choosing Govenda Looked like what we needed and it was! --- ### DGC Alberta District Council - Governance - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Robert H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The benefits I have noticed is there is one portal that you need to deal with anything related to your board and committees. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros For years we have had problems trying to keep everything related to the board and committees at the tip of our fingers. When taking on my new position with the ADC one of the first tasks I took on was trying to bring a stronger sense of governance. I looked and tried several different types of software. We choose this software because of its ease of setting up. Once you have this completed the biggest problem is getting your board and committees on program. #### Cons The features I feel the software is lacking is tracking emails sent through the site to members. #### Vendor response Hi Robert, Thank you for your review! It's awesome to hear that BoardBookit has proved easy to use for your board members and helped you create a stronger sense of governance! We'll be sure to pass along your suggestion regarding email tracking to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements! Replied July 2019 --- ### User Friendly Board Portal that has Revolutionized our Board Process - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Catherine A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civic & Social Organization - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros BoardBookit allows us to store all our governance documents and communicate with our Board and staff all in one place. Setting up meetings and creating a Board agenda is so much easier with this software. We have also really appreciated the document signing and voting functionality. I also appreciate the willingness of the BoardBookit team to entertain new product enhancements. #### Cons The calendar in Board Bookit only shows meetings currently. I wish the software had a calendar that allowed Board tasks (e.g., review of the 990, budget review, etc.) to be listed on a published calendar. While larger organizations might not need something like that, for a small organization like ours, it would be helpful for all the members to see what’s coming up for the Board. #### Vendor response Hi Catherine, Thank you for your review! It's great to hear that your board is better organized and engaged with BoardBookit! We're also happy that you're loving our voting and eSignature functionality! We'll also pass along your suggestions to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements! Replied May 2019 --- ### Great Board portal - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Carl N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very easy to set up meetings and add/update content. Broad capabilities to store reference documents, do polls/surveys. Well liked by even our non-techie Board members. Very responsive customer support. Haven't yet used some of the other capabilities (e.g., live meeting presentation) but has everything we will need #### Cons The impact of settings isn't always clear (e.g., publishing an agenda vs publishing the meeting) so sometimes leads to a disconnect between what thought was sent to recipients vs what they got. Also many of our Board members still like printing a hard copy for travel and then join the meeting via conference call; unfortunately BoardBookit doesn't focus much on the printed book so makes it a bit more challenging (e.g., no page numbers in agenda) #### Reasons for choosing Govenda Ease of use for administrator and users, broad features, support for web/mobile/print, customer support #### Vendor response Hi Carl! Thank you for the BoardBookit review. It is great to hear that you find our portal easy to use! We love to hear that your board members really like our product and that our Customer Support is able to assist you! Keep in mind that when you create an Agenda as a PDF it does include page numbers and the same for when you create a board book as a PDF. If you are struggling to see where that may be, please reach out to BoardBookit Support. Thanks again! Replied October 2019 --- ### A life saver - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Becky H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Our experience has been positive overall. BoardBookit support has been very good. Although it takes a little time to get used to the system, you can become functional on it without a huge effort. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It’s been relatively easy to implement. We have never used a tool like this and our board consists of varying ages and abilities. Nearly everyone is up and running with it, and it already saves time and aggravation in accessing and sharing information, conducting votes, etc. #### Cons Doesn’t allow a multi-day meeting. Our board meetings run from Friday evening through noon Sunday and we have to set up three separate meetings to accommodate this. #### Vendor response Hi Becky, Thank you for your honest review! We are so happy to hear that BoardBookit was easy to implement for your board with diverse ages and saving you time. BoardBookit is always taking the honest feedback of our customers seriously when enhancing our platform, so we will forward your concerns about multi-day meetings to our engineering team. Thanks again! Replied May 2019 --- ### Went looking for a good board portal and found it in BoardBookIt - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mary T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We are extremely satisfied with BoardBookIt, both the software itself and the support we've received, which is spot on in terms of timeliness and courtesy. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It may be an over-used term, but BoardBookIt is super user-friendly, both for administrators and users. I appreciate that the developers continue to add features to make it more robust, such a e-signature. #### Cons Board members complain that they get logged out during board meetings. Our meetings last several hours, so that may be part of it, but it is frustrating when they try to keep their screen up and it goes dark due to lack of activity. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/voip/boardbookit-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Govenda Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice