LivePlan is AI-assisted business plan software that guides founders from idea to bank-ready plan with financial forecasts and pitch decks.
LivePlan has helped over a million entrepreneurs build business plans, and its AI features now draft plan text, suggest sections and check your plan against strong examples. The platform walks users through a step-by-step plan format (including the lean one-page plan), then layers in financial forecasting: drag-and-drop spreadsheets, automatic charts, and scenario planning to test pricing or cost changes. Built-in pitch deck templates sync with the plan’s numbers, and lender-ready formatting satisfies SBA and bank expectations. Performance dashboards compare actuals to forecast once the business is running.
Founders typically draft the narrative sections with AI suggestions, then build financials by adjusting assumptions — pricing, customer counts, hiring — and watching projections update instantly. Scenario testing answers investor questions on the spot: what if growth halves, what if costs rise 20%? The pitch deck syncs with plan numbers so figures never drift between documents, and once operating, the performance dashboard compares actuals against the forecast to keep plans honest.
LivePlan offers a free trial, then subscriptions billed monthly or annually (typically around $15–30/month depending on plan and billing cycle), with all core planning features included in paid tiers.
It is built for small-business founders, consultants and aspiring entrepreneurs who need credible plans for funding, loans or internal strategy without hiring an MBA.
A bakery owner drafts a plan using guided sections, builds financial projections from simple assumptions, and tests scenarios for ingredient cost spikes before meeting lenders. The pitch deck pulls numbers directly from the plan, so documents never disagree, and once trading, monthly actuals compare against forecast to keep the business honest.
A free trial is available; ongoing access requires a paid subscription.
LivePlan is a self-serve planning product and does not offer a public API.
Compared with Upmetrics or Bizplan, LivePlan is often praised for financial forecasting depth and lender-friendly output; AI idea generators like Vizologi focus more on strategy ideation than numbers.
Yes — LivePlan exports polished plans to Word and PDF in lender- and investor-ready formatting, and pitch decks export to presentation formats.