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What is Float?

Float builds winning teams for every project. Get the context and data you need (that other tools don’t give you) to match the right people to the right projects when resourcing client work. Success in professional services isn’t just about assigning work: it’s building the high-performing teams who deliver it. With Float, you can make smarter resourcing decisions and adapt schedules as work shifts. 4,500+ teams worldwide choose Float to: ✔️ Schedule resources: easily see who’s working on what and when, with a live schedule to plan and allocate work. ✔️ Plan capacity: balance workloads and prevent burnout with a live view of availability, time off, and scheduled work. ✔️ Scope projects: align what you need with what you have to create project schedules that keep work on track with the right people, budgets, and timelines. ✔️ Track time: simplify timesheets with pre-filled hours so your actuals data is more accurate and always on time! ✔️ Report: make informed decisions with live insights into team utilization and budget spend to understand how resourcing affects project margins and profitability.

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Float is a resource scheduling solution for agencies, studios and firms that helps keeping track of who's working on what and when.

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Float is resource management software that gives thousands of teams the essential data and context they need when resourcing client work. Success in professional services isn’t just about assigning work: it’s building the high-performing teams who deliver it. With Float, you can make smarter resourcing decisions and adapt work as it shifts to build a winning team for every job. The world’s top teams—Ogilvy, Deloitte, KPMG, and M&C Saatchi—don’t just wing it. They resource client work the right way with Float. You should, too. Try for free at float.com.

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Easily see who’s working on what and when, with a live schedule to plan and allocate work.

Balance workloads and prevent burnout with a live view of availability, time off, and scheduled work.

Align what you need with what you have to create project schedules that keep work on track with the right people, budgets, and timelines.

Simplify timesheets with pre-filled hours so your actuals data is more accurate and always on time!

Make informed decisions with live insights into team utilization and budget spend to understand how resourcing affects project margins and profitability.

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El B.

Studio Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/15/2024

"Float, a tool we can't live without for resource management."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Float?

We rely on Float daily as an essential tool for resource management. While a few members of the operations team handle updates, over 100 employees use it regularly to view their schedules.

Float stands out for its simplicity and clarity. From adding new employees and jobs to managing resource, holidays, and absences, everything is straightforward and efficient.

The backend functionality is equally valuable, providing insightful data on resource utilisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

Occasionally, it can be a bit glitchy, but their team is quick to resolve any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emily B.

Data Analytics

Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/9/2024

"Float day by day"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Float?

It is possible to manage well which projects I dedicate more time to and how much time I remain idle, in addition to providing a report to my immediate manager without the need to waste time in a meeting.

I use Float every day with ease, and so far, whenever I needed support from Float, I was well attended to, and at the time of starting to use it, it was easy to implement and integrate with my projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

Sometimes I find it difficult to delete tasks that no longer need to appear on the list, and this makes it a bit hard to find the new ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/14/2024

"Average capacity planner"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Float?

It's easy to mvoe tasks between employees if someone is on leave.

You can colour code different tyes of work.

The setup process can be quite time consuming. We use it for client work and repeating tasks.

Customer support has been good and we have organised calls with Float team as and when needed.

You can integrate outlook, so that your calendar meetings are syncd automatically.

We use Float regulalry to review the teams capacity, it aids our weekly meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

It's quite slow... there is a bit of a lag when clicking on a task.

If you have a lot of tasks, it's quite time consuming extending the frequency of them to say the end of the year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luis S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/7/2025

"Easy time managing"

5/5

What do you like best about Float?

The way it's so easy to add, remove, change how much time it took you to do each task is amazing, it was so easy to implement, to use frequently, and it has just the right amount of features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

Nothing, it's pretty easy and straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nigel C.

Research Support Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/9/2024

"What I've always needed and what I didn't know I wanted"

4/5

What do you like best about Float?

Float is incredibly intuitive, and it makes allocating resources a breeze. Even though I'm cetrain I don't take full advantage of its features, Float makes our project management cycle easier and I couldn't imagine going back to our spreadsheet schedule. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

I would love to see Slack integration at some point in the future. Syncing with Google Cal is also wonky for some of our teammates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Float solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before Float, we were using a massive excel spreadsheet to assign our project managers to different projects. Now, with Float, I can easily allocate projects, add tentative and confirmed projects on the calendar, and notify the entire team about scheduling changes. It has easily saved me 20+ hours of work over the last year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aleksandrs K.

VP of Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/21/2024

"VP of Engineering"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Float?

I love how simple the planning process is, and the user interface is very intuitive. Overall, the product is great despite the points I mentioned in the "dislike" section. I hope the product team considers this feedback and includes some of these features in future updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

There is no option to specify the cost for a resource, as there is no dedicated field for this purpose.

The integrations are limited due to API design:

For example, if you need to retrieve allocations for the current week, you also receive data for previous periods, requiring manual calculations to determine the actual allocations.

For instance, if project A starts in week 32 with resource X allocated for 8 hours a day, and you expand the schedule to week 35 in the UI, fetching the allocation for week 34 should return 40 hours for resource X on project A. However, the API returns allocations for weeks 32-35 combined, leaving you to calculate the actual hours.

There’s no option for forecasting or scenario modeling. For example, if you want to try out different ways to distribute resources for the next quarter and see the financial impact before finalizing the plan, this feature is missing.

There’s no way to "lock" previous planning periods and make them read-only. It’s easy to accidentally make changes, like deleting a resource allocation from a past period, which can lead to mistakes in your reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/7/2025

"Simple to use and clean UI"

5/5

What do you like best about Float?

Simplicity and the visual UI of the software. Makes it easy to quickly adjust the schedule and move things around between different days or people. Hour tracking also makes it super simple to ensure we don't go over budget for projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

No dark mode.... would be nice to be able to change the style of the interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/25/2023

"Float Review as IT team member for a supply chain company"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Float?

Alternative for other project planning tools, this is simple to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

user interface is not appealing, UI feels like outdated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lauren K.

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/14/2024

"Great tool to measure actual time spent vs allocated"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Float?

Float is a really great tool so I can see all of the work assigned to my team and how hours are truly spent. It's a great resource to be able to see where we are over burning on hours and need to make some changes. We use it daily! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

Figuring out the best way to read the dashboards does take an adjustment period. However, the tool itself is definitely userfriendly when it comes to logging time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/18/2024

"Float makes Project Management so much easier!"

5/5

What do you like best about Float?

Float makes managing my team's schedule so much easier. I use it everyday and can't picture my work without it. The visual interface is intuitive and lets me quickly see who’s working on what and when. The drag-and-drop functionality makes updating the schedule a breeze. Plus, the time tracking and reporting tools give me a clear view of how projects are progressing, so I can make informed decisions without any guesswork. Overall, Float has streamlined our workflow and made resource management much more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Float?

Limited data exporting options (only .CSV). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Float solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using Float has streamlined our project management process, making it easier to allocate resources, adjust schedules, and track progress. This has led to better workload balance, and more efficient use of time. The insights Float provides also help me make more informed decisions, which has ultimately led to more successful project outcomes. Before Float, comparing planned work with actual time spent on tasks was challenging, leading to inaccurate project estimates and budget overruns. With Float’s integrated time tracking, I can easily monitor how actual work aligns with our plans, helping us improve our project estimates and stay on budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.