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What is Forecast?

Forecast is a full-suite alternative to point resource management solutions used in professional service companies. It unites project and resource management, team collaboration, finance, and reporting and adds the power of AI to automate administrative tasks. The platform ensures better workload visibility and offers you transparency with multiple projects. The platform provides you with resource allocation insights to guarantee seamless and productive workflows.

Who Uses Forecast?

For professional services companies to manage everything from quote to invoice without the administrative hassle, in one AI-powered solution.

Where can Forecast be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Forecast
  • Located in London, UK
  • Founded in 2016

Forecast support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland and 9 others

Languages

Danish, English, Spanish

Forecast pricing

Starting Price:

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  • No free trial
  • No free version

Forecast does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.

About the vendor

  • Forecast
  • Located in London, UK
  • Founded in 2016

Forecast support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland and 9 others

Languages

Danish, English, Spanish

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Features of Forecast

  • @mentions
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Backlog Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Business Process Automation
  • Calendar Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Dashboard
  • Deadline Management
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • Forecasting
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Graphical Workflow Editor
  • Invoice Management
  • Issue Management
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Kanban Board
  • Meeting Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Multiple Projects
  • Portfolio Management
  • Prioritisation
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Tracking
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Release Planning
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Roadmapping
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Skills Tracking
  • Sprint Planning
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Task Editing
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Utilisation Reporting
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews of Forecast

Average score

Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.5
Features
4.3
Value for Money
4.4

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Guadalupe
Guadalupe
Senior Accounting Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

This platform has amazing features which helps in automating your services

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: We were looking for a platform for both resource management and project management in one and after a long research we founded this one which is amazing to use and solved our problems very well. Now our company can easily manages resources and projects with the help of one solution and it is better to purchase because the cost is reasonable and it is far better than its alternatives in terms of features because it has a lot more to serve to its customers.

Pros:

It enables artificial intelligence work automation, project management, resource management, team collaboration, integrations, finance and billings and time and team collaborations. It gives free trail to use. Their support is amazing. it can be accessed from android or from iOS too. It enables Jira integration to use easily. The feature it provides does not have in its competitive software.

Cons:

I do not find as much bugs in this software but sometimes some features do not work properly and later fixed quickly. The scheduling needs little improved only apart from all these the overall software is perfect to use to automate your almost every service.

Dan
Director of Project Management in Germany
Industrial Automation, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great tool for complex business model

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: From day 1 the experience with the Forecast tool and the Forecast team has been excellent. Its clear that this is by no means a finished product which gives us users the flexibility to request new features with the knowledge we will be listened to.
I look forward to a long relationship with the Forecast team

Pros:

Constant and quick feature releases Listen to feedback and make updates based on customers needs Great performance very easy to use Jira integration is fantastic Lots of work done to improve the cost tracking and financial/budget elements Great communications and availability of Forecast team

Cons:

Forecast initially catered for a very specific agency type business model that didn't fit with relayrs business model however through constant improvements and feedback the tool is getting closer to what is expected

Alternatives Considered: Jira, Trello, Confluence, monday.com and Smartsheet

Switched From: Smartsheet

Reasons for Switching to Forecast: It scored the highest against all the criteria in our RFP process

James
President in US
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Product remains immature, should pull back the aggressive sales

1.0 4 years ago

Comments: Overall the product is somewhat immature, not usable on mobile, their sales tactics are overly aggressive, and they make cancellation difficult.

Pros:

Was good for budgeting and basic project tracking features.

Cons:

Not usable on mobile devices, and disappointed by the aggressive upselling and hidden cancellation terms.

Rob
Partner in Canada
Architecture & Planning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Centreline Architecture Forecast Review

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: With Forecast we are easily able to plan our architectural projects and meet deadlines and stay within the allotted budgets. Forecast is consistently updating with new features and addons.

Pros:

Forecast's customer support is one of the best I have ever had to work with. Second would be the ease of use for staff to help plan out projects and timelines.

Cons:

Sometimes parts don't work correctly but they are quick to fix the issues.

Alternatives Considered: BQE CORE Suite and Accelo

Reasons for Choosing Forecast: Other software did not meet the needs of our office.

Switched From: WorkflowMax

Reasons for Switching to Forecast: Ease of use and great value.

Sacha
President in Canada
Computer Games, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great, almost all-in-one tool

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Previously, we had relied on a number of products to manage our projects and teams and while we're not there yet, Forecast seems to be the tool that will finally allow us to consolidate most of those other tools into one.

Pros:

The integration of task tracking, time tracking, and resource allocation.

Cons:

The budget pages are a bit confusing and it's a bit tedious to update task and time entries. It's quite expensive for a large team.

Alternatives Considered: Flow, Float and monday.com

Reasons for Choosing Forecast: None of our previous tool did everything we needed.

Switched From: Harvest