Float

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

Pros

Forecasting Budgets: Accurate resource planning is essential for budgeting. Float helps you manage capacity, plan projects, and forecast budgets effectively. It’s like having a financial advisor for your project resource.

Cons

As a Software there is no free version or trial version that do not require you to enter your banking detail

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Pros

Easy to use program for a small business as a central place for tasks, projects and personal

Cons

Not being able to accurately time tasks, it would be really useful to have a timer instead of a logging system. No clear way of making tasks clear priorities for creative. System for logging could be better so that creatives can send any notes on incomplete/unstarted tasks back to the allocator.

Pros

Easy to use and understand. The new introduction of a mobile app has been great as you can now see your schedule wherever you are. The notifications system is good and allows you to be notified of changes immediately.

Cons

Our business allows multiple consultants to be assigned to specific work. In Float, you are unable to easily find other consultants working on the same project as you are without manually searching for it.

Pros

Implementing this software is amazingly easy. It gives the user a choice to apply several tactics and features to enable best working for this tool. Project management is now a renowned process which I take pride in. Editing is easy and makes using the software friendly for beginners and new members. The free trial is something to take celebrate.

Cons

Absolutely satisfying. I have no cons for Float. It has played it's role so perfectly.

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

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Pros

Clear, minimalistic and great interface with awesome interactions/microinteractions. Integrations with tools like Asana, calendars, collaborations with the team, and simplicity of use! Fantastic mobile apps.

Cons

I don't have any points to add here, I have not had any problems using Float - maybe a desktop application for Mac would be useful ;)

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Pros

Float is a powerful tool that can help the managers to make sure the team is not overloaded (or underloaded :) ).At the same time we have a clear vision if we, as a team, we can take more projects to work on or we have to raise our hand because we are in difficult

Cons

Visually could be more appealing. User interface is easy but it could be more eye-catching for the creative team

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Pros

This tool does exactly what its supposed to do for our Purposes. We are very glad to use it. On of the best features is the automated e-mail for the colleagues at the beginning of a sheduled week.

Cons

From our perspective there is likely nothin in particular to dislike.

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Pros

Float Streamlines project scheduling and resource allocation.

Cons

Float has limited customization options for unique workflows.

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.

Pros

It is a great tool to be integrated with jira - it works well for our team, it's a seamless, smooth integration that helps us estimate time & choose the right resource for any jira tasks. It is also easy to follow by the users who are marking tasks "complete", adding comments, mark bookings as tentative. All very clear and transparent.

Cons

The integration with google calendar doesn't work that well. Some of the bookings are wrong / outdated / are not being updated / duplicated / not being displayed in a correct project or are missing. Luckily, the support team is open to help with this kind of issues. Also, the annoying feature is that the "View in jira" link doesn't work for duplicated bookings. It doesn't work well for our team as more people use the same tasks on jira in different time. It's impossible to search using the jira ticket number (you have to know the ticket name). Also, ticket numbers are not displayed in the “Task” field- that causes some confusion because we work with tasks with similar names.

Pros

I really like using float for the first time in my 7 years of professional career as it helped me to move me from sticky notes to the web version of a kind of time table that I used to create for my day to day tasks. Its feature of scheduling has also helped my manager to have the right visibility of my work time as a result of which he has kept our work management balanced.

Cons

I have not used it ever on mobile phone and have listened my friends complaining about its GUI (Graphic User Interface) limitation on mobile phones as compared to other apps. So, I think mobile users needs to have better features as well similar to web users.

Pros

The ability to keep on top of project time allocation and their tasks.

Cons

Would like a complete visual when logging time of the percentage of time that project has been allocated and the percentage of the allocation you're taking away when logging

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.

Pros

I like the idea of being able to colour code tasks, assign tasks to an email and define time requirements as well as project details within a task. I also really enjoy the reporting side of things.

Cons

I would like it if Float offered the ability to change the title of some of the input box titles. For example, where it says "Project" I would like to be able to edit that to my own title.

Pros

Float makes managing a team's workload easier. I would be lost without it.

Cons

I don't have any issues with Float. Perhaps I need to explore the functionality further as currently I only use it for scheduling.

Pros

Very clear and simple to use, it is easy for everyone to understand and it doesn't have too many features that makes it complicated.

Cons

You can't create new projects on the mobile app.

Pros

The colour coding of projects and ease of real-time alteration of bookings.

Cons

The delete function at the moment makes it too easy to make a mistake and delete a booking in error.

Pros

Easy to use and share across different users

Cons

Adding more people to the team difficult or limited licensestracking budget adding leave and leave alternatives

Pros

I enjoy how simple it is. Software these days can feel bloated and overwhelming and in a digital age, Float has the right balance of features and lack of, to simplify the project management process.

Cons

I wish that float had a project management feature like asana built in so we wouldn't have to use both. I prefer float!

Pros

Clean and tidy, every user needed 0 explications in using it

Cons

I have no one, I really like the schedule and the log tabs

Pros

I like how simple and easy it is to use, makes doing timesheets a breeze!

Cons

My cursor gets stuck after I add/delete/split. I have to refresh the page to get back to normal cursor mode.

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.

Pros

Float is a super quick way to make sure everyone knows who's working on what and when. Easy to quickly re-arrange scheduled to adapt to changes in projects.

Cons

Interface misses some simple things (e.g. why can't I right click to copy/duplicate a task?)being able to converse on a task and track billable/non billable time would probably mean we could ditch some of our other tools...