Retain Cloud vs. Keka

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.

Keka is a global HRMS built for mid-market and enterprise organizations. 12500 organisations across 180+ countries run people operations across multiple entities, countries, and workforce types on Keka. To support them, Keka's PeopleOS brings Core HR, payroll, time and attendance, hiring, performance, employee experience, and project and service automation onto one employee-first platform. As a result, every people decision flows directly into pay, compliance, and business outcomes. HR teams run statutory-compliant payroll in US, India, APAC, GCC countries, and more.