Where your team's hours actually go.
Utilization is the number everyone watches and nobody trusts — because it's usually computed in a spreadsheet from stale data. Bridge Planner computes it from the actual hours your team logs, against the capacity you've set. Billable vs non-billable, per-person trends, time-off impact, and team-level benchmarks. Updated continuously, not monthly.
No per user fees, ever.
Utilization is the number everyone watches and nobody trusts — because it's usually computed in a spreadsheet from stale data. When it comes from the actual hours, you stop debating the number and start acting on it.
Billable vs non-billable, broken down
Every hour your team logs is categorized: billable client work, internal projects, admin, PTO. The utilization trend chart shows the mix over weeks and months — so you can spot when admin work creeps up before it eats your margin.
Per-person utilization trends
Firm-level utilization hides individual patterns. One person at 95% and another at 40% averages to a comfortable 67% — but one is burning out and the other is underutilized. Per-person trend lines surface what the average conceals.
Time-off impact, built in
PTO, holidays, and approved leave reduce effective capacity — but most utilization reports ignore them. Bridge Planner adjusts the denominator so a team member on vacation for a week doesn't drag down their utilization score.
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Bridge replaces
One product, one bill, one source of truth — instead of stitching 4 subscriptions together.
How Bridge compares to BigTime
BigTime's approach
BigTime has utilization dashboards as part of its PSA suite. They work — but they require a full BigTime implementation to populate. If you're not running your entire practice through BigTime's project + time modules, the utilization data is incomplete.
\$175/mo for 5 users on BigTime Advanced
Choose BigTime if: you need full PSA project accounting and are willing to run the implementation.
Uplift Bridge's approach
Bridge Planner computes utilization from the time entries your team is already logging — in Bridge native, Harvest, Toggl, or any supported source. No PSA implementation needed. The data confidence score tells you how reliable the number is before you act on it.
Bridge Planner add-on at \$39/mo flat (Pro)
Choose Bridge if: you want utilization tracking grounded in real hours without a PSA deployment, or you're already in Bridge.
Frequently asked questions
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See also
Capacity
Utilization tells you where hours went. Capacity tells you who has headroom for the next engagement.
Learn moreAllocation
Past consumption view shows the same hours data from an allocation perspective — who worked on what.
Learn moreForecast
Historical utilization feeds the revenue forecast. Higher utilization = more billable capacity in the projection.
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No forced contracts.
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Built by Tommy Spann after 25 years running consulting firms. Bridge is the practice software he wanted and couldn't find — so he built it.