Best for
Best for engineering, architecture and consulting firms that want capacity planning, project tasks and timesheets in one system.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Resource Planning Comparison
EG Silverbucket vs. Kantata
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for professional services firms that need resource management tied to project financials and forecasting.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | EG Silverbucket | Kantata |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Quote-based Priced on the number of active people in the resourcing pool rather than on logins or feature tiers, with archived users free of charge; the subscription includes all features, while integration, maintenance and training are bought on demand. No amounts are published. | Quote-based The vendor prices per quote; no public pricing. |
| Free trial | 30 days, full access, no credit card required | Demo |
| Users | EG cites over 40,000 users | Not stated |
| API | Yes, an API for people, projects, customers and actual hours, plus bulk CSV and XLSX imports and single sign-on | Yes, the Kantata OX REST API, authenticated with an OAuth 2.0 bearer token |
| Hosting | Not stated | Cloud (SaaS); the SX edition runs natively on Salesforce |
| Made in | Finland (Silverbucket, Tampere, part of the Danish EG group since 2021) | Irvine, United States, with further operational centers in London and Cebu |
| Resource planning | Yes, drag-to-select percentage allocation to named people or role placeholders, structured resourcing requests with best-match candidate comparison, tentative allocations for modelling unconfirmed bids, competency tracking and a portfolio overview | Yes, demand forecasting, capacity optimization and skills-based staffing |
| Task planning | Yes, tasks within each project on an interactive Gantt timeline, with milestones at both project and programme level | Yes, project management that surfaces scope creep and delivery risk |
| Time tracking | Yes, built-in timesheets with comments per entry and locking after a defined period; logged hours update allocation actuals directly, and an existing time registration tool can be integrated instead | Yes |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, forecast and actual reports on utilisation, income, hour budgets and invoicing, a performance dashboard for billability, fee recovery and margins, a custom export builder to PDF or Excel, a filtered activity feed and a Power BI connection | Yes, business intelligence with predictive forecasts, no separate BI tool needed |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| MCP-ready | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Phone | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Personal consulting | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding, Live online demos and webinars, Personal consulting |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Power BI, Microsoft Excel | more entries Salesforce, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, Avalara, Expensify, Concur, HubSpot, Jira, BambooHR, Slack, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, MuleSoft, Workato |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Free trial EG Silverbucket 30 days, full access, no credit card required Kantata Demo
- Support EG Silverbucket Email helpdesk, Phone Kantata Email helpdesk, Community forum
- Made in EG Silverbucket Finland (Silverbucket, Tampere, part of the Danish EG group since 2021) Kantata Irvine, United States, with further operational centers in London and Cebu
- API EG Silverbucket Yes, an API for people, projects, customers and actual hours, plus bulk CSV and XLSX imports and single sign-on Kantata Yes, the Kantata OX REST API, authenticated with an OAuth 2.0 bearer token
- Resource planning EG Silverbucket Yes, drag-to-select percentage allocation to named people or role placeholders, structured resourcing requests with best-match candidate comparison, tentative allocations for modelling unconfirmed bids, competency tracking and a portfolio overview Kantata Yes, demand forecasting, capacity optimization and skills-based staffing
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
EG Silverbucket
Strengths
- Planning, tasks and timesheets sit in one system, so actual hours update allocations without an export or reconciliation
- Tentative allocations model several unconfirmed projects at once and convert to confirmed in a single click
- An MCP server over HTTP lets an AI client read and write projects, allocations, actuals and capacity
- 30 day free trial with full access and no credit card
Limitations
- No published amounts, so the per-person price comes from sales
- Parts of the AI assistant are dated to the second half of 2026, and the product pages do not agree on what is available now
- The bill scales with the number of people planned, which suits a stable pool better than a fast-growing one
Kantata
Strengths
- Deep resource management and forecasting
- Built-in project financials, billing and business intelligence
- Salesforce-native enterprise edition available
Limitations
- No public pricing, quote only
- No free trial, demo only
- Enterprise focus, heavier than a lightweight scheduler
Plans
Pricing
EG Silverbucket
- Free trial $0 30 days, full access to all features, no credit card required.
- Subscription Not stated Priced per active person in the resourcing pool, with archived users free and all features included. Integration, maintenance and training are available on demand. EG publishes no amounts.
Kantata
- Quote-based Not stated The vendor prices per quote, billed per user and month, varying by role and modules.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
EG Silverbucket
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
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- Features
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Kantata
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- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
EG Silverbucket https://www.silverbucket.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-11
Kantata https://www.kantata.com · no check date recorded yet
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