Comparison · Light vs Board
Light vs Board
Board is Board International's agentic planning platform for large organisations. It plans across finance and operations: FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation for the office of finance, alongside supply chain, retail merchandising, manufacturing, HR and sales performance planning, all on one multidimensional planning engine with scenario planning and predictive forecasting. It is not a general ledger: it integrates with your ERP, CRM and data platforms and plans on their data, and implementations are phased and delivered through partners. Light is the agentic ERP where budget, forecast and multi-entity reporting run on the posted ledger itself, built for the finance team of a growing multi-entity company rather than for enterprise-wide operational planning.
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Light and Board, compared
| Feature | Light | Board |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of recordBoard: an enterprise planning platform that integrates with your ERP, CRM and data platforms, not a ledger itself | Yes | No |
| Budget, forecast and budget-vs-actual reportingBoard: a core strength: budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning on a multidimensional planning engine, with predictive forecasting | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-entity consolidationBoard: offered: consolidation with multi-currency support in its office of finance applications, on data integrated from your systems | Yes | Yes |
| Actuals come straight off the posted ledger, with no import stepBoard: actuals are integrated from your ERP and other systems into the planning platform | Yes | No |
| Accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgersBoard: not covered; AP and AR stay in the connected ERP | Yes | No |
| Corporate cards and spend managementBoard: not offered; Board is a planning and analytics platform | Yes | No |
| Vendor payments on local railsBoard: not a payments product | Yes | No |
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The world's most demanding finance teams run on Light.
Budget inside the ledger
Board plans on data integrated from your ERP. Light runs budget, forecast, variance and consolidation on the posted ledger, with every number drilling to its source documents.
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Keep daily finance together
Light runs the general ledger, bills, invoicing, cards, payments and consolidation in one product. Agents complete routine work within your controls, with a record of every action.
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Check the planning requirements
Board covers scenario planning, predictive forecasting and operational planning across supply chain, merchandising, HR and sales. Light budgets and forecasts on the ledger, and its own FP&A and Management Reporting apps are free with your Light plan. If you need deeper planning than that, Light also connects to dedicated planning tools such as Abacum and Drivetrain.
When to choose Light
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Budget against the books
Budgets and forecasts are built on the ledger's own structure, and variances are split into operational and currency effects.
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Group reporting is always current
Every entity rolls up in real time, with drill-down to the source document and no exports.
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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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“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 Board a general ledger?
No. Board, Board International's planning platform, plans and reports on data integrated from your ERP and other systems.
Does Light do budgeting and consolidation?
Yes. Budgets are built on the ledger's own structure, and consolidation updates as transactions post.
When does Board fit?
When a large organisation needs one planning platform across finance, supply chain, merchandising, HR and sales.
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