BoardEffect Reviews

I love the user-friendly design and the appearance and ease of use for the end-user. Finding documents is easy; iPad app is great; building meeting books is easy; customer support is very good.

There's not a lot of flexibility in what the agenda looks like after being built (but there's not a lot with other board portals, either). I would like to be able to better tailor the appearance of my agenda to my Boards' liking.

This software is our central point for documents for all 9 of our boards. This is easy to use and is very intuitive on where to find documents and items for upcoming board meetings along with surveys, and required annual documents like Conflict of Interest forms. We have a wide age range of board members - from the young to the very old that are not tech savvy, but this seems to be overwhelming a tool that all of them.

There are always new products/pieces/upgrades coming out. Knowing how to incorporate those takes me a bit of time.

It's EXTREMELY user-friendly, offers a VAST number of functionalities, app now mimics browser including offline use. It's customizable depending on the org's needs. It's secure. It flows. The platform is what one makes of it.

I can't say I dislike anything about this platform. It's designed based on clients' needs. Everything works the way it should and in the 2 years I've used it, I haven't had one bad thing to say.

It does what it does very well. It is easy to get board materials loaded, the user experience for trustees is excellent, it is easy to use and the customer support is outstanding. There is every feature you really need to manage a board, but there are improvements that could be made to make it even easier, but it would require partnership with other software companies and a robust API. See below for more.

The one thing that nags me about this software is entirely not the fault of BoardEffect, but the lack of vision between this software and complimentary software platforms. Take us for example, we are a national private foundation. Our main business software is a grants management platform called Fluxx. All of the proposal for trustee review happen within this portal and it takes a lot of work to get these ,materials exported and prepared for upload into BoardEffect. Having a robust API and partnerships with software companies like Fluxx could allow a seamless flow of information between systems, which would negate the need for wasting time on export and preparation of documentation for BoardEffect.

That the site provides one place for staff to post documents and information for our users to access.

That it takes a lot of clicks to access parts of the website. It would nice if that could be eliminated. Many of our users have a hard time finding things and it is mainly because they have to click quite a few links to find something and they get lost.

Ease of seeing data. The fact that information both current and archived is available in a user friendly format.

Nothing. The software makes it possible to due away with all paper documents and have current information at your fingertip.

The ease of use and user friendly interface. Also, making board meeting paperless. Now having the ability to take minutes will be a life saver!

Teaching old dogs new tricks and training board members how to use the program and getting board members to use the collaboration tools. But BoardEffect has several tools and resources available to help make this easier so very grateful.

Boardeffect makes my job extremely easy. Very easy to navigate, its saves plenty of time and my board members love it.

I haven't found anything negative about the software.

Ease, customer service, paperless, friendly for end users

Nothing the product does what I need and then some

I like that the portal is so easy to use and I appreciate how it has grown over the years.

I can't think of anything because my experience has been so positive.....everything is great

Easy to use, great customer service, intuitive design

A little pricey, Board must be willing to use in order to get your moneys worth

Ease of use. Customer support is very good.

The email tool need to be more robust on formatting.

BoardEffect is designed from the user's point of view, it's chock-full of useful features that other board portals don't have, and the BE team is highly responsive to user suggestions.

I haven't found a least-like feature yet!

Our BOD relies on BoardEffect for everything, all our content is easily accessible in one place. Due to the recent pandemic we have gone 100% virtual and we could not have done so without BoardEffect.

The Email token for 2 factor authentication takes too long for protected emails

Supper responsive support team at BoardEffect, fairly intuitive to use, makes the workflow for assembling Board materials so much easier and saves a lot of time. There are a steady stream of webinars to keep users up to date on the platform, and the BoardEffect team is always happy to get suggestions for improvements. For any company concerned with security of its Board materials, this is a must-have product.

I would like to download the agenda pdf with no formatting, so that I can create an annotated agenda for the chair - have not found a way to do that but I am hoping BE will come up with a solution!

It is easy to navigate the platforms and build materials.

Some of the functionality can be enhanced to mirror non-board specific resources. However, having everything in one place is very convenient.

ease of use. from day one (back in 2011), "out of the box," I understood BoardEffects features, and after review of BE's knowledge base, I was soon able to train other users - and even train the trainers. the features are evaluated and enhanced regularly, and BE listens to its customer base to make the product even better.

I have no strong negative impressions to report.

BoardEffect is a fantastic tool for Board member engagement and an incredible time-saver when it comes to filing and pulling important information -- such as archived meeting minutes, financial reports, and the like.

Various technology upgrades/updates for all of the platforms being used.

The platform is easy to use and Board Effect has many webinars to keep administrators up to date. Updates are made on a regular basis and communicated to the administrators.

When we do have a problem or a question, the customer support is very quick and always helpful. I have attended a few of the annual conferences and they are awesome. It is a great experience to network with other users of the platform. I highly recommend attendance if possible.

There is nothing that I don't like. When users have suggestions to make it better, the team always works hard to make it happen.

I appreciate the ease of use both from an administrator standpoint and from the board members' use.

The hardest thing to determine is the portal setup (folders in library, meeting rooms, etc.). This is not really a software issue. It just takes time to use the product to determine how your board members will best find and utilize the information in it.

BoardEffect has given us the ability to communicate with our board more effectively.

No cons at this time.

One feature about the BoardEffect software i like is that one can easily use it to create a meeting book for Board Members. It is easily used to pass essential information amongst Board Members.

It can be complex for a beginner as getting to find the materials can be a bit tricky.