Clarivate — Forecast

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Description

Forecast is Clarivate’s IP budgeting tool, connected to its management software and an organization’s spending data. It supports scenarios, comparisons between actual and forecast expenditure, and predictions informed by cost histories. It is a commercial offering with unpublished pricing.

Strengths

• Budget views by portfolio, family, IP right, vendor or business unit.
• Actual-versus-forecast comparisons and decision scenarios.
• Integration with IP management and financial systems, using historical cost data.

Limitations

• The solution targets a connected portfolio and requires suitable data and setup.
• Pricing is on request; the described offering is an enterprise budgeting tool rather than a public filing calculator.