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Retain Cloud vs. Projectworks

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

MetricRetain Cloud

by AdvT

Projectworks

by Projectworks

Overall rating4.24.4
Review count13253
Ease of use9.28.9
Ease of setup8.48.4
Quality of support8.88.8
Meets requirements8.48.7
NPS38.46153866.942149
Small Business18.2%64.8%
Mid-Market45.5%32.0%
Enterprise36.4%3.3%
Total page views2272,483
Total LLM citations2095,637

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

Projectworks

Grow your firm, and your impact.
 Projectworks is AI-powered, operator-built professional services automation software for consulting firms that want to grow and make a difference. Bringing deals, proposals, time tracking, resourcing, invoicing, and forecasting together in one platform, it gives you the visibility to see what’s working, fix what’s not, and scale your firm with confidence. Projectworks was built by consultants who know what it’s like to lose hours to spreadsheets and billing chaos.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Project Management
  • User-Friendly
  • Project Tracking
  • Comprehensive Features
  • User Interface