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Países con redes de pago locales, integradas en el libro mayor
Comparison · Light vs Workday
Light vs Workday
Workday Financial Management está diseñado para grandes empresas: implementaciones largas, integradores de sistemas y un precio acorde. Light ofrece contabilidad multientidad, consolidación, cuentas a pagar, tarjetas y controles de compras en un único libro mayor en tiempo real, con agentes que realizan el trabajo transaccional, y permite la puesta en marcha en semanas en lugar de trimestres.
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 Workday
| Light | Workday | |
|---|---|---|
| Implementación | Weeks, with a dedicated implementation team and account manager included | 12–18 months, consultancy-led |
| Arquitectura | One AI-native ledger; consolidation posts as transactions happen | Enterprise suite; finance built on an HCM platform |
| Agentes | Agents complete work end to end inside your controls; every action logged and attributable | Illuminate copilot |
| Configuración | Astra learns from your data and suggests workflow and configuration changes to increase performance; applied in-product, no consultants | Consultant-led; reconfiguration typically means re-engaging the integrator |
| Gestión de suscripciones | Contract-based invoicing and deferred revenue automated | Revenue module; subscription billing typically via partners |
| Gestión de gastos | Corporate and virtual cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, expense capture via Slack, Teams and email, native to the ledger | Expenses native; cards via partners |
| Pago de facturas global | AP and vendor payments executed on local rails in 80+ countries, from the ledger itself | AP execution via partners |
| Reporting avanzado | Real-time multi-entity reporting with instant drill-down; no spreadsheet exports | Prism Analytics, separately licensed |
| Métricas SaaS | ARR, MRR, NRR, churn and cohort metrics computed from the ledger and contracts, in real time | Requires Prism customization or a separate metrics tool |
| Cobertura global | Local payment rails in 80+ countries; multi-entity, multi-currency by default | Enterprise global coverage |
Por qué los equipos financieros eligen Light frente a Workday
Workday Financial Management is finance built on an HCM platform: credible at enterprise scale, and priced accordingly in time and consultancy. Every finance change moves at suite pace, AP execution and cards live with partners, and the implementation is a 12 to 18 month programme.
Light is built for the finance workflow first: one AI-native ledger with native spend and payments, agents doing the daily work, and a close that runs continuously. For a multi-entity company that does not need its GL welded to its HR suite, the difference shows up every month.
Implementación: semanas, no un proyecto de consultoría
Workday deployments route through consultancies and are measured in fiscal cycles; reconfiguration typically means re-engaging the integrator. Light implementations run in weeks with a dedicated team and account manager included, and later changes are made by the finance team in-product, often at the suggestion of Astra.
Arquitectura: finanzas primero, no un anexo a la suite
On Workday, finance inherits the platform's cadence and its seams: expenses are native but AP execution and cards run through partners, so the money's audit trail spans systems. On Light, the entire flow from intake to posted payment lives on one ledger, which is what lets agents run it end to end.
Tarjetas, cuentas a pagar y pagos globales
Light issues corporate and virtual cards, captures receipts where your team works, and executes vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries from the ledger itself. There is no partner handoff between the approval and the cash movement.
Illuminate frente a agentes que contabilizan
Workday Illuminate is a copilot layer: it drafts, summarizes and surfaces. Light's agents complete work: coding, matching, reconciling, chasing and posting inside approval thresholds, logged and attributable, which is what actually shortens the close.
Coste de propiedad
Workday's cost is enterprise: licences, consultancy programmes, and partner tools for payments. Light is one platform implemented in weeks, with spend, payments, reporting and agents included.
Signs you’ve outgrown Workday
Las finanzas operan sobre una plataforma de RR. HH.
Workday Financials hereda la plataforma creada para HCM: es potente, pero cada cambio financiero avanza al ritmo de la suite. Light está diseñado pensando primero en el flujo de trabajo financiero.
Los pagos salen del sistema
La ejecución de cuentas a pagar y las tarjetas funcionan a través de partners, por lo que la pista de auditoría abarca varios sistemas. Light ejecuta los pagos en redes locales de 80+ países desde el propio libro mayor.
Los cambios requieren una consultora
La reconfiguración suele implicar contratar de nuevo al integrador. Light es operado directamente por el equipo financiero, con un gestor de cuentas dedicado incluido.
“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 puntuales.”
TanjaDirectora Financiera, Omnea
Top 3 reasons leaders pick Light over Workday
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 Workday Financials?
Para las empresas multientidad que quieren que las finanzas avancen a su propio ritmo en lugar de al ritmo de la suite, sí. Light ofrece el libro mayor, consolidación, gestión de gastos nativa y pagos globales con agentes ejecutando el trabajo. Las empresas comprometidas con Workday HCM pueden mantenerlo; Light sustituye la parte financiera.
¿Cuánto tiempo lleva la migración desde Workday?
Las implementaciones de Light se miden en semanas con un equipo dedicado, frente a la norma de 12 a 18 meses liderada por consultoras de Workday.
¿Se integra Light con nuestro sistema de RR. HH.?
Light se conecta a sistemas de RR. HH. y CRM (como Personio y HubSpot en clientes actuales) al mismo tiempo que sustituye el propio stack financiero.
¿Puede Light igualar a Workday a escala empresarial?
Light gestiona grupos multientidad que procesan millones de transacciones al mes; Tillo procesa $2B en ingresos a través de 8 entidades. Para las empresas globales más grandes, evalúe frente al panorama completo.
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