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Resource Planning Comparison

Mosaic vs. Resource Guru

At a glance

At a glance

Mosaic

Best for

Best for teams that want AI forecasting and headcount scenario modeling.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Resource Guru

Best for

Best for teams that need fast, clear availability and to avoid double-booking.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Mosaic Resource Guru
Starting price From ~$9.99 / user / month Up to ~$16.99 per user and month depending on features. Grasshopper from $4.16 / person / month Billed annually; $5 billed monthly. Blackbelt $8 and Master $12 per person and month billed monthly, with two months free on annual plans. Equipment and rooms cost $2.50, $4 and $6 each per month.
Free trial Free trial 30-day trial
Made in USA UK
Resource planning Yes, AI-powered forecasting with workload heat maps and headcount scenario modeling Yes, real-time availability and booking calendar with clash management, for people, equipment and rooms
Task planning Yes, project and portfolio views Yes, Gantt charts with phases, tasks, dependencies and milestones, planned against the same schedule
Time tracking Through a time-tracking integration, for planned versus actual Yes, weekly timesheets with auto-suggested entries and an approval workflow on the Master plan
Reporting and controlling Yes, workload heat maps and planned versus actual Yes, utilization and capacity reports, heatmap views, budget burn and forecast versus actuals, customizable and exportable from the Blackbelt plan
AI features stated Yes No
MCP-ready No stated Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Chat, Phone Email helpdesk, Phone
Onboarding Guided onboarding more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Jira, Asana, Monday, QuickBooks more entries Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Asana

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Row where the values differ The small markers point at the lower number, the longer list or the stated feature. They describe the data, they are not a verdict.

The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Mosaic From ~$9.99 / user / month Resource Guru Grasshopper from $4.16 / person / month
  • Free trial Mosaic Free trial Resource Guru 30-day trial
  • Support Mosaic Chat, Phone Resource Guru Email helpdesk, Phone
  • Made in Mosaic USA Resource Guru UK
  • AI features Mosaic Yes Resource Guru No

Every line is one datapoint from the table above, picked automatically. Nothing here is written text.

The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Mosaic

Strengths

  • AI forecasting
  • Clear workload heatmaps
  • Headcount scenario modeling

Limitations

  • Overlaps with project management tools
  • Exact tier pricing varies by features

Resource Guru

Strengths

  • Simple and fast
  • Strong clash prevention
  • Heatmaps and non-human resource management
  • Affordable
  • Read-only MCP server, so an AI assistant can query the schedule without write access

Limitations

  • No invoicing, only project rates and budgets
  • Reports, timesheets, project dates and budgets need the Blackbelt plan or higher
  • Phone support only on the Master plan

Plans

Pricing

Mosaic

  • Not stated ~$9.99 to ~$16.99 Per user and month, depending on features.
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Resource Guru

  • Grasshopper $5 Per person and month billed monthly, $4.16 billed annually. Equipment and rooms $2.50 each. Scheduling, unlimited projects and clients, dashboards and calendar sync, without reports.
  • Blackbelt $8 Per person and month billed monthly. Equipment and rooms $4 each. Adds timesheets, customizable reports, project dates and milestones, project rates and budgets and custom fields.
  • Master $12 Per person and month billed monthly. Equipment and rooms $6 each. Adds approval workflow, SSO, unlimited activity history and phone support.
  • Enterprise Not stated On request. Adds a dedicated customer success manager, setup and training, priority support, enterprise API and SLAs.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Mosaic

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Resource Guru

Ease of use
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User interface
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Onboarding
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Support and service
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Value for money
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Features
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Mosaic https://www.mosaicapp.com · no check date recorded yet

Resource Guru https://resourceguruapp.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.