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Float Reviews & Product Details

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What is Float?

Float is one of the best resource management tools for robust scheduling and time tracking, trusted by companies like BuzzFeed and Deloitte. Project scheduling is easy with its click-and-create and drag-and-drop interfaces and users can set tasks easily and assign them to the relevant people/teams. Float’s scheduling tool also is simple and visual, giving you a clear picture of your team’s workload, as well as project progress all from a single dashboard. With Float, you can easily plan, manage and monitor projects and teams. Time tracking is simple, task management is streamlined, and the platform provides accurate forecasting based on gathered data.

Company Float
Year founded 2012
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters New York, NY, United States
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Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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Languages English
Float Features
Alerts and Notifications
Approval Workflows
Budget Management
Calendar Integration
Capacity Planning
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Customizable Dashboards
Document Management
Drag and Drop Interface
Gantt Charts
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Invoice Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Project Management
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Reporting and Analytics
Resource Allocation
Resource Forecasting
Resource Pool Management
Resource Request Management
Role-Based Access Control
Scheduling
Skill Matching
Task Management
Time Off Management
Time Tracking
Utilization Tracking
What-If Analysis
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Last updated: September 16, 2024
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1,237 Float Reviews
4.2 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 28, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
MK
Mateusz K.
Founder
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"Project manager for service unit"
What do you like best about Float?

Easy generate reports for all my departament as csv and easy trasform into excel file. Easy to check basics like general view on time per specific project or task etc.

What do you dislike about Float?

In reporting page whend selected: "certain user" and "certain user" and "certain user" and switching between them the app is often crashing and rolls up all the users, sometimes when have this view I must refresh between it's switching screen itself on whole company wiev (in reporting), it's not huge problem but when I'm looking for something specific for a bit longer it's forcing me to reload or reopen rolled screen (chrome browser). The Scheduling and time logging is working very slowly :(

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

fast generating reports, booking resources, planning our work

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 28, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
DM
David M.
Founder
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"4 Weeks impression"
What do you like best about Float?

Its fast and user friendly. team meetings go a lot faster now and we have more time to do actual work. One last feature is that make easy to coordinate work between teams in the company.

What do you dislike about Float?

Our company accountan software is based on Deltek and we need to log time twice, one in float and one in deltek so it will be nice way for this 2 to interact or add a package for accounting.

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

Team scheduling and workflow.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 27, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
LS
Lewis S.
Senior Geotechnical Engineer
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"Positive"
What do you like best about Float?

Easy interface with drag and drop functions Colour coding fast and snappy use on google chrome Enjoy the default settings of font and page size and separations Thanks

What do you dislike about Float?

FInding Leave functions assigning people Budget visibility when assigned These functions may exist but in the limited time I have when using float these have not been obvious

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

We use it as a resource management feature to get a quick overlooka t the teams availabilities I like that you can easily see and read everyones projects I also really like that I get an email saying what I have out in for that day of work

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 25, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
RL
Roser L.
Founder
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"True Useful Tool"
What do you like best about Float?

That it truly helps me organize my amount of time at work through all the different projects I work on. On the other side, it also helps my bosses to know on what I am working.

What do you dislike about Float?

At first it was a little bit difficult to know how the programme worked and you had to investigate a little bit to know all the tools inside.

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

Float is helpping me organize my amount of time at work and also all my collegues know if I am currently avalivable to talk about this or that project or if they have to wait.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 24, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Filip D.
Help Desk Consultant
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"Float app: The resource management software that keeps teams in sync"
What do you like best about Float?

I have been using Float app for a few months and I am very impressed with its features and functionality. Float app is a great tool for managing cash flow and resource planning. It has a simple and intuitive interface that allows me to easily schedule tasks, track time, and monitor project budgets.

What do you dislike about Float?

I have not found anything that I dislike about the Float app so far.

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

Planing work and tracking cost of projeckts.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 24, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Sophie J.
Development Project Manager, Marketing Manager & Web Consultant
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"If you are looking for a resourceplanning tool without to much bloat functionalities: this is it!"
What do you like best about Float?

We've been using Float for almost a half year now. We are very happy with how fluently it works. It distinguishes itself from other tools because it it not trying to be everything you might ever need. Yes, having all in one spot is sometimes handy, but not always. I you just need a handy tool that allows to do resourceplanning, have a clear resource and project overview and add some basic tasks, than this it it! The only feature that would make it even more perfect is if we could give taks our own progress labels. The tool increased our teamsplanning efficiency.

What do you dislike about Float?

Maybe have a littlebit more integrations.

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

Everyone see's who is on what project and for how long. Easy rescheduling

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Aug 23, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
SS
Shijoy S.
Founder
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"Interactive and Understandable"
What do you like best about Float?

Different Colour coding for each of the jobs helps me understand which manager the job is attached to so it is easier to connect with the appropriate manager when starting a new client.

What do you dislike about Float?

Sometimes the website crashes and I cannot open Float on Google Chrome. But other than that there are no other problems that I face with Float on a day to day use.

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

Clear understanding of the week to week responsiblilities which we have to do, and the clients which we will be working on. Helps me understand the team members that will be working with me as well.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 23, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
MV
Marius V.
Founder
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"Good scheduling tool"
What do you like best about Float?

Having scheduling and time logging in the same place is great.

What do you dislike about Float?

Having to press Esc when in the delete tool.

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

Seeing what I'm supposed to be working on.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Charlotte C.
Civil/Strucctural Engineer
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"To manage your calendar and see other people's schedules that correspond to your own, use Float."
What do you like best about Float?

Putting schedule thru the entire month ahead, able to see other workmate schedule.

What do you dislike about Float?

Some inaccurate time that sync to workflowmax, need to verify it to ma ke sure its correct.

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

Project Management is the main purpose of Float in our office

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
VS
Victor S.
Founder
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"Good so far, would recommend. Need few improvments"
What do you like best about Float?

Have been using float for around a month now. All looks good, pretty simple to use.

What do you dislike about Float?

I'd add UNDO function when loging tasks. It happened I accidentaly clicked on Log and couldn't undo as I needed to do some adjustments

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

Easy project managment and task logging. fast, effective

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
JH
Julieta H.
Founder
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"Great asset for project management"
What do you like best about Float?

That the workload is easy to see at a glance. Visually appealing, easy to use. I can plan ahead, I can track my earnings, and I can access from my phone. Really recommend

What do you dislike about Float?

That it doesn't have the time tracking feature with a real clock tracker. You have to put in the time manually, so it ends up being the same as per the regular timeline.

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

I am a freelancer in the creative field, and I plan all my projects with float. I use it daily and rely on it 100% Workload, time allocated, and budget for each project/client.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
IK
Ivan K.
Founder
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"Cool managment tool"
What do you like best about Float?

The ability to conveniently plan hours on projects and set milestones, the ability to create sub-departments

What do you dislike about Float?

That you need to separate the schedules in order to mix the number of hours on a specific day Sometimes the information is not displayed immediately when you check the reports You can improve the system with data exports, namely, convert the CSV file into an Excel file

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

A convenient platform, a pleasant interface that helps you easily plan hours on projects, a great schedule and the interface of the Reprot tab

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Pelayo R.
Service Now Consultant
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"Easy to use"
What do you like best about Float?

The best thing about it is that with just a quick look you can check your calendar, your team's calendar and move your expected schedule around. It's pretty much all you need for time tracking.

What do you dislike about Float?

The only immediate downside is that you can't record the exact timestamps of your work, e.g when you log in and when you log out. That has some legal downsides in some countries.

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

Helps track the time you spend working and identify which tasks were you doing at any point on time. This is useful when clients demand records of our work or for us to do reviews.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Avinash K. avatar
Avinash K.
App Marketing Consultant
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"Great way to manage timesheet in your company"
What do you like best about Float?

Quick and agile. Helps to understand what the team is working on in a glance,

What do you dislike about Float?

UI could be better with more importance on explaining different features to first time user.

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

Planning and execution is easy after started to use Float

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
HW
Hinse W.
Power Platform Enthusiast
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"Lots of insights"
What do you like best about Float?

The insights that you get, for every project

What do you dislike about Float?

The most enerving thing is that when you have a lot of project, the overview is not the best.

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

Planning.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 27, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
JD
Jared D.
Curation Lead
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"Float Keeps Your Team Organized"
What do you like best about Float?

Float's interface is as user-friendly as it gets, with friendly colors and a "card"-based grid view where it is very clear what tasks you are working on and what tasks the rest of the team is working on.

What do you dislike about Float?

There was a bit of a learning curve, transitioning from a drastically different scheduling system. There are a lot of options and bells and whistles, but once you get used to Float, it's great!

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

Float is helping my team schedule multiple projects at a time and which team member is on which project which becomes clumsy and difficult if it's not an easy-to-use interface.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 17, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Sophie T. avatar
Sophie T.
Technology Associate
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"Good number of features without going overboard"
What do you like best about Float?

Float has a nice clean interface with a powerful search feature so you can filter down by person, client, project etc. very quickly and easily. The documentation for Float's APIs is nice and clean. Although our software doesn't naturally integrate with Float, we've been able to use the API to bring projects in automatically from our sales tracking platform.

What do you dislike about Float?

The way that people's time commitments on other projects are displayed on every project is useful to make sure nobody is over-resourced. However this means that each project can take up a fair amount of space, and using placeholder people is a nightmare because they look incredibly over-booked.

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

Tracking resourcing in the company and across teams with more visability

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 06, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
SA
Sohaib A.
Architectural Technologist
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"Very quick and easy to use and log your time."
What do you like best about Float?

quick and easy to use the drag-down option to extend your logged time is really helpful and time saving.

What do you dislike about Float?

an option to drag logged projects and times across sideway to different days would be great and time saving, or an option for a saved input to be selected if you repeat tasks.

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

quick to use saving me time to do work and more effectively manage my time

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 01, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
JC
Jonathon C.
Web Developer
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"Excellent for an overview of everyones workload"
What do you like best about Float?

The visibility of everyones schedules at

What do you dislike about Float?

the way splitting tasks works, can be difficult

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

I can see what I'm doing on a given day, without waiting for a PM to be aviliable

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jun 30, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Hannah R.
Associate, Paid Media
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"User friendly but sometimes overwhelming"
What do you like best about Float?

I like how you can personalized your experience on the site.

What do you dislike about Float?

Sometimes it can be easy to get lost in different tabs, especially other people's schedules without knowing

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

Workflow is being solved and utilization is being monitored on a regular basis.