what-if analysis

Explore the financial impact of key tradeoffs — instantly

Precanto lets you run what-if scenarios on headcount, spend timing, and cost changes — and instantly see how they affect your forecasted P&L, cash flow, and runway.

AI-powered what-if scenario modeling tool for finance teams to analyze headcount and cost impact on forecasts in real time

Scenario planning shouldn't mean model rebuilds

When business leaders ask “What if we delay this hire?” or “Can we push this spend to Q4?” — the answer shouldn’t take hours of model duplication and spreadsheet work.

With Precanto, you can test scenarios instantly and see how they ripple across your forecasted financials — no manual inputs, no rebuilds.

Precanto AI showing instant scenario modeling for delayed hiring and cash flow impact, replacing manual spreadsheet-based forecasting

What You Can Do

Model the impact of hiring delays, attrition, or TBH shifts
Test spend deferrals or budget cuts across departments
Evaluate cost trade-offs in real time before committing to changes
Share scenario outputs with execs and budget owners in minutes
Use Ask Precanto to simulate changes and get impact instantly
Copying tabs and manually updating driver sheets
Reworking the forecast for each version of the plan
Waiting on finance to prep a response
Running multiple plans in parallel and trying to keep them aligned
Routing every what-if through a manual process

Help your stakeholders move faster — and smarter

Precanto gives you the speed and flexibility to:

Test changes to department budgets, project budgets, or hiring plans — without touching a spreadsheet

Instantly model how spend shifts affect cash flow, margins, and runway

Show leaders the impact of trade-offs, backed by real-time financial predictions

Let business partners run their own what-ifs using Ask Precanto — without adding work for finance

Precision built into every what-if

Precanto connects real-time actuals with forecasted spend across departments, projects, and timeframes to help you:

Precanto AI chatbot helping FP&A leaders respond to dynamic budget questions and reprioritize spend in real time

Adjust quickly when priorities change

Precanto eliminates spreadsheet version control issues by auto-updating forecasts and fixing data errors from connected systems

Avoid errors or versioning issues from spreadsheet modeling

Finance dashboard showing predicted vs tracking spend and real-time variance analysis for budgeting and executive reporting

Communicate impact clearly in exec and budget conversations

Centralized financial scenario planning interface with audit trail of business questions and forecast changes

Maintain a full audit trail of assumptions and scenarios in one unified system

Don’t build a new model for every what-if.

See how Precanto makes scenario planning fast, accurate, and actionable.

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