Light vs Fortnox

Fortnox is a small business accounting tool that keeps one set of books per company; group consolidation runs in a separate product, Fortnox Koncern. Avoid manual reconciliation and reporting out of spreadsheets, use Light's native Fortnox import to launch instantly.

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Light and Fortnox, compared

FeatureLightFortnox
Can run billions of transactions
Immutable ledger
Global bill pay
Spend management
Subscription management
Treasury intelligence
700 native built apps
Big4 implementation team
Workflows and agents

Keep the group in one system

Fortnox keeps company books separately and offers Fortnox Koncern for consolidation. Light consolidates every entity on the same ledger.

Grow beyond Sweden

Run Swedish and foreign entities together. Light supports Swedish payments alongside local vendor payment rails in 80+ countries.

Let agents handle the routine

Light’s agents code, match and reconcile inside your controls. Every action is logged for your finance team to review.

When to choose Light

Built for the group abroad

Each entity keeps its own currency and local books and rolls up to one group view, with payments on local rails in 80+ countries.

Close every entity at once

Consolidation and eliminations update as transactions post.

Agents do the routine work

They code, match and post inside the controls you set, with every action logged.

“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

Built for the daily work

Bills through to payment

Capture invoices, route approvals and pay vendors from the same system.

Uploading a bill to Light for AI extraction

Room to grow

One ledger built to handle billions of transactions across your business.

The Light ledger with live transactions

Trace every number

Open a report and drill straight into the transactions behind it.

Real-time reporting in Light with drill-down

Spending, under control

Expenses, vendors and cards connected to your ledger.

Expenses

Collect receipts, approve expenses and track spend as it happens.

Managing expenses on the Light mobile app

Vendors

Keep supplier details, bills and approvals together. Apply your purchasing rules as work moves through.

Vendor and bill management in Light

Cards

Issue cards for employees and vendors. Pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay. Send receipts through Slack, Teams or email.

A Light payment card

Frequently asked questions

Does Light support Swedish payments?

Yes, including Bankgirot, alongside the rest of your group’s accounts.

How does migration work?

Light’s team moves accounts, balances and open items into one ledger in weeks.

Can our accountant stay involved?

Yes. Your accountant gets live access to the ledger and reports.

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