Float

The #1 solution for profitable resource management and capacity planning.

by Float · Resource Planning

Executive Summary

Float is a leading resource management platform designed for professional services teams, offering comprehensive tools for scheduling, capacity planning, and time tracking. It empowers organizations to optimize resource allocation, gain real-time visibility into project profitability, and enhance overall delivery efficiency. Trusted by over 4,500 teams worldwide, Float differentiates itself by combining intuitive scheduling with AI-driven insights and financial tracking to ensure profitable project delivery at scale.

Use Cases

  • Optimizing resource allocation and scheduling across multiple projects and teams.
  • Strategic capacity planning to forecast future resource needs and prevent over-allocation.
  • Tracking and improving project profitability through real-time financial insights and cost management.
  • Accurate time tracking for billing, payroll, and project analysis.
  • Streamlining project planning and execution for professional services organizations.
  • Balancing team workloads and improving overall team utilization and efficiency.

Features

Visibility

  • Visual Resource Schedule: A live, interactive schedule that allows users to allocate work, track capacity, and see who's working on what across all projects.
  • Real-time Capacity Insights: Displays live utilization indicators, time off, workload, and over-capacity warnings directly on the schedule to aid in balanced resource allocation.
  • Project Plan View: A detailed view to drill down into projects, especially those with phases, showing visual timelines and progress.
  • Financial Tracking & Profitability: Monitor project margins and profitability from the planning stage through to delivery by tracking cost and bill rates.
  • Customizable Views & Filters: Ability to use color coding, custom tags, and filters to tailor the schedule view and save frequently used configurations for quick access.

Intelligence

  • Smart Assign (AI-powered Staffing): AI-driven recommendations to quickly find the best person for every project role, considering skills, availability, and project requirements.
  • Float MCP (Model Context Protocol): Enables users to ask questions about people and projects in plain language via integrated AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) to get fast, contextual insights.
  • Talent Graph™: A continuously learning network that maps and updates relationships between people, their skills, work delivered, and results achieved, informing intelligence-driven recommendations.
  • Project Cost Estimates & Baseline Tracking: Allows setting target budgets and comparing actual project costs against baseline estimates to stay on track and ensure profitability.
  • Tentative Bookings: Facilitates planning for unconfirmed work or potential projects without committing resources, providing flexibility in early-stage planning.

Support

  • Global 24/5 Customer Support: A global support team available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, with an average response time under 30 minutes.
  • Comprehensive Help Center & Video Guides: Extensive self-service resources including a help center, video guides, and API documentation for user assistance.
  • Live Training Sessions: Offers structured live training to help users get started and maximize their use of the platform.
  • Exclusive Slack Community: A dedicated Slack workspace for customers to interact, share insights, provide product feedback, and gain early access to new features.

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-native SaaS
Deployment
Cloud/SaaS
Authentication
Bearer tokens for API, customizable role-based access controls, Single Sign-On (SSO) for higher tiers.
API Available
Yes
MCP Server
Yes

Infrastructure

  • GCP

AI/ML Stack

  • Machine Learning
  • LLM

Integrations

  • Jira
  • Asana
  • Trello
  • Teamwork
  • Google Calendar
  • Outlook Calendar
  • Slack
  • Linear
  • Power BI
  • Wrike
  • Zapier

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type I, GDPR

Encryption: AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2 in transit

Pricing

Model
Per user/month (pay per scheduled person)
Starting Price
Starter: $0/user/month, Professional: $10/user/month (starting at $100/month for first 10 users), Enterprise: Custom pricing
Target Customer
SMB to Enterprise (Starter for smaller teams, Professional for growing teams, Enterprise for global teams)
Contract Type
Monthly or Annually
Free Trial
Yes, 30 days (credit card required)

About Float

Float is a resource management and scheduling platform designed for agencies, studios, and professional services organizations, helping over 4,000 teams plan projects and schedule team time. B Corp certified and 100% remote.

Founded: 2011 · Headquarters: Remote, United States · Employees: 11-50 · Private