Light vs Joiin
Joiin is a cloud reporting and consolidation platform that sits on top of accounting systems such as Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage, FreeAgent, Zoho Books, Pennylane and Fortnox. It serves both multi-entity businesses and accountants reporting for many clients, with consolidated P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, intercompany eliminations, multi-currency, KPIs, budget versus actuals and forecasting. Each company keeps its own ledger and Joiin combines them. Light is the agentic ERP that replaces the separate ledgers with one multi-entity ledger, so consolidation happens in the books rather than in a layer above them.
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Light and Joiin, compared
| Feature | Light | Joiin |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of record | ||
| Multi-entity consolidation | ||
| Budget, forecast and budget-vs-actual reporting | ||
| Accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgers | ||
| Corporate cards and spend management | ||
| Vendor payments on local rails | ||
| Consolidation posts continuously as transactions happen |
One ledger instead of many
Joiin reports across a separate ledger for each company. Light runs every entity in one ledger and consolidates as transactions post, with drill-down to source documents.
Keep daily finance together
Light runs bills, invoicing, cards and payments alongside the general ledger. Agents complete routine work within your controls, with a record of every action.
Budget on the books
Joiin compares budgets and forecasts with synced actuals. Light budgets and forecasts on the ledger. Light’s own FP&A and Management Reporting apps are free with your Light plan, and if you want a dedicated planning tool on top, Light also connects to Abacum and Drivetrain.
When to choose Light
One ledger for every entity
Add a company, a country or a currency without adding another system.
Group reporting is always current
Every entity rolls up in real time, with drill-down to the source document and no exports.
One product for all of finance
Ledger, cards, bills, billing and consolidation share one data model, so nothing moves between systems.
“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.
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 Joiin a general ledger?
No. It reports on and consolidates data from connected accounting systems.
Can Light replace our entity ledgers?
Light provides the ledger, payables, receivables, spend and consolidation in one platform.
When does Joiin fit?
When you are an accountant reporting for clients, or a group happy to keep separate small-business ledgers.