Campfire, the modern ERP platform built for growing finance teams, today announced the launch of Forecast, an AI-powered capability that answers one of the most common mid-month questions in finance: where will this month land.
Today, that question is typically answered with a spreadsheet and a gut check, or with a planning tool that reads from an ERP export or trial balance and has to model the entire month from scratch. Campfire Forecast answers it from the ledger itself, on any day of the month, and updates as the month fills in.
Forecast is built on three layers of a single income statement. Actuals are the transactions that have already posted to the general ledger. Committed is everything already scheduled in Campfire's revenue, prepaid, fixed asset, and lease subledgers, shown as if it had already posted; these are known dollars, not projections, and each one traces back to a specific contract, bill, asset, or lease already in the system. Estimated is Ember's projection for the remaining, unknown portion of the month, based on the company's own historical trends and seasonality, starting from the committed layer as its floor.
Finance teams can click into any number in the forecast to see the posted, committed, and estimated split behind it, along with a one-sentence explanation of what Ember assumed. Teams can also shape the estimate directly by typing a note, attaching a document such as a headcount plan, or connecting a source like a CRM or HRIS through Campfire's MCP integration; Ember re-estimates accordingly. Nothing in Forecast posts to the general ledger automatically. Estimates are advisory, and finance teams continue to review and post at close as they do today.
"Three views of Actuals, Committed & Estimates built from our GL, Subledgers and AI insights gives exactly the breakdowns we need. This is a forecast tailor made for accounting and finance teams to see how their numbers are shaping up mid month in a transparent, useful way," said Zach Doyle, CPA, Senior Manager, Accounting at Advisor360°.
Forecast is available now at campfire.ai/forecast and is rolling out to existing Campfire customers starting September 21; it will be included as part of implementation for new customers.
Campfire is a modern ERP platform built to help finance and accounting teams manage their financial operations with greater speed, automation, and visibility. The platform brings core accounting workflows together in a flexible system designed for growing companies.
