G2 Vendor Directory

Retain Cloud vs. Accelo

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricRetain Cloud

by AdvT

Accelo

by Accelo

Overall rating4.24.3
Review count13685
Ease of use9.28.4
Ease of setup8.47.6
Quality of support8.88.9
Meets requirements8.48.7
NPS38.46153856.278366
Small Business18.2%70.7%
Mid-Market45.5%23.6%
Enterprise36.4%5.7%
Total page views2271,229
Total LLM citations2098,622

Retain Cloud

The Only Platform Built to Unify Resource Planning for Professional Services — Now with AI and Enhanced Skills Taxonomy Established in 1992, Retain is the world’s first platform built to give professional services firms and complex, multi-entity organisations one place to plan, schedule, and forecast across every department. No more spreadsheets. No more disconnected tools. Just a single, intuitive system that brings clarity and control to resourcing. With AI-powered insights, a governed skills taxonomy, and behavioural profiling, Retain goes beyond availability.

Pros

  • Dashboard Features
  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Time-saving
  • Reporting
  • Simple

Accelo

Most PSA platforms tell you what happened. Accelo tells you what's coming. Professional services firms running on disconnected tools are making critical decisions on data that's always a few weeks behind: a project tool here, a resourcing spreadsheet there, an invoicing system that talks to neither. Scope drifts unnoticed. Margins erode before anyone sees them. Resourcing decisions get made on gut feel. And 42% of professional services firms are losing revenue they've already earned as a result.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Project Management
  • Efficiency
  • Client Management
  • Task Management
  • Time-saving