Scenario Workbench
Compare base, upside and downside cases side by side.
Built to hold base, upside and downside cases on one model. Change a driver and every case is designed to update, so you can compare the trade-offs side by side.
“Hire a second engineer in July, or wait until October?”
A July hire keeps 14 months of runway and ships sooner.
- RunwayHiring in July against waiting until October.14 mo-2 movs wait
- PayrollSecond engineer at $145k a year plus on-costs.$61k+$13kper month
- Feature launchScheduling module ships in September, not December.Sep-3 movs wait
- MRR by DecemberEarlier launch lifts expansion revenue in Q4.$96k+$9kvs wait
Big decisions made in a copied spreadsheet tab
Hiring feels like a coin flip
You want to add a role but can't see what it does to runway until it's already too late.
Price changes are a guess
Drop the price to win deals, or hold it? You're guessing at the trade-off in your head.
'What if' lives in scattered tabs
Every scenario is a new spreadsheet copy, and they're all out of date by Friday.
Change one assumption and watch every case move
Drag one assumption and see runway and your key numbers move in all three cases at once. Every number traces back to a driver.
The hire you can't decide on
Example: a hire decision
It's 11pm and you're staring at the same question: hire the engineer now, or wait a quarter? Workbench is designed so you can build both futures next to each other and see which one your runway can actually carry, before you make the offer.
- Fork any plan into a new case
- Edit a driver, watch every case update
- Keep the version your thinking landed on
Trade-offs you can see before you commit
Decisions where seeing both options side by side changes the answer. No finance background needed.
Compare cases without copying spreadsheets
Branching cases
Fork any model into separate cases and compare them side by side without copying tabs.
Driver-linked
Edit headcount, pricing, or churn once and every dependent metric updates.
Line-by-line comparison
Compare two scenarios line by line and see which items moved the result.
Snapshot history
Freeze a case on the day you decide, then compare it with your current numbers months later.
From a what-if to a locked decision
- Step 1
Bring in your model
Connect your existing forecast or start from a Startup Suite template.
- Step 2
Fork the question
Branch off the question you want to test: hire sooner, drop the price, or stretch runway.
- Step 3
Move the levers
Adjust drivers and see the downstream metrics recompute.
- Step 4
Lock the call
Save the case you chose and make it the plan your forecasts and reports use.
Questions about scenario planning
Do I need finance experience to use this?
No. You change drivers in plain terms (headcount, price, growth) and the model does the maths. If you can use a spreadsheet, you can use Workbench.
How is this different from copying a spreadsheet tab?
Copies drift apart the moment you edit one. Here every case stays linked to the same model, so a change updates them all and you can compare them line by line.
Can I keep a scenario to look back on?
It's built for that. Save a snapshot of any case and come back later to see what you assumed at the time.
Compare your options side by side before you decide
Take one decision you're stuck on, model both options, and see which one your runway can carry.