Float vs Runn vs Resource Guru
Among Float, Runn and Resource Guru, team size and billing term decide it. Resource Guru has the lowest entry rate at $5 per person a month. Float Starter is $7 per scheduled person, with guests free. Runn Lite is $7 per seat billed yearly but starts at 20 seats. Under 20 people, the real choice is Resource Guru or Float.
What each one costs
| Product | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Resource Guru Grasshopper | $5 | per person / month |
| Resource Guru Blackbelt | $8 | per person / month |
| Resource Guru Master | $12 | per person / month |
| Float Starter | $7 | per scheduled person / month |
| Float Pro | $12 | per scheduled person / month |
| Runn Lite | $7 | per resource seat / month, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly) |
| Runn Standard | $11 | per resource seat / month, billed yearly ($13 billed monthly) |
| PeopleMuster | $3 | per person / month, every module included |
Resource Guru and Runn figures read from resourceguruapp.com/pricing and runn.io/pricing on 24 September 2026; Float figures from float.com in September 2026. Float Enterprise and Runn Advanced are priced per customer. PeopleMuster, the row we added, is our product.
Why teams choose PeopleMuster
- Everyone you plan is the same record that holds their leave quota, shift and reporting line, so nobody keeps a second list of names in step.
- Skills sit on each profile from a shared taxonomy. When you're staffing a project and need a React developer who's free next week, both answers are on one screen.
- Leave approved by a manager and company holidays are marked on the plan and already out of the totals.
- Utilisation reports post to Slack on a schedule, with hours by project and department and the change from last week.
- Each project carries health, setup and task scores, so a slipping client account shows up beside the people booked on it.
- At $3 per person a month, every module is included. You get 14 days free with no card, and we set it up with you.
Questions people ask
Which is cheapest: Float, Runn or Resource Guru?
Resource Guru has the lowest entry rate, at $5 per person a month on Grasshopper. Float Starter and Runn Lite both list $7, though Runn's figure is billed yearly ($9 monthly) and Float's counts only scheduled people. At the top published plans, Float Pro and Resource Guru Master are $12 and Runn Standard is $11 yearly.
Which of the three suits a team under 20 people?
Float or Resource Guru. Runn's plans start at 20 resource seats, as read on runn.io/pricing on 24 September 2026. Resource Guru gives two months free on annual billing and offers a trial with no card; Float charges nothing for guests.
Can one system plan resources and approve leave?
PeopleMuster does both in one database for $3 per person a month. Leave is approved there, and the capacity grid reads those approved days straight away, alongside company holidays and each person's timesheets.