Float
Float is a resource management, planning, and scheduling software designed for professional services firms and in-house creative teams.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Optimize resource allocation, plan projects profitably, and gain financial insights for your team.
Who should look elsewhere
Float's built-in reporting is thin, so teams that need in-depth project budget or financial analysis often end up exporting data to CSV and rebuilding the numbers in a spreadsheet.
Pros
- +Increases resourcing efficiency and on-time delivery
- +Provides clear visibility into team availability and project profitability
- +Helps prevent double-booking and overworking team members
- +Flexible for various work arrangements (full-time, part-time, contractors)
- +User-friendly interface with drag-and-drop functionality
Cons
- −Float's built-in reporting is thin, so teams that need in-depth project budget or financial analysis often end up exporting data to CSV and rebuilding the numbers in a spreadsheet.
- −Float is a pure resource scheduler with no real project or task management, lacking task dependencies and hierarchies, so it usually has to be paired with a separate PM tool for the actual execution work.
- −Because you pay per scheduled person and capabilities like actuals tracking, advanced reporting, SSO, and multi-currency are gated to the $12-per-person Pro tier, costs scale steeply as headcount grows.
- −Larger teams report the schedule becomes cumbersome at scale, citing heavy horizontal scrolling and project managers finding recurring timesheet entry tedious once dozens of people are on it.
Key features
- ✓Resource scheduling (allocate by hours or percentages)
- ✓Live capacity tracking with utilization indicators and over-capacity warnings
- ✓Project scoping with budget and margin tracking
- ✓Financial reporting and forecasting
- ✓Time off management with custom policies and approval workflows
- ✓Customizable team setups with roles, skills, and rates
- ✓Integration with project management, time tracking, and finance tools
- ✓Customizable views with color coding, tags, and filters
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $700 | month | Scheduling; Capacity & time off management; Unlimited project scoping |
| Pro | $1200 | month | Everything in Starter, plus:; Project estimates; Actuals tracking |
| Enterprise | — | month | Everything in Pro, plus:; Dedicated Customer Success Manager; Set up, roll out, and training |