The Float Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Float in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Float
The Insider’s Guide
Resource scheduling and capacity planning for delivery teams
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among project management tools, read from Float’s own pages.
Made by Float · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Float’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Float’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 20 of the 79 other project management tools we grade
Float is resource management software for agencies, professional services firms and in-house delivery teams. Managers schedule people onto projects against their real capacity, with time off, roles, skills and rates in view, then compare the plan with logged time and with how budgets and margins are tracking. Pricing is per scheduled person, and people who only need to see the schedule can be added as free guests.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Float, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Timesheets on Pro come prefilled from the schedule, so there's less typing.
- 1
Best for scheduling people across client projects
Float is for scheduling people, not tracking tasks: who's on which project, how full their week is, and who's off, with budgets and utilization reports.
- 2
Paid plans start at $7 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $7 per scheduled person / month, billed annually.
- 3
You can try it first
30-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
Project planning and budgets
Projects have phases, milestones, tasks, templates and budget tracking on every plan. Project cost estimates and expenses are Pro features.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 20 of 79
That is against the other project management tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Float you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Float at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $7 per scheduled person / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Float, since 2011
- Category
- Project Management
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
- Store rating
- 4.7 on the App Store, 433 ratings
The report card
Best for scheduling people across client projects
Float is for scheduling people, not tracking tasks: who's on which project, how full their week is, and who's off, with budgets and utilization reports. There's no free plan, just a 30-day trial, and timesheets, cost estimates, expenses and SSO need Pro at $12 a scheduled person a month. Starter keeps 7 days of activity, and there's no desktop app.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Starter is $7 a scheduled person a month billed annually, $8.50 monthly, which lands mid-pack for project tools. You only pay for people you actually schedule, and onlookers join free as guests. But timesheets, cost estimates and SSO all sit on Pro at $12, well above what this category charges to start. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan. You get 30 days of Pro with no card asked for, and Float says it keeps your trial data for 6 months if you come back. After that it's pay or stop. |
| Features | C | It does its job fully: hours or percentages on projects, time off, holiday calendars, roles and skills, phases, budgets and utilization reports. That job is a smaller one than running projects, though, and timesheets, cost estimates and expenses are all Pro-only. |
| Ease of use | B | 4.65 on the App Store from 433 ratings, not a big crowd behind it. Timesheets on Pro come prefilled from the schedule, so there's less typing. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, iPhone and Android, and the download page lists no desktop app at all. Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Slack, Zapier and API access come on every plan; it's the desktop that's missing. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Float is for
- Fits if you run an agency or services firm and schedule people across client projects
- Works for teams with lots of onlookers, since people who aren't scheduled join free as guests
Who it is not for
- Not for you if you want a board for your own tasks, because this is about scheduling people
- Skip it if you want to stay free, as there's only a 30-day trial
- Pricey if you need timesheets, cost estimates or SSO, which need Pro at $12 a scheduled person a month
- Tight if you're on Starter: 7 days of activity feed, 1 placeholder and personal saved views only
- Skip it if you want a desktop app, as the download page lists only iOS and Android
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$7
A month to start, for each person
Float is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $7 per scheduled person / month, billed annually.
You only pay for people you actually schedule, and onlookers join free as guests.
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.
Enterprise
Custom
Described as best for teams of 100 or more seats. Adds dedicated onboarding, SLAs, custom contracts, manual payment options, priority support and account management.
Trying it first
30-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required
Read from float.com on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on float.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Resource scheduling and capacity planning for delivery teams. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, time tracking, reports.
That job is a smaller one than running projects, though, and timesheets, cost estimates and expenses are all Pro-only.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Google Calendar
- Outlook Calendar
- Slack
- Zapier
- Karbon
- Aprimo
- Claude
Float is made by Float, and has been around since 2011.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
20/79
Other project management tools it is graded above
Float's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 20 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 21.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 65 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $7 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 29 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 80 project management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Float’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 79
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 79
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 79
- BEase of useAbove 65 of 79
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 79
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 78 project management tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Float is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Float you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 38 of the 79 other project management tools grade higher. It costs $84 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar and Slack among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Float’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Resource Guru, Productive, Teamwork.com, Scoro and monday.com
The 5 tools Float is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Resource Guru
Free trial · from $5/mo
Resource scheduling for people, rooms and equipment.
- Only Float lists iOS and Android apps.
- Resource Guru also covers Gantt & timelines.
- 2.4GPA
Productive
Free trial · from $10/mo
Projects, resourcing and finances for agencies and consultancies.
- Only Productive lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Productive also covers tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines and invoicing.
- 2.4GPA
Teamwork.com
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Project and resource management for client service teams.
- Teamwork.com has a free plan. Float does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Teamwork.com lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Teamwork.com lists a browser extension.
- 2.2GPA
Scoro
Free trial · from $17/mo
Modular professional services automation for service firms.
- Scoro also covers tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, sales pipeline and invoicing.
- 2.8GPA
monday.com
Free plan · from $9/mo
Board-based work management with automations and dashboards.
- monday.com has a free plan. Float does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only monday.com lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Float also covers reports.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Float free?
No, Float is a paid product, but you can try it first. 30-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required.
How much does Float cost?
Float lists 3 plans. Starter: $7 per scheduled person / month, billed annually ($8.50 monthly).
What platforms does Float work on?
Float is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Float offer any discounts?
Float publicly lists the following: Lower rates with annual billing.
How is Float rated?
Float's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 out of 5 from 433 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Does Float have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Float is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Float have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Float is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Float open source?
Float is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Does Float have an API?
Yes. Float offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Float integrate with?
Float's listing names Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Slack, Zapier, Karbon, Aprimo and Claude.
Who makes Float?
Float is made by a company of the same name. It dates from 2011.
What are the alternatives to Float?
The closest alternatives to Float in our directory are Resource Guru, Productive, Teamwork.com, Scoro and monday.com.
How does Float compare with other project management tools?
Float's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 20 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 21.
Is Float good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Float C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $7 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 29 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Float?
The plain part of Float you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Float’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Float's own pages on 5 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-05-28.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Float. Prices change, so check float.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Float, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/float
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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