Float
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Features
47 features across 14 categories
AI(1)
AI-powered features within Float
Admin & Security(4)
Track activity and changes within the system
Set granular access permissions for different team members
Restrict account access to specific email domains
Enable SSO for enterprise authentication
Analytics & Reporting(6)
Compare billable work to non-billable work for profitability analysis
Gain insight into utilization, profit impact, and performance metrics
Create both personal and team-shareable custom views
Create personal filtered views of data
Create and save custom filtered views of schedule data
Track and analyze team utilization trends over time
Capacity Planning(1)
View available capacity of scheduled team members
Financial Insights(1)
Track project margins and profitability to understand impact of resourcing decisions
Financial Management(2)
Set and manage billable rates for team members
Track cost rates for accurate project profitability calculations
Integration(2)
Sync with Google Calendar for schedule visibility
Sync with Outlook Calendar for schedule visibility
Mobile(1)
Access Float functionality from mobile devices
Planning(1)
Plan capacity and manage team availability in real time
Project Management(7)
Organize projects with phases, milestones, and individual tasks
Track projects against their budgets to ensure profitability
Create project estimates to baseline expected work and costs
Add and track project expenses alongside labor costs
Assign job codes to projects for better tracking and reporting
Scope projects with profits in mind from day one, setting the right price with target budget and margins in mind
Create and reuse project templates for faster project setup
Reporting(4)
Compare estimated work to actual work completed with variance analysis
Compare estimated hours to planned hours with detailed reporting
Compare planned hours to actual hours worked
Monitor how quickly project budgets are being consumed
Scheduling(4)
Schedule resources by matching work with the right skills, availability, and capacity in global talent pool
Schedule resources by allocating specific hours
Schedule resources by allocating a percentage of their availability
Core scheduling capability for resource allocation
Team Management(8)
Advanced controls for managing complex time off scenarios
Configure custom working hours and workdays per team member or organization
Organize teams by departments and roles
Access global holiday calendars for international team planning
Add guest users who can view schedules and access features without being scheduled
Create placeholder team members for future hires or contractors
Tag team members with skills and attributes for better resource matching
Manage team time off and vacation scheduling
Time Tracking(5)
Track actual work hours and compare to estimates
Automatically log timesheet entries from integrated systems
Lock time entries to prevent unauthorized changes
Pre-populate timesheets with scheduled hours for faster time entry
Log actual time worked on projects with timesheet functionality
Pricing
Starter
- ✓Scheduling
- ✓Capacity & time off management
- ✓Unlimited project scoping
- ✓Project margin tracking
- ✓1x placeholder
- ✓Google calendar
- ✓Outlook calendar
- ✓Zapier
- ✓Custom API integrations
- ✓Account admin
- ✓Custom access rights
- ✓Saved filtered views
- ✓Personal views only
- ✓Activity feed 7 days
- ✓Mobile app access
- ✓24/5 customer support
- ✓Global Slack community
Pro
Popular- ✓Everything in Starter
- ✓Project estimates
- ✓Actuals tracking
- ✓Estimates vs. planned hours reporting
- ✓Estimates vs. actuals reporting
- ✓Planned hours vs. actuals reporting
- ✓SSO & domain restrictions
- ✓5x placeholders
- ✓Schedule in hours
- ✓Schedule in percentages
- ✓On-schedule capacity
- ✓Departments & roles
- ✓Custom workdays & hours
- ✓Skills & tags
- ✓Bill rates
- ✓Cost rates
- ✓Advanced time off controls
- ✓Project estimates
- ✓Add project expenses
- ✓Phases, milestones, & tasks
- ✓Project budget tracking
- ✓Project templates
- ✓Project job codes
- ✓Track actuals (time tracking)
- ✓Prefilled timesheets
- ✓Auto-log timesheets
- ✓Locked time entries
- ✓Utilization trends
- ✓Billable vs. non-billable comparison
- ✓Project budget burn tracking
- ✓Project margin tracking
- ✓Estimates vs. actuals comparison
- ✓Estimates vs. planned hours comparison
- ✓Planned hours vs. actuals comparison
- ✓Jira
- ✓Linear
- ✓Slack
- ✓Teamwork
- ✓Trello
- ✓Personal & shared team views
- ✓Activity feed 180 days
- ✓Domain restrictions
- ✓Single sign-on (SSO)
- ✓24/5 customer support
- ✓Global Slack community
- ✓Designated customer success contact
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- ✓Set up, roll out, and training
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Custom placeholders
- ✓SLAs & custom contracts
- ✓Manual payment options
- ✓Custom contracts
- ✓Service level agreements (SLAs)
- ✓Supplier onboarding support
- ✓Manual payments
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Dedicated onboarding
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Total Cost Comparison
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Build vs Buy
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Buying Float saves ~$34,440 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 47 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
9 known integrations