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Resource Planning Comparison

Retain vs. Teamdeck

At a glance

At a glance

Retain

Best for

Best for audit, tax, advisory and consulting firms that need skills-aware scheduling and, in some cases, the option to run it on their own servers.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Teamdeck

Best for

Best for small creative and technical teams that want scheduling, time tracking and leave in one lightweight tool.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

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

Full Comparison

Criterion Retain Teamdeck
Starting price Quote-based Retain publishes no price list; the contact form routes pricing requests to sales. From $2 / member / month Standard plan, billed monthly. Light members $2, full members $6 per month; 10% off billed yearly.
Free trial Demo on request 14-day trial
Users Retain cites more than 1.5 million resources managed worldwide and over 100 large customers Not stated
API Yes, secure APIs for programmatic access to resources, bookings, jobs and operational data, plus middleware support through MuleSoft and Azure Logic Apps Not stated
Hosting Cloud as Retain Cloud, or on your own servers as Retain On-Premise Not stated
Made in United Kingdom (Retain International, company number 01593831, part of AdvT Group) Not stated
Resource planning Yes, bookings against jobs and engagements with capacity and availability views, recurring bookings, conflict management and AI suitability matching on skills, experience and availability Yes, resource scheduling with capacity and availability planning
Task planning No, work is planned as bookings against jobs and engagements rather than as individual tasks Yes, bookings and project scheduling
Time tracking Yes, built-in timesheets that capture actual time against projects and tasks and compare it with planned allocations Yes, time tracking with timesheets, plus leave and PTO management
Reporting and controlling Yes, utilisation dashboards, revenue and delivery cost forecasting, operational notifications and audit logs Yes, custom reporting
AI features stated Yes No
Deployment more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk, Phone Not stated
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations more entries Abacus, Aderant, Access APS, BambooHR, CCH, Employment Hero, IRIS Practice Management, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Microsoft Synapse, MYOB GreatSoft, Oracle, Oracle NetSuite OpenAir, PracticePro 365, Salesforce, SAP, SugarCRM, Thomson Reuters GoFileRoom, Workday, MuleSoft, Azure Logic Apps Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Slack, Podio, Sage HR

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Retain Quote-based Teamdeck From $2 / member / month
  • Free trial Retain Demo on request Teamdeck 14-day trial
  • Deployment Retain Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Teamdeck Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
  • AI features Retain Yes Teamdeck No
  • Resource planning Retain Yes, bookings against jobs and engagements with capacity and availability views, recurring bookings, conflict management and AI suitability matching on skills, experience and availability Teamdeck Yes, resource scheduling with capacity and availability planning

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Retain

Strengths

  • Available both as a hosted cloud platform and as an on-premise installation
  • Timesheets are part of the product, so planned and actual hours sit in the same system
  • Integrations cover practice management, HR, CRM and finance systems, with middleware support and secure APIs

Limitations

  • No published prices, so every quote comes from sales
  • No task-level planning; work is tracked as bookings against jobs
  • Shaped around audit, tax, advisory and consulting work, which narrows the fit outside professional services

Teamdeck

Strengths

  • Combines scheduling, time tracking and leave management
  • Light-member seats for contributors who only need to be booked
  • Low entry price

Limitations

  • No native invoicing
  • No permanent free plan, only a trial

Plans

Pricing

Retain

  • Quote-based Not stated Retain publishes no price list; quotes come from sales.
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Teamdeck

  • Standard (Light member) $2 Per member and month, billed monthly. For contributors without full app access.
  • Standard (Full member) $6 Per member and month, billed monthly.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing with premium support and custom integrations.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Retain

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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Teamdeck

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
Not rated yet
Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
Not rated yet
Features
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Retain https://www.retaininternational.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-11

Teamdeck https://teamdeck.io · 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.