Retainer management software for pre-paid hours
How much of the block the client bought is left?
Retainer sells the hours before the work happens. A client buys a block — forty hours for the month — and logged work draws it down. This is a retainer, not time-and-materials: the point of the product is the balance.
What Arrow Retainer does
- Purchased blocks, with rollover and period
- Burn rate and the exhaustion date it implies
- Low-balance warning before the client hits zero
Who it is for
Agencies, consultancies and support providers who sell hours in advance and need account managers — and clients — to see the remaining balance at any time.
How it connects to the suite
Feeds
Standalone, Retainer answers its own question. Inside Arrow it shares one sign-in, one people directory and one licence store with every other product.
Questions
Arrow Retainer FAQ
What happens when a retainer runs low?
Arrow Retainer warns before the balance reaches zero, using the current burn rate. Each budget carries two ceilings — hours and money — which flag an overrun rather than block the work.
Does a retainer have to be monthly?
No. A budget can cover any dates you choose, and the next period repeats the same shape.
The rest of the suite
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What recurring work did we promise, deliver, and earn?
Recurring contracted work: promise it, schedule it, log it, bill it.
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The same, for work that runs as a project.
Work planned and delivered once — phases, milestones, resourcing.
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What can our people actually do?
The capability register: who can do what, and to what level.
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Who could we hire, and how did they score?
Hiring against the shortfall, from sourcing to offer.
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The plan says this month. What is actually being done this week?
The committed plan, turned into the work that actually happens.
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