AboveBoard vs Consider
A side-by-side comparison of AboveBoard and Consider — two options for portfolio support & talent. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Portfolio Support & Talent
Portfolio Support & Talent
Rating
4.0 / 5
4.2 / 5
Pricing
Custom
Custom
Best for
Funds sourcing board members and executives with broader, more diverse slates
Funds running an active, hands-on talent placement program
Key features
- Curated network of vetted senior executives
- Board and C-suite role posting and matching
- Diverse-slate sourcing built into the platform
- Direct outreach to interested, opt-in executives
- Search tracking and pipeline management
- Auto-synced portfolio job board
- Talent CRM with tagging, pipelines, and candidate profiles
- Candidate matching against open portfolio roles
- Intro workflows and hire tracking
- ATS integrations for portfolio companies
Pros
- Purpose-built for board and executive-level searches
- Meaningfully widens candidate slates beyond partner networks
- Lighter-weight and cheaper than retained search for board seats
- Talent-CRM depth beyond a simple job board
- Clean workflows for tracking intros through to placements
- Used by well-known venture franchises for their talent motion
Cons
- Smaller network than full-service search firms for niche roles
- Platform model still requires internal effort to run the search
- Smaller vendor with limited public pricing and reviews
- Overlaps with Getro — evaluate both before committing