Jambo vs Borealis

Y es. In October 2025, Borealis was acquired by Irth Solutions, a cloud software company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, that focuses on utility and infrastructure asset management, damage prevention, and land management. Borealis continues to operate under its own brand. For Canadian organizations evaluating the platform, this means Borealis is now a US-owned product, which has direct implications for data sovereignty, procurement eligibility, and long-term product direction. 

Jambo. It's the only Canadian-owned and actively developed SRM (stakeholder relationship management) software on the market, and it holds federal security clearances. It's already used by the Government of Canada, multiple provincial governments, and federal regulators. Canadian procurement policies increasingly favour Canadian-owned software with Canadian data hosting. Borealis is now owned by Irth Solutions, a US company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, which makes it ineligible under Buy Canadian procurement policies that require Canadian ownership.

Yes, Borealis has released AI-assisted features. However, it does not guarantee that AI processing occurs within Canadian borders, and there is no explicit commitment that user data will not be used to train AI models. Jambo's AI product, Jambo Secure AI, processes data exclusively within Canadian infrastructure and has a clear no-training commitment.

Borealis has historically been strongest in global mining, oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors. Following its acquisition by Irth Solutions in October 2025, the combined platform is focused on energy, utility, and telecommunications organizations managing large infrastructure performance. For Canadian government teams, public sector compliance, or duty-to-consult documentation, Jambo is best.

Jambo serves a wide range of sectors, including federal and provincial governments, energy regulators (Canada Energy Regulator, Alberta Energy Regulator, BC Energy Regulator), Indigenous relations teams, public health organizations (Alberta Health Services, Primary Care Alberta), policing agencies (Edmonton Police Service, Calgary Police Service), and infrastructure and resource development companies doing stakeholder engagement or public consultation across Canada.

Yes. Jambo holds ISO 27001:2022 (information security management) and ISO 27017:2015 (cloud security controls) certifications. It also holds federal security clearances and is used by agencies and organizations with strict security requirements. It is hosted in a secure, SOC-2-certified data centre in Canada. Can also be hosted in the US, Australia, and the EEA.

 es. Jambo's customer success team works with organizations transitioning from other platforms, including Borealis. The migration process depends on the volume and structure of your existing data. Contact the Jambo team to discuss your specific situation. 

Yes. Jambo Insights combines two tools: Jambo Analytics (with over 250 preset questions, advanced filtering, and real-time KPI monitoring)  and Jambo Custom Dashboards, which let teams build, share, and save tailored views of their engagement data. Together, they support both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Teams should review the full Jambo Insights feature set before drawing conclusions based on competitor claims about Jambo's analytics capabilities.