Budgeting & Spending Insights

Take charge of your finances with our free automatic budget tool and personalised spending insights.

How it works

Staying on top of your money should not take hours of spreadsheets. Beforepay's free budgeting and spending insights tools do the heavy lifting for you, automatically sorting your transactions into categories, updating your budget in real time, and flagging upcoming bills before they land. It is a simple way to see where your money is really going, set limits that work for you, and feel more in control of your day-to-day spending. The tools are free to use in the Beforepay app, just create an account and connect your bank to get started.

See how you spend

Get a birds-eye-view on your spending patterns over time, conveniently pre-arranged in categories, helping you track down where your money is really going.

Track smarter, not harder

Automatic tracking assigns your transactions to relevant categories and updates your budget in real time, so you don’t have to. Simply choose your categories, set your budget, and let the tracker do the rest.

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Proactive bill prediction

We look ahead to spot upcoming or recurring expenses before they hit, helping you plan your payments proactively rather than reactively.

How to get started

The budgeting tool and spending insights can be accessed for free in the Beforepay app. Simply create an account and connect your bank to get started.

Weekly summary
You spent $45 less on dining out this week! 🍔
Upcoming bill
Netflix subscription due in 2 days ($16.99)
Goal reached
You hit your savings goal for June! 🎉
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FAQs

Everything you need to know.

What is the Beforepay Budget Tool?

The Beforepay Budget Tool is a smart, simple finance planner that uses your transactions to categorise and update your budget in real time. We're currently building a better way to budget. Have an idea for how to make a budgeting tool work for you? Have your say in the Beforepay app!

What does the Budget Tool cost?

The Budget Tool is completely free and can be accessed through your Beforepay account. We're currently building a better way to budget. Have an idea for how to make a budgeting tool work for you? Have your say in the Beforepay app!

What are Beforepay Spending Insights?

The Beforepay app provides spending insights through features like the Financial Pulse, giving you a free and simple read of your spending activity based on 90 days of activity in your connected accounts. Financial Pulse has no impact on your eligibility or borrowing.

How do I get started with the Beforepay Budget Tool or Spending Insights?

You'll need to create a Beforepay account and connect at least 1 bank account to use Beforepay's features. This unlocks spending insights features like the Financial Pulse - a simple read of your spending activity based on the last 90 days of activity in your connected accounts. The more bank accounts you connect, the fuller and more accurate view of your money we can detect. Financial Pulse has no impact on your eligibility or borrowing.

We're currently building a better way to budget. Have an idea for how to make a budgeting tool work for you? Have your say in the Beforepay app!

Do I need to connect my bank to use the Budget Tool or Spending Insights?

You need to have at least 1 bank account connected to use Beforepay's spending insights features, like Financial Pulse which provides a simple read of your spending based on the last 90 days of activity in your connected accounts. The more bank accounts you connect, the fuller and more accurate view of your money we can detect. Financial Pulse has no impact on your eligibility or borrowing.

We're currently building a better way to budget. Have an idea for how to make a budgeting tool work for you? Have your say in the Beforepay app!

How does Beforepay predict my bills?

Our previous budgeting tool used to find transactions categorised as bills (such as rent and electricity) and show them in one place. This feature is currently unavailable while we work on building a better way to help you budget. Have an idea for how to make a budgeting tool work for you? Have your say in the Beforepay app!

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