awork vs Float

awork

• Agencies that plan client projects around team capacity
• Teams that track time against project and retainer budgets
• Companies that want a GDPR-compliant tool hosted in Germany

Float

• Agencies and services firms scheduling people across client projects
• Resource managers who need capacity and utilization in one view
• Teams with many viewers, since people who are not scheduled join free as guests

awork

• There is no free plan: after the 14-day trial every internal team member needs a paid license.
• The workload view, absences and automations start at Standard, and private projects need Professional.
• Single sign-on and SCIM are limited to the Enterprise plans.
• awork AI is a separate subscription from $18 per user / month, and every active user in the workspace needs at least the Starter tier.

Float

• There is no free plan. After the 30-day trial a paid plan is needed, though Float says it keeps trial data for 6 months.
• Time tracking, project cost estimates, expenses, SSO and team-enforced 2FA all need the Pro plan.
• Starter keeps the activity feed for 7 days, includes 1 placeholder and limits saved filtered views to personal ones.
• The download page offers iOS and Android apps only; no desktop app is listed.

awork

Boards, lists and timelines

Project tasks can be worked on a kanban board, in a classic list or on a visual timeline that shows timings and dependencies.

Capacity planning

The planner shows free hours per person from working hours, absences, regional public holidays and synced calendars. The workload view starts at Standard.

Time tracking and reports

Time is tracked inside the project workflow and compared with budgets, including retainer budgets. Global time reports are part of Professional.

awork Connect

Projects can be shared with clients, partners and freelancers at no charge. Each outside person gets a free workspace and a role that limits what they can see and do.

Automations and templates

Recurring workflows are set up without code: 1 automation per project on Standard and unlimited on Professional. Templates rise from 1 on Basic to 6 on Standard.

awork AI

A separate add-on with an AI chat, custom agents and a choice of language models that works from project context and respects access rights.

Float

Resource scheduling

People are scheduled onto projects in hours or percentages. Placeholders add planned hires, contractors or shared equipment without using a seat: 1 on Starter, 5 on Pro.

Capacity and time off

Custom workdays and hours, global holiday calendars, departments, roles, skills and tags feed each person's capacity. Time off management is on every plan.

Project planning and budgets

Projects have phases, milestones, tasks, templates and budget tracking on every plan. Project cost estimates and expenses are Pro features.

Time tracking

The Pro plan adds timesheets that are prefilled from the schedule or logged automatically, and time entries that can be locked.

Reporting and forecasting

Utilization trends, billable versus non-billable hours, budget burn and margin tracking are on every plan. Finance and people dashboards and estimates versus actuals need Pro.

Integrations and API

Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Slack, Zapier and custom API integrations are included on every plan. A Float MCP connector for Claude is in beta.

awork

• Basic$6

  per user / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)

  Recommended for 1 to 5 users. Unlimited projects, time tracking, a personal planner, desktop and mobile apps, 1 template and 1 custom field.

• Standard$12

  per user / month, billed annually ($16 billed monthly)

  Recommended for 2 to 20 users. Adds capacity planning with a workload view, team structure, absences, 6 templates and 1 automation per project.

• Professional$22

  per user / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  Recommended for 5 to 100 users. Adds private projects, unlimited custom fields and automations, global time reports, a custom subdomain and phone support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Recommended for 100+ users. Adds single sign-on and SCIM, premium SLAs, data migration, customer success support and payment by invoice.

• awork AI Starter (add-on)$18

  per user / month, on top of an awork plan

  1,750 AI credits per user each month for AI chat and agents. Higher tiers run up to AI Max at $140 with 16,000 credits.

Float

• Starter$7

  per scheduled person / month, billed annually ($8.50 monthly)

  Resource scheduling, capacity and time off management, project phases, budgets and templates, utilization reports, integrations and API access. 1 placeholder.

• Pro$12

  per scheduled person / month, billed annually ($14 monthly)

  Adds time tracking, project cost estimates and expenses, client rate cards in up to 5 currencies, finance dashboards, AI experience profiles, SSO and domain restrictions.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Described as best for teams of 100 or more seats. Adds dedicated onboarding, SLAs, custom contracts, manual payment options, priority support and account management.

awork

• Annual discount

  Lower per-user price with annual billing

  Basic is $6 per user / month billed annually against $8 billed monthly, Standard $12 against $16 and Professional $22 against $25. A 2-year term is also discounted.

• Nonprofit

  Discounted or free licenses for nonprofits

  awork offers discounted or free licenses to non-profit and social projects. An application form is required, and awork decides whether a project is eligible.

• Other savings

  Volume discounts from 50 users

  The pricing FAQ says quantity discounts are available from 50 users, with the price agreed on a call with the sales team.

Float

• Annual discount

  Lower rates with annual billing

  On annual billing Starter is $7 instead of $8.50 per scheduled person / month, and Pro is $12 instead of $14.