Compare Diligent Boards and CMIS - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Diligent Boards or CMIS?

Diligent Boards is more expensive to implement (TCO) than CMIS, and Diligent Boards is rated higher (79/100) than CMIS (75/100). CMIS offers users more features (9) than Diligent Boards (5).

Looking for the right Board Portal solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Diligent Corporation. Vs. Eclectus (ECL Software) Inc.

Diligent Corporation.: “Diligent” is a trademark of Diligent Corporation, registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. “Diligent Boards,” “Diligent D&O,” “Diligent Evaluations,” “Diligent Messenger,” and the Diligent logo are trademarks of Diligent Corporation. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Eclectus (ECL Software) Inc.: Eclectus, Inc. (dba ECL Software) develops award-winning risk mitigation solutions for all aspects of the Construction Industry. Incorporated in 1994 ECL has continued to provide solutions with a “Just Do It Once” approach. Having won awards for both it’s Contracting and Banking solutions, ECL has developed the reputation of quality, flexibility, a...

Who is more expensive? Diligent Boards or CMIS?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Board Portal software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Diligent Boards and CMIS.

Diligent Boards accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Diligent Boards is rated 10, which is much higher than the average cost of Board Portal software. CMIS price starts at $3,500 per license , When comparing CMIS to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average Board Portal software cost.

Bottom line: Diligent Boards is more expensive than CMIS.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Diligent Boards Vs. CMIS based on some of the most important and required Board Portal features.

Diligent Boards: Dashboard, Risk Management, Scheduling, Business performance management, Compliance .

CMIS: Accounting Management, Bidding, Contract Management, Cost Management, Document Management.

Target customer size

The general clients of Diligent Boards software are the entrepreneurs who engage with the small businesses (having one to 100 employees) and/or medium-sized businesses (having 100 to 1,000 employees) that rely with the services from the industry of IT, data hosting and information related services, mainly about board of director portals. ECL Software CMIS is suitable for construction industries that are looking for a single solution to manage their projects, logs and contacts.