EG Silverbucket vs. Float

At a glance

Best for

Best for engineering, architecture and consulting firms that want capacity planning, project tasks and timesheets in one system.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Float

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	EG Silverbucket	Float
Starting price	Quote-based Priced on the number of active people in the resourcing pool rather than on logins or feature tiers, with archived users free of charge; the subscription includes all features, while integration, maintenance and training are bought on demand. No amounts are published.	Starter from ~$7 / scheduled person / month Billed annually. Pro ~$12 per scheduled person and month, Enterprise on request.
Free trial	30 days, full access, no credit card required	30-day trial
Users	EG cites over 40,000 users	Not stated
API	Yes, an API for people, projects, customers and actual hours, plus bulk CSV and XLSX imports and single sign-on	Not stated
Made in	Finland (Silverbucket, Tampere, part of the Danish EG group since 2021)	Australia
Resource planning	Yes, drag-to-select percentage allocation to named people or role placeholders, structured resourcing requests with best-match candidate comparison, tentative allocations for modelling unconfirmed bids, competency tracking and a portfolio overview	Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling with capacity forecasting, utilization tracking and PTO planning
Task planning	Yes, tasks within each project on an interactive Gantt timeline, with milestones at both project and programme level	Yes, with drag-and-drop task scheduling
Time tracking	Yes, built-in timesheets with comments per entry and locking after a defined period; logged hours update allocation actuals directly, and an existing time registration tool can be integrated instead	Yes, built in, with pre-filled timesheets
Reporting and controlling	Yes, forecast and actual reports on utilisation, income, hour budgets and invoicing, a performance dashboard for billability, fee recovery and margins, a custom export builder to PDF or Excel, a filtered activity feed and a Power BI connection	Yes, utilization and project budgets with margin tracking
AI features	stated Yes	No
MCP-ready	stated Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Email helpdesk, Phone	Not stated
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Personal consulting	Not stated
Company size	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	Power BI, Microsoft Excel	more entries Jira, Asana, Slack, Google Calendar, Trello

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price EG Silverbucket Quote-based Float Starter from ~$7 / scheduled person / month
Free trial EG Silverbucket 30 days, full access, no credit card required Float 30-day trial
Made in EG Silverbucket Finland (Silverbucket, Tampere, part of the Danish EG group since 2021) Float Australia
AI features EG Silverbucket Yes Float No
MCP-ready EG Silverbucket Yes Float No

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

EG Silverbucket

Strengths

Planning, tasks and timesheets sit in one system, so actual hours update allocations without an export or reconciliation
Tentative allocations model several unconfirmed projects at once and convert to confirmed in a single click
An MCP server over HTTP lets an AI client read and write projects, allocations, actuals and capacity
30 day free trial with full access and no credit card

Limitations

No published amounts, so the per-person price comes from sales
Parts of the AI assistant are dated to the second half of 2026, and the product pages do not agree on what is available now
The bill scales with the number of people planned, which suits a stable pool better than a fast-growing one

Float

Strengths

Intuitive 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

EG Silverbucket

Free trial $0 30 days, full access to all features, no credit card required.
Subscription Not stated Priced per active person in the resourcing pool, with archived users free and all features included. Integration, maintenance and training are available on demand. EG publishes no amounts.

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Float

Starter ~$7 Per scheduled person and month, billed annually.
Pro ~$12 Per scheduled person and month, billed annually.
Enterprise Custom On request.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

EG Silverbucket

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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

EG Silverbucket https://www.silverbucket.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-11

Float https://www.float.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.