Diligent Entities alternatives
Diligent Entities alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Diligent Entities: Quoted privately, with a package tailored to your organisation's size and stage of growth
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What people compare Diligent Entities with
Diligent publishes no price for Entities, so you request a quote for a package tailored to your organisation. Owners look for alternatives when they want to understand what drives the bill, keep their records in a database they own and fit the system to their New Zealand and Australian work.
Often compared
BGL CAS 360
Its listed price is A$19 excluding GST per company per year, minimum 25 companies.
Yours to own
Entity Management for Claude Code
The open-source entity management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Diligent Entities data brought across.
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How to choose a Diligent Entities alternative
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What drives the bill
Diligent does not publish an Entities price. You request a quote for a package sized to your organisation. Ask what affects that quote and how it may change as your group grows. Compare the bill with what you actually need, including whether charges are tied to users or company numbers.
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Who owns your records
Check where statutory records live and what you can take with you. With Diligent Entities, records live inside the vendor’s platform, and leaving means exporting reports and rebuilding history elsewhere. An owned option keeps your records in a database you own, giving you control over where they are kept.
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Fit with your rules and fields
Ask whether the system reflects the Companies Act and Corporations Act deadlines you handle, and whether its fields and reports fit your work. Diligent’s Quick Reports export what the vendor built. Questions such as who ultimately owns a company through holding companies can mean another spreadsheet. Decide where you need your own rules reflected.
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What the switch involves
Check what can be exported and how much history moves. Diligent’s Quick Reports for All Entities, Appointments and Shareholders export to Excel. A test run can show what would come across and which rows would be skipped, while Enterprise DNA can bring across the full share transaction history for you.
The option that fits
A version built around your business
Entity Management is the owned option when you want the system to fit the way your business works. Enterprise DNA builds your version around your records, rules and working practices, brings your Diligent Entities data across and runs it for you. Your records sit in a database you own, and you work with it in plain language. The arrangement is one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat plan. There is also a free version you can run yourself.
- check Your records in a database you own
- check Built around your rules and working practices
- check Diligent records brought across for you
Make it yours
Design your own Diligent Entities replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Diligent Entities. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Answered from your own database
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We build it from the open-source base, bring your Diligent Entities data across and run it for you.
Questions
Diligent Entities alternatives, answered
How much does Diligent Entities cost compared with alternatives? expand_more
Diligent publishes no public price for Entities. You request a quote for a package tailored to your organisation’s size. BGL CAS 360 lists A$19 excluding GST per company per year, minimum 25 companies. Enterprise DNA charges one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, and has no per-seat plan.
Can you move your existing company records across? expand_more
Diligent’s standard reports for All Entities, Appointments and Shareholders can be saved as spreadsheets. A test run shows which records would come across and which rows would be skipped, with reasons. Directors, secretaries, residence, director IDs and shareholdings can move in one step. Enterprise DNA brings across the full share transaction history for you.
Will an alternative file forms with ASIC or the Companies Office? expand_more
No. It tells you what is due and when, drafts resolutions, consents and client reminders, and records what you lodged with its reference. You or your team still file with the registry. When Enterprise DNA runs your version, it watches the dates and prepares everything for lodging.
Can it work for a firm managing many client companies? expand_more
Yes. There is no charge per company or per user, so adding clients does not change the bill. Each company can sit in a client group with the person who looks after it, so you can see what each group and staff member has due. If you prefer to run it yourself, there is a free version.
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