Business Plan Pro Academic Edition

The world's most popular business plan software is available in a special low-priced edition for student and academic use. See how it compares to the full retail product.

Business Plan Pro Editions Academic Retail
Number of sample business plans Only 68 500+
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Price: $49.95 $99.95

Business plan software for
educational use

Business Plan Pro Academic Edition is the most popular business plan software in academia, used and respected at thousands of colleges and universities around the world. It allows instructors to focus on teaching business planning and students to focus on writing their business plans.

Textbook integration

Prentice HallPrentice Hall bundles Business Plan Pro with several of its top textbooks on entrepreneurship and management, including:

  • Barringer, Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures (2nd Edition)
  • Barringer, Preparing Effective Business Plans: An Entrepreneurial Approach (1st Edition)
  • Scarborough, Zimmerer, and Wilson, Effective Small Business Management (9th Edition)
  • Robbins and Coulter, Management (9th Edition)
  • Wheelen and Hunger, Strategic Management and Business Policy (11th Edition)

60+ sample plans included

Get inspired with examples of complete business plans. Each sample plan can be edited directly in Business Plan Pro and used to jump-start your own plan. Instructors can easily manage student plans with the streamlined sample plans included in the Academic Edition.

Get qualified for academic buying

To get the academic edition at its special low price, students just need a valid .edu email address or a fax of their academic identification.

Order the academic edition now

Why choose Business Plan Pro?

The academic edition of our business plan software makes it easy to teach and learn business planning.

  • Easy step-by-step process
  • 68 sample plans for guidance
  • Complete, integrated financials
  • Real-world forecasting tools

Standard and Premier features

The academic product is available in Standard and Premier Editions. Standard provides all the basics to create a business plan. Premier adds Excel imports, plan vs. actual tracking, business valuation tools, and more.

Compare Editions Standard Premier
60+ sample business plans X X
Industry research data X X
Business planning e-book X X
Import from QuickBooks X X
Import from Excel   X
Business valuation analysis   X
Cash flow planning tools   X
Plan vs. actual financial tools   X
Management dashboard   X

Get qualified for academic buying

To get the academic edition at its special low price, students just need a valid .edu email address or a fax of their academic identification.

Order the academic edition now