Best for
Best for UK security guarding companies that want rota, officer compliance records and billing in one system priced per worked officer.
Resource Planning Comparison
BOOK ON vs. Float
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for agencies and teams whose main need is clear capacity planning and utilization.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | BOOK ON | Float |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From £2.95 / worked officer / month One rate with all platform features included. Each officer who worked at least one shift in the calendar month is counted once; controllers, managers and office users are not counted. No VAT is added while the vendor is not VAT registered. | From $7 / scheduled person / month Starter, billed annually. Pro $12 per scheduled person and month, Enterprise on request. Monthly billing is also offered. |
| Free trial | First partial calendar month free, no credit card required; the next complete calendar month is the first chargeable one | 30-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required |
| Made in | United Kingdom | Australia |
| Resource planning | Yes, shifts assigned to employees or subcontractor officers by client and site, a client roster and an officer roster over the same shifts, counters for unassigned and unconfirmed shifts, and a cover search by postcode and radius filtered by licence type, vetting status, certificates, work permit and transport | Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling with capacity forecasting, utilization tracking and PTO planning |
| Task planning | Shift-based: each shift is set by client, site, day and start and end time, added one by one, imported from Excel or repeated with Copy Shifts and Copy Roster, and confirmed shifts appear in the officer app | Yes, with drag-and-drop task scheduling |
| Time tracking | Yes, book on and book off from the officer app with time and position recorded against the rostered shift, or by the control room from the roster; those records become the timesheet, with planned hours shown next to hours worked | Yes, on the Pro plan and above, with pre-filled timesheets |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, 70 reports in 13 families exported as Excel, CSV and PDF, client reports on attendance, calls, patrols and invoices, and a finance dashboard with revenue, cost, profit and margin | Yes, utilization and project budgets with margin tracking |
| MCP-ready | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Phone, Email helpdesk | Chat |
| Onboarding | Guided onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding |
| Company size | Not stated | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Aprimo, Asana, Basecamp, ClickUp, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, HubSpot, Jira, Karbon, Slack, Zapier, Claude, ChatGPT |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price BOOK ON From £2.95 / worked officer / month Float From $7 / scheduled person / month
- Free trial BOOK ON First partial calendar month free, no credit card required; the next complete calendar month is the first chargeable one Float 30-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required
- Support BOOK ON Phone, Email helpdesk Float Chat
- Made in BOOK ON United Kingdom Float Australia
- MCP-ready BOOK ON No Float Yes
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
BOOK ON
Strengths
- One published rate of £2.95 per worked officer, with all platform features included
- Controllers, managers and office users are not counted towards the bill
- Approved shifts feed timesheets, payroll and client invoices from the same record
- SIA licence, BS 7858 vetting and right-to-work records held against each officer
- Officer app for iOS and Android for booking on, check calls, patrols and incident reports
Limitations
- Licensing and vetting records are built around UK security rules (SIA, BS 7858, ACS)
- Exports to accounting and payroll packages are confirmed per package during onboarding rather than listed
- Minimums, setup and contract length are set in each company's commercial agreement, not on the pricing page
- The vendor states its records support SIA, ACS, BS 7858 and ISO work but do not award certification or guarantee compliance
Float
Strengths
- Drag-and-drop scheduling
- Capacity forecasting and utilization
- Built-in time tracking and budgets
Limitations
- Scheduling-first, lighter financials than a full PSA
- No native invoicing
Plans
Pricing
BOOK ON
- Subscription £2.95 Per qualifying worked officer per month, with Operate, Compliance and Accounts included and no feature tiers. Subcontractor billing is subject to client approval.
Float
- Starter $7 Per scheduled person and month, billed annually.
- Pro $12 Per scheduled person and month, billed annually. Adds time tracking.
- Enterprise Custom On request, for teams of 100 seats or more.
What users say
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BOOK ON
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Float
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
BOOK ON https://bookonsolutions.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-04
Float https://www.float.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-30
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.