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Time Doctor vs Float: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 12th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 7,692 reviews from Time Tracking users.
% Fit
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Project Time Tracking
4.1
API
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Clock In/Out
4.9
Customizable Reports
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Activity Tracking
4.0
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Missing features
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Project Time Tracking
4.4
API
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Clock In/Out
NA
Customizable Reports
4.3
Activity Tracking
4.6
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews536
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.4
4.5
User reviews1,606
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.5
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Driving growth for enterprises including Banks, Technology companies and BPOs. Over 200k users in 50+ countries trust Time Doctor to foster accountability and improve performance.

Project-based teams working in agencies, consulting, IT services, and architecture. Float is purpose-built for resource managementーa platform to plan, schedule, and track resources with accuracy.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
Monica D
Executive Assistant
3.0

Monica: My name is Monica. I am the executive assistant to the Chief Operating Officer at PrimeSource. We're a company of about 40 employees across the world, and I would rate Time Doctor probably a three out of five. Probably about two years ago, I would want to say, our COO is looking for some method to track our employees. We just wanted to be able to monitor what they were doing and how they were doing it and how frequently they were coming into work and everything like that. [inaudible 00:00:34] that we have a lot of remote employees. It's not always the easiest to keep track of those employees physically. So we were looking for a way to monitor them electronically somewhere on the computer. So we were looking into different sources that would provide us with some information in addition to just the standard, oh, they were on their computer at this time. We wanted a little bit more detail in that and a little bit more accessibility of what we were able to do and track with our employees. I think one of the main selling points as to why we chose Time Doctor was that we could set different users to different standards, I guess you could call it. So we could have certain employees always monitor 24/7 and then other employees who were screenshotting every three minutes is our typical use of it. But it's nice that we can adjust it accordingly based on each employee. And I think that was really the biggest selling point for us was that uniqueness and accessibility. I think that's definitely where we struggle with Time Doctor. It's not always the greatest for setup. For some reason, when we have our employees log in, they're given multiple team options where we only have one team, so we don't know why there's that confusion there. And then, also, just the activity bar, employees find that it's hard to get it started when they onboard with us. It's not always the most smoothest transition, and it's definitely something that we're actively working on with Time Doctor to sort out because we're not sure where that hiccup is falling. We have several employees located in the Philippines and Time Doctor is a great way for us to keep track of when they're working because it's not always the same nine to five hours that we're working. It might be different for them in their time zone and everything like that. So it's a nice way for us to still be able to monitor them as well as see when they're active and what they're actively doing because we're not in day-to-say communication with them. So if we're like, oh, I wonder what they're doing, we can just pop onto Time Doctor and take a look at that, which is always really helpful. I think it's really great for the remote employees and being able to monitor what they're doing without having to overstep and say, oh hey, what are you doing in an email or whatever. You don't have to jump down their throats. It's there in Time Doctor.

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Valerie H
Project Manager
4.0

Valerie H: Hi, my name is Val. I work for a digital transformation agency called Mighty Citizen and my role at the agency is Director of Project Management. And in reviewing Float, I would give Float a four star review. So prior to using Float, we really relied a lot on spreadsheets and on our project management tool, which is called Teamwork, to try to get to the basis of resourcing for our projects. But ran into a lot of issues with having to shift resources between projects and that not being an easy solution when you're talking about using a spreadsheet. So that's when we started really looking at other tools and seriously considering the other softwares that were out there and available and ended up deciding that Float was going to be the best to meet our needs. We selected Float because it is really user-friendly. It's easy to use. We can switch projects from team member to team member easily. We can switch tasks from team member to team member easily. And overall, it's a really user-friendly way to see just the way that the visual is, it makes it easy to see who is on what project, for what amount of time, and where those calendars might be overlapping. I think the onboarding and integration process for Float was really easy, but it is a manual process because it doesn't integrate with our project management software, which is Teamwork. And so it was a manual process of going through and adding each task for team members across a certain amount of time. So in general, Float is really easy to use. It's really a drag and drop, click kind of situation for being able to resource projects. But overall it is manual. It's something that you have to put in by hand. It has some human need there to be able to set it up correctly. If you're considering Float, I would look at the user-friendliness of it. The cost is not extravagant compared to some of the other tools that are out there. So expense-wise, it's friendly just to have the features to be able to drag and drop and move resourcing across projects easily and seeing it on a project by project team member by team member basis across a timeline. I would say one thing to consider is what you're using to do your project management, other softwares. Teamwork does not integrate with Float, so it's a manual process to keep it updated each time a project shifts. There are some Float integrations, but I personally don't use them at the moment. So that's just something to keep in mind. Do you have the resources available to keep it up to date to make sure that that data is always going to be usable and a good way for your team to stay up to date?

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Time Doctor

Top Features
32/39
  • Approval Process Control
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Budget Tracking
  • Calendar Management
  • Location Tracking
  • Multi-Language
  • Payroll Integration
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Clock In/Out
  • Compliance Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Mobile Access
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Offline Time Tracking
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Productivity Analysis
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reminders
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Timesheet Management
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Workflow Management
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Float

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Time Doctor
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Float
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Time Doctor
  • By Time Doctor
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2011
Float
  • By Pixel Paddock
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2012
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