Changelog

ZAF Tools ships updates every 4–8 weeks. This page lists what changed in each release: new FDD workflows, AI modules, template library additions, and fixes. If you're deciding whether ZAF Tools is actively developed, or whether a feature you need has shipped yet, this is the page to check.

Two kinds of releases show up here. Feature releases add a new workflow or module — the move from manual EBITDA bridge building to Run Full FDD across five statements is the kind of change that shows up as a major version bump (5.0.0, July 2026). Maintenance releases add smaller things inside an existing workflow — a new export format, a template library addition, a fix to a mapping edge case — and land as minor versions.

Every release is installed automatically for existing users through the code-signed auto-update flow; there's nothing to download by hand. If you're on an older version and a workflow described on a feature page doesn't match what you see in Excel, check the version number against this page — it's usually a sign an update is pending or blocked by IT policy.

The releases below are grouped from newest to oldest. Each line is a shipped, user-facing change — not every internal fix is listed.

• Financial dashboard with rule-based deal health scorecard and action centre
• Partner Commentary: enriched commentary using management explanations
• Group Consolidation across entity trial balances
• Export to PowerPoint: table, commentary or both, multi-sheet
• Data Masking configuration before AI calls
• Update TB: add a later period without rebuilding

• Managed AI backend replaces bring-your-own-key
• Run Full FDD: P&L, BS, NWC, net debt and cash flow from a mapped TB
• Trial balance translation and AI mapping
• Doc Triage and Deal Documents for CIMs and transcripts
• Management Questions with MQ log
• Sector Data Book and Deal Brief

• EBITDA Bridge with waterfall chart and P&L cross-check
• Databook Builder
• Export to Word
• Remote prompt library
• Code-signed installer and auto-update flow

What's next

The roadmap is driven by what deal teams ask for during live demos, not a fixed release calendar. Recent releases — Group Consolidation, the deal health scorecard, Partner Commentary — all started as a specific request from a boutique or PE deal team running a real engagement. If there's a workflow your team rebuilds by hand every deal and doesn't see here, book a demo and it becomes an input to the next release, not just a feature request in a queue.

How releases reach you

The ZAF Tools installer is code-signed and updates automatically — most users are on the latest version within a few days of release, subject to their firm's IT update policy. Enterprise deployments on a locked-down image can pin to a specific version; talk to us before upgrading a firm-wide install mid-engagement.

See also: what ZAF Tools does today, or how the pricing works if a release above has moved something from Enterprise to a lower plan.