# Workload vs Resource Guru

> Choose Resource Guru to quickly book people, rooms, or equipment and manage leave, without portfolio governance. Choose Workload if you run an IT department: project portfolio, net capacity, skills, timesheets, and executive reporting — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

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## Workload vs Resource Guru — IT capacity comparison | 2026

Resource Guru or Workload for an IT department? Verdict in two sentences, comparison table, and FAQ. Workload from €59/month, 14-day trial.

## Workload vs Resource Guru

Resource Guru is a simple, visual resource booking tool: who is available, when, with booking clash detection. Workload is the System of Record (SoR) for IT capacity planning — plan, allocate, timesheet, govern, report.

Workload or Resource Guru for an IT department?

Choose Resource Guru to quickly book people, rooms, or equipment and manage leave, without portfolio governance. Choose Workload if you run an IT department: project portfolio, net capacity, skills, timesheets, and executive reporting — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

Workload is for you if…

Resource Guru is a better fit if…

- You have an IT project portfolio to arbitrate, not just bookings
- Jira Tempo / Azure DevOps timesheets and planned vs actual
- Skills, run work, and projects across the same teams
- IT director reporting and committee packs

- Simple booking of people or equipment
- A small team that wants a clear schedule in minutes
- No portfolio or governance to steer
- Leave and availability as the main need

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### Resource Guru and Workload at a glance

- Criterion
- Resource Guru
- Workload

Approach

Resource booking

IT capacity and portfolio

Complexity

Simple, quick to adopt

Fuller: projects, skills, conflicts

Portfolio and arbitration

Out of scope

Yes (what-if, arbitration)

Timesheet

Depends on plan

Jira Tempo, Azure DevOps, Toggl, Clockify (Professional)

Target audience

Small teams, agencies

IT departments and IT PMOs of 20–500 people

### Is Resource Guru suited to an IT department?

For a small team booking people, yes. Once you need to steer an IT project portfolio and capacity conflicts, Workload is a better fit.

### Can you migrate from Resource Guru to Workload?

Yes via CSV: teams, projects, and allocations. Bookings are recreated as project allocations.

### How is this different from a simple schedule?

A schedule shows who is booked; Workload computes net capacity, detects multi-project overload, and compares with actuals through timesheets.

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