Govenda

RATING:

4.7

(163)

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 156 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

Darlene

Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2020

Feature-Rich, Best in Class

Excellent, absolutely excellent. The sales process was terrific, onboarding was phenomenal, ongoing training and support are top-notch, and feature development is continuous. The BoardBookit portal itself is exactly what our Board members and the Board liaison needed, easy to use and feature-rich. The price point is also excellent for our organization, with BoardBookit, onboarding, support, and training included in the annual subscription price. Excellent tool, excellent company.

PROS

BoardBookit has top-notch, US-based support 24x7 for admin users and Board Member/end users. All support calls by our organization have been handled excellently. Training sessions are provided by BBi professionals directly to end users, anytime, anywhere. BoardBookit is a women-owned, women-led company whose sole focus is on meeting the needs of Board managers and Board members. The BBi end-user interface is accessible via computer, tablet, or mobile device; our Board members find it easy to access and intuitive to use. Our Board Liaison is able to set up, configure, and administrate BBi without assistance from internal IT support. This is an AMAZING testament to BBi's ease of use and excellent product design.

CONS

BoardBookit is always adding and developing features and functionality, their product road map is full of great enhancements. The reporting and survey features are relatively new to BoardBookit, which we are happy to have available. Both surveys and reporting deserve more robust functionality, which I believe is already on the BBi road map.

Reason for choosing Govenda

The features available in BoardBookit met or exceeded our requirements in every category. The alternative products evaluated in our RFP only met a sub-set of criteria in every instance and/or were difficult to administer or use. And the cost of two competitors far outpaced our budget.

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

Amy

Government Administration, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2024

Exceptionally easy to use

Even with the con considered, Govenda is an exceptional product that is easy to use. The product is high quality as is customer service.

PROS

Uploading and managing documents, ease of use by Board members and staff, managing multiple meetings, user access.

CONS

Having a tiered product. When we initially contracted with Govenda, it was a one tier/one price product with enhancements included. Since our onboarding, different tiers and pricing levels have been introduced.

Heather

Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2020

Game Changer

We had looked at different options - password protected portal on website (too cumbersome to keep updated); Google docs (cumbersome, and not easy to manage); Boardable - cost/features were limited

PROS

Given the remote nature of my board members, this tool has proved indispensable! They receive alerts, notices, access to all documents and meeting schedules from any device. Storage of historical documents has saved me so much time in not having to respond to one-off requests. Easy to use/learn.

CONS

I would like to be able to have tracking in emails sent/opened; ability to edit offline votes; tasks are cumbersome to enter/manage; esignatures are very limiting -ie: I need one approval, and could be any one of three signers, but requiring all three to sign is cumbersome.

Reasons for switching to Govenda

We were able to use Boardbook it for some time for free (MISS THAT), but as likely designed, we are too entrenched and familiar with the Boardbookit too switch. I certainly hope this was not intentionally, and expect price hikes again.