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Budget

Track spending with Wants vs Needs framework

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Budget Performance

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Total Spent
Commitments
Needs
Wants

Spending Pace

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Spending Mix

Focus Categories

categories

Areas of Concern

Positive Trends

Insights generated:

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Classify Your Spending

Drag categories between columns to classify them as Needs, Wants, or Excluded

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COMMITMENTS

Fixed costs

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NEEDS

Essential spending

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WANTS

Lifestyle choices

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EXCLUDED

Not tracked in budget

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Commitment (fixed)
Need (essential)
Want (lifestyle)
Excluded

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Group classification:

Override specific categories to classify them differently from the group default.

Category Detail Classification

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Budget Summary

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Focus Categories
Targets Set
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Baselines
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Budget Mix

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Fixed
Needs
Wants
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Classify categories first

Setting targets works best after you've classified your categories as Wants or Needs. Switch to the to get started.

Calculate Your Baselines

We'll analyze your transaction history to suggest realistic spending targets for each category. This helps you set achievable budgets based on your actual spending patterns.

COMMITMENTS categories focus Fixed costs

Focus Categories
Other Categories

NEEDS categories focus

Focus Categories
Other Categories

WANTS categories focus

Focus Categories
Other Categories
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AI-powered budget review

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AI Features Disabled Globally

AI features are currently disabled in your global settings. The toggles below will only take effect when global AI Insights is enabled.

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Persona & Style

How the budget system works for you

Determines how budgets are calculated and displayed

Soft targets provide guidance without hard limits

Monthly Envelope

Optional overall spending ceiling

$

Leave empty if you don't want an overall limit

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AI Features

Control AI-powered budget insights and suggestions

Global AI:
AI Classification
Suggest Wants/Needs for new categories
AI Baseline Suggestions
Suggest targets based on history
AI Variance Explanations
Explain why you're over/under budget
AI Coaching
Proactive tips and optimization suggestions
AI features use LLM API calls which may incur costs. Disable features you don't need.

Display Preferences

Customize dashboard appearance

Pacing Indicator
Show "trending over/under" status
Grand Total
Show combined Wants + Needs total
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