Forecast AI
AI-powered project management for predictable delivery and profitability.
Executive Summary
Forecast is an AI-native Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform designed for operational leaders, project managers, finance teams, and executives in mid-sized businesses (typically 25-200+ employees). It unifies project management, resource planning, and financial management into a single platform, leveraging AI to provide real-time visibility, optimize productivity, control margins, and enable scalable operations. The platform's core value lies in its ability to predict resource needs, identify potential delays, and recommend optimal team assignments, helping organizations deliver projects on time and on budget while maximizing billable hours.
Use Cases
- Delivering projects on time and on budget with AI insights.
- Optimizing resource allocation and team productivity.
- Real-time tracking of costs, revenue, and margins across project portfolios.
- Proactive identification and mitigation of project risks and delays.
- Maximizing billable hours and improving profitability for professional services.
- Making data-backed decisions for business growth and scalable operations.
Features
Visibility
- Real-time Project Dashboards: Provides instant overviews of project status, progress, and key metrics.
- Capacity & Utilization Tracking: Offers crystal-clear visibility into team capacity and resource utilization across the entire portfolio.
- Portfolio Analytics: Enables data-driven decisions with real-time insights into project performance and profitability across the entire portfolio.
- Project Portfolio View: Allows users to view, optimize, and report on projects from a complete portfolio perspective.
- Utilization Reports: Monitors company-wide utilization and provides insights into how employees' available time is spent.
Intelligence
- Intelligent Resource Matching: AI-powered resource matching helps place the right people on the right projects at the optimal time.
- Risk Prediction Alerts: AI insights spot potential delays and risks before they become problems, providing proactive alerts.
- Automated Time Tracking: AI-powered timesheets automate time registration, building a solid foundation for accurate reporting and forecasting.
- Smarter Scoping: Forecast flags budget and timeline risks by learning from past projects.
- AI Alerts & Recommendations: Notifies users when a project risks running over time or budget and suggests how to fix it, including AI-suggested allocations based on lookalike projects.
Support
- Help Center: Provides resources for product support and troubleshooting.
- Wiki: Offers detailed information and learning materials about resource management and platform functionalities.
- Ebooks & Success Stories: A collection of insightful ebooks and customer success stories are available for learning and inspiration.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native SaaS, AI-native PSA platform
- Deployment
- Cloud/SaaS
- Authentication
- SSO
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
AI/ML Stack
- Machine Learning
Integrations
- Jira
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Sage
- QuickBooks
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Pipedrive
- GoSimplo
- Microsoft Excel
Security & Compliance
Certifications: GDPR
Encryption: AES-256 at rest, HTTPS in transit
Pricing
- Model
- Quote-based subscription (Pro and Plus tiers)
- Starting Price
- Contact sales
- Target Customer
- Mid-market to Enterprise (teams of 25-200+ employees)
- Contract Type
- Annual (implied by quote-based and B2B nature)
- Free Trial
- Yes, Custom demo/tour (credit card required)
About forecast
Forecast is a SaaS company providing AI-powered project and resource management software that automates planning, forecasting, and time tracking for professional services teams. Their platform helps organizations optimize capacity, plan projects, and improve utilization through predictive scheduling and integrations.