Float: Manage your resources in the best way review

8.5Expert Score

Float is a simple resource management planner that aims to make it easy for teams to collaborate, plan and visualise tasks. With a smart interface, import options, time tracking and logging. It lets teams focus on the work, and let Float manage the planning. But will the simple approach work well for your business? Have a look at what our Total Software Info research has uncovered about Float and if this is the tool to help you manage resources effortlessly!

PROS

The design is straightforward and clean
Great management project
Easy and intuitive to use

CONS

Reporting is limited
Lack of customization
Might be too simple for power users

Float Quick Info

What is Float?

A simple and easy resource management planner that keeps you on top of it all!

Float Resource Management planner is a nice and simple project management planner without all the extras. They emphasise the acronym KISS. Keep it sweet and simple.. or the other one 😉

Float users are presented with the Project plan timeline where they can create projects, assign users and teams to projects. Add tasks to each user. Slide the tasks around in the timeline and get everything working.

There is even an import tool to sync and import from Jira, Asana, Teamwork and Trello. This works well in practice, although you may find it simpler to just work within Float exclusively and set up your times.

In a world where work management solutions can offer everything, and sometimes overwhelm end users. We think Float’s simple approach works well, and it is popular in the creative design industry.

This is also reflected in the pricing structure, where you only pay as little as $6 a month per user. And for more enterprise or time tracking features, the price increases to reflect this.

Being a resource planner, there are some great tools to manage time tracking, logging of hours and looking at the planned hours vs the actual hours. This is quite an art form in itself, as estimating and planning are key aspects in the industries where you need accuracy, otherwise, there can be times when underestimated costs come back on you.

A nice feature is that you get unlimited projects, so the size and scope of projects can vary and it allows you to manage them all.

The plus pack for SAML and Authentication can put the price up, but it’s there if you want it. Perhaps users thinking about Single sign-on may be looking for additional features in a tool and Float may hit some limits. But as long as you go into it thinking, the main goal is to manage my resources clearly and without all the extras, you will find Float hits the spot.

From the development space, the platform is well set up. The API reference from the development team is very well documented and we have more info about that in our FAQ section.

The system also supports export, which is great and helps with requirements such as GDPR.

With a range of resource-centric options and a simple but very useable interface. We see Float fitting into areas where the team need to plan and track, but don’t need nitty-gritty detail. Mainly, task, who does it, how long does it take, and when is it being done. So internal teams within bigger organisations or smaller agencies we think will find Float to be an ideal product.

Have a look at the full information we have researched below.

Float Best Features

Float Tools Features

Here are what we think are the most popular key features for Float