Comparison · Light vs Jedox
Light vs Jedox
Jedox is an AI-driven FP&A and performance management platform. Its strength is planning: driver-based models, scenarios and simulations, workforce and sales planning, and an Excel add-in finance teams already know, plus a financial close and consolidation solution covering currency translation, intercompany eliminations and ownership calculations. It reads from ERP, HCM and CRM systems rather than being a ledger. Light is the agentic ERP where the ledger and the consolidation are the same system, and it budgets and forecasts directly on the posted books.
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Light and Jedox, compared
| Feature | Light | Jedox |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of recordJedox: a planning and performance management platform that reads from your ERP and other systems, not a ledger itself | Yes | No |
| Multi-entity consolidationJedox: a financial close and consolidation solution on the Jedox platform: currency translation, eliminations and ownership calculations | Yes | Yes |
| Budget, forecast and budget-vs-actual reportingJedox: Jedox's core strength: driver-based planning, scenarios, workforce and integrated business planning | Yes | Yes |
| Accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgersJedox: AP and AR stay in the connected ERP | Yes | No |
| Corporate cards and spend managementJedox: not part of the product; Jedox is a planning, consolidation and reporting platform | Yes | No |
| Vendor payments on local railsJedox: not a payments product; payments run from the connected systems | Yes | No |
| Consolidation posts continuously as transactions happenJedox: consolidation runs on data loaded from ERPs, applications and spreadsheets | Yes | No |
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The world's most demanding finance teams run on Light.
Consolidate at the source
Jedox consolidates data loaded from your ERPs. Light consolidates as transactions post, with drill-down from group figures to source documents.
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Budget against the books
Light budgets and forecasts on the ledger's own structure, with variances split into operational and currency effects. The report and the books come from the same data.
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Check the planning requirements
Jedox covers driver-based, scenario and workforce planning. 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
Budget and forecast on the ledger's own structure, with variances split into operational and currency effects.
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Close every entity at once
Consolidation and eliminations update as transactions post.
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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 Jedox a general ledger?
No. It plans, consolidates and reports on data from connected systems.
Can Light replace our entity ERPs?
Light provides the ledger, payables, receivables, spend and consolidation in one platform.
When does Jedox fit?
When you need driver-based, scenario or workforce planning, or consolidate across ERPs you plan to keep.
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