Cohiva Quorum

Cohiva Quorum compared with Diligent

In short

Diligent is an enterprise board management and governance platform with global scale, deep security accreditations, and a dedicated entity management product. Cohiva Quorum combines a board portal, a statutory entity register, and multi-entity group oversight in one product built around the Australian Corporations Act 2001 and the ACNC. Larger listed and multinational boards often choose Diligent for its breadth, while Australian boards and groups that want Australian statutory governance in a single product without enterprise cost tend to choose Quorum.

Cohiva Quorum compared with Diligent

Diligent and Cohiva Quorum both help boards run meetings, distribute papers, and keep a record of decisions. They sit at different points of the market. Diligent is a large global platform built for enterprise and listed-company governance. Cohiva Quorum is an Australian product that brings a board portal together with a statutory entity register and group oversight, built around the Corporations Act 2001 and the ACNC.

This page sets out where each product is strong and who each one suits, so you can decide which fits your board.

At a glance

| Area | Diligent | Cohiva Quorum | | --- | --- | --- | | Board portal and papers | Yes | Yes | | Statutory entity register | Yes, via Diligent Entities | Yes, in the same product | | Multi-entity group oversight | Yes, at enterprise scale | Yes, holding company and subsidiaries as one tenant | | Australian Corporations Act and ACNC framing | General and configurable | Native to the product | | Market focus | Global, enterprise and listed companies | Australian boards, NFPs, and groups | | Breadth of modules | Very wide | Focused on governance and statutory records |

Both products give a board one place for the agenda, the board pack, the meeting, and the minutes. The differences are scale, breadth, and how directly the product reflects Australian statutory governance.

Where Diligent is strong

Diligent is a credible choice for large organisations, and it earns that position. Its strengths include:

- Enterprise scale and a global footprint, with a long track record across listed companies and large boards in many jurisdictions. - Strong security posture and accreditations that procurement and risk teams at large organisations often require. - A wide platform that reaches beyond the boardroom into areas such as entity management through Diligent Entities, risk, and broader governance, risk, and compliance tooling. - Depth of features for very large or complex boards, including extensive administrative controls and integrations.

If your organisation is a large listed company or a multinational group with demanding security requirements and a need for one vendor across many governance functions, Diligent is built for that setting.

Where Cohiva Quorum is strong

Cohiva Quorum is built for Australian boards and groups, and its wedge is bringing three things together in one product:

- A board portal for agendas, packs, meetings, and minutes. - A statutory entity register, so officeholders, members, and registers live alongside the meeting record rather than in a separate system. - Multi-entity group oversight, where a holding company and its subsidiaries are managed as one tenant with many entities.

Quorum treats the Corporations Act 2001 as data. Resolutions carry their citation. The conflicted-voting rules under sections 194 and 195 are applied from the entity type rather than guessed, so a proprietary company and a public company are handled differently as the Act requires. The minute book is kept to section 251A, and signed minutes are stored as immutable records that a correction tracks rather than overwrites. Quorum also reflects the ACNC framing for registered charities. Quorum helps you comply and is designed to meet Australian governance obligations, while the entity and its officers remain responsible for compliance.

Choose Quorum if / Choose Diligent if

Choose Cohiva Quorum if you are an Australian board, not-for-profit, or group of companies that wants the board portal, the statutory entity register, and group oversight in one product that reflects the Corporations Act and the ACNC, without enterprise pricing or implementation overhead.

Choose Diligent if you are a large listed company or a multinational group, you need the security accreditations and global reach of an enterprise vendor, or you want a single platform that spans many governance, risk, and compliance functions beyond the board. For those organisations Diligent is a strong fit, and it would be the better choice.

Part of the Cohiva platform

Cohiva Quorum is part of the Cohiva platform, a connected set of products for running an organisation. You can learn more at [www.cohiva.com](https://www.cohiva.com). When a board resolution or a circular resolution needs signing, Quorum works with [Cohiva Sign](https://www.cohiva.com) for e-signatures, so the signed document flows back into the minute book as part of the record.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cohiva Quorum a direct replacement for Diligent?
It depends on your needs. For an Australian board or group that wants a portal, a statutory entity register, and group oversight in one product, Quorum covers that ground. For a large listed or multinational organisation with enterprise security and breadth requirements, Diligent may remain the better fit.
Does Cohiva Quorum include an entity register like Diligent Entities?
Yes. Quorum includes a statutory entity register in the same product as the board portal, so officeholders, members, and registers sit alongside the meeting and resolution record.
Which product is better for Australian governance?
Quorum is built around the Corporations Act 2001 and the ACNC, so resolutions are cited and the section 194 and 195 conflicted-voting rules are applied from the entity type. Diligent is configurable across many jurisdictions but is not Australian-specific by design.
Can Quorum manage a group of companies?
Yes. A holding company and its subsidiaries are managed as one tenant with many entities, with oversight across the group.
Does Quorum take responsibility for the entity's compliance?
No. Quorum helps you comply and supports your obligations, but the entity and its officers remain responsible for compliance.
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