BoardPad vs NBV OnPrem
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoardPad
This app provides a secure digital platform for board and meeting document collaboration. It allows directors to access, annotate, and vote on documents online or offline, streamlining meeting preparation and execution for organizations of all sizes.
- Secure digital board and meeting packs
- Online and offline document access
- Document annotation and version tracking
- Voting on resolutions
- Task and action management
- Meeting organizer administration platform
- Remote document deletion
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BoardPad is a meeting and document collaboration solution that turns directors’ devices into highly secure digital board and meeting packs. Developed by a software company of ICSA: The Governance Institute, BoardPad boasts thousands of Users globally and supports companies large and small, from FTSE 100 companies to not-for-profit to government organisations. BENEFITS FOR DIRECTORS: BoardPad increases directors’ efficiency by instantly delivering meetings and documents which they can securely access, online or offline. Whether a director sits on one or multiple boards, they can easily and quickly access all their meeting content from one single app. No more bulky board and meeting packs, late deliveries, or lost and stolen documents. Key features include: • View meeting information, agendas and documents • Securely access documents for numerous boards, committees and other groups, from one application • Access archived and reference material – e.g. archived meetings, director’s handbook, corporate policies – in private or shared document libraries • Intuitively annotate documents with a robust set of annotation tools • Email, print or share documents with other apps if allowed by your organisation • Save documents direct to BoardPad from email attachments or other installed apps • Track different versions of documents with annotations preserved between versions • Vote on resolutions, written consents and motions, online or offline • View corporate news items • Track, comment on and complete actions/tasks assigned to you • Confidential data is protected using enterprise-grade encryption and security controls. BENEFITS FOR MEETING ORGANISERS: BoardPad’s administration platform, Connect, manages security, meetings, documents and other important board information. Meeting organisers have full control and visibility across the entire meeting management process, reducing the time, cost and effort required to produce board papers and securely deliver them on time. Key features include: • Easily manage meetings, documents and other important board information • Colour-coded dashboard to highlight tasks that require action and view a meetings status • Easily make last-minute changes to documents ensuring the most up-to-date content is delivered • Drag and drop functionality for adding documents to agenda items • Manage and restrict access to information • Restricts the ability to print and email for individuals or the entire board • Remotely delete documents and annotations • Give access to sensitive documents at a specific time • Quickly approve or disable device access • Create and manage document libraries • Personalisation capabilities to bring the system in line with your organisations processes. Connect also features BoardPad Minutes, a premium add-on built to provide an integrated and secure approach to the management and delivery of minutes. Developed with one of the top global banks, Minutes provides meeting Administrators with one unified system to manage the entire meeting process. SECURITY FEATURES: BoardPad protects your corporate information with multiple security measures, including: • Document level security allows restrictions to access on an individual basis, giving control on who can view each agenda item and its relevant documents • AES 256-bit encryption and 128-bit encryption for data exchanged with the server • Multiple security measures which can be configured to your corporate User management policies • Built-in mobile device management, such as screen lock and remote wipe Available on-premise or hosted by BoardPad in an enterprise-grade ISAE 3402/SSAE 16 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 data centre.
NBV OnPrem
This platform facilitates executive collaboration and meeting management, treating documents as a core asset. It offers a rich mobile experience with secure board portal features, supporting tasks and complex meeting environments. Interactive tools like eSignatures and secure email enable collaboration between meetings.
- Meeting management
- Document repository
- eSignatures and approvals
- Secure email
- In-document discussions
- Online/offline auto-syncing
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Designed as a platform for meeting management and leadership team collaboration, Nasdaq Boardvantage recognizes documents as the principal asset for executive collaboration while combining a rich mobile experience with the security of a board portal. Nasdaq Boardvantage presents users with a task-driven environment which fully captures the complexity of face-to-face or remote meetings. Between meetings, Nasdaq Boardvantage offers the interactive functionality necessary to continue collaborating with eSignatures, Approvals, Surveys and secure Email. Because ease-of-use is paramount, the Nasdaq Boardvantage experience is calibrated for the iPad and iPhone, and takes full advantage of the graphics and animations of iOS. User Features • Meetings • New Items • Document Repository • High-Fidelity Viewer • Full-text Document Search • Approvals • eSignatures • Surveys • Secure Email • Rich Annotation Tools • In-Document Discussions • Online/Offline Auto-Syncing • Browser, iPad and iPhone Admin Features • Meeting Creation • Document Management • Approvals/Votes Dashboard • Survey Creation • User Administration • Brand Control
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NBV OnPrem at 3.0 against BoardPad's 2.5. NBV OnPrem also leads on device support (3 vs 1). BoardPad's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NBV OnPrem holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardPad | NBV OnPrem |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | BoardVantage |
Customer experience
BoardPad
NBV OnPrem
In-app purchases
BoardPad
No in-app purchases
NBV OnPrem
No in-app purchases
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