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Float vs Vikunja
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Float and Vikunja — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Float vs Vikunja: at a glance
What is Float?
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.
What is Vikunja?
Vikunja crossed the v1.0 finish line and pivoted hard into security hardening.
Vikunja shipped two v1.0 release candidates through late 2025 and early 2026, then jumped to a v2 series whose first widely-tagged point release, v2.2.1, is dominated by security work. The latest release patches multiple SSRF and IDOR vulnerabilities, enforces disabled/locked-account semantics across every auth surface (OIDC, API tokens, CalDAV, LDAP), and adds a shared SSRF-safe HTTP client that webhooks and migrations now route through. User-facing feature work has slowed; the visible energy is in plumbing and audit cleanup.
Float vs Vikunja: editorial side-by-side
Float
6.3PM
Float adds AI experience profiles and multi-currency rate cards — expanding from scheduling into project economics.
◆ Current state
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.
◆ Where it's heading
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.
◆ Prediction
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.
Vikunja
0.0PM
Vikunja crossed the v1.0 finish line and pivoted hard into security hardening.
◆ Current state
Vikunja shipped two v1.0 release candidates through late 2025 and early 2026, then jumped to a v2 series whose first widely-tagged point release, v2.2.1, is dominated by security work. The latest release patches multiple SSRF and IDOR vulnerabilities, enforces disabled/locked-account semantics across every auth surface (OIDC, API tokens, CalDAV, LDAP), and adds a shared SSRF-safe HTTP client that webhooks and migrations now route through. User-facing feature work has slowed; the visible energy is in plumbing and audit cleanup.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc moves from feature-completion (S3 storage, drag-and-drop project moves, hover previews in late 2025) toward platform credibility — closing security gaps a self-hosted task tool needs to clear before serious team adoption. The rapid version-number jump from v1.0.0-rc4 to v2.2.1 in two months suggests v1.0 shipped and the team tagged a v2 line aimed at addressing accumulated authz debt. Expect the next several releases to keep the security-first posture rather than return to a feature push.
◆ Prediction
The next release will likely continue closing remaining authz edges (more IDOR audits, additional credential-stripping in API responses) and bundle a translations and dependency sweep. A user-facing feature push probably waits until the security work plateaus.
Alternatives to Float and Vikunja
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 Float or Vikunja.
Hive
Hive keeps iterating on proofing and dashboard UX — workmanlike improvements, no pivot.
SmartSuite
SmartSuite ships EU data residency, linked record filters, and API control improvements in a dense September release.
Fibery
Fibery rebuilds its AI agent from scratch and ships OAuth Apps, accelerating its MCP-first agentic platform bet.
Camunda
Camunda 8.10 enters release candidate as the 8.7 stable branch absorbs a wave of CVE patches.
NocoBase
NocoBase is hardening its AI employees and security surfaces while stabilizing the v2 client.
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Recent activity from Float and Vikunja
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1mo agoFloatFloat is the #1 resource management software, 8 seasons running
- 1mo agoFloatRates tab, Zapier project templates, and people code
- 1mo agoFloatSmart insights: know who’s done this work before, with AI experience profiles ⚡
- 1mo agoFloatNew API endpoints: project templates and rate cards, and Zapier project updates
- 2mo agoFloatRate cards and multi-currency: consistent billing across every client and region ⚡
- 2mo agoFloatA new look: updates to the sidebar navigation
- 6mo agoVikunjav2.2.1: SSRF and IDOR patches plus disabled-account enforcement ⚡
- 8mo agoVikunjav1.0.0-rc4: drag-and-drop project moves, file-storage validation
- 10mo agoVikunjav1.0.0-rc3: S3 storage, comment counts, hover task previews
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Float and Vikunja?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Float is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Float better than Vikunja?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Float is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Float?
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.
What are the best alternatives to Vikunja?
Top Vikunja alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Vikunja alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/vikunja for the full list with editorial commentary on each.