Float

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Value for Money
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Stren
Stren
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great platform for staffing and management

Reviewed on 31/08/2023

A good platform to manage: who, what and when. Float has maintained the visual people focus I love...

A good platform to manage: who, what and when. Float has maintained the visual people focus I love about the original product. Integrates well with our data compliance and avoids budget/client confidential data which will need to stay on our intranet. Presentation mode and time split functions are areas to grow functionality.

Pros

Intuitive and easy to use, focus on work schedule not project budget.

Cons

Updates are not always realtime forced page reloads required which can be troublesome for the team.

Alternatives Considered

LiquidPlanner, monday.com and Evernote Teams

Reasons for Switching to Float

Price, easy of use, data compliance.
Varsha
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Float is in the air

Reviewed on 14/06/2024

Pros

Float has a fantastic UI and extremely easy to use
It also caters to specific team types like consulting while recognizing the work we do for external clients

Cons

It could have a better project search functionality. It is a bit glitchy

Gauthier
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Useful software but seems old fashioned

Reviewed on 24/02/2024

Pros

Easy to use. Easy to export data.
We used it during several years but we decided to switch to a more up to date software.

Cons

You can’t lock the hours, so every time a user is changing something you can’t justify your invoicing and reporting anymore.
Looks a bit old fashioned.

Anouk
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  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best time management system

Reviewed on 05/08/2024

Float is very easy to understand and use on a regular basis

Float is very easy to understand and use on a regular basis

Pros

Easy to manage time schedule and easy to use

Cons

Nothing, eveything works well, you can learn to use it by yourself

Agata
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great tool for planning of a numerous team

Reviewed on 16/04/2024

Pros

It gives the possibility to use it with a low or high level of detail of scheduling. A lot of possibilities and very flexible tool.

Cons

I don't have any issue with the product. What I like least about using Float is that not every member of the team is committed in using it so we can have some misunderstandings because for instance the colleague schedule some time-off on Google calendar but then forget to report it also in Float.

François
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  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Need a full integration to be useful

Reviewed on 09/04/2024

Pros

The possibilities with float are very high, we could have done so much more to get the most of that software.

Cons

The redundance of the tasks, but it's more due to the use we do of the software than the software itself.

Tim
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  • Industry: Sports
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

overall it good

Reviewed on 10/07/2024

Pros

the features you'd expect are all at the finger tips, keeping track and scheduling all simple and work as you'd want it to, or expect

Cons

for my use i didnt have many complaints to delve into, signing in on the mobile app can be a bit frustrating but not worth getting upset about or worrying about.

Annika
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Used float in my previous position

Reviewed on 12/06/2024

Pros

I used float at my previous workplace and the ability to integrate with other apps such as Teamwork was brilliant and its easy to use and amend.

Cons

There wasn't anything that stood out for me

Émilie-Jade
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Love Float !

Reviewed on 16/04/2024

Pros

Time management. Collegues and managers can know when i'm available and what bandwith i have.

Cons

Nothing that i can think of. I like every aspect

Marylet
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  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Own opinion

Reviewed on 05/06/2024

Pros

Resource management software that assists groups in tracking project budgets, allocating resources effectively, and visualizing workloads.

Cons

Compared to other all-inclusive solutions, it could not have as many advanced project management features as those, task dependencies or time monitoring.

Aaron
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  • Industry: Animation
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Empowering Efficiency: A Scheduling Product that Masterfully Handles Prioritization

Reviewed on 24/08/2023

Pros

What sets this project management software apart is its exceptional user interface. Navigating through tasks, timelines, and reports feels intuitive and user-friendly. The visual representation of project timelines and progress is a standout feature, making it easy to grasp project status at a glance. This visual clarity has significantly enhanced our project planning and decision-making processes. With this software, complexity is simplified, and managing even intricate projects becomes a breez

Cons

In my experience with Float, the aspect that has the most potential for growth is the mobile app. While functional, it could benefit from more robust features and smoother navigation. Real-time updates and more comprehensive task management capabilities on the mobile platform would greatly enhance the product's utility for users on the go. Despite this, Float's desktop version remains a reliable tool for managing schedules and projects effectively.

Klara
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  • Industry: Public Relations & Communications
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Makes capacity juggling so much easier

Reviewed on 22/08/2023

Pros

The tool has a simple overview, visually similar to already known calendars. This means that you don't need any time to familiarize yourself with it. Just click and add entries.If you work with many different customers, you can create them once and then easily add individual projects within these customer folders.I especially like the fact that I can tell my clients apart right at first glance using the Color Coding feature. But when I need more information, I can also click on the entries and have access to the job number, the available budget, and any other information that might be available.Thanks Float - you make my daily work so much easier :-)

Cons

What could be improved:Currently, when I enter vacation, my projects in the same time frame just disappear from the schedule. This is quite inconvenient and should be fixed. It would be more practical to at least be warned and transfer the projects individually to someone else from the team, or be able to specify vacation substitutions so that the projects are automatically transferred.Also, it would be great if you could duplicate blockers via copy & paste. The split tool is often a bit impractical to use.

Wing
Wing
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Eseential for PM

Reviewed on 22/08/2023

Pros

Visual format of scheduling people with the ability to adjust as necessary and the ability to generate reports based on schedules.

Cons

Inability to customize user info such as color or even assigning an icon for new PMs onboarding. Not everyone is going to learn everybody's name right away when new so it would make sense that we can assign each member of our team with a special color or icon.

Yevhenii
Yevhenii
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great tool to manage your team

Reviewed on 22/08/2023

It helps manage my team's work

It helps manage my team's work

Pros

UI is excellent. I like it very much. I am very comfortable managing a team's work as well as my own

Cons

In the past, I said that the logging button is hard to find on the navbar. Now this button is clearly visible. I'm grateful to Float for listening to customers

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Use daily, love float!

Reviewed on 24/08/2023

I find Float super easy to use, I genuinely think I'd be lost without it. I'm a visual personal and...

I find Float super easy to use, I genuinely think I'd be lost without it. I'm a visual personal and I love how Float is very visual and I can see everything upcoming in a way which works for my brain. Definitely a good platform for any ND people!

Pros

Easy to see forward into weeks ahead for project planning and resource planning. Can easily see when my team hit the limits on hours per day to see when a project is going to need additional resource called in.

Cons

I don't think there is anything I don't like about Float.

Alternatives Considered

Teamwork.com

Reasons for Switching to Float

Visually much better and better UI.
Sophie
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Totality of possibilities

Reviewed on 29/08/2023

Overall very positive, def recommend it to other friends in the same industry

Overall very positive, def recommend it to other friends in the same industry

Pros

Easy to use and has a great structure of UI design

Cons

Sometimes I find it too difficult to set up new projects, that option could be less complex

Mackenzie
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  • Industry: Public Relations & Communications
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Great employee scheduling/management tool

Reviewed on 30/08/2023

Pros

I like that float allows me to track what my team is working on and when, as well as schedule them on new tasks easily and quickly as needed. It is also a great tool for ensuring your team isn't overburdened on any given day.

Cons

I find scheduling different hours on the same project in a week (or longer) can be tedious so I usually just end up splitting the hours equally across the week (or longer). So it's a rough outline of what projects I/my team are working on, but it isn't exact.

Mateusz
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

poject management for retail media team

Reviewed on 28/08/2023

I can generate reports of time spent per specific task or project by my team. Can monitor current...

I can generate reports of time spent per specific task or project by my team. Can monitor current progress of the project, check which part of my project was bilable or not

Pros

easy and fast to measure, user friendly and integrated with excel (csv)

Cons

choosing reporting and many users using "and" app is crashing often, I need to refresh or roll down the screen againg, it's problematic

Stephan
Stephan
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Float made scheduling a breeze

Reviewed on 22/08/2023

Job scheduling across a large team is now much easier. Integrating with our job management tool...

Job scheduling across a large team is now much easier. Integrating with our job management tool saves time on timesheet management and ensures jobs don't go over on time.

Pros

One dashboard, one overview of all resources and it integrates with our job creation tool which makes it super easy for timesheets. Moving jobs to other days is just a drag and drop away.

Cons

It would be awesome, if a job doesn't exist in our job management tool, if float could create it via push.

Jose Manuel
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  • Industry: Paper & Forest Products
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My Review

Reviewed on 01/09/2023

Overall using float was easy to adapt too and have help me visualize the audits and resources...

Overall using float was easy to adapt too and have help me visualize the audits and resources allocations in a dynamic way, with all the team members able to share without issues in the interactions.

Pros

The views that allows to see what the teammates are working on and help with allocation of resources in a dynamic environment.

Cons

The notifications for changes in the schedule is not clear on what was change.

Evan
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Effective and easy to use with simple UI.

Reviewed on 24/08/2023

Great experience overall since integrating into my workflow.

Great experience overall since integrating into my workflow.

Pros

Float's simple UI makes navigation extremely easy. Tracking my time across multiple projects is incredibly easy and makes forecasting future projects a breeze.

Cons

Not a ton to complain about with Float, it's easy to use and gets the job done.

Liz
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great Product!

Reviewed on 28/08/2023

Pros

It's so easy to use. You can get started using it with little to no training. Being able to track time for multiple projects weeks ahead of time and creating reports to look at how much time I would be spending on each project weekly and monthly.

Cons

I would love if it integrated with my outlook calendar or other calendars so I only had to update one.

Lucy
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Simple, visual resource planning tool

Reviewed on 29/08/2023

Simple and visual overview of what all expertise areas are working on, helps immensely to plan...

Simple and visual overview of what all expertise areas are working on, helps immensely to plan resource of my immediate team and coordinate / collaborate with other teams.

Pros

In a consultancy environment ability to have a view of what the full team are working on is essential, helps with planning ahead and managing capacity

Cons

It is difficult to get a few of how many person hours are assigned to a project/ task. This would be useful from a budgeting perspective.

Gabriela
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  • Industry: Public Relations & Communications
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great tool for Resource Managers

Reviewed on 24/08/2023

Float is very intuitive, so easy to implement and teach people on the team how to use it.

Float is very intuitive, so easy to implement and teach people on the team how to use it.

Pros

It was a great upgrade in terms of quickly visualizing the team's capacity and modifying tasks in real time.I also like the possibility of creating a project template because it saves me time when I add new projects.

Cons

I would like the possibility of de-zooming (or making the density more compact), because as I have a big team that would allow me to visualize the big picture of the workload of the team altogether.

Fatima
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Float

Reviewed on 30/08/2023

Very user friendly and easy to use.

Very user friendly and easy to use.

Pros

I love that it is user friendly and easy to use. We are a service based business and it is therefore imperative that we are able to track time spent on each project effectively and accurately.

Cons

I would recommend that they enable the downloading of reports into excel.