The Problem

Spreadsheet Scenarios Break Down Fast

Leadership asks “What if?” constantly. In spreadsheets, each scenario means duplicate files, manual changes, and chaos.

You answer 1-2 questions when you should test dozens.

Creating duplicate files for each scenario

Can’t compare scenarios side-by-side

After 2-3 scenarios, the process breaks

The Solution

How Centage Transforms Scenario Planning

Copying Excel files for each scenario

Create unlimited scenarios from your base plan

Test 50 scenarios as easily as 2

Opening multiple files to compare

Side-by-side comparison of any scenarios

Complete visibility for decisions

Hours to create a scenario

Minutes to create and test scenarios

Analyze scenarios, not build them

Manually updating plan with chosen scenario

One-click merge of scenario to forecast

Seamless transition from testing to planning

Scenario Types You Can Model

Revenue

Best/worst case

New product launch

Pricing changes

Market expansion

Expense

Cost reduction

Hiring variations

Vendor costs

Facility changes

Strategic

Acquisition modeling

New market entry

Business pivot

Partnership

Workforce

Hiring freeze

Aggressive growth

Reorganization

Merit variations

Common Use Cases

1-2 hrs

vs. 1-2 days before

Revenue Sensitivity

Test -10%, -20%, -30% scenarios

2-3 hrs

vs. 2-3 days before

New Product Launch

Model timing and success variations

2-4 hrs

vs. days before

Headcount Optimization

Test hiring pace scenarios

1-2 days

vs. 1-2 weeks before

Acquisition Modeling

Full target integration model

What Makes Centage Different

Built for Rapid Testing

Test ideas quickly—so you actually do it

Scenarios Stay Synced

Update base plan, all scenarios update

No Duplicate Files

All scenarios in one system

Scales with Complexity

Simple or detailed—your choice

Easy to Compare

Side-by-side visualization

Merge when Ready

One-click merge to plan

Testimonials

Trusted by Finance Leaders

See how companies are transforming their FP&A processes with Centage.

"Centage replaced our former report writer and eliminated many of the technical issues and spreadsheet errors we faced with Excel-based budgeting. By pulling budgets directly into financial reports and simplifying revenue, expense, and personnel planning, it removes manual calculations and reduces risk. Centage also makes rolling forecasts easy to maintain and seamlessly include in financial and budget reporting."
Karen P.
Executive Director, Finance
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
“Centage is a great system that is extremely user-friendly and an amazing time saver. By consolidating more than 25 Excel sheets into a single platform, it simplifies our annual budgeting process. It also helps streamline budget-vs-actual analysis, making financial tracking faster and more reliable.”
Tracy S.
Senior Controller
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
“Centage is the best tool for planning, budgeting, and reporting. It allows us to budget at a highly granular level using the specific drivers and details unique to our industry.”
Angela G.
Executive VP Finance
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
FAQ

Scenario Planning Software FAQs

Centage keeps every scenario inside one governed model, so you change drivers — revenue, headcount, pricing — and the full financial statements update automatically across scenarios. Centage customers answer board-level what-if questions in 1–2 hours, compared with the 1–2 days a manual spreadsheet rebuild typically takes. There is no limit on the number of scenarios you can run.

Yes. Centage connects to major GL, ERP, and accounting platforms — including QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Acumatica, SAP Business One, and Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT — and imports actuals automatically. Every scenario starts from current financial data, so comparisons between plan versions reflect the numbers in your ledger, without manual exports or re-keying.

Purpose-built scenario tools hold every assumption in one model with automatic roll-ups, so a driver change flows through the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow instantly. Spreadsheet scenarios require copying workbooks and reconciling versions by hand, which introduces formula errors. Centage runs unlimited scenarios side by side, with version history on every change.

Yes. Centage is designed for mid-market companies in the $25M–$500M revenue range, and many of its 500+ finance-team customers run lean teams of two to five people. Smaller teams see outsized benefit: the platform automates the modeling and consolidation work a small staff would otherwise do manually, and implementation takes 4–6 weeks.

Centage protects planning data with role-based access controls, data encryption, and full audit trails. MFA and single sign-on are available on qualifying plans. Department contributors see only the budgets and scenarios they own, while finance keeps a complete change history for compliance review. Security carries through every scenario, version, and report in the platform.

Yes. You can model with custom dimensions — product, entity, region, program — and tailor budgeting templates, driver logic, and reporting structures to how the business actually runs. Scenario types cover revenue, expense, workforce, and strategic cases, and the same custom structure applies across all of them, so customization is defined once and reused.

Ready to Ditch the Spreadsheets?

Join 500+ finance teams who have modernized their planning. Implement in just 4–6 weeks and start driving strategic decisions.

4-6 week implementation • Onshore support