Boardwise vs Nasdaq Boardvantage · $200/month

Boardwise vs Nasdaq Boardvantage: built for boards that don't need enterprise pricing

Nasdaq Boardvantage — the product formerly known as BoardVantage, sitting alongside the older Directors Desk — is a credible enterprise board portal for Nasdaq-listed public companies. If you are not already in the Nasdaq listing ecosystem, the enterprise pricing and the multi-week onboarding are buying things you may not need.

Flat $200/month. No quote required. We handle migration — no charge until your Boardvantage contract ends.

A fair comparison

Nasdaq Boardvantage carries a Nasdaq-listed-company reputation and an enterprise feature set built over twenty years. If your corporate secretary already engages Nasdaq for listing services, IR Insight, and ESG advisory, the single-vendor story is real. If you are mid-market and just need a modern board portal, this page lays out where Boardwise is the simpler answer.

At a glance

The differences that matter when you are evaluating a board portal for a mid-market organization.

  Boardwise Nasdaq Boardvantage
Published pricing $200 / month flat Not published
"One price, no upcharges" — by quote
Setup fee None One-time setup fee
Per industry reviews
Contract term Monthly, cancel anytime Multi-year typical
Primary authentication Passkey (WebAuthn)
Biometrics or hardware key, default
Password + MFA
SSO, mobile biometric (TouchID/FaceID)
Written-consent integrity SHA-256 integrity digest
Passkey-verified, downloadable audit package
eSignature workflow
Voting, signing within platform
AI features Not offered Boardvantage AI
Azure OpenAI — summaries, minutes
D&O questionnaires & board assessments Not offered Joint with Directors Desk
Nasdaq ecosystem integration No Listing, IR Insight, ESG
Setup time Same-day to a few days Weeks to a couple of months
On-site training typical
Compliance posture AWS, Canada (Montreal)
ISO 27001, SOC 2
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
AES-256, third-party DC
Native iOS & Android apps Yes iOS strong; Android reviewer-flagged for limitations
Migration assistance Included, no double-paying Onboarding services
Per quote

Boardvantage details per nasdaq.com/solutions/governance/boardvantage and its security & pricing sub-pages. Last reviewed May 2026.

Where Boardwise wins

Three places we are a more sensible fit for a mid-market board than Nasdaq Boardvantage.

Published, predictable pricing

Boardwise is $200 per month, flat. Boardvantage's pricing page advertises "one price, no upcharges" but the price is not published — every conversation starts with a sales call. If your CFO wants to know what this costs without sitting through a demo, that gap is real.

Setup measured in days, not months

Most Boardwise organizations are running their next meeting in the platform within days. Boardvantage onboarding is described in third-party reviews as taking weeks to a couple of months, with on-site training typical. That is reasonable for an enterprise deployment; it is more than a mid-market board needs.

Passkey-default authentication

Every Boardwise account is secured with a passkey: biometrics or hardware key. Boardvantage's published authentication is password plus MFA, with SSO and mobile biometric login — solid, but password-based at the primary. Passkeys remove the password.

Cryptographic audit trail on every consent

Boardwise produces a downloadable audit package with a SHA-256 integrity digest on every written consent. Boardvantage has eSignature, voting, and minute workflows, and a strong reputation for completeness — but the written-consent record is a workflow, not a cryptographic governance artifact. For mid-market boards where due diligence will scrutinize the record, the difference matters.

Where Nasdaq Boardvantage might be the better fit

If any of these describe your evaluation, Boardvantage is a real answer.

  • You are a Nasdaq-listed public company already engaging Nasdaq for listing services, IR Insight, or ESG advisory. The single-vendor story across listing, IR, ESG, and board portal is a genuine moat with public-company audit committees.
  • You need D&O questionnaires, board assessments, and skills-tracking inside the portal. Boardvantage and Directors Desk jointly offer these modules. Boardwise does not.
  • You want AI-assisted minute writing and document summarization today. Boardvantage AI for Boards (Microsoft Azure OpenAI) is shipped. An AI Board Assistant has been announced. Boardwise does not currently offer AI features.
  • You value a long, established public-company reputation. The product traces to BoardVantage Inc., a name that has been in public-company boardrooms for two decades.

Switching from Nasdaq Boardvantage

We handle the migration end-to-end. You do not pay us until your existing Boardvantage contract ends.

1
Intro call

We understand your current Boardvantage setup: boards, committees, document organization, access controls.

2
We map your structure

Boards, committees, members, roles, and folder hierarchy replicated.

3
We migrate your documents

Historical board books, minutes, and resolutions transferred and organized.

4
Optional parallel run

Keep Boardvantage live until your contract expires.

5
Go live on your board calendar

We align launch to your meeting cycle.

The "no double-paying" guarantee

You are paying Nasdaq until your contract ends. We are not going to charge you on top of that. Boardwise billing starts when your Boardvantage contract expires.

Multi-year Nasdaq contracts mean planning the cutover further out. We can run in parallel for as long as it takes.

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Common questions

They are related but separate Nasdaq products. Nasdaq acquired BoardVantage in 2016 and rebranded it as Nasdaq Boardvantage — the flagship board portal. Directors Desk is the older, lighter-weight Nasdaq product, still sold and positioned for "non-profits, public & private companies." Boardvantage is the modern primary; Directors Desk customers are typically encouraged to upgrade.

Boardwise is $200 per month, flat, published on the website. Nasdaq Boardvantage does not publish prices; the pricing page advertises "one price, no upcharges" but requires a sales conversation. Reviews and industry analysts describe Boardvantage as an enterprise contract with a one-time setup fee — appropriate for the segment it targets, but more than most mid-market boards need.

Yes. Nasdaq launched Boardvantage AI for Boards in 2024–2025, built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI with Azure PostgreSQL. Capabilities include document summarization and automated meeting minutes; Nasdaq has publicly cited up to 60% reading-time reduction for directors. An AI Board Assistant has been announced for 2025. Boardwise does not currently offer AI features.

No. BoardVantage, Inc. is still listed as a Nasdaq, Inc. subsidiary in Nasdaq's FY2024 Form 10-K (Exhibit 21.1). Some recent Nasdaq corporate news — including Thoma Bravo's unwind of its equity stake in Nasdaq, Inc. itself — has been misreported as a divestiture of the governance business. It is not.

Yes. We handle migration end-to-end: boards, committees, members, documents, and folder hierarchy. We do not charge until your existing Boardvantage contract ends, so there is no double-paying period. Multi-year Nasdaq contracts mean planning the cutover further out — we can run in parallel for as long as it takes.

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Sources & further reading

Nasdaq does not publish Boardvantage prices. Last reviewed May 2026.

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