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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Float Resource Management

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AFloat 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

    Out'n About! For Outlook

    Score7.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Out’n About! for Outlook is a time tracking solution that is designed to replace an in/out status board. The vendor says their solution makes it easy for businesses to manage their workforce availability and timesheets. This solution enables businesses to use their existing Outlook environment, and employees can easily track their work hours. This solution is customizable and businesses can control what information is seen on the status board.  Custom reports are…

    $349

    per server

    Pricing
    Float Resource ManagementOut'n About! For Outlook
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $6
    per month per user
    Pro
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Out'n About! For Outlook
    $349
    per server
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Float Resource ManagementOut'n About! For Outlook
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Free upgrades and free support. You can connect an unlimited number of clients to a single purchased server. No per-user fees.
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    User Ratings
    Float Resource ManagementOut'n About! For Outlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    Usability
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    Support Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Float Resource ManagementOut'n About! For Outlook
    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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    Intelligent Concepts
    1,- If the organization have 365 I recomended the integration with Out'n About 2.- If your organization does not have 365 I not recomended the solution because the integration is not easy 3.- In Europe there are many legal requirements to comply with the GDPR with employees and the sharing of information. Express authorizations and many requirements, and one emplyee can say not to the authorization. 4.- Need best performance in big organizations 5.- Not work in MAC properly
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    Pros
    Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
    • Assigning task
    • Maintaining Holidays
    • Reports on Project or resource
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    Intelligent Concepts
    • Outlook Contact Synchronization automatically
    • Time sheet informs for the remote workers
    • Sensing presence for remote workers and local employeers
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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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    Intelligent Concepts
    • Panel department it is not easy to implement
    • 365 compatibility need to improvement
    • Remote mobile commands many times not working
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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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    Intelligent Concepts
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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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    Intelligent Concepts
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pixel Paddock, LLC (Float)
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    Intelligent Concepts
    Sheqsy We evaluate for 2 months and does not working well with 365 and does not support in Europe. It is good for control remote workers, but not for a colaboration tool and integration in organizations with more than 500 users. It is good also because sale in SaaS mode but for the GDPR law in Europe not offers regulatory compliance guarantees regarding sensitive employee data. For the sales people in the field can be good, but is not easy to achieve good results
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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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    Intelligent Concepts
    • In this moment we expect to improve the control of remote workers in a 100%
    • The control of the remote worker can suppose to a 25 % more in the productivity
    • The investment is relatively low with the expected benefits
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    ScreenShots

    Out'n About! For Outlook Screenshots

    Screenshot of Main Screen Features
Your employees can connect to Out’n About! for Outlook via Microsoft Outlook.

A small Outlook addin adds all the Out’n About! In/Out Status Board features directly into the Outlook interface so you can continue to manage all of your information using a common interface.Screenshot of Presence Sensing

Out’n About! for Outlook contains a presence sensing feature that automatically alerts you when you use your computer and are currently Checked Out to ensure you have not forgotten to check In when returning to the office.Screenshot of Outlook Calendar Integration
Out’n About! for Outlook allows you to schedule future status events (e.g., meetings, travel, or vacation) based on Outlook Appointment items.

Department Panel
Organize your workforce into easy to use departments.

The Out’n About! Department Panel allows users to quickly select different departments for viewing. The panel also contains a filter dialog which allows users to filter users by different search criteria.