Comparison · Light vs Basis
Light vs Basis
Basis builds AI agents for accountants, mainly accounting firms and also in-house teams: they run the month-end close and tax returns end to end, plus audit work, to each firm's own templates and review standards, staging work for review and posting approved entries to the ERP you keep. Light is the agentic ERP a company's own finance team runs: the agents and the ledger are the same system, with AP, AR, corporate cards, vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries and consolidation built in.
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Light and Basis, compared
| Feature | Light | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of record | Yes | No |
| Agents that close the books inside your controls, every action logged | Yes | Yes |
| Consolidation and eliminations in the system of record | Yes | No |
| Vendor payments executed from the system | Yes | No |
| Customer invoicing and accounts receivable | Yes | No |
| Corporate and virtual cards issued from the ledger | Yes | No |
| Procurement: requests, purchase orders and approvals | Yes | No |
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The world's most demanding finance teams run on Light.
Keep the agents inside the ledger
Basis agents post approved entries to a client's ERP. Light's agents code, match and post inside its own ledger, under your finance team's controls.
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Choose who the agents work for
Basis is built mainly for accounting firms serving many clients, with a corporate offering that posts to the ERP you keep. Light is the ledger your own finance team runs for the group.
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Go beyond the close
Light includes bills, invoicing, corporate cards, procurement and supplier payments on local rails in more than 80 countries, alongside the accounts.
When to choose Light
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The ledger is included
Light is the system of record: spend, AP, AR and the general ledger in one platform, so there is no separate ERP to choose.
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Agents do the routine work
They code, match and post inside the controls you set, with every action logged.
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One product for all of finance
Ledger, cards, bills, billing and consolidation run in one product, so no data has to move between systems.
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Read customer stories-
“We evaluated several vendors. Light won because it covers our full finance stack, revenue, AR, AP, expenses, and consolidation, without stitching together a patchwork of point solutions.”
Tanja, Director of FinanceOmnea -
“Even though we’re three entities, it’s like I’m running a finance department for one entity.”
Thobias, Finance ManagerAlva Labs -
“I really like that Light’s AI already gives me suggestions, GL accounts, cost centers, tax codes. I don’t have to start from scratch.”
Cédric, Finance ManagerOper Credits -
“Nine times out of ten the AI matches everything and posts it to the right account. One click and you’re done.”
Jeppe, CFOKeyShot
Built for the daily work
Bills through to payment
Capture invoices, route approvals and pay vendors from the same system.
Room to grow
One ledger built to handle billions of transactions across your business.
Trace every number
Open a report and drill straight into the transactions behind it.
Spending, under control
Expenses, vendors and cards connected to your ledger.
Expenses
Collect receipts, approve expenses and track spend as it happens.
Vendors
Keep supplier details, bills and approvals together. Apply your purchasing rules as work moves through.
Cards
Issue cards for employees and vendors. Pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay. Send receipts through Slack, Teams or email.
Frequently asked questions
Is Basis a general ledger?
No. Its agents work on client ledgers and post approved entries to your ERP.
Do both products have agents?
Yes. The difference is that Light's agents live inside the ledger they post to.
When does Basis fit?
An accounting firm, or an in-house team keeping its ERP, that wants agents running close work on the existing ledger.
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