Float and Foresight both integrate with QuickBooks and help businesses manage their financial future. But they solve very different problems — and knowing the difference will tell you immediately which one you need.
What Each Product Is Built For
Float is a cash flow forecasting tool. It connects to QuickBooks, Xero, and FreeAgent, pulls in invoices and bills, and gives you a visual forecast of your future bank balance. Float is built specifically for short-to-medium term cash visibility — answering the question "how much cash will we have on hand next month?"
Foresight is a complete financial intelligence platform. It includes cash runway and cash intelligence features, but also delivers live financial statements, 12-month three-statement forecasting, variance analysis, a hiring planner, a scenario planner, and Ask Foresight — an AI advisor that answers questions about the business's actual QuickBooks data. Foresight is built to answer not just "how much cash do we have" but "how is our business performing and where is it headed?"
Feature Comparison
Float is purpose-built for cash flow forecasting with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Foresight includes cash intelligence and runway tracking as part of a broader suite.
Foresight delivers live P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements automatically. Float does not provide financial statement reporting.
Foresight includes a full 12-month three-statement financial forecast. Float focuses on short-to-medium term cash flow projection, not a full financial model.
Foresight's Ask Foresight answers plain-English questions about actual QuickBooks data. Float has no AI advisor.
Foresight includes an analytics page with AI-powered insights and anomaly detection that surfaces patterns and warnings in your QuickBooks data automatically. Float has no analytics or AI insight features.
Foresight has built-in hiring planner and scenario planner. Float has scenario modeling limited to cash flow scenarios only.
Float starts at $47/month for cash flow only. Foresight is $299/month for the complete financial intelligence suite.
Choose Float if: Cash flow visibility is your only need. If you want a simple, visual tool that shows your future bank balance based on incoming invoices and outgoing bills, Float is clean and purpose-built for exactly that.
Choose Foresight if: You want complete financial intelligence — not just cash flow, but full financial statements, forecasting, variance analysis, hiring planning, scenario modeling, and an AI advisor, all connected to your QuickBooks data automatically.
The Core Difference
Float does one thing well: cash flow forecasting. Foresight covers more ground — cash flow included, alongside reporting, forecasting, and planning. If cash flow visibility is your only gap, Float is a focused, affordable solution. If you want a complete financial intelligence platform that covers cash, reporting, forecasting, planning, and AI in one place, Foresight is built for that.
Complete financial intelligence, not just cash flow
Foresight delivers live financial statements, 12-month forecasting, cash runway tracking, variance analysis, hiring and scenario planners, and an AI advisor grounded in your actual QuickBooks data. Start your 14-day free trial.
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