Do I need QuickBooks to use Zensus?

No. You can connect your bank account directly via Plaid, connect QuickBooks, sync your HubSpot subscriptions, or use any combination. No single integration is required to get started.

Can I connect my HubSpot account?

Yes. Zensus syncs your HubSpot subscriptions (including annual and quarterly contracts) so your cash flow projections reflect when revenue actually hits your bank, not just flat monthly estimates.

How long does setup take?

A few minutes. Connect your bank or QuickBooks with one click, and your cash flow forecast is calculated instantly. No manual data entry.

What kind of questions can I ask?

Anything about your finances. Examples: "When will I run out of cash?", "Can I afford to hire two engineers?", "What if we lose our largest annual contract?", "What happens with 5% monthly churn?", "What if we switch a client from monthly to annual billing?"

Can I get notified when I'm running low on cash?

Yes. Zensus watches your 30-day projection and sends a Slack alert when a sync shows it dropping below a threshold you set. Alerts are checked after every sync and once a day. It re-alerts on material change (if the breach moves a week earlier or your projected low drops by 10%, at least $1,000), and you can snooze or adjust your threshold directly from Slack.

How often does my data update?

Bank transactions from Plaid and invoices and subscriptions from HubSpot arrive by webhook when they change. QuickBooks syncs once a day. Every source also refreshes when you open Zensus if its data is more than an hour old, and you can trigger a manual sync at any time. Your cash flow forecast recalculates after each sync.

Is my financial data secure?

Yes. Integration tokens are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before storage, and all stored data is encrypted at rest on AWS. Your bank and QuickBooks credentials are never stored on our servers; they stay with Plaid and Intuit. Every request is tied to your signed-in user, and your data is filtered by that user.

You do. One named Zensus admin can also open a one-hour support session on an account, which needs a second factor and a written reason, and is logged. Your financial data is never sold or used to train AI models, and every account is separate.

How does pricing work?

Zensus Pro is $199 a month, billed monthly, cancel anytime. It includes every integration (Plaid, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Slack), real-time cash flow, scenario modeling, and alerts. Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial. Your card is collected up front but not charged until the trial ends. Cancel anytime before then at no cost. Annual billing is not available yet. Teams that need a tailored setup, custom integrations, or dedicated onboarding can talk to us about Zensus Custom.

See every week of cash before it happens.

Zensus is cash flow forecasting software that connects your bank, QuickBooks, and HubSpot to project the month your cash runs out.

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Works with

HubSpot Slack

Encrypted, US-hostedAES-256-GCM tokens · TLS in transit

Customer story

Hear it from a customer.

Jameson Pitts, CEO, Sangfroid! StudiosThe feature he mentions: HubSpot integrationHow the HubSpot integration works →

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“One of my favorite features of Zensus is the HubSpot integration. Zensus automatically synced with HubSpot. It was plugged directly in,”

The problem

The balance tells you today. Every decision is about week six.

Whether you run the company or advise it, the cash flow forecast still comes from exports and a spreadsheet that's out of date by Friday.

Which sounds like your week?

1 of 4 explored

39%

of small business owners say one late payment made it hard to cover payroll or bills in the past year.

A balance is a number. The question is a date, and it moves every time a customer pays late.

Find your zero-cash date QuickBooks Late Payments Report 2026 ↗

61%

of FP&A professionals say lack of data reliability is their main hurdle.

Bank, ledger and CRM CSVs go stale the day they download, and someone has to paste them back together.

Excel vs automated forecasting tools AFP FP&A Benchmarking Survey 2025 ↗

96%

of FP&A professionals still use spreadsheets for planning.

Testing it means copying the model and editing every row the decision touches, before the call ends.

Test a hire in the runway calculator AFP Benchmarks for Financial Professionals 2025 ↗

52%

of finance leaders say revenue forecasts miss actuals by more than 6%.

Flat monthly estimates hide the quarter when a renewal lands three weeks late.

Why ARR and cash disagree Vena FP&A Impact Report 2026 ↗

The cash flow product

From the macro view to the day it hits.

Example weekly projected cash balance, week of Nov 3 to week of Jan 26
Week of	Projected balance
Nov 3	$318,400
Nov 10	$296,200
Nov 17	$305,100
Nov 24	$282,300
Dec 1	$268,900
Dec 8	$290,400
Dec 15	$271,600
Dec 22	$248,100
Dec 29	$412,300
Jan 5	$398,700
Jan 12	$296,500
Jan 19	$284,200
Jan 26	$301,000

When does the annual contract actually land?
Zensus reads billing terms from QuickBooks and HubSpot, so a $164,200 annual invoice shows up in the week it hits your bank, not as twelve equal slices.
Why annual contracts and cash disagree →
Where did this number come from?
Open any week to see every transaction behind it, which system it came from and what changed since last week. Your accountant can check it without asking you.
How the QuickBooks integration works →
Can we afford the December hire?
Type the decision in plain words. Zensus adds it as a scenario and shows every week's balance next to your current plan.
Test a hire in the runway calculator →
Tell me before cash drops below $250K.
Set a floor once. If any future week dips under it, Zensus posts to Slack with the date, the amount and the cause.
How Slack alerts work →

Everything stays in sync.

Your sources stream through Zensus so the forecast never goes stale.

How Zensus compares.

Against the tools businesses actually shortlist for cash flow forecasting.

Capability	Zensus	Float	Cash Flow Frog	Forecastr
Live bank feed (Plaid)	Yes	No ^‡	Yes	Not found ^*
QuickBooks sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
HubSpot pipeline in the forecast	Yes · HubSpot	Not found ^*	No ^‡	Yes, with a caveat ^§
Scenario planning in plain English	Yes	Not found ^*	Yes, with a caveat ^†	Yes, with a caveat ^§
Low-cash alerts in Slack	Yes	Not found ^*	Not found ^*	Not found ^*

* Not found on the vendor's public pages as of September 2026.

† Through an external AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini), not built in.

‡ Stated on the vendor's own pages: Float does not connect directly to banks (bank data arrives through the accounting platform), and Cash Flow Frog has no CRM connection (deals can arrive through Zapier).

§ Forecastr lists CRM integrations on its $10,000/year Growth plan, and a built-in AI chatbot whose scope its public pages do not describe.

Based on publicly available vendor pages, September 2026. Float, Cash Flow Frog, and Forecastr are trademarks of their respective owners; Zensus is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Zensus vs Float →Zensus vs Cash Flow Frog →Zensus vs Pulse →Float alternatives →

How it works

From sign-up to a live cash flow forecast in a few minutes.

Step 1 of 3
Connect your data
Sign in to your bank, QuickBooks and HubSpot. All three if you want. No uploads.
Connect your sourcesTap to try
Bank accounts
Accounting
HubSpotCRM pipeline
Encrypted, US-hosted · AES-256-GCM tokens · TLS in transit
Step 2 of 3
Watch the projection move
A 13-week projection that redraws itself as invoices post and payroll clears.
Step 3 of 3
Set your alert threshold
Slack pings you the moment your projection crosses the line.
Alert threshold · drag to try$250,000
Alert set. Slack #finance when projected cash drops below $250,000.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about Zensus.

9 questions

No. You can connect your bank account directly via Plaid, connect QuickBooks, sync your HubSpot subscriptions, or use any combination. No single integration is required to get started.
Yes. Zensus syncs your HubSpot subscriptions (including annual and quarterly contracts) so your cash flow projections reflect when revenue actually hits your bank, not just flat monthly estimates.
A few minutes. Connect your bank or QuickBooks with one click, and your cash flow forecast is calculated instantly. No manual data entry.
Anything about your finances. Examples: "When will I run out of cash?", "Can I afford to hire two engineers?", "What if we lose our largest annual contract?", "What happens with 5% monthly churn?", "What if we switch a client from monthly to annual billing?"
Yes. Zensus watches your 30-day projection and sends a Slack alert when a sync shows it dropping below a threshold you set. Alerts are checked after every sync and once a day. It re-alerts on material change (if the breach moves a week earlier or your projected low drops by 10%, at least $1,000), and you can snooze or adjust your threshold directly from Slack.
Bank transactions from Plaid and invoices and subscriptions from HubSpot arrive by webhook when they change. QuickBooks syncs once a day. Every source also refreshes when you open Zensus if its data is more than an hour old, and you can trigger a manual sync at any time. Your cash flow forecast recalculates after each sync.
Yes. Integration tokens are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before storage, and all stored data is encrypted at rest on AWS. Your bank and QuickBooks credentials are never stored on our servers; they stay with Plaid and Intuit. Every request is tied to your signed-in user, and your data is filtered by that user.
You do. One named Zensus admin can also open a one-hour support session on an account, which needs a second factor and a written reason, and is logged. Your financial data is never sold or used to train AI models, and every account is separate.
Zensus Pro is $199 a month, billed monthly, cancel anytime. It includes every integration (Plaid, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Slack), real-time cash flow, scenario modeling, and alerts. Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial. Your card is collected up front but not charged until the trial ends. Cancel anytime before then at no cost. Annual billing is not available yet. Teams that need a tailored setup, custom integrations, or dedicated onboarding can talk to us about Zensus Custom.

Guides and free tools.

Work it out yourself first. No signup needed.

Free tools

Startup runway calculatorYour zero-cash date, and what a hire does to it.
2027 and 2026 payroll calendarEvery pay date by frequency, period start and end, 26 or 27 pay periods.
13-week cash flow forecast templateFree Excel template, and a builder to see your 13 weeks first.

Guides

Who uses ZensusAnnual contracts, seasonal income, late-paying clients: what it solves.
What is cash flow forecasting?The methods, and where forecasts usually go wrong.
What is a 13-week cash flow forecast?The rolling weekly model, with a free template.
Zero cash dateWhy a weekly forecast finds it and a monthly average hides it.
Runway vs burn rateHow many months you have, and how much runway to raise for.
Will I make payroll?How to know weeks in advance, one pay date at a time.
Which months have 3 paychecks in 2027?The months for each Friday schedule, and the extra payroll cash.
Cash flow forecasting for agenciesClients pay late, payroll never does: forecast the gap weekly.
Can QuickBooks forecast cash flow?Its 13-week forecast, how to set it up, and its limits.
QuickBooks Online cash flow forecastingWhat Zensus adds on top of QuickBooks Online, week by week.
Forecast cash from HubSpot invoicesWhy HubSpot revenue is not cash yet, and how to time when it lands.

Read all the guides

Stop rebuilding that spreadsheet every Monday.

Connect your data in a few minutes. If you would rather see it first, we will walk you through it on a call.

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Zensus Pro is $199 a month after a 14-day free trial. See pricing

See every week of cash before it happens.

Hear it from a customer.

The balance tells you today. Every decision is about week six.

When does the cash run out?

The forecast is only as current as the last export

"Can we afford the hire?"

Annual contracts don't arrive monthly

From the macro view to the day it hits.

When does the annual contract actually land?

Where did this number come from?

Can we afford the December hire?

Tell me before cash drops below $250K.