80+
Países con raíles de pago locales, nativos en el libro mayor
Comparison · Light vs Business Central
Light vs Business Central
Microsoft Business Central requiere mucho tiempo de implementación y multitud de soluciones de terceros para funcionar. Elige Light para una puesta en marcha rápida y obtén cuentas a pagar, tarjetas virtuales, controles de compras, informes consolidados y contabilidad multientidad.
Book a demo$2B
Ingresos que Tillo gestiona en Light a través de 8 entidades
76%
Reducción en el tiempo de cierre de mes de Tillo
4
Personas en el equipo financiero escalando Lovable hasta los $500M de ingresos
Compare Light vs Business Central
| Light | Business Central | |
|---|---|---|
| Implementación | Weeks, with a dedicated implementation team and account manager included | 3–9 months, VAR/partner-led |
| Arquitectura | One AI-native ledger; consolidation posts as transactions happen | Per-company databases; consolidation via add-ons |
| Agentes | Agents complete work end to end inside your controls; every action logged and attributable | Dynamics Copilot, assistive |
| Configuración | Astra learns from your data and suggests workflow and configuration changes to increase performance; applied in-product, no consultants | Consultant-led; VAR-managed configuration and ISV add-ons |
| Gestión de suscripciones | Contract-based invoicing and deferred revenue automated | Subscription billing via ISV add-ons |
| Gestión de gastos | Corporate and virtual cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, expense capture via Slack, Teams and email, native to the ledger | Marketplace add-ons |
| Pago de facturas global | AP and vendor payments executed on local rails in 80+ countries, from the ledger itself | Payment journals and bank exports; per-country localization packs |
| Reporting avanzado | Real-time multi-entity reporting with instant drill-down; no spreadsheet exports | Via Power BI, separately configured |
| Métricas SaaS | ARR, MRR, NRR, churn and cohort metrics computed from the ledger and contracts, in real time | Not native; via Power BI or ISV add-ons |
| Cobertura global | Local payment rails in 80+ countries; multi-entity, multi-currency by default | Localizations via partners, per country |
Por qué los equipos financieros eligen Light frente a Microsoft Dynamics
Business Central keeps each company in its own database. That single architectural fact drives the rest of the experience: consolidation via add-ons and exports, localization via per-country packs, and a VAR on retainer to hold the estate together. It is Microsoft-solid and partner-shaped.
Light inverts the shape: entities are dimensions of one ledger, consolidation posts continuously with eliminations and FX, and the finance team runs the platform directly, with agents doing the daily work.
Implementación: semanas, sin el VAR
BC implementations run 3 to 9 months through value-added resellers, and every localization pack, ISV module and change request routes back through the partner. Light implementations run in weeks with Light's own team, and 80+ countries of rails and tax logic ship in the platform.
Arquitectura: un único libro mayor, no una base de datos por empresa
A 6-entity group on BC is 6 databases and an add-on to stitch them; on Light it is one ledger where group reporting is the default view, drillable to any entry in any entity. Intercompany eliminations post as transactions happen instead of at consolidation time.
Tarjetas, cuentas a pagar y pagos
BC handles payments through payment journals and bank exports, with spend in marketplace add-ons. Light issues cards natively, captures receipts in Slack and Teams, and executes vendor payments on local rails from the ledger itself.
Dynamics Copilot frente a agentes que contabilizan
Dynamics Copilot drafts and summarizes inside the old workflow. Light's agents complete the workflow: coding, matching, reconciling, chasing and posting inside your approval thresholds, with every action logged and attributable.
Coste de propiedad
BC's licence is modest; the VAR hours, ISV add-ons and localization packs are not. Light ships whole, implemented in weeks, operated by the finance team.
Signs you’ve outgrown Business Central
La consolidación es un complemento
Business Central mantiene a cada empresa en su propia base de datos; el reporting de grupo implica complementos y exportaciones. Light consolida de forma continua todas las entidades en un único libro mayor.
Tu VAR en marcación rápida
Los paquetes de localización, los módulos ISV y las peticiones de cambio se gestionan a través de un partner. Light incluye raíles multientidad, multidivisa y localizados de forma nativa.
Copilot describe; los agentes ejecutan
Dynamics Copilot resume y redacta. Los agentes de Light completan el trabajo: codifican, casan, concilian y reclaman, todo registrado y dentro de tus controles.
“Evaluamos a varios proveedores. Light ganó porque cubre todo nuestro stack financiero, ingresos, cuentas a cobrar, cuentas a pagar, gastos y consolidación, sin tener que unir un mosaico de soluciones independientes.”
TanjaDirectora Financiera, Omnea
Top 3 reasons leaders pick Light over Business Central
An all-inclusive platform
Leverage native products for AP, AR, Procurement and budgeting that seamlessly leverage AI and integrate to Slack and Teams.
Superior performance
Whether you are processing 100,000 or 50 million transactions, the Light Ledger is based on a hyper-performant database.
Beautiful reporting
Stop the reporting headache of spreadsheets, and get fast, intuitive reports with instant drill-down capabilities.
More reasons to love Light
Enjoy integrated products that both finance and the employees enjoy using.
Expense Management
Automate expense approvals, track spending in real-time, and gain insights with AI-powered analytics.
Vendor Management
Streamline vendor relationships with simplified onboarding, tracking supplier performance, and enforcing procurement policies.
Cards
Issue vendor and employee cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay globally. Upload receipts via Slack, Teams or email.
Frequently asked questions
¿Es Light una buena alternativa a Microsoft Dynamics Business Central?
Para grupos multientidad, sí: Light sustituye las bases de datos por empresa y los complementos de consolidación por un libro mayor que consolida de forma continua, gestión de gastos nativa y agentes que hacen el trabajo.
¿Cuánto tarda la migración desde Business Central?
Semanas. El equipo de implementación de Light traslada la base de datos de cada empresa al libro mayor unificado, incluyendo el histórico y las partidas abiertas.
Somos un entorno Microsoft. ¿Encaja Light?
Light gestiona las aprobaciones y la captura de recibos de forma nativa en Microsoft Teams, exporta a Excel y se conecta con el resto de tu stack. Trabajar en un entorno Microsoft no requiere un ERP por empresa.
¿Cubre Light nuestros países sin paquetes de localización?
Los raíles locales y la lógica fiscal en 80+ países son parte de la plataforma, no compras por país.
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