Float Resource Management vs. Homebase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Float Resource Management
Score 5.6 out of 10
N/A
Float is a resource management software that helps users to keep projects profitable, workloads sustainable, and distributed teams in sync. It offers a live view of a team’s capacity, utilization rates, and skills so that users can assign the best person for the job and keep project work on track.
$6
per month per user
Homebase
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Homebase in San Francisco offers restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and retailers their employee scheduling and time tracking tools with scheduling optimization and team messaging for coordinating shifts; service includes a free time tracking app.
$14
per month
Pricing
Float Resource ManagementHomebase
Editions & Modules
Starter
$6
per month per user
Pro
$10
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Essentials
$14
per month
Plus
$35
per month
All-in-one
$70
per month
Basic
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Float Resource ManagementHomebase
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Zoho People
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Zoho People
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Float Resource ManagementHomebase
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Float Resource ManagementHomebase
Likelihood to Recommend
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
I would definitely recommend everyone to use Float, It's easy and friendly to use. Performance-wise as well it is great. Really helps in streamline and scheduling resources and their utilization. Its reporting feature is great, Shows all projects for a particular resource or all resources for a particular project. It's a go-to tool for management.
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Homebase
Homebase is a very cost-effective program that does a good job tracking employee hours as well as what employees are working on. It is extremely easy to use and has a lot of self-service features, which give employees information at their fingertips. Homebase integrates well with our payroll provider.
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Pros
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
  • Assigning task
  • Maintaining Holidays
  • Reports on Project or resource
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Homebase
  • It is very easy to use!
  • It remembers the days employees ask for off when making future schedules.
  • Is amazing at keeping track of employees schedules! Especially in a restaurant/bar setting!
  • The reminders an hour before to remember to go to work are helpful!
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Cons
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
  • More mobile friendly
  • Scrolling through x and y dimension is bit confusing
  • I have been using Float for a long time and no more cons I can think of.
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Homebase
  • The messaging features in Homebase are not consistent across the platform. In the app you can mass message everyone, however using the website you cannot, at least not at the price point that we are using.
  • The roles for employees and how to navigate them can be confusing especially when trying to schedule one employee in two different departments.
  • The separation of departments is a bit rigid and makes it difficult for universal employees to be scheduled easily.
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Usability
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
Float is great for Project management and resource management. It is helping us work more effectively. It's a great planning tool. Smooth to understand and start working on. It has great integration with Slack, Google calendar. It has made Assigning and scheduling very easy for future projects with time management. Reporting is very easy and data extraction is too. It is also good in monitoring weekly/monthly and quarterly allocation of resources
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Homebase
Homebase is very easy to use. Not a lot of training or direction is needed to get it going. Easy feature to track employee hours. Able to use centrally located tablets for employees to clock in and out. A very cost-effective system that also saves time when processing payroll. Employees love its features.
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Support Rating
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
Float helps in planning upcoming projects and helps in availability management for the resource to be able to assign. The creation of resources with roles helps in assigning and formulation a proper team for a project. It shows us the capacity and work hours of resources and helps us in leave management as well as scheduling time off. Teams utilization is been made very convenient by this tool.
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Homebase
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Alternatives Considered
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
No answers on this topic
Homebase
Homebase is simpler to use. Easier to navigate and is much cheaper than other alternatives! We had trouble when I worked as they were harder to reach our ROI. Deputy was too expensive and it was the reason we decided on Homebase! Employees also find it easy to use on their end!
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Return on Investment
Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
  • Float supports many integration
  • Easy to assign and divide tasks
  • Great project planning tool
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Homebase
  • Homebase has made the day to day management of employees easier, freeing up time for management to work on other things that help secure customer satisfaction.
  • It has also made payroll easier since it's implementation and allowed for fewer mistakes than the previous manual method, leading to less monetary mistakes and happier employees.
  • Homebase has made monitoring hours and overtime, as well as completion of internship and volunteer hours, much easier to monitor, leading to less confusion and more satisfied volunteers, interns, and payroll managers
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