MinuteSmith vs. Board Intelligence
Governance memory, not just better board reports.
Board Intelligence is known for board reporting and an AI writing assistant — helping management produce clearer board papers and packs. It is built to improve what goes into the board pack.
MinuteSmith is built around what comes out of the meeting and what the board has to remember: an approved record of every decision and a searchable institutional memory across years, with answers cited to the exact minutes.
What governance memory looks like
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The difference in one line: Board Intelligence sharpens the report going in. MinuteSmith remembers the decision coming out.
Where Board Intelligence fits
An organization focused on the quality of board reporting and the papers management writes ahead of the meeting.
Where MinuteSmith fits
A board that needs the minutes generated, the decisions tracked, and the full history made answerable — the record of what was decided, not just the reports that informed it.
Board Intelligence is described at the category level (board reporting and AI-writing platform); this is not a feature-by-feature audit, and capabilities and pricing change — confirm current specifics on Board Intelligence’s own site. MinuteSmith details above are current.
Understand the category: What is governance memory? · Institutional memory for boards · How it works · Pricing
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MinuteSmith vs. Board Intelligence — FAQ
Is MinuteSmith a Board Intelligence alternative?+
They solve different halves of the meeting. Board Intelligence focuses on reporting and the papers written before a meeting; MinuteSmith focuses on the approved minutes and the searchable record of decisions afterward. If your need is governance memory, MinuteSmith is the closer fit.
How does MinuteSmith's pricing compare?+
MinuteSmith publishes its pricing and bills per organization, not per director or per seat — invited board members are always free. Plans start at $149/month (Governance Essentials, one organization), with Professional at $349/month and Portfolio at $699/month, and a 14-day free trial (credit card required, cancel anytime). Enterprise board platforms are typically quote-based and priced per seat; confirm current figures on the vendor's own site.
Can MinuteSmith import our existing board history?+
Yes. Import past minutes — PDFs, Word documents, scanned pages, or Zoom transcripts — and years of history become searchable immediately, so Ask AI and continuity briefs work against your full record right away.
Does MinuteSmith use my data to train AI?+
No. Your minutes are never used to train AI models, retrieval is scoped to your own boards at the database layer, and each organization's archive is isolated. See the security page for the full posture.
See it with one of your own meetings.
Paste notes, drop a recording, or import a year of past minutes. Get a board-ready record — and a searchable memory — in minutes.
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