SpreadSpace vs FlashSpread

Start with a reusable spread, then work through the financial evidence before the memo is finished. SpreadSpace combines detailed extraction, highlighted source lines, tax-to-book and cash-flow derivations, configurable credit policy and custom financial exhibits in the lender’s working analysis.

An extracted figure opens its supporting document with the printed line boxed.

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Three reasons to choose SpreadSpace

Reuse the team’s analysis

Save an analysis layout as a reusable template for later loans. Reapply the selected visuals and arrangement to the new loan's data while keeping loan-specific comments and source links with the original review. Build custom graphs, ratios and aggregate statistics from searchable financial lines. Choose the operands and coefficients, compare results across periods and inspect the source rows behind the calculation.

Inspect the financial derivations

Click a source-backed figure to open the document at its highlighted region. Expand a derived figure into the contributing rows and follow those rows back to their sources. Derive operating, investing and financing cash flows from the return's income, Schedule L changes and supporting detail. Compare the calculated change in cash with the return's reported change and inspect the contributing rows.

Control adjustments and outputs

Set institution-wide adjustment policies for tax-basis EBITDA, book-basis EBITDA, rental NOI and Schedule C. Apply full, partial or excluded treatment to supported expense concepts, reuse book-basis policy on company financials and make loan-specific exceptions. Finalize the spread to save versioned financial attributes and ratios with separate tax-return, book-basis and company-reported figures. Retrieve configured DSCR, custom ratio results and analyst adjustments through the API, alongside a documents-only comparison and source document IDs.

Documented FlashSpread capabilities

FlashSpread produces financial spreads, entity and individual cash flow, and global analysis from tax returns. FlashSpread product workflow

It offers an embeddable interface and API, plus Excel and JSON exports and status webhooks. FlashSpread product workflow

Sources checked September 22, 2026.

Example: take a tax spread into a memo

Example review using a fictional loan.

An analyst is reviewing a business return before writing the credit memo. A proposed earnings adjustment needs a source check and an explicit explanation.

Documents for the review

  • Business tax return and supporting schedules
  • Guarantor return where relevant
  • Analyst’s proposed earnings adjustment
  • Lender’s credit memo template
  1. Check the reported figure

    Open the available source link from the spread and inspect the relevant return line or supporting statement. Keep the reported amount distinct from the adjustment being considered.

  2. Review the earnings basis

    Select the earnings basis and review the adjustments that belong in that analysis. Add the analyst’s write-in where needed rather than changing the reported return figure.

  3. Use the reviewed analysis in the memo

    Place the selected analysis in the lender’s memo template, with the supporting figures and source context available for the next reviewer.

The memo reflects a reviewed earnings analysis with an identifiable reported amount, adjustment and supporting document.

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Why SpreadSpace is the stronger choice

Choose SpreadSpace when completing the spread is the start of a detailed credit review. Analysts inspect supporting return lines, select the earnings basis and record adjustments before placing the analysis in the lender’s memo. FlashSpread offers automated spreading, global analysis and embedded delivery; SpreadSpace brings document review, editable analysis and source-linked exhibits together around the analyst’s work product.

Choose SpreadSpace when

  • Your analysts need to check the document source behind a spread figure.
  • Your review needs an explicit earnings basis and identifiable analyst adjustments.
  • Your team reviews tax returns with business and personal financial information.
  • Your credit memo uses a reusable lender template with selected analysis and supporting source context.

How the workflows compare

  • FlashSpread converts tax returns into financial spreads and cash-flow analysis for businesses and individuals.
  • Its embedded interface, API and exports support delivery into a lender’s workflow.
  • SpreadSpace connects the reported amount, analyst adjustment and source-linked memo exhibit through an editable financial review.

Compare SpreadSpace and FlashSpread

SpreadSpace and FlashSpread, feature by feature
FeatureSpreadSpaceFlashSpread
Financial spreading
Tax-return spreading

Extract Forms 1040, 1065, 1120 and 1120-S with supporting schedules and statements. Work with return lines, Schedule K-1 detail, depreciation and loss carryovers in the same financial review.

Automated tax-return spreading.FlashSpread product workflow
Financial statements

Analyze company balance sheets, income statements and cash-flow statements by reporting period. Compare annual or monthly results with liquidity, leverage and margin calculations alongside the tax-return analysis.

Produces balance sheets and income statements from returns.FlashSpread product workflow
Rental property detail

Build property-level schedules from Form 8825 and Schedule E with income, itemized expenses and depreciation across years. Follow source lines and calculate NOI and adjusted NOI for the selected properties.

Not verified
Standardized statement categories

Organize company statements into consistent financial categories, with current and noncurrent assets, liabilities and equity kept distinct. Expand grouped totals into their underlying reported lines, with readable labels and the source detail retained.

Not verified
Source and adjustments
Document source review

Click a source-backed figure to open the document at its highlighted region. Expand a derived figure into the contributing rows and follow those rows back to their sources.

Not verified
Earnings basis

Reconcile return revenue and expenses to ordinary business income and then to income per books. Inspect M-1 or M-3 adjustments and supporting-statement detail, including any remaining difference, through the tax-to-book bridge.

Not verified
Analyst write-ins

Record analyst write-ins alongside selected document-line adjustments. Keep the reported figure, selected basis and amount of the adjustment identifiable.

Not verified
Institution-wide credit policy

Set institution-wide adjustment policies for tax-basis EBITDA, book-basis EBITDA, rental NOI and Schedule C. Apply full, partial or excluded treatment to supported expense concepts, reuse book-basis policy on company financials and make loan-specific exceptions.

Not verified
Business and guarantor analysis
Entity cash flow

Derive operating, investing and financing cash flows from the return's income, Schedule L changes and supporting detail. Compare the calculated change in cash with the return's reported change and inspect the contributing rows.

Entity cash flow analysis.FlashSpread product workflow
Individual cash flow

Break out a guarantor's wages, interest, dividends, business income and pass-through interests. Compare reported income with K-1 distributions and rental activity while retaining the person, year and source document.

Individual cash flow analysis.FlashSpread product workflow
Global analysis

Arrange borrower and guarantor charts, tables, ratios and notes on a shared financial-analysis canvas. Select entities and periods for the exhibits and save the layout with the loan.

Global analysis is available.FlashSpread product workflow
K-1 income and distributions

Keep K-1 issuers, recipients, income, distributions and capital detail linked to their supporting statements. Review outside interests with the guarantor's Form 1040 and follow the source behind the income or cash received.

Not verified
Workflow delivery
Embedded workspace

Embed document review and financial analysis, including the memo builder, in the lender's application. Bind the session to a loan and analyst identity, with explicit controls for uploads, corrections and saving the analysis.

Embeddable interface and API.FlashSpread product workflow
Integration output

Process documents and retrieve structured results with the public API and TypeScript, Python or C# SDKs. Receive signed lifecycle webhooks and fetch period-by-period financial attributes after the analyst finalizes the spread.

Excel and JSON exports plus status webhooks.FlashSpread product workflow
Credit memo

Build the lender's memo from reusable templates, analyst narrative and selected spread exhibits. Keep source-linked figures available in the memo workspace, then export the completed credit write-up.

Not verified
Finalized financial attributes

Finalize the spread to save versioned financial attributes and ratios with separate tax-return, book-basis and company-reported figures. Retrieve configured DSCR, custom ratio results and analyst adjustments through the API, alongside a documents-only comparison and source document IDs.

Not verified
Credit policy and coverage
Named EBITDA configurations

Select tax-return or company-financial-statement inputs, then choose EBITDA add-backs by line and year. Save named configurations and apply the lender's adjustment policy while keeping reported values identifiable.

Not verified
Historical and pro forma DSCR

Save named DSCR configurations for each entity using adjusted EBITDA from tax returns or company financial statements. Select debt-service lines, optional interest and analyst write-ins, then compare historical and pro forma coverage.

Not verified
Selected debt-service evidence

Extract a debt schedule's lender, balance, payment, rate, maturity and collateral detail. Use selected annual payment lines in the DSCR configuration alongside return liabilities and bank-derived financing activity.

Not verified
Reusable analysis and outputs
Spread templates

Save an analysis layout as a reusable template for later loans. Reapply the selected visuals and arrangement to the new loan's data while keeping loan-specific comments and source links with the original review.

Not verified
Custom graphs and ratios

Build custom graphs, ratios and aggregate statistics from searchable financial lines. Choose the operands and coefficients, compare results across periods and inspect the source rows behind the calculation.

Not verified
Source-linked comments

Work together with live canvas presence and comment threads pinned to a visual or location. Link financial figures in the discussion to their source documents and retain saved revisions of the analysis.

Not verified
Receivables and payables aging

Analyze accounts-receivable and accounts-payable aging by bucket and counterparty. Compare balances, past-due amounts and customer or vendor concentration across the supplied reporting dates.

Not verified
Credit memo PDF handoff

Request a PDF render of a saved credit memo through the API and retrieve the finished file for the loan record. Finalized memos retain a fixed PDF, with webhook events signaling when that document is ready.

Not verified

FlashSpread information is drawn from the linked public material, reviewed September 2026. Not verified means this comparison does not establish that capability; it does not mean the product lacks it.

Questions lenders ask

How does SpreadSpace fit the lender’s workflow?

SpreadSpace can embed the financial-review workspace in the lender’s application and connect document intake through its public API. The analyst can review sources, make adjustments and assemble the memo there. FlashSpread also offers embedded delivery; the useful comparison is the review each interface supports.

How does SpreadSpace support business and guarantor review?

SpreadSpace keeps the business and guarantor documents available with their own financial figures and supporting sources. Analysts can review the selected basis before carrying the analysis into the memo. FlashSpread also offers entity, individual and global cash-flow analysis.

How can an analyst inspect a source in SpreadSpace?

Open the available source link from a supported spread figure to inspect the underlying PDF. Review derived calculations through their contributing financial detail.

Does an earnings adjustment rewrite the filed return?

No. The review keeps the reported amount available while the analyst selects the earnings basis and adjustments. An analyst write-in records a change to the analysis rather than to the filed document.

What happens after the analyst finalizes?

Finalize the spread to save versioned financial attributes and ratios with separate tax-return, book-basis and company-reported figures. Retrieve configured DSCR, custom ratio results and analyst adjustments through the API, alongside a documents-only comparison and source document IDs. Request a PDF render of a saved credit memo through the API and retrieve the finished file for the loan record. Finalized memos retain a fixed PDF, with webhook events signaling when that document is ready.

What should a comparison demo include?

Give each vendor the same return and proposed adjustment. Ask the analyst to inspect the source, explain the earnings basis and carry the reviewed result into a credit memo.

How is SpreadSpace priced?

SpreadSpace pricing is tailored to your organization and document volume. Volume discounts are available for extraction. Contact sales for pricing based on your document volume.