AI-Powered LivePlan Assistant
AI business planning you can check
Drafts that are grounded in your actual business. Numbers in a model that holds together. Research sources you can follow.
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A plan that looks right isn't a plan that is right
- Market sizes with no source you can follow
- A P&L where the numbers aren't connected
- Assumptions that reset every conversation
LivePlan is AI business planning that shows its work
Import reference files
Start with what you already have, not from scratch
Import your scattered notes, spreadsheets, research, or early drafts into LivePlan.
As you create each section of your plan, LivePlan learns as you go and references your files to provide relevant suggestions and data, helping you turn your existing work into a complete, professional plan.
Risk Identification
Find the weak spots before you invest
LivePlan scores every aspect of your business idea based on real research from forums, reviews, and customer discussions. You'll see exactly which parts of your business are solid and which need work.
Help Me Write
Get the right words for every plan section
Stop wasting time staring at a blank page or finessing a prompt with AI that doesn't understand business planning.
LivePlan Assistant generates content for each section of your business plan, understanding how your market analysis should connect to your marketing strategy, and how your financial assumptions should align with the rest of your plan.
“I'm BLOWN AWAY by the AI "LivePlan Assistant". It has learned my business in lightning speed and is taking a ton off my plate! [...] WOW!”
Katie D.
Help Me Forecast
Forecast faster than ever
LivePlan Assistant suggests revenue streams and expenses specific to your industry, then Help Me Forecast builds them out through conversation. Behind the chat is a real financial model that stays consistent no matter how many chats you have, so unlike ChatGPT, you never have to double-check the math. Prefer to enter the numbers yourself? You can do that too.
Market Research
Know your market. Skip the overwhelm.
Stop spending days on browser tabs or thousands on consultants.
LivePlan generates comprehensive market research specific to your business: market size and opportunity, competitive landscape, customer profiles, and industry benchmarks. Validate your idea and market, impress investors, and plan with confidence.
“LivePlan helped me create a detailed and well structured business plan which I can use as a pitch to investors. I particularly love the market research function, it was very helpful.”
Ade & Grace
Monthly Financial Review
Find out what changed and why
Each month, the monthly financial review reads your actuals against your budget and explains what moved, what's working, and what to fix next. Your bookkeeper tells you what happened last month. This tells you what it means for the next one.
Rewrite
Instantly improve your writing
You want to feel confident that your plan is the best it can be — especially if you're sharing it with lenders or investors. Automatically improve your writing, adjusting for voice, tone, spelling and grammar for your business plan with the LivePlan AI-powered Assistant's Rewrite feature.
“This thing is AMAZING! The [AI] Auto-Rewrite is the best thing ever. I'm an accountant and work with numbers. I've never been great at writing! I love LivePlan! Super simple.”
Lisa C.
How We're Different
More than just AI business plan software
LivePlan is a planning system, not a document generator. Build the budget, test the decision against it, then check every month whether the business did what you said it would.
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Inspiration powered by AI
Instantly generate ideas at each step of your plan. You can also access 550+ sample plans to find one that matches your industry.
Guidance from business experts
Stay on track with video walk-throughs, webinars, and more from business planning experts.
If you ever get stuck, our team will help
If you ever have a question, you can instantly chat with a LivePlan expert.
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Frequently asked questions
Generic AI gives you a plan-shaped document — but you can't tell if the numbers add up or if the "facts" are real. LivePlan Assistant is built specifically for business planning: it grounds every suggestion in your actual business and a proven planning framework, so you end up with a plan you can defend, not just one that looks finished.
No. LivePlan Assistant builds on the reference files and details you provide, and its market research pulls from real, citable sources specific to your industry and location. Your forecast is a working three-statement financial model with real accounting logic — change one assumption and it flows through your entire forecast, the way a lender expects.
It works across your whole plan: generate first-draft content for any section with Help Me Write, suggest revenue streams and expense categories for your industry, produce market research customized to your business, polish your writing with Rewrite, and turn your monthly numbers into plain-language insights with Monthly Review. It can also help you build a professional pitch deck with the LivePlan Pitch Deck Creator.
LivePlan Assistant gives you a strong starting point — ideas, structure, and drafts — but you stay in the driver's seat. Reviewing and refining the plan yourself is what makes it genuinely yours, and it's what lets you confidently answer questions from a lender or investor.
Market research draws from dozens of real data sources and professional industry benchmarks, customized to your market and geography — not figures pulled from a single web search. You can review the sources behind the research as you build your plan.
LivePlan Assistant is included with both the Standard and Premium plans, at no extra cost. Some AI features are reserved for specific tiers — for example, Market Research and Monthly Review are available only on the Premium plan.
You'll find it throughout LivePlan: "Help Me Write" and "Rewrite" appear in both the Plan and the Pitch, and "Suggested Forecast Categories" appears in the Forecast. If you don't see it, make sure AI features are turned on in your "Manage Account" settings.
Yes. AI features are on by default, but they're entirely optional — you can opt in or out anytime under "Manage Account" in your account settings. You're always free to build your plan from scratch.