EG Silverbucket vs Retain

EG Silverbucket9.0Visit Retain8.9Visit

Higher score EG Silverbucket #3 in Resource Management Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Try EG Silverbucket

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Retain #4 in Resource Management Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Retain

• EG Silverbucket fits best

  Mature teams needing deep resource planning

• Retain fits best

  Established enterprises needing governed staffing

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Side by side

Feature	EG Silverbucket 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Retain 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.9
Ranking	#3 in Resource Management Software	#4 in Resource Management Software
Best for	Mature teams needing deep resource planning	Established enterprises needing governed staffing
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets
Integrations	6 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features EG Silverbucket 5/5 · Retain 5/5
Capacity planning	✓	✓
Workload management	✓	✓
Skills matching	✓	✓
Scenario planning	✓	✓
Resource requests	✓	✓
Specs
Planning granularity	Daily	Custom
Our review
Pros	Real-time visibility into people, projects, capacity and workloads Daily capacity planning with skills matching and scenario modeling Actual-versus-plan reporting with time tracking and custom exports	Capacity, workload and utilisation visibility across teams Skills taxonomy, matching and AI-assisted suitability recommendations Scenario planning, requests, analytics, audit trails and SSO
Cons	Pricing is customized and requires contacting sales There is no free plan Its focus is project-driven organisations rather than simple scheduling	Pricing requires contacting sales Web platform may not suit teams needing broader platform coverage Enterprise-oriented governance may exceed smaller teams' needs
Our verdict	EG Silverbucket is a cloud-based resource planning platform for project-driven organisations, including engineering consultancies, contractors, architects and IT consultancies. It brings together real-time visibility into people, projects,… Read the review →	Retain is a resource management platform for professional services organisations coordinating complex projects across departments, projects and locations. It brings together resource planning, scheduling, capacity reporting, workload and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• EG Silverbucket — where it wins

  • Real-time visibility into people, projects, capacity and workloads
  • Daily capacity planning with skills matching and scenario modeling
  • Actual-versus-plan reporting with time tracking and custom exports

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is customized and requires contacting sales
  • There is no free plan
  • Its focus is project-driven organisations rather than simple scheduling

• Retain — where it wins

  • Capacity, workload and utilisation visibility across teams
  • Skills taxonomy, matching and AI-assisted suitability recommendations
  • Scenario planning, requests, analytics, audit trails and SSO

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Web platform may not suit teams needing broader platform coverage
  • Enterprise-oriented governance may exceed smaller teams' needs

• EG Silverbucket9.0/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Deep planning, skills matching and forecasting for mature project teams.

  Try EG SilverbucketFull verdict →
• Retain8.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A governed resource management platform for complex professional services staffing.

  Visit RetainFull verdict →