How is PeopleMuster different from a project tool like Float?
Float is a resource scheduling tool, priced from $7 per scheduled person per month. PeopleMuster includes a capacity plan that does the same planning job. It also holds the employee record, attendance, leave, timesheets and client projects in one database. All of it costs $3 per person per month, with every module included.
Float does one job: scheduling people across projects. Its Starter plan is $7 per scheduled person per month, read from its own page in September 2026, with Pro at $12. Guests are free.
Float is a scheduling tool rather than an HR system, so the employee record lives somewhere else.
The overlapping piece here is resource allocation. A grid of people against the days of the month, hours in each cell, with four load bands: under, partial, full and over. Group it by people or by projects, and filter to billable work.
Leave flows into that grid on its own. The leave request was approved in the same product, so the day is already marked before anyone plans against it. Company holidays are marked too.
Around the grid sits the rest. Attendance with on-time rate and late minutes. Quota-based leave with approvals. The directory and the org chart. Client records. An asset register.
Plan and reality meet in one place. Hours are planned in the grid and logged against the same projects in timesheets. A manager approves them, and they come back as utilisation by person, project and department. There is also a week-over-week view you can send to Slack.
The pricing basis differs as well. Float counts the people you schedule. PeopleMuster is $3 per person, with every module included for everyone.
Related questions
Can I plan and track hours in the same place?
Yes. The capacity grid holds the plan and timesheets hold what was logged, both against the same projects and people.
Does the plan know about leave?
Yes. Approved leave and company holidays are marked on the grid, because leave is approved in the same product.
Where does the employee record live?
In PeopleMuster itself: the directory, leave quotas, shifts and benefits enrolment sit beside the capacity plan.