Forecast runway for software teams with growth, burn, and funding. Test optimistic and cautious cases. Make roadmap, staffing, and fundraising decisions with better timing.
Enter all money values in the same currency. The calculator separates software operating costs and projects month-by-month cash movement.
These examples show how software teams can compare runway under different cash, growth, and milestone assumptions.
| Example | Opening Cash | Monthly Revenue | Monthly Expense | Revenue Growth | Expense Growth | Funding Event | Estimated Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lean Sprint Team | $180,000 | $28,000 | $41,000 | 4% | 1% | None | Runway improves steadily and may reach break-even. |
| Balanced Product Release | $300,000 | $45,000 | $93,000 | 5% | 2% | $150,000 in month 6 | Funding extends runway while product growth catches up. |
| Scale-up Quarter | $500,000 | $70,000 | $130,000 | 7% | 4% | $250,000 in month 4 | Fast growth helps, but hiring can still compress runway. |
If current net burn is zero or negative, the calculator marks simple runway as open-ended because cash is not shrinking at the starting point.
Runway is the number of months your team can keep operating before cash runs out. It helps founders, product leaders, and engineering managers time hiring, releases, and fundraising decisions with more clarity.
Software teams often have very different cost drivers. Separating them gives a better view of burn composition, highlights savings opportunities, and improves the realism of budget and runway planning.
Simple runway uses today’s burn only. Forecast runway simulates future months using growth, cost inflation, hiring, funding, and release events, so it is usually more realistic for planning.
It models extra recurring cost added over time as the team scales. Use it for planned hires, rising contractor spend, expanded support coverage, or added infrastructure operations.
The calculator marks the first month where forecast revenue becomes equal to or greater than forecast expense. That month indicates the plan has reached operating break-even before financing effects.
Yes. Choose one of the included currency codes and keep all values in the same currency. The math stays the same as long as every revenue, expense, and funding input uses one unit.
Software businesses often receive funding in a specific month and also face major release or migration costs. Modeling those events gives a truer picture than using flat averages alone.
Update it whenever revenue changes, hiring plans shift, infrastructure bills move, or funding timing changes. Monthly updates are common because runway can change quickly during product scaling or revenue slowdown.
Important Note: All the Calculators listed in this site are for educational purpose only and we do not guarentee the accuracy of results. Please do consult with other sources as well.