80+
Countries with local payment rails, native to the ledger
Comparison · Light vs Billy Regnskab
Light vs Billy Regnskab
Billy is a Danish accounting tool for single-entity business, but doesn't handle multi-entities. Avoid manual reconciliation and reporting out of spreadsheets, use Light's native Billy import to launch instantly.
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Revenue Tillo runs on Light across 8 entities
76%
Cut in Tillo's month-end processing time
4
People on the finance team scaling Lovable to $500M revenue
Compare Light vs Billy Regnskab
| Light | Billy Regnskab | |
|---|---|---|
| Implementation | Weeks, with a dedicated implementation team and account manager included | Self-serve |
| Architecture | One AI-native ledger; consolidation posts as transactions happen | Single-company bookkeeping for micro-businesses |
| Agents | Agents complete work end to end inside your controls; every action logged and attributable | None |
| Configuration | Astra learns from your data and suggests workflow and configuration changes to increase performance; applied in-product, no consultants | Fixed |
| Subscription management | Contract-based invoicing and deferred revenue automated | Recurring invoices only |
| Spend management | Corporate and virtual cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, expense capture via Slack, Teams and email, native to the ledger | Not available |
| Global bill pay | AP and vendor payments executed on local rails in 80+ countries, from the ledger itself | Danish payments only |
| Advanced reporting | Real-time multi-entity reporting with instant drill-down; no spreadsheet exports | Basic reports |
| SaaS metrics | ARR, MRR, NRR, churn and cohort metrics computed from the ledger and contracts, in real time | Not available |
| Global coverage | Local payment rails in 80+ countries; multi-entity, multi-currency by default | Denmark-only |
Why finance teams choose Light over Billy
Billy is honest software: bookkeeping for Danish micro-businesses, priced and shaped exactly for that. Nothing about it pretends to be a group finance platform, which is why the comparison is really about timing: when a company stops being micro.
The signs are familiar: a second entity or currency, approvals that need structure, spend that needs cards and controls, investors who want consolidated numbers. That is the point where Light starts and Billy was never meant to go.
What changes on Light
One ledger with entities and currencies as dimensions, continuous consolidation, native cards and expense capture in Slack and Teams, vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries, and agents doing the coding, matching and chasing that founders otherwise absorb at midnight.
Where Billy fits
A Danish sole trader or micro-company with simple books is Billy's home ground, and it is good there. Companies raising rounds, hiring across borders or adding entities have left it.
Signs you’ve outgrown Billy Regnskab
You have outgrown simple
Billy is honest software for micro-businesses, and it stops there. Multi-entity, multi-currency, approvals and controls are not what it is for. Light is built for exactly that next stage.
Finance runs on exports
Every report and every group view starts with a CSV. On Light, reporting reads the live ledger, drillable to the entry.
Nobody is doing the finance work
At micro scale the founder is the finance team. Light's agents take the coding, matching and chasing, so growth does not mean a finance backlog.
“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.”
TanjaDirector of Finance, Omnea
Top 3 reasons leaders pick Light over Billy Regnskab
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
When should we move from Billy to Light?
At the first entity, currency or investor report that needs consolidation, or when finance work starts eating founder time. Light's agents take the mechanical layer from day one.
Is Light too big for us?
Light is built for multi-entity companies scaling fast. If that is not the trajectory, Billy may still fit; if it is, moving early avoids the spreadsheet phase entirely.
How long does migration take?
Weeks, handled by Light's implementation team, including history from Billy.
Does Light support Danish requirements?
Yes: Danish rails, VAT logic and entities run natively alongside the rest of the group.