Financial Scenario Planning Software

Explore what-if scenarios and see the tradeoffs across key metrics.

Instantly view forecasted runway, burn rate, and key metrics like CAC, LTV, and burn multiple — without digging through spreadsheets.

Your biggest decisions are financial. Scenarios show the full impact.

You make your most important decisions on gut instinct. Not because you want to, but because running real scenarios in a spreadsheet is slow, fragile, and hard to compare. The cost is high, the confidence is low, and the ability to compare versions is even lower.

Parallel makes exploring scenarios simple, so you make every call with confidence. Scenarios are compared against your base model, automatically update with your actuals, and make the impact of every change visible across runway, burn, and every other key metric you track.

HOW SCENARIO MODELING WORKS

Stack assumptions, compare outcomes, decide faster

Parallel syncing with QuickBooks and Puzzle

Always live, never stale

Pull in new actuals from QuickBooks Online or Puzzle, or update a salary in your base model, and every scenario reflects the change instantly. You act on today's data, not the data you remember from a month ago.

Integrations

Cash forecast comparing best, base, worst, +$1M and +$2M scenarios

Compare up to five side by side

Layer scenarios on top of each other. See impact across runway, burn, P&L, and SaaS KPIs at the same time, in one view.

Hiring plan scenarios with duplicate, compare and merge actions

Duplicate, layer, and merge

Spin up new scenarios from existing ones. When the time is right, merge a scenario into your base model in one step.

Base model assumptions beside a shorter-contracts scenario

Test sweeping changes, safely

Reshape every assumption inside a scenario without touching your base. Rebuild the entire model in a what-if without losing data or worrying about your underlying model.

Runway, margin, burn multiple and growth with cash, revenue and cash flow charts comparing a scenario to the base

Visual impact across every KPI

See exactly how each decision moves runway, burn, gross margin, and the rest of your dashboard, instantly.

Dashboard & metrics

Role options: Admin, Model Editor, Scenario Builder and Viewer

Permissions for safe exploration

Team members can explore decisions like hiring or fundraising without needing full edit access to the model.

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Use Cases

Where scenario modeling matters

Parallel gives you the confidence to tackle the most critical financial questions in your startup

Hiring

"Can I afford this hire?"

Every role carries its full loaded cost: salary, benefits, taxes, bonus, and associated expenses. One hire can kick off others, so adding an AE may trigger CS reps you hadn't planned for. Parallel models the cascade and shows exactly how each new hire bends your runway before you make the offer.

Headcount Planning

Raising

"When and how much should I raise?"

Add the round size, close date, and spend plan on top of your forecast. Run multiple amounts and timings side by side. See exactly what runway each version buys you and how the operating plan changes.

Fundraise Prep

Revenue assumptions

"What if sales change?"

Test pricing changes, churn assumptions, expansion lifts, and GTM motion shifts. See how each one reshapes runway, burn, and the rest of your KPIs in real time.

Revenue Planning

Frequently asked questions

How is scenario modeling in Parallel different from a spreadsheet?

A spreadsheet scenario is usually a duplicated tab with hand-edited inputs. Comparing them means rebuilding formulas in a third tab. Parallel treats scenarios as live objects: They share your base model, react to your actuals, and compare side by side without setup.

Can I share a scenario with my board or my investors?

Yes. You can export a scenario as part of an investor update, or use one as your conservative model that you share with the board throughout the year.

Do I need a finance background to build a scenario?

No. Every input is a common metric you understand. Change one thing and Parallel handles the math underneath.

How many scenarios can I run?

There's no limit. You can run two to five at once and compare them side by side, which is what most founders do.

What kinds of decisions can you model?

Hiring and fundraising are the most common. Revenue model adjustments come right behind: pricing changes, churn assumptions, GTM shifts.

A model is only as valuable as the decisions it drives

The moment Parallel shows its true value is when you run your first scenario and trust the answer enough to make a real decision.

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