Build Budgeting and Forecasting Software That Fits Your Business

Replace the dozen emailed spreadsheets with a secure budgeting and forecasting app your departments share, over your own data. Let each department enter and maintain its own budget, roll everything up automatically, and add every user without a per-seat fee.

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Why Build Budgeting Software With m-Power?

Budgeting season tends to look the same: A dozen spreadsheet versions emailed around, numbers that don't tie out, no record of who changed what, and a scramble to consolidate it all. m-Power replaces that with one app, over your own data, on the same security model as your other applications. Each department maintains its own budget, and the rollup happens automatically. Build it internally with m-Power, or have our consultants build it for you.

Real m-Power budgeting application with forecast versus actual figures and a sales comparison chart
01

Each department owns its budget

Department leaders add and maintain their own quarterly budgets, row-level security makes sure each department sees only its own, and finance sees the whole picture.

02

Roll it all up automatically

Department budgets roll up into one company view automatically, with variance against actuals.

03

Forecast alongside the budget

Build sales forecasts by salesperson, category, and region right next to the budget, so the plan and the forecast live in one place.

04

One version, with a full history

Everyone works from the same live data, and every change is logged, so there's no question about which spreadsheet is current.

05

Runs over your data, in your environment

The app reads and writes your own database, on-prem or in your cloud, next to your financial data.

06

Add everyone, no per-seat fee

Perpetual license, no per-user fees. Give every department leader and analyst access without the bill climbing.

With m-Power, we've consolidated our data into a secure web portal where each department can easily access the data and reports they require in seconds.

Paul Millard, IT Manager, Renzi Foodservice

It was amazing how fast our B2B extranet was created. That would have taken many months with our current ERP provider.

John Smith, IT Manager, DAMS International

We are really able to fine tune m-Power to match our business processes. You just can't get that from out-of-the-box software.

Sharon Hadley, Systems Analyst, Pearl Buck Center

What Can You Build?

Build over your existing database tables, on-premise or in the cloud. Whether your team builds with m-Power or our consultants build for you, here's what a budgeting app can include:

01 · Budgeting Portal

Watch the Budgeting Portal Build

Watch a secure budgeting and forecasting portal come together in about fifteen minutes, with a multi-department budget, a sales forecast, and the reports that pull it all together.

  • Multi-department budget entry
  • Sales forecast by rep and region
  • Reports that tie it together
02 · Budgets

Multi-Department Budgets

Give each department a place to add and maintain its own quarterly budget, then consolidate everything into one company view without collecting a single spreadsheet.

  • Department-level budget entry
  • Automatic company consolidation
  • Variance against actuals
Real m-Power budgeting portal menu with budget, forecast, and reports tabs
03 · Forecasting

Sales Forecasting

Add and maintain quarterly sales estimates by salesperson, category, and region, right alongside the budget, so the plan and the forecast stay in step.

  • Forecast by rep, category, and region
  • Rolling, quarter-by-quarter estimates
  • Compared against budget and actuals
Actual Forecast Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Next year
04 · Reports

Financial Reports and What-If

Turn budgets and actuals into the reports finance actually needs, and model a change before you commit to it, all over the same live data.

  • P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
  • What-if and scenario modeling
  • Year-over-year comparisons
Real m-Power what-if analysis app comparing actual and scenario sales figures, with sliders to model a change

Use Cases

A few of the financial planning apps teams build with m-Power. Build these yourself, or have our consultants build them for you:

Departmental budgets

Let each team maintain its own budget and roll it up automatically.

Rolling forecasts

Update forecasts each quarter and compare them against plan.

Cash flow

Track cash position and projections over your live financial data.

P&L and balance sheet

Generate financial statements straight from the numbers.

Variance analysis

Compare budget to actual and flag where you're off plan.

Approval workflow

Route budgets and forecasts for review and sign-off.

Consolidation

Combine entities, departments, and locations into one view.

Scenario models

Model best-case and worst-case before you commit to a plan.

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Customer story

Renzi Foodservice Automated a Month-Long Budgeting Process

Renzi ran on multiple systems that didn't talk to each other, which made budgeting slow and manual. They used m-Power to connect those systems and turn a month-long budgeting process into an automated one.

  • Turned a month-long budgeting process into an automated one
  • Connected multiple systems into one clear view
  • Extended their ERP and delayed a $250,000 upgrade
BEFORE AFTER ERP Payroll Spreadsheets Systems that never talked A month of manual work ERP Payroll Sheets CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Rolled up automatically A $250,000 upgrade delayed

Budgeting and Financial Reporting Demos

Try these live financial apps that were built with m-Power.

Financial reporting demo
Live demo

Financial Reporting Portal

A reporting portal with a Profit & Loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow app.

What-if analysis demo
Live demo

What-If Analysis

Using past data, this app shows how different changes would affect various parts of the business.

Year over year analysis demo
Live demo

Year-Over-Year Analysis

Compare current data against a prior period to see how the business is trending.

Financial Data on Your Security Model

Run budgeting on the same security model as the rest of your applications, so each department sees only what it should.

Row-level permissions

Control which departments and users see which numbers.

Role-based access

Decide who can enter, review, and approve per role.

Use your authentication

Integrate with Active Directory, OAuth2, or SAML.

Audit trails

Full logging of every change to the numbers.

Frequently asked questions

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What is m-Power budgeting and forecasting software?

m-Power is the low-code development platform from mrc that builds custom budgeting and forecasting apps over your existing databases. You get a single app your departments share, with budgets, forecasts, and financial reports over your own data, instead of a stack of emailed spreadsheets.

Yes. Department leaders enter and maintain their own budgets, row-level security makes sure each department sees only its own, and everything consolidates into one company view automatically. Finance sees the whole picture.

Yes. Build sales forecasts by salesperson, category, and region alongside the budget, updated quarter by quarter and compared against budget and actuals, so the plan and the forecast live in one place.

Yes. m-Power builds Profit and Loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow reports, and year-over-year comparisons over the same live data, plus what-if analysis for modeling a change before you commit.

Everyone works from the same live data instead of separate files, and every change is logged. There's one current version at all times, and a full history of who changed what.

No. m-Power is a one-time perpetual license with no per-user fees, so you can give every department leader and analyst access without the cost climbing as you add people. See the pricing page for how licensing works.

In your environment. The app runs over your own database, on-prem or in your cloud, next to your financial data. You own the application and your numbers stay in-house.

Any supported relational database, including SQL Server, Oracle, Db2, MySQL, and more, on-prem or in the cloud. It can also pull data from your ERP and other systems into one budgeting view.

The build video creates a budgeting and forecasting portal in about fifteen minutes, and most real apps come together in hours or days. In a demo, we'll build one over your own data.

Both. Your team can build with m-Power's low-code tools after a 5-day training, or our consultants can build it for you or alongside you. 96% of first-time services clients come back for another project.

Last updated: July 2026

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