Computershare BoardWorks vs GlobalBoards

Computershare BoardWorks is a board management platform for boards and committees, with tools for meeting preparation, document handling and member participation. It creates board books automatically and lets users assemble board packs by drag and drop. Members can store, review, annotate and share documents; annotations can be remotely wiped. Built-in voting, evaluations, surveys and feedback tools support board decision-making. The platform works online and offline, and users can choose which documents synchronize. BoardWorks integrates with Microsoft 365 and DocuSign. Its security features include encryption, biometric and two-factor authentication, and remote wiping. Computershare describes its data centers as secure facilities meeting SSAE16 and AT 101 requirements. Supported languages include English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Cantonese, French, German and Danish. Clients receive dedicated 24/7 support, onboarding training and live chat. The subscription includes all modules and unlimited committees, with additional users charged. BoardWorks is marketed to corporations, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, credit unions, higher education institutions and banks. Pricing is available on request.

GlobalBoards is a board and committee meeting portal for iOS and the web. It organizes board packs, agendas, data rooms, annotations, surveys, voting, minutes and resolutions, and supports both virtual and in-person meetings. Teams can coordinate across multiple entities and subsidiaries; corporate secretaries can control segregated access for external directors. Used on its own, GlobalBoards provides a meeting workspace. With Corporatek’s EnGlobe system, it can prepare meeting spaces and materials, add corporate lifecycle changes to agendas, generate related resolutions and regulatory filings, and determine quorum under jurisdiction-specific rules. Directors can download documents to an iPad for offline access, with locally stored notes and updates synchronizing when connectivity returns. The managed AltiSaaS hosting option states availability exceeding 99.9%, encryption in transit and at rest, and SOC 2 and ISO 27001 standards. Corporatek is headquartered in Montreal and was founded in 1983. Pricing is on request.