How RunwayWatch works
Connect QuickBooks once and your runway stays current — automatically.
Connect QuickBooks
Authorize read-only access in seconds. RunwayWatch syncs your bank and cash account balances plus operating cash flow from your Statement of Cash Flows.
RunwayWatch computes your numbers
We calculate net monthly burn from your trailing operating cash flow, subtract it from your current cash balance, and project the exact cash-zero date.
Stay ahead with live runway
See your runway and burn rate on your dashboard, set threshold and burn-spike alerts, and model scenarios — no spreadsheet required.
What we measure
Cash balance
RunwayWatch sums your bank and cash accounts from the latest QuickBooks Balance Sheet. This is the numerator in the runway calculation.
Operating cash flow & burn
We pull your Statement of Cash Flows and average the operating cash flow over your configured trailing window (default 3 months). Negative operating cash flow = net burn.
Gross burn
Total cash spent on operations before any inflows. Useful for understanding your true cost structure independent of revenue.
Runway projection
Runway (months) = cash balance ÷ net monthly burn. The cash-zero date is today + that many months, shown as a calendar date.
Scenario modeling
Adjust three levers in real time and immediately see the updated runway and cash-zero date:
- Cut spend % — reduce gross burn by a percentage to model hiring freezes or cost-cutting.
- Add revenue — inject a monthly revenue figure to simulate a new contract or pricing change.
- Raise capital — add a one-time cash injection to model a funding round or bridge loan.
Secure & read-only
We connect via Intuit OAuth 2.0 and request read-only access. Tokens are encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM), every customer is isolated by row-level security, and we never write to your books or sell your data.