Retain vs Mosaic

Retain—Visit Mosaic7.0Visit

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

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Higher score Mosaic #6 in Resource Management Software 7.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Mosaic

• Retain fits best

  Established enterprises needing governed staffing

• Mosaic fits best

  Design and consulting staffing teams

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Side by side

Feature	Retain —/10 Visit ↗	Mosaic 7.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	7.0
Ranking	#4 in Resource Management Software	#6 in Resource Management Software
Best for	Established enterprises needing governed staffing	Design and consulting staffing teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	Not published
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets	Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs
Compliance	ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	5 integrations	22+ integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Retain 5/5 · Mosaic 5/5
Capacity planning	✓	✓
Workload management	✓	✓
Skills matching	✓	✓
Scenario planning	✓	✓
Resource requests	✓	✓
Specs
Planning granularity	Custom	Daily
Our review
Pros	Capacity, workload and utilisation visibility across teams Skills taxonomy, matching and AI-assisted suitability recommendations Scenario planning, requests, analytics, audit trails and SSO	Capacity heat maps and utilization reporting support workload balancing. Skills- and availability-based recommendations help identify staffing options. Scheduling, forecasting, budget tracking, and mobile apps cover core planning needs.
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales Web platform may not suit teams needing broader platform coverage Enterprise-oriented governance may exceed smaller teams' needs	Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than a published plan rate. Integrations carry an additional cost. Some advanced reporting and support features are limited to Enterprise.
Our verdict	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 →	Mosaic is a collaborative project and resource management platform for professional-services organizations. It is designed for executives, project managers, and team leaders who need to schedule work, assign people, balance workloads,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Mosaic — where it wins

  • Capacity heat maps and utilization reporting support workload balancing.
  • Skills- and availability-based recommendations help identify staffing options.
  • Scheduling, forecasting, budget tracking, and mobile apps cover core planning needs.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than a published plan rate.
  • Integrations carry an additional cost.
  • Some advanced reporting and support features are limited to Enterprise.

• Retain—/10 · Pricing on request

  A governed resource management platform for complex professional services staffing.

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• Mosaic7.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad resource planning platform for professional-services staffing teams.

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