An Automated Tool for Key Driver Analysis across Finance, Marketing, Big Data and More
WaterfallBridge is a professional desktop software tool designed to help business analysts, financial professionals, and data analysts perform complex variance analysis efficiently and accurately.
The software automates the creation of Bridge charts and Contribution Analysis, allowing you to identify key drivers behind changes in your business metrics - whether it's revenue, profit margin, sales volume, or any other KPI you track.
Common Business Scenario:
"Our profit margin decreased by 7 percentage points this quarter. I need to understand which specific products, regions, and factors (price changes, cost increases, volume shifts) contributed to this decline, and by how much."
WaterfallBridge solves this in minutes - what traditionally takes hours or days of manual Excel work with potential calculation errors.
Automatically decompose complex variance into individual contributing factors. Generate professional waterfall charts showing exactly how changes in different variables impact your final results.
Identify which specific items (products, customers, regions) contribute most to overall changes. Pinpoint exactly where problems or opportunities exist in your business.
Every calculation is fully transparent and traceable. View the step-by-step logic in the Process worksheet. No "black box" AI - pure mathematical precision you can verify.
Your data never leaves your computer. All analysis runs locally in Excel with zero network communication. Perfect for sensitive enterprise data and compliance requirements.
Analyze by product, region, time period, channel, team, or any dimension in your data. Switch between different comparison scenarios (vs. last year, vs. budget, etc.) instantly.
Complete complex analysis that traditionally takes days in just minutes. Spend less time on calculations and more time on strategic decision-making.
Import your business data into the structured Data worksheet. The tool supports various data types including dimensions (regions, products), measures (revenue, costs), and calculated fields (margins, ratios).
Define your analysis dimension (which granularity to analyze - products, customers, etc.), select baseline and comparison data sets (this year vs. last year, actual vs. budget, etc.).
Click "New Bridge" to generate the analysis framework, then "Refresh Bridge" to create your Bridge chart and Contribution Analysis. The tool automatically calculates how each factor contributes to the overall variance.
Review the generated Bridge chart and Contribution Analysis table. Identify which specific items and factors are driving changes. Use these insights to make data-driven business decisions.
Desktop software application delivered as Excel Add-in (.xlam file)
Microsoft Excel 2016 or higher (Microsoft 365 recommended for best performance)
Digital download - Upon subscription, you receive immediate access to download the add-in file and installation instructions. The add-in is installed locally on your computer and runs entirely within Excel.
Annual subscription per user. Each subscription grants one user the right to install and use WaterfallBridge on their devices for data analysis purposes.
Active subscribers receive all software updates and priority email support. Updates include bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features.
Revenue variance analysis, margin decomposition, budget vs. actual analysis
Performance reporting, KPI tracking, management reporting
Campaign performance analysis, channel attribution, ROI decomposition
Sales variance by product/store, pricing impact analysis, promotional effectiveness
Cost variance analysis, efficiency metrics, production volume analysis
Client reporting, business diagnostics, strategic analysis
Join business professionals who are saving hours on variance analysis and making better data-driven decisions.