Budgeting and forecasting take too long. Small changes turn into big headaches. Finance teams spend more time fixing broken formulas and tracking approvals than actually analyzing numbers.
Excel is great, but it wasn’t built for company-wide planning. Legacy FP&A tools aren’t much better. They’re slow, require too much IT support, and force teams into rigid processes that don’t fit how businesses actually work.
Farseer changes that. It lets finance teams move fast, model what they need, and automate the boring stuff. No workarounds. No waiting on IT.
Here’s how it makes budgeting and forecasting easier, faster, and more flexible.
1. You Can Model Everything According to Your Business Logic
Most FP&A tools make you follow their rules. They force finance teams into predefined templates and rigid structures that don’t match how businesses actually operate. Need to adjust your revenue model? Add a new cost driver? Set up a different way to calculate expenses? In many systems, that means waiting on IT or dealing with workarounds.
Farseer lets companies model exactly how their business works without restrictions. Its modeling tools are industry-agnostic, meaning any company can build models that actually reflect reality, whether it’s subscription revenue, production costs, or inventory turnover. There are no locked formulas, fixed templates, or IT dependencies.
It works like Excel but is structured for enterprise planning, so models stay flexible without turning into a mess. Build what you need, when you need it, by yourself.
2. You Always Know Who Changed What and When
How many times have you needed someone to fill in just a few numbers, but you knew (without a doubt) that if you sent them the full spreadsheet, they’d somehow break everything? Formulas gone. Formatting destroyed. Numbers in places they shouldn’t be.
Farseer fixes that with structured planning process management and a full audit trail. Instead of sending entire spreadsheets back and hoping for the best, you can assign specific inputs to specific users. Want someone to update just one number? No problem. They get access to only that cell, nothing else. No more accidental edits. No more cleanup.
Everyone works on the same data, at the same time, with no versioning conflicts, and no outdated files. Changes update instantly, and every edit, approval, and adjustment is automatically tracked. Digging through emails and confusion is no more. Just a controlled, transparent planning process where finance teams stay in charge.
Second-guessing is gone. The spreadsheet mess is over. A system that actually works.
3. You Can Use Excel-Like Formulas Without Breaking Anything
Excel is great – until someone messes up a formula. Maybe they delete a reference, paste over a calculation, or drag a cell the wrong way. One small mistake, and now the numbers don’t add up. Good luck figuring out what went wrong.
Farseer works like Excel, but keeps key formulas safe, without accidental edits, broken calculations, and wasted time fixing mistakes. Multiple people can work in the same model without overwriting each other’s work.
You get the best part of Excel – the flexibility – without the frustration. Work fast, trust your numbers, and stop worrying about broken formulas.
4. Farseer Sheets Work Like Spreadsheets, But Smarter
Spreadsheets work. Until they don’t. Managing budgets across multiple files leads to versioning chaos, broken formulas, and constant back-and-forth.
Farseer Sheets keeps the flexibility of spreadsheets but fixes everything that makes them a mess. Everyone works in the same model, in real-time. Outdated versions or duplicate files are a thing of the past. Need to customize reports? Drag, drop, and adjust, without IT help.
It feels just like Google Sheets, so new users get started instantly, without long onboarding or retraining. Permissions let you control who edits what, so sensitive data stays protected. Inputs can be manual or automated, reducing errors and speeding up workflows.
It works like a spreadsheet but is built for finance teams that need structure, accuracy, and speed.
5. Your Forecasts and Reports Update Themselves
If budgeting and forecasting still rely on manual updates, that means wasted hours fixing numbers, rolling up spreadsheets, and double-checking data. It’s slow, it’s frustrating, and it leaves too much room for mistakes.
Farseer automates the busywork. No more copying and pasting data between files. No more adjusting the same number in five different places. Changes update instantly across all models, and recurring tasks, like rolling forecasts or consolidations, run on autopilot.
Forecasting is just one click. Models stay up to date, and the latest data is always available without extra effort. Plan vs. actual tracking happens automatically, so you always know where you stand. Reports update in real-time, without waiting for someone to refresh them.
Finance teams shouldn’t be stuck doing data entry. Less manual work means faster decisions, better accuracy, and fewer last-minute surprises.
6. Your Calculations Run Instantly, No Matter How Big
Ever changed a number in a spreadsheet, only to watch it freeze while recalculating? Or worse – realized minutes later that something didn’t update properly? Large datasets and complex formulas slow down most FP&A tools, making financial modeling frustrating and unreliable.
Farseer doesn’t have that problem. We built our calculation engine from the ground up, specifically for enterprises handling huge datasets, high-volume transactions, and complex models. No matter how much data you throw at it, calculations happen instantly.
Even with millions of records, Farseer stays fast. Forecasting across multiple business units? Analyzing thousands of SKUs? Running deep scenario models? It all happens in real-time. Forget crashes, and performance issues, just have numbers that update the second you change them.
Without waiting and wondering if your data is up to date. Just fast, rock-solid calculations that keep up with you.
7. You Can Plan for Any Scenario Directly in Your Dashboard
Traditional scenario planning is a mess. You tweak a number, rerun models, update reports, and hope you didn’t miss anything. By the time you’ve built an alternative plan, something has already changed.
Farseer makes scenario planning instant and effortless. No need to rebuild anything, just adjust key inputs right on your dashboard, and watch every KPI update in real time. With advanced BI-level, real-time reporting, you can compare multiple scenarios side by side, instantly seeing how different decisions impact revenue, costs, and profitability.
Instead of guessing, you’ll know exactly how each decision affects the bottom line – before you make it.
8. Your Consolidation Closes Itself, Without the Chaos
Closing the books across multiple entities is a mess. Every subsidiary has its own numbers, different formats, and sometimes even different accounting rules. Finance teams spend weeks chasing numbers, fixing errors, and manually eliminating intercompany transactions – only to do it all over again next month.
Farseer handles it for you. It pulls financials from all subsidiaries, standardizes the data, and automatically removes intercompany transactions. Need to consolidate across currencies? Farseer converts everything instantly, using the latest exchange rates. Worried about compliance? It’s all built in, whether you report under IFRS, GAAP, or local accounting rules.
Close the books faster. Skip the manual work. Get accurate numbers without the stress.
9. Your Data Flows Directly from Your ERP, CRM, and BI Tools
Budgeting and forecasting shouldn’t involve exporting, cleaning, and re-uploading data every time something changes. But with most FP&A tools, that’s exactly what happens. Finance teams waste hours chasing down the latest numbers, fixing inconsistencies, and making sure reports actually match reality.
Farseer connects directly to SAP, NetSuite, and other key platforms, pulling in real-time data without manual imports.For capital-intensive businesses, this means you can manage long-term investments, approval workflows, and CapEx planning directly in the same system – without jumping between tools. Forecasts, reports, and actuals always stay in sync, so you’re working with the right numbers, every time.
Just seamless, real-time integration that keeps finance teams in control.
10. AI Helps You Forecast, But You Stay in Control
Most forecasting tools either rely too much on old data or throw out AI-generated numbers with no explanation. Neither helps when the market shifts fast.
FarseerAI runs hundreds of forecasts in seconds, finds patterns, and picks the best method for your data. No setup, no complicated settings—just a few clicks, and you have a forecast. But here’s the key part: you stay in control.
AI suggests numbers, but you can adjust anything. Change assumptions, fine-tune the details, or override the forecast completely. AI speeds things up, but you decide what makes sense.
Faster forecasts, better insights, and a tool that works with you, not against you.
Finance Shouldn’t Slow You Down - Take Control with Farseer
Every budget cycle, it’s the same story: manual updates, broken formulas, outdated reports, and wasted hours. The tools you use should work for you, not the other way around.
Farseer changes the game. Instant calculations, automated forecasting, real-time reports, and seamless collaboration – all in one place. No delays, no IT bottlenecks, no rigid templates. Just a system that moves as fast as your business.
It’s time to stop fixing spreadsheets and start focusing on strategy. Get the right numbers, at the right time, without the headaches.
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