MinuteBox vs Corplink

MinuteBox vs Corplink: Entity Management Comparison

Corplink, now part of the Dye & Durham family of products, has been a widely used on-premises entity management tool in Canadian law firms for years. If you’re currently on Corplink and looking for an alternative to Corplink — especially given Dye & Durham’s migration plans for its legacy products — here’s how MinuteBox compares.

Company Overview

MinuteBox

MinuteBox is a cloud-based entity management platform purpose-used by law firms, corporate legal departments, and compliance teams across the US, Canada, UK, EU, Middle East, South Africa, Australia, and 150+ countries — serving both advisors and their corporate clients on a shared platform. Full minute book management, government e-filing, compliance tracking, and board governance — all accessible from any browser.

Corplink

Corplink is an on-premises corporate records management tool historically popular with Canadian law firms. It is built on the proprietary 4D database architecture, which can make data extraction and migration complex. Corplink is owned by Dye & Durham, which has announced plans to transition users to its Unity Entity Manager cloud platform. This has prompted many firms to evaluate independent alternatives before a vendor-driven migration occurs. MinuteBox has extensive experience migrating firms from Corplink.

About MinuteBox

MinuteBox is a modular governance platform offering an ecosystem of fully integrated products — entity management, board portal, legal data room, national integrated registry services and government e-filing, contract management, and more — all powered by leading-edge AI. Teams across the US, Canada, UK, EU, Middle East, South Africa, and Australia use MinuteBox to manage entities in 150+ countries. Because MinuteBox serves both law firms and their corporate clients, advisors and clients can collaborate on the same platform with a single login and shared data layer.

Key Differences

Factor		Corplink
Deployment	Cloud — the web, anywhere	On-premises — local installation required
Vendor independence	Independent company focused solely on entity management	Owned by Dye & Durham — migration to Unity may be mandated
Updates	Continuous automatic updates	Manual upgrade cycles; future unclear under Dye & Durham
Minute books	Complete digital minute books	Corporate record tracking
No-code document automation	✅ Visual editor — no document coding required	Requires document coding with specialized syntax
E-filing	Direct Ontario Business Registry and federal integration	Limited filing capabilities
AI	Second Chair AI	—
Ownership charts	Real-time visual charts	Limited or no chart generation
Remote access	Full cloud access with role-based permissions and optional IP restrictions	Office network or VPN only
Migration	Concierge migration from Corplink	Vendor-driven migration to Unity on Dye & Durham’s timeline
Security	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018	Depends on firm’s internal IT

Why Firms Are Moving from Corplink

• Vendor uncertainty — Dye & Durham’s plans to migrate Corplink users to Unity Entity Manager means your migration timeline may not be in your control
• Limited notice — some Dye & Durham product subscription agreements allow as little as 30 days’ notice before data migration. Check what your Corplink subscription says.
• On-premises limitations — remote work, collaboration with clients, and multi-office access are constrained
• Feature gap — Corplink lacks modern capabilities like e-filing, AI, ownership charts, and compliance calendars

MinuteBox offers concierge migration from Corplink — the team supports data extraction, mapping, and import so you can move on your own terms, not Dye & Durham’s.

Book a demo to see MinuteBox and discuss your migration from Corplink.

Thinking of Staying on Corplink? Questions to Ask Dye & Durham

Data portability

• Will Dye & Durham provide a complete copy of the Corplink database in a non-proprietary format (e.g., SQL) that can be imported into another system?
• Does Dye & Durham provide a tool for converting the proprietary 4D database to SQL format? If so, is it available to all Corplink customers upon request?
• Can you get a full data export from Corplink today — before any vendor-driven migration occurs?
• If you request a data export, will you continue to have full access to Corplink during the export and transition period?

Migration and continuity

• What is Dye & Durham’s timeline for migrating Corplink users to Unity Entity Management?
• Do you have a choice in whether or not to migrate to Unity, or will it be mandated?
• Since Unity is built on a different architecture (Athennian), is the migration effort to Unity comparable to migrating to any other cloud platform?
• If the migration effort is the same regardless of destination, what are the advantages of migrating to Unity versus an independent platform?
• What happens to your Corplink data and access if you choose not to migrate to Unity?

Pricing and vendor stability

• What is Dye & Durham’s philosophy on price increases? Is there any price increase in moving from Corplink to Unity?
• Is Dye & Durham currently exploring a sale of the company or parts of the business? What happens to your contract if the company or the entity management division changes ownership?
• Is there a platform fee on top of per-entity fees, or is pricing all-inclusive?

Platform capabilities

• Does Corplink or Unity offer integrated national registry services like e-filing, due diligence searches, or lien searches?
• What AI features are available for document drafting, extraction, or legal research?
• Does document automation require knowing specialized document coding syntax?
• Is the platform localized in other languages using professional translation, or automated translation libraries?

Data portability contract clause

Before signing any new agreement with Dye & Durham, ask them to include a full data portability clause that ensures:

1. You own your data — all entity records and documents remain your property at all times
2. You can request and receive a complete data export at any time during the contract, without additional cost, penalty, or restriction
3. Repeat data exports will have a consistent data structure — all keys, values, and table relationships preserved identically each time
4. You will not be locked out of the platform, restricted from using any functionality, or have your access degraded in any way after providing notice of termination or requesting a data export

Change of control provision

Given Dye & Durham’s history of ownership changes, ask for a change of control clause that gives you:

1. The right to terminate the contract without penalty if the company or your specific product division is acquired by a third party
2. A guaranteed data export window (minimum 90 days) following any change of control event
3. Continued access to the platform at existing terms for a transition period following any ownership change

In July 2025, Dye & Durham initiated a review of strategic alternatives that could include a sale of assets or the company. If a vendor undergoing a strategic review is unwilling to commit to change of control protections, you are accepting the risk that your mission-critical governance data could end up under the control of an entity you did not choose to do business with.

Related Resources

• Data Migration from Legacy Systems
• What is Legal Entity Management?
• Compare MinuteBox to Alternatives