# Page 3 | Govenda Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is Govenda the right Board Management solution for you? Explore 166 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/155329/BoardBookit/reviews --- Govenda 4.7 (166) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/155329/BoardBookit/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Govenda ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 166 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MA Michael A. Vice President Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent easy To use board tool" September 30, 2019 5.0 It helped up streamline our communications and meeting management as well as increased our board accountability within the org by saving time for meeting minutes, attendance taking and reducing printing thus having a + impact on the environment Pros Very easy for all board members to learn and use. Cons Cannot click on active hyperlinks to virtual meeting invitations Reason for choosing Govenda Local company, great recommendation from word of moth of other colleagues on other boards. Review Source Response from OnBoard October 3, 2019 Hello Michael! Thank you for taking the time to review BoardBookit. I am so happy to hear that our portal is easy. It is also really nice to know that we are able to increase your board efficiency. Please note that the ability to embed hyperlinks into the meeting details is on our roadmap, expect it in the near future. Thanks again! PC Peter C. Manger MIS Government Relations Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review " August 16, 2022 4.0 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 Review Source Response from OnBoard August 18, 2022 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. KW Kim W. IT Director Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy for Users and Cost Effective" December 13, 2021 4.0 Solved our need to securely share documents with external users (board and committee members) and allow them to take their own notes on the files. Pros Ease of use. Organization of meetings. Ease to rollout and excellent support (speak directly with help!) Cons Should integrate with external meeting systems like Microsoft Teams. Calendar aspect needs improvement, since our members prefer outlook invitations. Review Source RR Rebecca R. Business Support Manager Sports Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Simple and easy to use" June 22, 2020 4.0 We previously collated all the board and committee papers in a shared folder , then printed them all off. This was not the best use of staff time and resources. As per our procurement policy, we had quotes and demonstrations from 3 companies. BoardBookit was the best value for money for our organisation together with ease of use and the excellent customer service, it was a simple business decision to make. Once on-board, we still receive excellent customer service and regular contact, and even as we are in the UK, the response rate to emails etc. are exceptional. Pros The easy to use platform has been well received from both staff and Trustees of our Charity, we are a mix of of all ages and IT knowledgeable. BoardBookit is easy to use and has the resources that we can share with users to make their joining experience simple. Cons I find it hard to detail any cons. As we have not used anything like this previously, it is difficult to even compare. Reason for choosing Govenda This was not the best use of staff time and resources. As per our procurement policy, we had quotes and demonstrations from 3 companies. BoardBookit was the best value for money for our organisation together with ease of use and the excellent customer service, it was a simple business decision to make. Once on-board, we still receive excellent customer service and regular contact, and even as we are in the UK, the response rate to emails etc. are exceptional. Review Source TL Terra L. Executive Assistant Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Love it" October 1, 2019 5.0 My experience has been great. Again the ease of use if amazing and I really like all the organization features that it has to offer. Pros The ease of use with this software is the best thing about it. I started this position almost 2 years ago and had never used anything like this or prepared board meetings. I was very easily self taught and that software is quite intuitive. If you think that is how it should work, that is how it works. Cons My only con with this product is the dragging new agenda items into place. When you have really long agendas, this can be a quite cumbersome process. Not a big deal, but it would be really nice to select where you want a new item nestled under when creating that new agenda item versus it going to the bottom then having to drag it all that way back to the top or wherever it goes. Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 Hi Terra! Thank you for the kind review! We are glad you find our portal to be intuitive. Someone from BoardBookit Support is going to reach out to you to discuss agenda building further, I think we may have a solution for you! Thanks again! LM Lamisah M. Administrative Assistant Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Govenda Review" August 11, 2022 5.0 Pros The quick link is helpful and how it arranges the presentation material in order of how we plan our agenda which helps executives from having to look up which presentation material is being used next. Cons When adding separate points to the agenda, each presentation topic only allows one document to be added. 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. Review Source Response from OnBoard August 16, 2022 Hi Lamisah, thank you for taking the time to write a review of Govenda! Agendas have the option to create sub-items which would allow for multiple documents under one main topic. We are happy to walk you through this if you would likeplease reach out to our Support team to learn more by clicking the "?" in the top right corner of your Admin portal. HS Helen S. Assistant Account Executive Executive Office Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "BoardBookit for Trustees" May 15, 2019 5.0 My overall experience has been great, the ease of using the system is awesome. Pros I like most is the central location of everything. The opportunity to expand and use more of the features of BoardBookit would be ideal for a paperless environment, making it more efficient and clean. Grateful for the support we have received to date from our rep, she has truly answered all of our questions and took our feedback to review for our needs. Appreciate that! Cons Awaiting the roll out of the "Survey" option. We do a lot of email polls and also require documents to be completed and signed by the trustees. The maximum currently on the vote option is 500 characters, while this seems like ample space it isn't for our needs. Some of the questionnaires we submit for completion have over 1,000 characters with multiple choice options. We are hoping with the Survey rollout, this would replace the "Vote" and "eSign" features with what we need. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 20, 2019 Hi Helen, Thanks for taking the time to review BoardBookit! It's great to hear how much you're enjoying a central location for all of your board materials. Also, Surveys is launching very soon, so hang in there! Thanks again! TK Tevita K. Team Lead Strategy Management Office Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Save Time, Save Paper - Go BoardBookit" May 6, 2019 5.0 Overall my experience has been greatly enhanced and allowed me to assist members and others in accessing the site. I have received calls from other organizations who have showed interest in using the site after hearing about us using it. Pros Gives us Secretariat the ability to digitally manage and document meeting papers without having to go through the manual process of printing, binding and distribution. it allows papers to be accessed from anywhere and saves us not only time and money but as well as the environment from printing large meeting folders. Cons There is nothing that I would say I dislike about the site. I'm still learning my way through it as well. Perhaps just a recommendation - if a field can be created where we can assign the department who is submitting for reporting purposes. This allows us to extract all papers submitted by a department or by function in a year. Pardon my ignorance if this is already available. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 8, 2019 Hi Tevita, Thank you so much for your positive feedback! It's wonderful to hear how much time BoardBookit is saving you and your board. We've forwarded your thoughts to engineering regarding the reporting process for future updates and enhancements. Thanks again! SA Scott A. Executive Pastor Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Impressive" May 3, 2019 5.0 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. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 6, 2019 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! CW Craig W. Director of Philanthropy Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Way Better Than Email" October 8, 2019 4.0 see above Pros Organizing volunteers is hard enough, and is made especially difficult by the email overload that we all face in 2019. The best thing about BoardBookit is that is allows Administration to sequester communications with boards, the VIP volunteer corps, directly and confidentially into a discrete digital space. No more hunting around for "that email with that agenda that that admin sent last month," or "did we set a time or the next committee meeting/who is attending," nor disengagement on the call-in because documents can be found. BoardBookit organizes all of these functions an much more into one shared experience. Cons For some reason, some emails generated in BoardBookit end up in some users' spam folders, which creates a necessity for alert/reminder redundancy that is annoying/inefficient. Probably just a user setting, and again these are volunteers who are already doing a lot and software ought to be seamless in order to keep them at their highest potential engagement. Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 Hi Craig! Thank you for the review. It is wonderful to hear that our portal is able to provide you organization as well as a shared experience, it sounds like you are making great use of the portal! In regards to emails going to spam folders, I will be sure to discuss this with my team. Thanks again! ML Mark L. Chief Executive Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review of Govenda" August 15, 2022 4.0 Pros This was the first board management software that the NPA had used so the primary benefit was over not having had any functionality before and manually producing board books. Cons I dont believe that Govenda is the smoothest, most intuitive board platform I have used but it is a step up for this company as it is the first use of such a platform. Review Source Response from OnBoard August 17, 2022 Hi Mark, thank you for taking the time to review Govenda. We are happy you selected our portal to help manage your board. We strive to offer a seamless, user friendly experience for all our users and would love the opportunity to make your experience easier please reach out to our Support team by clicking the "?" in the top right corner of your Admin portal. Thank you again for your review! Carina H. Verification Officer Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Board Portal for Non-Profits!" May 13, 2019 5.0 This has been a great asset for our Board, as they are all busy business people in the community and we needed to be able to have everything in a more centralized location. Having it electronic, especially for voting and signatures, has helped us conduct business faster and with more communication. Pros I love that this is available on all devices-web browser, tablets, ​and an app-so that Board members can log in from anywhere at any time. As an administrator, it was simple and easy to set up my Board and had all the features I needed. My Board members could easily navigate the portal right from the beginning and had no problems with getting the notifications. I had responses right away! Cons It took a while to get everything going, as response time from the team was slow. But once I was set up, everything has been smooth. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 20, 2019 Hi Carina, Thank you for your positive review of BoardBookit! It's so wonderful to hear that our platform is an asset to your board and you're loving the anytime, anywhere, any device access! The fact that you can now conduct business faster with our Voting feature is fantastic! Thanks again! fR florence R. Board Secretary Assistant Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Boardbookit is awesome" October 8, 2019 5.0 The benefits of using Boardbookit is that: 1. saving cost on lot of paper as we used to print our board papers 2. saves a lot of time 3. user friendly 4. Board Members are able to access the papers at anytime and anywhere preferable 5. uploading last minute papers isn't a problem now because before we would have to deliver papers to the board members residence around late at night 6. saving cost of tonners 7. makes the compiling and organising of Board Meetings and papers so much easier and efficient. Pros I like that its so easy to use. its so user friendly and makes compiling of Board Papers so easy. I used to print all our board papers and had to manual number the pages and our Board Packages always consist of 350 pages and more and Board Bookie makes my work so much easier by generating the Agenda and numbering all the pages automatically. And the fact that the Board Papers are able to be accessed at any time and anywhere is really awesome:) It also automatically links the meeting date to outlook which sets as a reminder before the meeting which is really great. overall, I really love Boardbookit Cons probably the fact that we have to upload everything in PDF form and I usually sometimes have to upload presentations and excels sheets but I would have to save it first in PDF form before uploading. apart from that I have no further comments Reason for choosing Govenda This is the first product that we have used for our Meetings in the Fund Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 Hi Florence! Thank you for taking the time out of your day to review BoardBookit. It is so nice to hear that you find our portal to be easy and user-friendly. We enjoy knowing that you find great use of our functionality and that you love our product. I will be sure to speak with my team about being able to upload documents into the documents section that are not only just PDF's. Thanks again! KC Kristin C. Medical Staff Services Coordinator Medical Practice Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "New to BoardBookit" May 3, 2019 5.0 We have really cut cost and labor time with not having to make packets. Pros This product is so easy to navigate. I love the electronic signature function as well. Started using that too! I love the feature of automatic meeting reminders as well. Cons I wish that you could customize the admin features. For example, make one user an admin for certain committees but can still add users and new committees as well. Also, to be able to turn off printing and downloading documents only for a certain meeting versus all of them. Reason for choosing Govenda Admin was already using it so we decided to use it too. Review Source CN Carl N. COO Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Board portal" October 8, 2019 5.0 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) Reason for choosing Govenda Ease of use for administrator and users, broad features, support for web/mobile/print, customer support Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 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! SL SANDY L. CEO Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Product Review" October 8, 2019 5.0 I enjoy the ease of uploading documents. The simplicity of using it makes it so covenant. I do have to spend much time teaching new user Pros It is very easy for my board . They haven't started using the voting part of the software yet, I hope to teach them this part next Cons I am not sure I have found anything that I do not like. Reason for choosing Govenda it was just a much easier product to navigate Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 Hello Sandy! Thank you for such a kind review. We are glad to hear that you and your board find that our portal is easy to use. Please feel free to reach out to BoardBookit Support when you have a new user, we will be more than happy to set up a training session with them to walk them through the portal! Thanks again! TM Tree M. Executive Assistant Broadcast Media Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review of BoardBookit" September 30, 2019 5.0 We work within the Indigenous Communities and have our board members from Northern California to Alaska. It is very easy to keep in contact with all of them. It's nice to easily drop something in with immediate access if I missed something. Overall, this software makes life so much easier and helps me be the hero in the end. Always a successful meeting thanks to BoardBookit. Pros It is easy to manage and very user friendly. It did not take long for me learn how to navigate. Love it as it makes my job so much easier! Cons The only thing I can think of is putting in a link. I can't just add it, I have to put it in word and then attach it. Reason for choosing Govenda This product was already being utilized when I started in my position. Couldn't imagine using anything else. Review Source Response from OnBoard October 3, 2019 Hi Tree! Thank you for taking the time to review BoardBookit. We are happy that you are having such a good experience with our portal. The ability to embed URL's into BoardBookit is on our roadmap, expect to see it in the future! Please reach out to BoardBookit Support with any assistance needed. Thanks again! BH Becky H. Trustee Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A life saver" April 30, 2019 5.0 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. 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. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 1, 2019 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! JJ Jean J. Vice President - Administration Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "They actually listen!" May 6, 2019 5.0 Recommendations for various enhancements to Boardbookit's functionality were submitted. Within a very short period of time Boadbookit's team reached out to us to clarify our concerns and then took steps to implement changes to enhance the user experience. They are always friendly, professional, and attentive to improving the software. Pros The ease of use of this software over the prior board book software used by our company has made my life easier when it comes to the monthly compilation of our Board books. Also the pricing is much more in line with the level of our needs and usage. Cons We didn't like the way the book's agenda would always bounce back to the top as you add items requiring you to constantly scroll back down to where you left off. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 8, 2019 Hi Jean, Thank you for the wonderful review! We're happy that BoardBookit has enhanced the way to compile board books for your monthly meetings! As always, we will forward your concerns about the agenda scrolling to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements. Thanks again! FG Faye G. Executive Assistant Office Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "No Hassle Set-up" October 8, 2019 5.0 It has been great for our quarterly Board Meetings. I can go in and pull data from past reports. Duplication is easy, I don't have to re-create the report set-up for the next meeting, its already there for me to edit for upcoming meetings. Pros I love BoardBookit because it eliminates the hassle of having to set up a meeting packet. its very easy to fill-in and download, then distribute. Its also very easy to edit and delete information. Cons I really don't have any. the first time I used it, I was never confused with the steps or how to maneuver through the various sections. Reason for choosing Govenda The person to whom I report to directly thought that this products best suit the needs for a small entity as well as being very easy to use. Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 Hi Faye! Thank you so much for the kind words about BoardBookit. We love to hear that our portal has given you ease when creating board meetings. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to BoardBookit Support. Thanks again! MT Mary T. Executive Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Went looking for a good board portal and found it in BoardBookIt" October 8, 2019 5.0 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. 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. Review Source DA Demetra A. Director, Finance and Administration Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Useful Software for Boards" May 29, 2019 5.0 Pros Ease of use, value, central area to share information that can also be downloaded as a PDF or viewed directly from the agenda. Cons Inability to load more than one file per agenda item. Inability to select separate group/committee among a single meeting for material access. (ex. Executive session in a board meeting - cannot remote staff from viewing those materials and rather have to set it up as a separate meeting) Review Source Response from OnBoard July 2, 2019 Hi Demetra, Thank you for reviewing BoardBookit! We're happy to hear that you've found our platform easy to use and sharing information is a breeze. Also, BoardBookit does allow you to separate out the sections of a board meeting by group. Feel free to contact our Customer Success Team- we'd love to walk you through that functionality! JH Jessica H. Managed Care Coordinator / Sr. Administrative Assistant Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good, funtional option for organizations" May 10, 2019 4.0 It is a good fit for our organization and our board members like have easy access to different documents such as monthly financials and budgets without having to email someone every month. Pros Easy and functional software to use for multiple meetings and users. You can pull the agendas forward and not need to recreate new agendas every month. The ability to contact users within the portal is nice - reminders are a great feature. Cons Privacy within users and meetings could be better. There needs to be a level between administrator and user. Need to have the ability to save documents you use in meetings every month within the system so you don't have to upload each time. Review Source Response from OnBoard May 20, 2019 Hi Jessica, Thank you for your review! It's wonderful to hear that you're loving BoardBookit's functionality and agenda creation! We'll pass along your suggestions to our engineering team for future updates. Also, our Customer Success team is always available to walk you through some great BoardBookit tips! VR Verified Reviewer Board Chair Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The Little Engine That Could" May 9, 2019 4.0 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. 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.” Review Source Response from OnBoard May 10, 2019 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! PB Phyillicia B. Executive Assistant & Project Coordinator Legal Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Online Portal!" October 1, 2019 5.0 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. 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! Alternatives considered [Diligent Boards](https://www.capterra.com/p/149069/Diligent-Boards/) Reason 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. Review Source Response from OnBoard October 14, 2019 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! Similar Products Featured