Float: presentation, uses and limits in 2026

Float is mainly used by teams of 5 to 200 people operating in multi-project environments: digital agencies, design studios, consultancies and product teams. The tool's central strength is its visual planning functionality by resource, enabling at-a-glance availability of each collaborator, project overlaps and periods of overload or under-utilization.

Float proves particularly effective in contexts where human resource planning is a daily operational issue. Teams simultaneously managing several customer assignments, with a variety of business profiles (developers, designers, project managers), find this tool a significant gain in clarity. Management of vacations, public holidays and occupancy rates helps refine short- and medium-term capacity forecasts.

On the other hand, Float is not designed to manage the detail of operational tasks within a project. Granularity remains limited compared to tools like Jira or ClickUp: no sub-tasks, no management of complex dependencies, nor ticket tracking. Teams needing an all-in-one tool to drive both resources and tasks will have to supplement Float with another solution.

Float is accessible to users with no prior technical training. Getting to grips with the main interface - the visual schedule - usually takes less than a day. Basic functionalities (project creation, resource allocation, availability management) require no special skills in project management or scheduling software. Advanced settings (reports, integrations, role management) require a little more time, but remain accessible to a non-technical user.

Several features make it easy to get to grips with Float quickly:

• Intuitive drag-and-drop scheduling interface
• Guided onboarding as soon as the account is created
• Complete official documentation available at support.float.com
• Preconfigured project and role templates
• Reactive customer support included in all packages
• Free 14-day trial period without credit card

Starter package - $6 per person per month (annual billing). This package is the entry point to Float. It includes resource planning, availability management, planning view by project and person, as well as vacation and leave management. It is suitable for small teams wishing to structure their resource allocation without advanced reporting features.

Pro Package - $10 per person per month (annual billing). The Pro package adds timesheets, capacity and utilization reports, as well as native integrations with third-party tools. It is suitable for agencies and creative studios who wish to cross-reference forecast planning with actual time spent on projects.

Enterprise formula - rates on quotation. Intended for large organizations, this formula includes advanced access management features, dedicated onboarding support, enhanced security levels (SSO, audit logs) and priority support. It is tailored to companies with specific compliance and data governance requirements.

Float offers a free 14-day trial period with no commitment or credit card required, enabling evaluation of the tool in a real-life context before any purchase. Rates shown are for annual billing; monthly billing is available at slightly higher prices.

Visual resource planning. The heart of Float is based on a real-time timeline view, displaying all online collaborators and their assigned projects in a time column. This drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to assign, move or resize work blocks. Filters by department, skill or project provide a targeted view of available capacity. Managers can thus identify unallocated availability, peak workloads and scheduling conflicts in a matter of seconds:

• View by employee, team or project
• Partial availability management (customized occupancy rate)
• Integration of vacations and public holidays by country
• Visual alerts in the event of overload or under-allocation

Time tracking and capacity reports. Available in the Pro package, the timesheets module enables each employee to record the time actually spent on assigned tasks. The data collected feeds into reports comparing planned and actual time, offering a precise analysis of resource utilization rates. These reports can be exported, and serve as a basis for recruitment decisions, customer rebilling or arbitration between projects.

Float offers advanced functionality for teams requiring structured collaboration and integration with an existing ecosystem of tools. The project management module lets you define budgets, phases and roles required for each mission, facilitating advance planning even before the actual start. Skills management lets you associate skills profiles with employees and filter available resources according to these criteria when assigning them.

In terms of advanced integrations and capabilities, Float features the following:

• Documented REST API for custom integrations
• Native integrations with Slack, Jira, Asana, Linear and Google Calendar
• Bidirectional synchronization with task management tools
• Data import and export in CSV format
• Role and permissions management by access level
• SSO (Single Sign-On) available in the Enterprise package

These advanced features are particularly useful for agencies managing complex project portfolios or technical teams wishing to connect Float to their existing stack without manual reconfiguration.