# Float alternative

> Choose Float for a visual resource schedule in an agency or creative team, where leave and availability are enough. Choose Workload if your IT team has outgrown it and needs cross-project conflicts, engineering timesheets, and committee reporting — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

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## Float alternative for IT capacity | 2026

Looking for a Float alternative for IT capacity? When to switch, how to migrate, and what you keep with Workload. From €59/month.

## Float alternative

Float is a resource scheduling tool, often used by agencies. This page helps IT teams decide whether they need a better-suited alternative. Workload is the System of Record (SoR) for IT capacity planning — plan, allocate, timesheet, govern, report.

What is a good Float alternative for IT capacity?

Choose Float for a visual resource schedule in an agency or creative team, where leave and availability are enough. Choose Workload if your IT team has outgrown it and needs cross-project conflicts, engineering timesheets, and committee reporting — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

Workload is for you if…

Float is a better fit if…

- Your IT team has outgrown a simple visual schedule
- You must see overload and double allocations across projects
- You need Jira Tempo / Azure DevOps and planned vs actual
- The committee expects IT reporting, not just a schedule

- Agency, studio, or creative team
- A visual schedule with leave is enough
- No IT capacity governance to put in place
- No engineering timesheet required

14-day free trial

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Migration kits

### Float and Workload at a glance

- Criterion
- Float
- Workload

What you keep

Visual resource schedule

Schedule, plus conflicts, timesheet, and reporting

Migration

CSV export of resources and projects

CSV import (teams, projects, allocations)

Time to value

A few days

~30 min with CSV import

IT timesheet

Depends on plan

Jira Tempo, Azure DevOps, Toggl, Clockify (Professional)

Can coexist

For non-IT teams

For IT capacity

### When should you look for a Float alternative?

When an IT team needs cross-project conflicts, engineering timesheets, and committee reporting beyond a visual schedule.

### How do you migrate from Float to Workload?

Export teams, projects, and allocations as CSV, then import them into Workload.

### Is Workload a Float clone?

No. Workload is built for IT department capacity: net capacity, conflicts, timesheets, and reporting.

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