Aboard

What Aboard does

Aboard (legal entity Get Aboard Inc., Ontario, Canada) is a SaaS company that provides an employee onboarding and engagement platform, primarily serving healthcare organizations (hospitals and HealthTech companies) and early-stage companies without dedicated HR departments. The platform enables administrators to construct per-role onboarding journeys, automate pre-boarding and onboarding tasks, schedule emails, calendar invites and reminders, and consolidate onboarding status tracking across HR, IT and managers in a single dashboard. The product covers the full employee lifecycle from pre-boarding through offboarding, including credential tracking and training management.

The product is delivered as a web-based SaaS core platform (getaboard.co) supplemented by native integrations into Slack (in-workflow task reminders, welcome messages and task completion), BambooHR (bidirectional HRIS data sync and auto-triggered journeys on hire), and Greenhouse (ATS-triggered onboarding). Aboard holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification (achieved January 2025) and maintains a SOC 2 Type II report available to customers on request. The architecture is configuration-driven rather than AI-driven; the company's own materials describe deterministic rule-based automation, with no disclosed AI/ML components.

Aboard monetizes via annual subscription contracts with quote-based custom pricing tied to company size and needs; the GTM combines a self-serve trial entry point for early-stage companies with sales-assisted custom demos for enterprise healthcare buyers. Distribution channels include direct sales, a website demo CTA, and a channel-partner relationship with East Post Road Ventures (innovation arm of White Plains Hospital) to access US hospital systems. The company was co-founded in September 2019 by Lee MacDonald (CEO) and Evan Hallward, launched an MVP in summer 2020, and operated with roughly 7 employees as of available data, supported by technical (Darcy Clarke, ex-GitHub Staff Engineering Manager), sales, HR (Christine Song, CPO at Notch) and marketing advisors.

Name

Aboard

Legal name

Get Aboard Inc.

Website

https://getaboard.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aboard is a Toronto-based SaaS company offering an employee onboarding and engagement platform with automated workflows, role-tailored journeys, and native Slack and BambooHR integrations, primarily serving healthcare organizations and growth-stage companies in North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employee Onboarding Software

akta.pro primary industry

Onboarding & Offboarding (BPACAPAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employee Onboarding & Offboarding Administration (BPAAAIAA), Onboarding & New-Hire Training Programs (BPACANAF), Cross-Functional Onboarding (Interdepartmental Collaboration) (EDABAOAK), Remote/Hybrid & Distributed Workforce Onboarding (EDABAOAJ)

Keywords

• Employee onboarding software
• HR workflow automation
• Pre-boarding platform
• Onboarding journey management
• People operations tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS model with custom pricing based on company size and needs. Quote-based pricing for enterprise customers with custom demos and estimates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aboard is a web-based SaaS platform that helps organizations build custom onboarding journeys, automate pre-boarding and onboarding tasks, send automated emails and calendar invites, coordinate across HR, IT and managers, and track new hire status from a centralized dashboard. The platform covers the full employee lifecycle from pre-boarding through training and offboarding, with particular focus on healthcare and HealthTech customers.

Product overview

Aboard is an employee onboarding software platform offered as a single unified product. The core Aboard platform (https://www.getaboard.co/) enables organizations to create custom onboarding journeys, automate pre-boarding and onboarding tasks, send automated emails and calendar invites, coordinate across departments, and track onboarding statuses from a single dashboard. The platform covers the full employee lifecycle from pre-boarding through offboarding. Aboard offers two complementary integrations: the Aboard Slack Integration for delivering task reminders and communications via Slack, and the Aboard BambooHR Integration for syncing employee data from BambooHR to trigger automated onboarding journeys. Together, the core platform and these integrations form an end-to-end onboarding and employee engagement solution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aboard Employee onboarding SaaS platform that enables HR teams and managers to create custom onboarding journeys, automate pre-boarding and onboarding tasks (emails, calendar invites, reminders), coordinate across departments, and track new employee onboarding status from a single dashboard. Covers pre-boarding, onboarding, training, and offboarding.

Quantifiable outcome

• 33% reduction in onboarding time for healthcare customers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SlackcoreTechnology or Integration · 4 December 2024Integration with Slack enables receiving task reminders and communications in Slack including first day welcome messages, daily reminders for to-dos, overdue reminders, and ability to mark tasks complete directly from Slack. Natural fit given both companies serve remote workforces.
• BambooHRcoreTechnology or Integration · 4 December 2024Integration with BambooHR HRIS enables data consistency by syncing employee information from BambooHR to Aboard. Triggers and runs employee journeys directly in Aboard based on BambooHR data. Deeper partnership opportunity beyond BambooHR's existing onboarding functionality.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• BambooHR: BambooHR is a leading SMB/mid-market HRIS with a bundled onboarding module. It is comparable because Aboard explicitly integrates with BambooHR, and the two compete head-to-head for the same HR tech budget at small and mid-sized employers.
• Workday: Workday is a dominant enterprise HCM and finance suite with onboarding capabilities. It is comparable because large healthcare systems and enterprises that Aboard targets are often Workday customers, making it both a competitive threat and a potential integration partner.
• Rippling: Rippling is a fast-growing, well-funded unified workforce management platform spanning HRIS, IT, payroll, and onboarding. It is comparable because it bundles onboarding into a broader platform that competes for the same employee-lifecycle budget Aboard targets.

Emerging players

• HiBob: HiBob is a modern HCM platform focused on mid-market companies with strong onboarding workflows. It is comparable as a newer-generation HR platform serving similar mid-sized employers with comparable employee-experience positioning.
• Trainual: Trainual is an onboarding and training platform for small and mid-sized businesses. It is comparable as a dedicated employee onboarding SaaS with a self-serve / SMB motion, similar to Aboard's lower end of the market.

Direct peers

• Enboarder: Enboarder is a SaaS platform dedicated to employee onboarding and pre-boarding journeys with strong automation. It is a direct peer as a similarly-sized, dedicated onboarding SaaS competing for the same HR Ops buyer.
• Talmundo: Talmundo is a specialized onboarding SaaS offering pre-boarding, onboarding journeys, and analytics for HR teams. It is a direct peer as a similarly focused onboarding platform targeting HR and People Operations buyers.
• Click Boarding: Click Boarding is an onboarding platform focused on healthcare and other regulated industries. It is a direct peer because it competes head-to-head with Aboard in healthcare onboarding workflows and uses similar integration-led GTM.
• WorkBright: WorkBright is a mobile-first onboarding and I-9/E-Verify platform with strong healthcare and deskless workforce traction. It is comparable as a healthcare-specialized onboarding vendor targeting similar credentialing and compliance pain points.
• Sapling (by Kallidus): Sapling is an onboarding and employee directory platform owned by Kallidus. It is comparable as a dedicated onboarding SaaS competing for HR Ops budget at similar mid-market employers and integrating with HRIS systems like BambooHR.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/get_aboard
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/getaboard
• Facebookfacebook.com/aboardinc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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