Chikara Intelligence vs BoardEx
BoardEx shows that an executive moved. It does not show the compensation tied to that move. Chikara Intelligence does. If your client wants a realistic package before an approach, that gap matters.
Why teams choose Chikara Intelligence
Built for executive search and leadership intelligence, not repurposed from sales or market research.
- Compensation attached to each move, including salary, bonus and equity from filings, Companies House and official announcements
- Move types split properly into hire, appointment, promotion, departure and retirement
- Candidate tools in the same workflow, including CV Maker, Career Coach, JD Matcher, Cover Letter and Scorecards
- Research tools in the same platform, including CV Summariser, People Moves reports, Workforce reports, AUM reports and Workforce Analytics
- Branded client portal with your own subdomain, token-based access and report sharing by client
- PDF reports generated in-platform and ready to share
- Regulated AUM intelligence with fund ownership chains traced from institutional filings
- Funding and capital event data from filings, press releases and other official sources
Where Chikara Intelligence is stronger
Compensation data tied to the move
If a CFO moves, BoardEx records the move. Chikara Intelligence also records the compensation at that role: salary, bonus and equity pulled from filings and official announcements. That gives you something concrete to take into a client conversation.
A promotion is not a departure
A career update does not tell you enough on its own. Chikara Intelligence marks each event as a hire, appointment, promotion, departure or retirement. That matters when you are deciding whether to approach someone and how to frame the call.
Candidate and research tools in one place
CV Maker, JD Matcher, Scorecards, Cover Letters and Career Coach sit inside the same workflow as the data. Researchers get CV Summariser, People Moves reports, Workforce reports, AUM reports and Workforce Analytics. You are not exporting profiles and rebuilding the work elsewhere.
Client delivery that looks like your firm
Reports are shared through a branded subdomain with your firm's name on it. Access can be controlled client by client. It is cleaner than forwarding links or sending PDFs into a long email chain.
AUM you can stand behind
In financial services search, there is a big difference between £4.2bn and £420m. Chikara Intelligence pulls AUM from regulatory filings and traces the ownership chain behind it. That gives you a number you can use, rather than a rough guess or a second round of calls.
Feature comparison
Chikara Intelligence and BoardEx, side by side.
| Feature |  | BoardEx |
|---|---|---|
| Data Coverage | ||
Executive move tracking Chikara Intelligence classifies the move and links compensation to each event. | Hire, appointment, promotion, departure and retirement, with compensation attached to each event | Profile changes, joiner and leaver alerts, future role announcements |
Compensation data (salary, bonus, equity) Pulled from filings, Companies House, press releases and official organisation sites | ||
Regulated AUM / investment adviser data Chikara Intelligence resolves fund ownership chains from institutional filings | ||
Funding / capital event data Pulled from regulatory filings, Companies House and other official sources | ||
| Search & Alerts | ||
Advanced executive search | Name, organisation, event type, role, industry, compensation, geography | Role, company and tenure |
Leadership change alerts Both support saved searches by email. Chikara Intelligence works at event level, including move type. | ||
| Search Firm Workflow | ||
Candidate toolbox (CV Maker, Career Coach, JD Matcher) | ||
Research toolbox (CV Summariser, People Moves reports, Workforce Analytics, AUM reports) | ||
White-label client delivery portal | ||
LaTeX PDF reports BoardEx offers CSV export. Chikara Intelligence produces co-branded research PDFs in-platform. | ||
| Access & Developer | ||
API access Both REST APIs | ||
See how it works on a live brief
If you need compensation by move, branded client delivery and candidate tools in the same platform, we can show you the difference in a short demo.