Scenarios & What-If Modeling
Model any financial decision before you commit. See the exact impact on your runway.
The problem
Every major decision — hiring, cutting costs, raising prices — has a financial ripple effect. Most founders make these decisions on gut feel because modeling them in a spreadsheet takes hours and the formula might be wrong.
The solution
RunwayCal's scenario engine lets you adjust 7 financial levers and see the exact runway impact in real-time. Every result is deterministic arithmetic from your current financial state. Create multiple scenarios, compare them side-by-side, and decide with confidence.
7 Adjustment Sliders
Modify team costs, tool spend, commitment changes, revenue assumptions, funding additions, and more. Each slider shows the before/after impact on runway, burn rate, and cash-out date as you drag.
Multi-Scenario Overlay
Create and save multiple scenarios, then see them all plotted on Mission Control's cash trajectory chart. Your actuals, base case, and every scenario appear as separate lines — toggle each on or off to compare outcomes visually.
Data-Driven Suggestions
5 auto-generated scenario suggestions based on your current financial state. If your burn is high, it might suggest modeling a hiring freeze. If revenue is growing, it might suggest modeling an expansion hire. Each suggestion is one click to explore.
Scenario Recalculation
When your underlying data changes — a new hire, a closed deal, a cancelled tool — scenarios automatically mark as stale and recalculate from your current state. You never make decisions based on outdated projections.
How it works
Start from your current state
Scenarios begin with your real financial data as the base case — no assumptions to set up.
Adjust the sliders
Modify any combination of 7 financial levers. See the impact on runway, burn, and cash-out date in real-time.
Save and name your scenario
Save scenarios with descriptive names like "Hire 2 engineers" or "Cut tools by 30%".
Compare on Mission Control
All saved scenarios appear on the scenario overlay chart alongside your actuals and base case.
Who it's for
Founders weighing a hire
See exactly how many months of runway a new hire costs before making the offer.
Founders cutting costs
Model different cost reduction strategies and compare which one extends runway the most.
Founders preparing for board
Walk into the board meeting with pre-modeled answers to "what if growth slows?" questions.
Related features
Model the decision. See the impact. Then commit.
Every scenario starts from your real data and computes results with deterministic math — not AI predictions.
Try scenario modeling → Start freeNo credit card required · Set up in under 5 minutes · No finance expertise needed · Founding+ plan feature