Float Reviews

It allows us to have better planned projects

Comments: A complete improved planning of each person's work, delivering tasks that allows for better performance and progress

Pros:

The entire visualization of the work allows us to have it better managed by giving a daily plan to each person according to their role in the company so that the work flow is equitable and covers the needs of each one. The production schedule has allowed us to have the progress in real time so that we can move forward with everything at the same time and deliver projects at the same time

Cons:

Nothing bothers me and I have not had any type of circumstance that makes me angry

Great software for Designer

Comments: Great

Pros:

To visually schedule a whole department of designers, which is easy editable

Cons:

I find the reporting a little tricky when there are archived members. Also similar to when purchases are pro-rata for new users added part way through the billing cycle, it would be better if credits were applied for users removed part way through the cycle too

Useful software but seems old fashioned

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.

Easy To Use

Pros:

Float is very easy to use and it helps me plan my team's resources effectively. I can easily see everyone's availability and assign tasks. It also integrates with other tools that I use

Cons:

Nothing really bad, except the reporting could be better. It would be helpful to have more options for visualizing data and generating reports

The best tool for our purpose, with some issues

Pros:

It gives a good overview over the planned projects, even if there are many employees in different teams. The planning, time tracking and reporting features seem to work in a stable manner. Sorting and filtering is done really well.

Cons:

There are some UX problems which are just plain weird. Scheduling time for an employee is tedious because the planned time affects the duration and vice-versa. We do our planning on a weekly basis instead of day-to-day, so we're often entering time planned like 0.4h/day which is more complicated than we would like it to be. There are some weird issues with the API as well, where some fields are not being applied correctly, or behavior changes with updates.

Good experience

Pros:

We were previously working on a competitive solution. Compared to other solutions on the market, Float is affordable and allows you to use the tool to its full potential. You're not drowning in a ton of functionality and that's what I liked about it. The ease of use for users and the ease of management for administrators is very satisfying.

Cons:

Perhaps the most annoying thing about Float is the ability to export a schedule for customers that is easy to understand. The statistics section could also be improved so that we can compare the time spent (and internal costs) against what has been sold (with the costs sold).

Perfect for our team

Pros:

Does what it says on the can! The app itself is intuitive, lightweight, and isn't bloated with features. It was easy to set up thanks to a detailed Help Center and a great onboarding team. The Float Community Slack channel is also an excellent resource.

Cons:

There are a few additional features I'd like, but the Float team is pretty transparent with their roadmap, so I'm confident most of those will be added in the coming months.

Task Scheduling Made Easy

Comments: I've been using Float for 3 years now, and my experience with it has been very positive. I use it every day, and it has made scheduling tasks and tracking progress so much easier for me. It’s a tool that’s become an essential part of my workflow, helping me stay organized and manage projects more efficiently.

Pros:

Ease of use, drag-and-drop scheduling, time tracking, clean interface

Cons:

Very basic Gantt Chart features, lacking options when it comes to exporting schedules

Featureful, but lacking some that counts most

Pros:

The general UI is very nifty and responsive, and the scheduling view is great for visualising timelines. When managing a specific project, it's great for visualising timelines and tasks across the team.

Cons:

It lacks certain reports and integrations, most importantly in the revenue tracking and headcount allocation space. This means that we had to resort to "hacks" to record information, and then visualise this data elsewhere. We also had to use hacks on other softwares to set up the right invoicing / approval / billing processes.

It's a good tool for the purpose

Comments: I really don't have any strong feelings about float

Pros:

It lets me log whether I worked today and correctly assign projects

Cons:

Slightly annoying process to log multiple blocks for the same day

Great for

Pros:

How visual and easy it makes talent scheduling for our client services business! It's really intuitive in terms of its UX/UI and means that the information is shareable and understandable by everyone. It's actually created positive reliance for the business where it's become the single source of truth about who is working on which project/ away on hols and for how long, so that teams can effectively plan the best use of people. Especially as we work on multiple projects under the same client account, the tags are super useful as while we might be working for Client X, project A and project C might have completely different briefs and people scheduled on them to complete.

Cons:

Probably some of the toggling features when you try to filter people across multiple departments.. It's not a massive issue, but one I am struggling to nail.

Empowering Efficiency: A Scheduling Product that Masterfully Handles Prioritization

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.

Great Software for Project Managers

Comments: Great tool overall to track hours and availability of teammates over multiple projects

Pros:

overall it is easy to use and has a lot of great quality of life features for our firm. It would be great to have the ability to integrate it with our financial software, but still a great tool for scheduling out projects and teammates.

Cons:

It would be great to have more integration options to make it more efficient for expense tracking.

Float - planning reviw

Comments: I am using Float for 5 years now. I will never change it fo any other planning program.

Pros:

Easy to use, friendly interface, easy to follow by all departments

Cons:

I would love for our timesheet tool to have an API so we can integrate Float, but unfortunately it is not yet possible.

Need a full integration to be useful

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.

best project planning and resource management software

Comments: Float takes care of all of my project management and resource management needs. It is the one place i can go to to keep an eye on the projects that my team is working on, and to see what the next 6-8 weeks looks like for my team and assign work/projects accordingly.

Pros:

I work in consulting and manage a team of 6 consultants. I find Float really useful to be able to manage scheduling for my team as well as forward plan based on upcoming work and team availability. I also work with a wider team and need to be across what other projects are happening and where my wider team might have upcoming availability that I might be able to use for my upcoming projects. I can use tags to be able to filter based on my preference, i find this feature extremely helpful.

Cons:

I can't really think of any. It works as it should for my needs. It has an intuitive user interface and super easy to use.

Cool managment tool

Comments: Convenient platform, pleasant interface, available buttons for various purposes

Pros:

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

Cons:

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

poject management for retail media team

Comments: 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

Great employee scheduling/management tool

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.

CH review

Pros:

Desired features (resource planning / time tracking per project)

Cons:

Some features are missing (duplicating phases / templates are not great so had to create mine)

Great Product!

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.

Helps keep everyone on schedule and occupied with tasks

Pros:

Float keeps everyone on schedule and engaged with tasks. With the features it has, it enhances productivity and the organization level of teammates.

Cons:

Sometimes I experience random minor glitches that make me reload the schedule and lose filtering.

A well balanced system which combines ease of use and richness of features

Pros:

Ease of use - specially the switching of my view vs company viewAlso, the color coding used in the scheduling view is very goodAnother good feature is to add multiple holidays/events on a single date, which caters to users working in different locations

Cons:

When in the scheduling view, if the project name is long, and if a resource is assigned to it for a long period, on some weeks, the middle part of the project name is not visible. Only the first 15 or so and the last few characters are visible. This should be corrected. Also, I would like improvents in the view and functionality in the scenario when a resource is assigned to multiple projects on a single day or has a few hours off and not a full day off

Daily Float User

Pros:

My whole team can access it, and really helps drive who is on what piece of billable work.

Cons:

Gets hard to manage lots of small projects and tasks, the view gets crowded and hard to read. Reporting is straight forward either, its hard to understand initially what they show

Float for Creatives

Comments: I love it. Very user friendly and to me it's not boring.

Pros:

It's easy to use and see my schedule. It's also very colorful which makes my schedule interesting.

Cons:

It's not sync with my calendar which makes me missed my task sometimes.