Convene vs Decisions

Convene is a board portal and meeting management platform for running secure digital meetings. It supports agenda creation, digital board packs, approvals, e-signatures, action tracking, and audit trails. Participants can annotate and collaborate on documents, including during live meetings. Users can log in offline through the app to open previously downloaded documents and meeting files. Convene connects with Google Drive and OpenText Content Manager, and supports digital signature providers including DocuSign. Its Standard plan lists cloud-based and on-premise hosting options. Convene says documents are encrypted at rest with AES 256-bit encryption and network transmissions use RSA 2048-bit TLS encryption; its security page displays ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and AICPA certifications. Desktop downloads are listed for Windows and macOS, alongside web, iOS, and Android access. The product is paid, with no free plan; a free trial or demonstration can be requested through sales. Pricing is on request. Convene is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Decisions is meeting management software that records and transcribes meetings, produces AI summaries, tracks action items, and keeps a searchable archive. Teams can co-author agendas and collaborate on structured meetings stored in Teams. Tasks can sync to Microsoft Planner with assignees and due dates, and note templates are available. Decisions works in Teams, web, desktop, iOS, Android, Outlook, and Word, and connects with Microsoft 365 services including OneNote, Planner, and SharePoint. Optional AI connectors include Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT. Meeting content stays in the organization’s Microsoft 365 tenant; AI processing uses Azure OpenAI with no data retention. The free plan is available to organizations with up to 30 users on their Microsoft 365 tenant and requires no credit card. Basic costs $8 a month per user when billed annually and includes 200 AI credits monthly. Monthly billing has no lock-in and can be canceled anytime; annual billing runs for 12 months and saves up to 20%.