Comparison · Light vs Lexware Office
Light vs Lexware Office
Lexware Office is well-made bookkeeping for a single German company: GoBD-audited, ELSTER filing built in, DATEV handover to your Steuerberater included. It is also one company per account, with the balance sheet and the group picture produced outside it. Light is the agentic ERP for companies that have grown past that point: one ledger for every entity, continuous consolidation, AP, AR, cards and spend in the same system, and agents that do the work.
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Light and Lexware Office, compared
| Feature | Light | Lexware Office |
|---|---|---|
| Can run billions of transactions | Yes | No |
| Immutable ledger | Yes | No |
| Global bill pay | Yes | No |
| Spend management | Yes | No |
| Subscription management | Yes | No |
| Treasury intelligence | Yes | No |
| 700 native built apps | Yes | No |
| Big4 implementation team | Yes | No |
| Workflows and agents | Yes | No |
4 week implementation
KPMG global partnership
Remove 4+ tools
700+ apps
The world's most demanding finance teams run on Light.
Bring the companies together
Each Lexware Office company needs a separate account. Light holds every entity in one ledger, with continuous consolidation and currency translation.
- 01
Get the group accounts from the ledger
Lexware Office leaves balance-sheet preparation to your tax advisor. Light produces financial reporting from the same records as bills, invoicing and spend.
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Keep your advisor involved
Your Steuerberater can access Light’s live ledger, reports and audit trail. Review your German filing requirements and advisor handover during the evaluation.
When to choose Light
- 01
One ledger for every entity
Add a company, a country or a currency without adding another system.
- 02
Close every entity at once
Consolidation and eliminations update as transactions post.
- 03
Current figures any day
Reporting reads the live ledger, so the group view never waits for period end.
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Read customer stories-
“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
Can Lexware Office combine companies?
Each account is for one company; its data cannot be merged automatically with another account.
Does Lexware Office offer a card?
Yes. Its business account offers physical and virtual debit cards through Solaris.
When does Lexware Office fit?
A single German company whose day-to-day bookkeeping and year-end advisor process already work well.
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