Retain Cloud vs. Octave Sequence Enterprise

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.

Octave Sequence Enterprise (formerly EcoSys) is an enterprise project performance solution designed to bring clarity, control, and predictability to complex project environments. It connects project portfolio management, project controls, and project management into a unified platform that helps organizations manage the full lifecycle of their capital programs. Built for complex engineering, construction, and infrastructure projects, Sequence Enterprise provides the structure needed to align strategy with execution.