Causal 2.0
Web and SaaS
financial planning software
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
23 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 49 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 6 for, 0 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 4 for, 2 againstDocs: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Product video praised as excellent
From 1 comment
One thing I have to really congratulate you on is your product video. I honestly think it's one of the best I've seen for any software. It showcases the functionality, displays…
bryanmgreen on HN
Monte Carlo simulation support is appealing
From 2 comments
That's amazing
habitue on HNThis alone makes me want to try Causal. I run my business with a gargantuan Google Sheet. It works - we nail our numbers. But scenario testing is very hard.
ttul on HN
Multidimensional modelling seen as a better approach than Excel
From 2 comments
Great question! Quite often in financial models, you're dealing with "dimensions" (e.g. your revenue is broken down by product, geography, and time). To model this in Excel you…
Lukas1994 on HNIMO this still doesn't change the fact that Excel is a 2D grid. Dealing with multi-dimensional data will always be tricky in that paradigm. Also, you'll still have cell…
Lukas1994 on HN
Objections
Pricing jump to $250/mo is too expensive
From 1 comment
Very excited by this and congratulations. I've been an avid causal user on the free plan at the early-stage startup I work for, and used it at my startup before that. It's been…
parkaboy on HN
UI looks copied from Runway and Linear
From 2 comments
Seriously, don't you think Runway is copying your product exactly?
I_am_tiberius on HNFirst thing I noticed is that the UI looks exactly like Linear. Have seen more companies copy the same UI but not sure if it was actually Linear that started it.
jtwaleson on HN
Does not work in Firefox for some users
From 2 comments
WOW! congrats! it's been ages I didn't see anyone actually manage to make a website that doesn't work with the non-dominant browser! I cannot even login using firefox.
1oooqooq on HNi registered before ok. now i can only see the alert on top to use chrome. no other content.
1oooqooq on HN
Data confidentiality and security concerns for sensitive financials
From 1 comment
Looks great, but I have my reservations about confidentiality of the data. The financial model, expenses, hiring/ salary plan and basically all thin ledger financials of most…
gillesjacobs on HN
Requests
Python in Excel support on macOS
From 1 comment
> looking for new problems that Python in Excel could solve You could solve releasing Python in Excel for MacOS.
Terretta on HN
Live data integrations with billing, expense and bank tools such as Ramp or SimpleFin
From 3 comments
Congrats, Causal! I'm a fan and excited to see the 2.0 launch. A big part of our financial planning comes from manual syncing data from the tools we use for billing, expenses,…
seels on HNWe’ve done some marketing partnerships with Ramp before, would be great to eventually get that data live in Causal!
refrigerator on HNOr plug in a feed from SimpleFin?
djbusby on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Excel formulas and SUM over cells
From 1 comment
I am curious about your comment on 100-1000x fewer formulas. Is there a simpler example you can show how your product will do it relative to Excel? When I read your comment, I…
sksk on HN
Where the name comes from
From 1 comment
Couple questions: 1. Where does the name come from? 2. I’ve seen a lot of startups with the business model of serving other startups. These remind me a lot of derivatives in the…
slinkypinky on HN
Whether it works for personal financial planning
From 1 comment
Understand this is targetted at financial planning for startups/SMBs, but I'm curious as to if it could be adapted to work for personal financial planning (retirement wealth…
jgorn on HN
Alternatives named
Excel and Google Sheets
From 2 comments
For your use case, what if you could use Python in Excel with pandas, numpy and the Anaconda ecosystem readily available? How would that change things? Disclosure: I was a…
localhost on HNThis alone makes me want to try Causal. I run my business with a gargantuan Google Sheet. It works - we nail our numbers. But scenario testing is very hard.
ttul on HN
Pigment
From 1 comment
If you're looking for something more enterprise focused then https://www.pigment.com/ might be a good fit
ig1 on HN
Rows, Equals, Rowzero spreadsheet startups
From 1 comment
I've been following Taimur's work for many years and it's neat to see Causal evolve their messaging. Overall, it's cool to see lots of startups creating the next generation of…
skadamat on HN
Maybe personal finance app
From 1 comment
This reminds me a lot of calculators I use for FIRE, ie the ones shown here [0]. Perhaps I should try Causal for personal use as well as for business use. I've also seen Maybe…
satvikpendem on HN