Comparison · Light vs Nume
Light vs Nume
Nume is an AI CFO for businesses of 1 to 100 people. It connects read-only to QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, Odoo or e-conomic and to your banks, and handles budgets, cash forecasts, scenarios, board reporting and bookkeeping review, in Slack, Teams or email. For groups, it consolidates up to 30 entities that each keep their own accounting system. Light is the agentic ERP where every entity posts to one ledger, so the group numbers are the books rather than a layer above several of them.
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Light and Nume, compared
| Feature | Light | Nume |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of recordNume: an AI CFO that reads from QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, Odoo or e-conomic, not a ledger itself | Yes | No |
| Multi-entity consolidationNume: up to 30 entities across a mix of accounting systems, with intercompany matching and currency translation | Yes | Yes |
| Budget, forecast and budget-vs-actual reportingNume: a strength: budgets, actuals against budget, cash forecasts, runway and scenarios | Yes | Yes |
| Accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgersNume: AP and AR stay in each company's accounting system; Nume reads and reports on them | Yes | No |
| Corporate cards and spend managementNume: not part of the product; Nume reads spend from tools such as Ramp, Brex and Pleo | Yes | No |
| Vendor payments on local railsNume: not a payments product; its access to books and banks is read-only | Yes | No |
| Consolidation posts continuously as transactions happenNume: re-consolidates every night from each entity's ledger; eliminations are approved in Nume, not posted in the books | Yes | No |
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Remove 4+ tools
700+ apps
The world's most demanding finance teams run on Light.
What it replaces
Replace the ERP.
Lose the Frankenstack.
The ERP was built for a different era. The Frankenstack just patched its gaps. Light replaces both, and what you keep connects as an app.
The Frankenstack ERP · Accounts payable · Accounts receivable · Cards · Bank · CRM · Spreadsheets · Bank connectors · Tax software
One ledger instead of many
Nume consolidates entities that each keep their own books. Light puts every entity on one ledger and consolidates as transactions post, with drill-down to source documents.
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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.
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Budget on the books
Nume builds budgets and forecasts from the ledgers it reads. Light budgets and forecasts on the ledger itself. Light’s own FP&A and Management Reporting apps are free with your Light plan, and if a team wants a dedicated planning tool on top, Light also connects to Abacum and Drivetrain.
When to choose Light
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One ledger for every entity
Add a company, a country or a currency without adding another system.
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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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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
Is Nume a general ledger?
No. It is an AI CFO that reads from QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, Odoo or e-conomic, read-only.
Can Light replace our entity ledgers?
Light provides the ledger, payables, receivables, spend and consolidation in one platform.
When does Nume fit?
For a company of up to about 100 people that wants an AI CFO on top of the books it already has.
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