Cohiva Quorum compared with Nasdaq Boardvantage

Nasdaq Boardvantage is an enterprise board portal from Nasdaq Governance Solutions, used by large listed companies and financial institutions around the world. Cohiva Quorum is a board-governance product built for Australian boards, with a statutory entity register and group-of-companies oversight included alongside the portal. Both run board meetings and manage papers, but they are aimed at different organisations. This page lays out the real differences.

The contrast here is mostly one of scale and focus. Boardvantage is positioned at the top of the market, where boards need enterprise depth, a long list of integrations, and a vendor that satisfies the most demanding security and procurement teams. Quorum is positioned for Australian boards and groups that want the board portal and the statutory record in the same product, with decisions framed by local company law. A board choosing between them is usually really choosing between enterprise breadth and Australian statutory depth, and that choice follows directly from the kind of organisation you are.

At a glance

| Area | Nasdaq Boardvantage | Cohiva Quorum | | --- | --- | --- | | Primary market | Large listed companies, financial institutions, global | Australian boards and groups of companies | | Board meeting management | Mature, enterprise grade | Yes, focused on the meeting and resolution lifecycle | | Statutory entity register | Not the core focus | Built in, a core part of the product | | Multi-entity group oversight | Available for larger deployments | Built in, central to the design | | Australian statute framing | General governance | Corporations Act 2001 and ACNC framing, with citations on resolutions | | Conflicted-voting rules | Manual process | s194 and s195 applied from the entity type | | Minute book | Meeting records | s251A immutable minute book |

Where Nasdaq Boardvantage is strong

Boardvantage carries the backing of Nasdaq, which is a meaningful signal of stability for large organisations choosing a portal they will depend on for years. It is built for the enterprise end of the market, with a mature feature set for board pack distribution, secure messaging, voting, and the workflows that listed companies and financial institutions rely on. For a board that meets often, manages many committees, and has to coordinate a large secretariat, that depth pays off in day-to-day use.

Its security posture and the broader Nasdaq Governance Solutions offering appeal to boards that want governance technology from a major capital-markets vendor, and that connection to the wider Nasdaq portfolio is itself a reason some organisations choose it. For organisations that already work within the Nasdaq ecosystem, or that operate as large multinationals with demanding security and procurement requirements, Boardvantage is a well-proven choice that will stand up to scrutiny from auditors, regulators, and risk committees. If your board sits inside a large listed company or a regulated financial institution, Boardvantage is a strong fit, and the enterprise capabilities you are paying for are capabilities you will actually use.

Where Cohiva Quorum is strong

Quorum is built for the Australian context rather than the global enterprise one. It puts the board portal and the statutory entity register in a single product, so the records you must keep current sit beside the decisions the board makes, and the company register is not a separate task someone updates after the meeting. Resolutions carry citations to the relevant Corporations Act 2001 section or ACNC guidance, recording the basis for each decision with it, so the reasoning is preserved alongside the outcome.

Conflicted-voting handling follows the entity type, applying the difference between s194 and s195 for you instead of leaving it to manual judgement when a director declares a material personal interest. The minute book is designed around s251A and is immutable once recorded, so the record is fixed. For a group of companies, Quorum provides oversight across several entities in one place, which suits Australian organisations with subsidiaries or related boards and avoids the overhead of treating each entity as an island. Quorum helps you comply and is designed to meet Australian governance obligations, while the entity and its officers remain responsible for compliance. For an Australian board that does not need the full weight of an enterprise portal but does need its governance to be anchored in local law, Quorum is the closer fit.

Choose Quorum if / Choose Nasdaq Boardvantage if

Choose Cohiva Quorum if you are an Australian board or a group of Australian companies and you want the board portal, the statutory entity register, and group oversight together, with decisions framed around the Corporations Act 2001 and the ACNC. It suits Australian organisations that want their governance record and meeting workflow in one product without paying for enterprise features they will not use.

Choose Nasdaq Boardvantage if you are a large listed company or a financial institution that wants an enterprise-grade portal backed by a major capital-markets vendor, with the security and feature depth that segment expects. If your priority is enterprise scale and the Nasdaq ecosystem, Boardvantage is likely the better match, and that is the honest recommendation for organisations at that end of the market.

Part of the Cohiva platform

Cohiva Quorum is part of the Cohiva platform. You can learn more at [www.cohiva.com](https://www.cohiva.com). When a board resolution or circular resolution needs signing, Quorum works with [Cohiva Sign](https://www.cohiva.com), so the signed document flows back into the minute book.