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A side-by-side editorial comparison of Fibery and Float — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Fibery rebuilt its AI agent from scratch — model picker, streaming output, whiteboard read/write all ship together
Fibery has been in a sustained AI acceleration since late July, shipping Custom Apps (AI-built embedded applications), AI usage dashboards, batch undo for AI-caused changes, and automation creation via AI. The Sep 17 release is an architectural inflection: the original multi-agent router design has been replaced with a single dynamic-tool-loading model, users now choose their model across seven options (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, Luna, Sol, Astra 6, Gemini Flash 3.8), and whiteboards can now be read and written by AI and MCP. The product is actively building toward a workspace where AI agents are first-class operators on every surface.
Float adds AI experience profiles and multi-currency rate cards — expanding from scheduling into project economics.
Float is a resource scheduling and time-tracking platform for agencies and professional services teams, shipping roughly every 2–3 weeks. The last 90 days show two substantive sparks: AI-powered experience profiles that surface who on the team has done similar work before, and multi-currency rate cards that bring consistent billing across clients and regions. Supporting releases added a dedicated Rates tab, Zapier project templates, people codes, and new API endpoints for project templates and rate cards.
Fibery has been in a sustained AI acceleration since late July, shipping Custom Apps (AI-built embedded applications), AI usage dashboards, batch undo for AI-caused changes, and automation creation via AI. The Sep 17 release is an architectural inflection: the original multi-agent router design has been replaced with a single dynamic-tool-loading model, users now choose their model across seven options (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, Luna, Sol, Astra 6, Gemini Flash 3.8), and whiteboards can now be read and written by AI and MCP. The product is actively building toward a workspace where AI agents are first-class operators on every surface.
Fibery is systematically closing the gap between what humans can do in the workspace and what AI agents can do: documents, databases, automations, whiteboards, and custom apps are now all AI-writable. The OAuth Applications shipped in Sep 17 open a sanctioned path for external agents and integrations — a platform signal. Activity source tracking (UI vs API vs automation vs AI, shipped Aug 13) provides the attribution layer needed to audit agent behavior in production. The pace is roughly one meaningful AI capability per week.
The new AI agent architecture will surface model-to-model behavioral differences that require prompt tuning and UX adjustments over the next 2-3 cycles. OAuth application management will expand as external integration use cases emerge. Whiteboard AI access is new enough that quality issues on spatial tasks (the release notes explicitly flag this) will drive prompt iteration.
Float is a resource scheduling and time-tracking platform for agencies and professional services teams, shipping roughly every 2–3 weeks. The last 90 days show two substantive sparks: AI-powered experience profiles that surface who on the team has done similar work before, and multi-currency rate cards that bring consistent billing across clients and regions. Supporting releases added a dedicated Rates tab, Zapier project templates, people codes, and new API endpoints for project templates and rate cards.
Float is building the financial layer of resource management — rate cards, multi-currency support, and a Rates tab form a coherent billing workflow that didn't exist six months ago. In parallel, AI experience profiles signal entry into talent-matching territory: the product can now answer 'who has done this type of work before' rather than just 'who is available.' These two vectors together position Float as a project economics tool, not just a scheduling view. The API expansion follows the financial features, suggesting partner and integration investment.
The most likely next move is connecting AI experience profiles directly into project assignment — auto-suggesting matches during scheduling based on past work. On the billing side, rate card data likely feeds a revenue or margin reporting view as the next logical release.
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Fibery or Float.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Fibery and Float are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 6.3 vs 6.3, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Fibery and Float are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 6.3 vs 6.3, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
Top Fibery alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Fibery alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/fibery for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top Float alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Float alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/float for the full list with editorial commentary on each.